photolith
Well-Known Member
The first two bottles I need help with I found out near Dyer, NV while doing some surveying for the USGS way out in the mountains at an abandoned mine in the middle of absolute nowhere in the mountains. I'm guessing they are opium bottles, hence the 'Standard Chinese' embossing. The second bottle in this set is super narrow, Im guessing also an opium bottle of sorts, found dozens of them around some of the camps just on the surface. Also found a whole ton of super nice undamaged western bitters and medicines at these mining camps out in the mountains, also at the surface in collapsed wooden mining shelters; this was back in 2011. There is still bottle gold to be had in them Nevada mountains. If anyone lives near Dyer, NV; this was the coordinates, theres all kinds of bottles all up and down this mountain, just follow the coal mines.... I'll give the location as I prob won't ever make it back out there. [h=1]37°59'40.8"N 117°52'46.0"W[/h]
The third bottle is very odd, I've never seen anything like it an all my years of bottle digging/collecting. Found it recently at a bottle show near Pittsburgh. The dude didn't really know much about it. Figured I'd pick it up since it's something unusual. Doubt its worth much, since theres no embossing and theres no pontil, so it appears to date to around 1870 or so with that crude applied lip. Either way, its a really cool bottle with three pinched in sides and quite heavy glass.
The first bottle in question.
ACV_6542
ACV_6543
ACV_6545
Second bottle
ACV_6546
ACV_6548
Third bottle
ACV_6552
ACV_6553
The third bottle is very odd, I've never seen anything like it an all my years of bottle digging/collecting. Found it recently at a bottle show near Pittsburgh. The dude didn't really know much about it. Figured I'd pick it up since it's something unusual. Doubt its worth much, since theres no embossing and theres no pontil, so it appears to date to around 1870 or so with that crude applied lip. Either way, its a really cool bottle with three pinched in sides and quite heavy glass.
The first bottle in question.
ACV_6542
ACV_6543
ACV_6545
Second bottle
ACV_6546
ACV_6548
Third bottle
ACV_6552
ACV_6553
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