I hope someone can shed light on this for me.
Lately I've been seeing some oddly colored bottles on eBay, and I am uncertain whether the colors are natural. I know that the ultra-deep purples are almost certainly bottles with manganese glass that have been heavily "nuked" with UV. But I...
Looking for info on a:
Clear BIM, beer/soda, with a hand-worked crown lip
Circular embossing on front reads: "Registered, Ferdinand Haas, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y."
Large script "FH" embossed in center of circle
Embossing along front base reads: "This bottle not to be sold"
I estimate the age as...
I'm a longtime California diggrrr! displaced to the East Coast (Suffern, NY). There's a whole lot of history out here, so I figure there have to be some old bottles in the ground. I'm looking for a digging partner to share effort and help keep me motivated. Let's go find a glory hole!