I just picked this up at a yard sale, and was wondering if anyone has any idea of value? It's from my area, near Kingston, NY in the Catskills. There's an area in Kingston by the Hudson waterfront called Rondout, which used to be a town, I guess.
Anyway, it's an aqua blob top bottle...
OK, how about these? (I haven';t cleaned them yet). Both marked ERVEN LUCAS AMSTERDAM. I assume Dutch beer bottles.....value? etc? thanks!
also....does anyone out there know anything about small pottery jugs? a few of those came in this lot too. Thanks!
Since everyone is being so darn friendly and helpful (thanks!) I'm gonnna post a few more from my yard sale findings.
This one mystifies me - I have the feeling it is a contemporary bottle, but you be the judge. It's a an amber colored square jug shape, with a pontil mark on the bottom and...
I picked up a few of those as well. I can post some photos, if anyone thinks it might be worth it....can there be value in them, even if not marked with a company logo? thanks.
I just found this site and am having a great time reading the posts. I'm in upstate NY and there are tons of old houses around here. I may be able to ask some locals if I can dig in their yards - but here's the question: how can I figure out where the privy was? Is there a general rule of thumb...
I got a few bottles today and would love to know more about them, mainly, are any of them especially valuable? If so, what sort of value? Here's my favorite of the bunch, an aqua 8-sided C.B. ELLIN'S Horse Radish bottle with cork.
Now I'm going to try to upload the photo. Wish me luck...