Is this a rare bottle?

[JamieK]

I am an educator who has done an archaeological dig with my 4th grade students. The site wedid our dig at was a pre-1900 dumpsite. We found many old bottles, including this old Heinz Ketchup bottle. According to our research, it was manufactured and distributed between 1889 and 1910. We also read that Heinz started using the octagonal shape starting in 1890. So I assume this bottle was used in 1889. Is this correct? I could not find any bottles in this shape for sale on eBay. Is it a rare bottle?I'd appreciate any insight or information anyone has about this Jamie Kamlet

 

[strongj5678]

What a nice example of a Heinz ketchup. It's not all that rare, maybe a $20 bottle I think. The part that I like was that you went on a dig with your students. My science teacher in 6th grade did the same thing with our class and it is a wonderful memory. He found an old dump behind our school one day after school and introduced us to it. It got me into my lifelong bottle collecting hobby. KEEP DIGGING!

 

[cowseatmaize]

I believe that's Patent # 34,712 with some changes. If you check on the base it should have Heinz, the date and a 99, Heinz tended to number there bottles (which there are WAY more than 57[]). If it has something else, please post back with it.Fore a list of some of the codes in a Word ® format CLICK HERE to download

 

[sunrunner]

these Heinz bottles are great to find . the 1905 to 1910 seems right considering once the bottle was empty they were quickly discarded. there is most likely other good bottles in that dump.