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[lynna]

Hello, Moved into an old house (150) year old. Found an old surface dump over a rock wall. Found lots of stuff! Fell in love with the old bottles. Would appreciate anyone who could tell me what I have. I have purchased books, but get confused when they describe the different tops and bottoms. I understand when they talk about the seam line and blob tops. However I am lost when it comes to applied tops and the bottoms.

 

[lynna]

Picture of top and bottom

 

[lynna]

Green bottle is crooked with little bubbles and no seam line

 

[woody]

Hi, Lynn, and welcome to the forum.
Your first bottle is an ammonia bottle, I believe, and the second one you posted is probably a wine bottle, from the looks of it.
You're in the right era of bottle collecting and there should be more where these came from.
Good luck hunting!

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi Lynn, Before you buy a lot of books go on the internet to a Forum members home page. http://www.sha.org/bottles/index/htm. This is taken care of by our Bill Lindsey. He has worked on it for several years and done a fantastic job of covering the aspects of many many things about old bottles. RED Matthews

 

[Oldtimer]

Welcome Lynn! It is a fantastic hobby, have fun!

 

[cyberdigger]

Welcome to the forum, Lynn!
If I moved into a 150 year old house, well I'm just scared to imagine what I might do! "Hmm.. wonder what's inside THAT wall.. honey, pass me the axe!"
And that "surface dump" you found might very well yield older bottles if you dig further down. The ones you posted here are TOC (turn of the century.. 1900ish) the first was for ammonia or bleach, and the second is wine or champagne.. that one has no seam because it is a "turn mold".. it was literally turned while inside the mold to erase the seam and make it extra shiny..

 

[southern Maine diver]

Hi Lynn...

Welcome to our forum family. You'll find all kinds of info... photo's... collectors... people... advice here. One other thing about your first bottle (amonia) it looks a little purple... that would be SCA (sun colored amethyst)...[]

Enjoy the forum and the chatter,
Wayne

 

[lynna]

Thank you for the huge welcome! I had no idea the purplish bottle was an ammonia bottle. Always loved history, therefore moved into an old house. But finding the dump on the property was like hitting the jackpot! Gives me a glimpse of what life was like for the ones that lived here before. Apparently they drank lots of beer, loved ketchup and ate lots of clams. Even found the jawbone of the family cow back there! Here is a pic of some of my favorites.

 

[madman]

welcome id say you hit the jackpot! wow nice finds! by all means keep digging ! that quart milk bottle is very interesting think we could see a closeup mike