billythemtn
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Hi all,
I've just started to dig again after a 25 year hiatus. I was neck deep back in the 70's and early 80's. My uncle was an early digger and got me into it in a big way. I've been unpacking boxes of bottles that have been storage all this time. I've set up a curio I plan on rotating bottles on display at our home. I have a bottle that has been somewhat of a mystery to me since I found it in the eroded lakebank of the Lake Erie shoreline in NE Ohio. It was all by itself and not part of a dump per se. I know it to be at least mid 1800's from the blown in wood mold internal "whittle" marks, the pontil scar and the sloppy applied top. It is 9" H and aquamarine in color. It's a medicine bottle labeled: Preston's Vegetable Purifying Catholicon Portsm 'th, NH. I remember my teenage letters to the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, etc. went unanswered at the time. Any further info would be greatly appreciated (i.e. rarity, etc). This picture doesn't show great detail unfortunately.
I've just started to dig again after a 25 year hiatus. I was neck deep back in the 70's and early 80's. My uncle was an early digger and got me into it in a big way. I've been unpacking boxes of bottles that have been storage all this time. I've set up a curio I plan on rotating bottles on display at our home. I have a bottle that has been somewhat of a mystery to me since I found it in the eroded lakebank of the Lake Erie shoreline in NE Ohio. It was all by itself and not part of a dump per se. I know it to be at least mid 1800's from the blown in wood mold internal "whittle" marks, the pontil scar and the sloppy applied top. It is 9" H and aquamarine in color. It's a medicine bottle labeled: Preston's Vegetable Purifying Catholicon Portsm 'th, NH. I remember my teenage letters to the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, etc. went unanswered at the time. Any further info would be greatly appreciated (i.e. rarity, etc). This picture doesn't show great detail unfortunately.