flyingliger
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Greetings everyone,
I'm very new to the bottle world and most of my interests lie in identifying some of my finds from scuba diving the black waters of South Carolina.
The photos attached are of a brown bottle with raised lettering reading "B.T. Archer & Co, Agents, Richmond, VA" The bottom of the bottle reads "C & Co". Seams are visible on the sides, but not so much at the mouth, which appears to have been applied after the fact. The glass on the neck is very "twisted" in appearance and there appears to be quite a number of bubbles or inclusions in the glass.
The bottle was found a few days ago in a part of the Waccamaw River that was known as a saw mill/ship building site in the mid to late 1800's. I've found other items here that date back to that period (clay pipes, ceramic dishes, etc). It is rare that I find a bottle like this intact. It made my day when I found the mouth of the bottle sticking out of the sand and I was able to remove it whole.
Any help ID'ing this little bottle would be greatly appreciated!
I'm very new to the bottle world and most of my interests lie in identifying some of my finds from scuba diving the black waters of South Carolina.
The photos attached are of a brown bottle with raised lettering reading "B.T. Archer & Co, Agents, Richmond, VA" The bottom of the bottle reads "C & Co". Seams are visible on the sides, but not so much at the mouth, which appears to have been applied after the fact. The glass on the neck is very "twisted" in appearance and there appears to be quite a number of bubbles or inclusions in the glass.
The bottle was found a few days ago in a part of the Waccamaw River that was known as a saw mill/ship building site in the mid to late 1800's. I've found other items here that date back to that period (clay pipes, ceramic dishes, etc). It is rare that I find a bottle like this intact. It made my day when I found the mouth of the bottle sticking out of the sand and I was able to remove it whole.
Any help ID'ing this little bottle would be greatly appreciated!