Down in the dumps part 2

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Wheelah23

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I got back into the dump today, and I hope to go back tomorrow as well. The weather was nice, so I didn't even need a jacket. There's a couple nice bottles here, I especially like the wine bottle. Mostly common bottles, though.

Here's the Maltine Manufacturing Company bottle in the dirt
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Here's the wine bottle in the dirt
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Here's the Duffy bottle in the dirt. I could've sworn it was a very rare local blob top as I was digging it, I could even feel that it had slug plate embossing. I was somewhat disappointed when this fell out, but oh well. Next time.
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Found my first cone ink! No embossing though [:'(]
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I thought this bottle was unembossed at first, but then I looked closer and saw faint embossing. I think it says "KEMP'S BALSAM".
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Next is a tiny perfume bottle. It says "C. H. SELICK/ PERFUMER/ NEW YORK".
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Here's a little crockery thing. It's a small jar, probably cheese or butter.
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I recognized this bottle before I even saw the embossing. Florida Water.
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"THE/ MALTINE/ M'FG CO/ CHEMISTS/ NEW YORK". Kind of a large bottle. About 7.5" tall.
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Here's the Duffy Malt Whiskey. I know these are super common, but I didn't know how common when I dug it.
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Here's the base.
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This is my favorite bottle of the day. It's a nice, crude, bubbly turn molded wine bottle. The color is awesome; it's not olive like most wine bottles. I'd say it's more of a forest green color. The top is also strange, it seems to be a miniature blob top.
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The base shows the color well.
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I found another jar lid without the jar. I'll make a post about it in the Jars forum.
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Oddly enough, I found ANOTHER porcelain stopper to a local bottle! This one goes to a very rare "J. HENDERSON GROCER" blob top from Montclair. That's two local porcelain stoppers found, and no (whole) local bottles found!
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Nice work Wheelie!

That one you say is your favorite, though, is not a wine bottle. [;)]
 

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bubbly turn molded wine bottle
Sounds like a fun time. Those turn molds were used for a lot of things I believe. I've seen labeled of that type with cider and mineral water. Poland Water was in that form but I'm not sure about turn mold, I'll have to look a little deeper for that.
 

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Probably beer, maybe malted milk ..

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Hi Wheelah23

I have dug those green bottles also and the SHA website listed them as Apollinaris water bottles.
 

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I have found a lot of those turn molds. Common but nice color. Good spot you're digging.
 

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