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Here is a picture of one of many bottles that I dug up at the site of an a fallen old mansion. The mansion might have been used as a tavern during prohibition if the local I spoke to was correct. This emerald green liquor bottle has a diamond and an overlapped oval with an I or a 1 in the middle. The seam goes all the way to the top of the bottle. It also has a large indention in the bottle that goes up maybe 2 inches inside the bottle. I would just like to know a year, possibly what it's contents were, and a price estimate. I have about 100 more bottles. I spent the day cleaning off a lot of them and just had a few that looked unique.

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Here are two pictures of some of the bottles I cleaned up today. Let me know if you recognize something.[:)] That round thing is a light bulb, not a lid or anything.

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i would guess as an overall estimate of age would be late 40s early 50s as in all dumps there will be some late throws meaning that some bottles were kept a while then thrown away later for instance the fruit jars no one throws away their new fruit jars they use them for 10 or 20 years and then get rid of them
 

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Here is another bottle that I thought was unique. It says Frankfort Distilleries on the front as you can see in the pitcure. I'm not sure what it is but in the bottom-right image it has a tiny raised 'thing' that looks like it was added onto the bottle, maybe to patch a hole or something.

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This bottle is clear with grape bunches and leaves all the way around it. It say One Quart around the bottom. There are no other letters on the bottle aside from W 603 on the bottom. Possibly a wine bottle.

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Thanks Spencer. On the whiskey bottle, are you talking about the circular chip or the 'thing'? It's shape reminds me of a bracket put on the back of jewelry so that you can put it on a necklace or a tiny, flat handle. The 'thing' is actually raised on the bottle. I can't imagine what it's purpose is near the bottom. I've put all my bottles up for the night so I won't bother anyone with more pictures. I found a Clorox bottle in great condition for being buried 5 feet below the ground since the late 40's. It even has the rubber cork still stuck in it!
 

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i was looking at the chip not the "thing" it looks like a glob of glass they never patched glass it cant be done without epoxy and in which case you wouldnt have dug it like that

the clorox bottles are very common and you cant give them away the pictures arent a "bother" we as glassaholics love all pictures of glass we can get so post away!
 

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I've gone through more of the bottles and here are a few that I thought were interesting looking. This first bottle looks to be another liquor bottle. The seam goes all the way up to the lid and the lid is quite rusty so I won't chance removing it to see if the seam goes any further. The cap has some red and white on it, but I can't make out anything else. The paint is chipping off so I'm hesitant to clean it. It says 4/5 QUART 4 times around the bottom of the bottle. On the bottom it has a star with the letter 'C' in it and the number 5 an inch or so below it.

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