New Site—Philly, MA, & Import Bottles

[RelicRaker]

Thx Leon..
I'll try and post a better base shot for you.

 

[RelicRaker]

UPDATE: Still needs a little work, but the 3-day CLR solution loosened up a lot of the crud.
(Leon, I still owe you a base view. I wanna try and remove some of that residue first.)

 

[RelicRaker]

Here's the pontil scar again, better light...

 

[RelicRaker]

Two strap-sides out of the hole...

 

[hemihampton]

Here's the pontil scar again, better light...
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THANKS.

 

[RelicRaker]

The pit continues to produce...
Sadly the Johnston blob has a base chip.

The M. Ruoff stoneware was unexpected—anyone know the rarity of these?

 

[CanadianBottles]

Nice finds! I don't know anything about the stoneware but it looks like quite an early one.

 

[RelicRaker]

I did a little checking on the stoneware. Moritz Ruoff was a Northeast Philly brewer from 1874 to 1882.

 

[RelicRaker]

Dug this small cobalt today. I'm guessing castor oil. No markings but couldn't resist the color.

 

[RelicRaker]

Returned after a few hard rains and found an F. Brown's Essence of Jamaica Ginger. I've dug 2 before but with much fainter embossing.