These bottles I have found underwater where I live in the Virgin Islands. They were all found at an old anchorage that ships used to stop at to bring salt back to Europe.
The one on the left is 12" and 3.5" it has stencilled on the top Van Hoytema &Co Holland. I have found gin bottles that this company did between 1830 and 1850 but nothing that looks like this
The one on the middle is black glass and very rough black glass at that, the whole bottle is it is 9 1/4 tall with a 3.75 base. I guess mid 1700's but who knows. I just found it yesterday, so I have not even cleaned it yet.
The one on the right is more recent, it is 10" high and the base is 3.5" It has a little stamp that is very hard to read down toward the base that says glasgow in the middle and on the top Port Dun___ perhaps Port Dunbar? It has a word, or serial # on the bottom on the stamp that i cannot read at all, and it looks like a little U below the stamp with 2 horizontal lines across the top of each side of the U.
We find quite a few old bottles around here, and have just started becoming interested in finding out more about them
Thanks Kerry
The one on the left is 12" and 3.5" it has stencilled on the top Van Hoytema &Co Holland. I have found gin bottles that this company did between 1830 and 1850 but nothing that looks like this
The one on the middle is black glass and very rough black glass at that, the whole bottle is it is 9 1/4 tall with a 3.75 base. I guess mid 1700's but who knows. I just found it yesterday, so I have not even cleaned it yet.
The one on the right is more recent, it is 10" high and the base is 3.5" It has a little stamp that is very hard to read down toward the base that says glasgow in the middle and on the top Port Dun___ perhaps Port Dunbar? It has a word, or serial # on the bottom on the stamp that i cannot read at all, and it looks like a little U below the stamp with 2 horizontal lines across the top of each side of the U.
We find quite a few old bottles around here, and have just started becoming interested in finding out more about them
Thanks Kerry