Wow cool find I had similar situation in grandfather’s basement pipes broke above a old cistern in basement sure enough old whisky jugs floated to the top one was dated to early 1830s with cork still in it well make mistake and dried it out and cork fell in the jug but I saved what must be over...
Oh no problem I believe I got it solved ! I sent out a reply but haveing problems with this site ! I will try to send you a personal message and go from there
That's interesting I found a Lyons Glass Works or company but it wasn't in New York ! I'm going on a trip in July back there and will do some research thru the Lyons museum and hopefully poke around the old digging area all I rember was older gentlmen telling me it operated before the Clyde...
I was beginner digger 13 at the time i was fishing Erie canal and found what I believe was the dumping area for the factory lots of broken ones this bottle was light brown with I believe darker lettering that said ginger beer Lyons Glass Works on it And it was made of like crock material I'm...
Thanks Mathew I know it was before Clyde glass works so I'm thinking early 1800 s I'm from the area origanly Clyde and Lyons new York but rember as a youth talking to older collectors and this is what they told me and it might of been same company just one town up from Clyde or maybe when clyds...
Looking for some info on this factory or any one with any of there products that was made in this plant in New York I had a ginger beer bottle that was made there but not glass it was made of crockery type of material I dug it up along the Erie canal many years ago it drew allot of intrest back...