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Owl pic drug! Charles H. Bell Hartford, Conn.

I have one just like this that I dug in Pittsburgh, one of my favorite bottles.
- photolith
- Post #6
- Sep 7, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Finally bought some shelves for my bottles and have most of the good ones up on them. Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled...
- photolith
- Post #117
- Sep 2, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Heres some recent digs and finds. Did a dig this past weekend at Gettysburg, some of the stuff is from that. Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Jenny Lind and not a...
- photolith
- Post #115
- Aug 17, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

^ Whoever used this a dump loved beer and Ive found loads of intact beers and random medicines but Ive yet to find an intact hutch from this dump. Lots and lots of shards of hutches but not a fully intact one yet from this dump due to the large amounts of rocks that were also dumped into it or...
- photolith
- Post #105
- Jul 30, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

1890's-1918 or so. Then it skips about 20 years and then is 1940's-60s. Theres 1870's-60s stuff hanging around on the hill on the surface, not sure if the really old stuff is coming from a dump or was just trash thrown down the hill from the neighborhood that sits on top of it that dates from...
- photolith
- Post #103
- Jul 30, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Some other finds from the past month or so, best one by far is the target ball I found while doing a survey for the Pittsburgh Historic Foundation of an historic 1790's house here in Pittsburgh in the attic. The one thing I didn't find but bought was the large case gin from about 1780, bought...
- photolith
- Post #101
- Jul 30, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Some recent barn finds/abandoned house finds and digs from the past month. And my marbles have doubled since a few months ago after I came across some sweet 1930s-50s marbles in an abandoned houses basement. Not all the marbles were recent finds, thats about all the marbles Ive dug up or found...
- photolith
- Post #100
- Jul 30, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Yes
- photolith
- Post #95
- Jun 23, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

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- photolith
- Post #90
- Jun 16, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Haven't been on here for a few months but I've been doing loads of creek walking, digging and going into abandoned houses. Here are my finds and digs for the past few months. Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr...
- photolith
- Post #89
- Jun 16, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
Started Marble Collecting

Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Just bought this book a couple of days ago, have already learned tons since. Luckily the marbles Ive purchased I haven't gotten screwed on and had a feeling they were similar to bottles. Here's another pontiled German marble I got today. Untitled by...
- photolith
- Post #4
- Mar 26, 2020
- Forum: Marbles
Started Marble Collecting

So, I just lost my job because of this virus and can no longer afford bottles (as there is absolutely no social safety net in America), who knows if I ever will be able to again. So, right before I lost my job I dug up an antique "German" swirl marble in WV. I now am super stoked over marbles. I...
- photolith
- Thread
- Mar 23, 2020
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Marbles
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Seeing as I’ll probably be broke soon because of this effing virus and will lose my job; I’ve gotten into marbles. As they are largely much much cheaper than bottles, but equally as beautiful. Although I think I got screwed on my last eBay purchase. This marble was said to be an antique German...
- photolith
- Post #85
- Mar 21, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
Smallest Bottles You Own

I’m not really sure, I’ve tried to figure it out. But in Korea in the late 1800s they made this exact style of bottle as well. However the bottle style with yin and yang has been around since about the mid 1650s. And you mean the Qianlong Dynasty during the mid to late 1700s correct?
- photolith
- Post #37
- Mar 16, 2020
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
Taking a break here

This website isn’t bad, but all the bottle pages on Facebook are horrible. It’s all people asking, anyone know anything about this bottle and how much is it worth?!?!?!?!!!?!!!?? While they post a 1980s piece of junk without doing any external research, which is usually super easy. Most people...
- photolith
- Post #20
- Mar 15, 2020
- Forum: General Chat
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Some of the better marbles I found; late 1880s-1910s German Swirls with pontils. They cleaned up beautifully. Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr
- photolith
- Post #81
- Mar 14, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

While people were shoving and pushing each other over toilet paper today I went to an estate sale and got a nice pontiled 1850s Cincy ink and dug up a odd enclave of German swirl marbles this week too.
- photolith
- Post #79
- Mar 14, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Got both of the above bottles in the mail today and then went to the Pittsburgh Bottle Club Meeting and got a semi local hard to find small town PA Hutch. Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr The Hawaii Whiskey in epic attic mint condition The Nailsea Flask is much beefier than I expected...
- photolith
- Post #77
- Mar 11, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

Totally forgot I had even bid on this, thinking Id never win, but got a notification today my bid won. Another Hawaiian bottle. Might be my last purchase for a long time seeing as everything is going to shit in the past week. My company lost 30% of it stock worth today and with OPEC screwing...
- photolith
- Post #76
- Mar 9, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection
New To My Collection (been a long time)

I was in a high end antique store today in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh and saw a bottle type I had never seen before. Took a photo and researched it via various bottle books I have. Found out it was Nailsea Glass from about 1850. I didn't buy the bottle I saw at the store but looked it up on eBay...
- photolith
- Post #71
- Mar 7, 2020
- Forum: New to the Collection