Need your help on this stuck stopper!!

[Bent_Twig]

I was just out looking for a job this morning and ran across a little antique store. Cant seem to find a job , but I always seem to find a way to spend more money!!!![] Found this cool little Larkin Soap Co bottle in the store for $12 bucks and thought it was a good buy. The stopper is stuck tight! I have heard of several tricks to get this stopper loose , but there is one problem. This bottle still has a partial label on the back that is dirty but reads :
Lavender
Ammonia
Salt

It has some of the originsl residue in it and I would love to have a smell. I want to get it open , but I do not want to hurt the label. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bent_Twig]

Label

 

[Bent_Twig]

label

 

[Bent_Twig]

one more

 

[Bent_Twig]

Well,

I was to impatient to wait for some responses so I tried using hot and cold on the stopper and not on the bottle except for the lip. I was real careful and used cold water first then hot water and it came loose right away.

I have to tell ya that I was pretty disapointed at the smell though. Not good at all!![:'(] I suppose I will fill it with warm water and let the inside soak. Give the inside a good cleaning and it should sparkle.

Twig.

 

[Bent_Twig]

Cleaned up!

 

[Bent_Twig]

Spot Free!!

 

[downeastdigger]

Ha ha! That was the ultimate " I've got cabin fever and am going crazy because i cant dig and am finding things to do to keep me busy, like trying to get stoppers out of bottles" post.

I'm right there with ya. Glad you got the stopper out. Sorry you got aroma let down from it.

45 degrees here tomorrow! 2 feet of snow on the ground, but aside from that, I'd say diggin is right around the corner

 

[Bent_Twig]

ORIGINAL: downeastdigger

Ha ha! That was the ultimate " I've got cabin fever and am going crazy because i cant dig and am finding things to do to keep me busy, like trying to get stoppers out of bottles" post.

I'm right there with ya. Glad you got the stopper out. Sorry you got aroma let down from it.

45 degrees here tomorrow! 2 feet of snow on the ground, but aside from that, I'd say diggin is right around the corner

Yup!!

Enough of this winter already! I need to get in the dirt. Cant bottle hunt,arrowhead hunt, or metal detect. I have some great fields for artifacts if this snow would ever melt. Have a new metal detector setting here just waiting to see some ground. I figure some of the woods that I hunt that are behind old farm houses should have old dumps. A lot of these places I have never found any dump. So I figure if the dump is under ground the metal detector may help me find an older dump.

Twig.

 

[bostaurus]

I tried the hot and cold water on an apothecary with a stuck stopper. I ended up with a big crack down the neck. Fortunately it was not that old and it was free. I have another that is probably early 1800's with a very stuck stopper. I have tried warm water..I am afraid to use hot, I have soaked it in olive oil, WD40 and Coke to no avail. It has an early hand painted label so I can't soak the whole thing, just from the neck up. It is just going to have to stay stuck. The only reason I want it unstuck is because the bottle contains some pretty nasty stuff. Since the stopper refuses to budge I guess I don't have to worry about that.