RIBottleguy
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I'm just curious to see if anyone has ever dug at the Whitall Tatum factory. There must be some really interesting stuff in their dump, if it's accessible.
Digging at the Whitall Tatum factory?
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tigue710
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I have heard of some digs there, there was a guy on ebay years back who dug there and sold a lot of the stuff. I have a few solid mold bottles that were dug there I bought from him.
Solid mold bottles are soild chunks of glass in the shape of a bottle, which were made by filling the mold with hot glass first thing in the morning to warm it up before blowing commenced, and there for eliminating cold mold ripple, or what we call whittle...
Id love to dig that dump where ever it is! I know the building that housed the furnace was demolished but the store house and packing factory still stands and is now a self storage building
Solid mold bottles are soild chunks of glass in the shape of a bottle, which were made by filling the mold with hot glass first thing in the morning to warm it up before blowing commenced, and there for eliminating cold mold ripple, or what we call whittle...
Id love to dig that dump where ever it is! I know the building that housed the furnace was demolished but the store house and packing factory still stands and is now a self storage building
AntiqueMeds
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the reject bottles would be a treasure trove
RIBottleguy
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Hey Matt (the Tigue one),
Do you have any pictures of these solid mold bottles? They sound pretty neat...
Do you have any pictures of these solid mold bottles? They sound pretty neat...
Wheelah23
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I know RED Matthews has been after a picture of one forever. I'd love to see one too! Let's see it, Tigue! [8D]
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Check out this post Matt and the others. I was in Millville today what a great glass town it was. https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Finally-got-one/m-380645/tm.htm
tigue710
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I thought I did have some pics on my computer somewhere, but I cant find them... I do think I kept them though and they are in a box back east... I just found out recently that a bunch of bottles I thought I had sold I still have, so Im pretty sure these were in with them...
AntiqueMeds
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I've seen a few of these sold on ebay over the years. I remember a fruit jar and a couple medicines.
The tops are never finished on them so they look a bit odd.
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tigue710
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I found some pics finally of one of the bottles buried in my photobucket account. I looked for a while when Red asked about them and couldnt find them anywhere, and then this morning looking for something else I stumble across them!
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