tootenheimer
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Tearing down a wall in an 1864-ish house, I located four bottles and a cork. Three of the bottles are identical while the fourth is a little different. The three common bottles' faces are embossed with:
BOTTLE SEAL Co
PAT. '85
BALTo Md
These all have a common smooth necks/mouths of the bottle (not cappable I am guessing)
The other bottle is embossed with:
BOTTLE SEAL Co
PAT. 85
BALTIMORE
This one has a grove etched in around the mouth of the bottle (cappable version?)
Both bottles have PAT 85 embossed on the bottom.
I have found out that the Bottle Seal Co quickly became the Crown Cork and Seal Co after the success of the Crown cap (1892 or so), but little else on the history of these bottles. Does anybody have an idea on the bottle dates (I'm guessing between 1885 and 1892?) or value? I'll try to get lower res images uploaded at some point.
Thanks for any info you may have!
BOTTLE SEAL Co
PAT. '85
BALTo Md
These all have a common smooth necks/mouths of the bottle (not cappable I am guessing)
The other bottle is embossed with:
BOTTLE SEAL Co
PAT. 85
BALTIMORE
This one has a grove etched in around the mouth of the bottle (cappable version?)
Both bottles have PAT 85 embossed on the bottom.
I have found out that the Bottle Seal Co quickly became the Crown Cork and Seal Co after the success of the Crown cap (1892 or so), but little else on the history of these bottles. Does anybody have an idea on the bottle dates (I'm guessing between 1885 and 1892?) or value? I'll try to get lower res images uploaded at some point.
Thanks for any info you may have!
