Old sawmill "town" dump

[JOETHECROW]

The next bottle is an aqua colored Millikens stove enamel.

Can you show a close up pic of that bottle ?

 

[Stony99]

Madman, thanks, it was fun!

Downeast, I'm just learning about bottles, not sure what you are asking me about the "Flavorite"

It says "Flavorite Mfg. Co" and "Buffalo NY" on it. It has a very noticable seam up the side, but not all the way to the neck. And the neck has a very obvious defect in it.

At first I thought it was a chip, but it is not. It's smooth. So that it seems to be a large air bubble that was cast into the neck. Quite a large and noticable defect. Let's see if I can show it.

 

[Stony99]

Here is the Flavorite:

 

[Stony99]

Here you go Joe ..... It says "Milliken's Parlor Pride Stove Enamel Milliken & Co. Boston & NY" but the letters are really crude.

 

[Stony99]

Here are a few more bottles from our dig after they were cleaned up.

The milk says "Milk the only real complexion builder" with a twenties "flapper girl" and 'Bradford milk company; on the front. The Dr Pepper and the milk is estimated to be from about 1925.

 

[Stony99]

Bradford Brewing Co, Bradford Pa.

 

[druggistnut]

John,
That was a nice narrative-well done.
Is that a Bokker knife? Looks German or perhaps British.
Who is who in the photos? I am thinking that is you fighting with the gorgeous redhead over that toy. -smile-
Keep the stories coming.
Bill

 

[Stony99]

ORIGINAL: druggistnut

John,
That was a nice narrative-well done.
Is that a Bokker knife? Looks German or perhaps British.
Who is who in the photos? I am thinking that is you fighting with the gorgeous redhead over that toy. -smile-
Keep the stories coming.
Bill

Thanks Bill. I am the male in the photos and I don't think I should identify the others without their permission first. They are not members of this forum.

The knife is a "Special Projects Cold Steel" ..... It's a fairly inexpensive, well made knife. I use it to cut, dig, chop, pry, hammer, and even cook on! (I've grilled burgers on it out in the woods before!) It's a hard steel blade, a ruberized handle (like a diving knife might have) and it's light weight. I also carry a small, stainless steel folding shovel.

BTW- I once lived in the UP of MI for a few years. My dad is from the UP.

 

[steamfitter38]

looks like fun

 

[farmerdan]

Hey Stony

Glad to see you made up your mind to start really digging. You never know what will turn up!
To answer your question about the teapot, yes it does appear to be "redware". Had it not been for the chips, it would be difficult to identify it as such, due to the glaze and decoration. Redware is basically fired clay, or "terra cotta" and was produced in this country from the mid 1600s up through the 19th century, and some is still being made today. From your picture, that piece appears to be mostly intact - I certainly hope someone kept it! As for its age, it appears to be a later piece, but you never know how long something like that was kicking around before it got pitched. It also appears to have been molded as opposed to being thrown on a wheel. This is also a clue to it being made close to or in the 20th century.
Learn more about redware here: http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm

Also, check the bottom for a potters mark, they are very easy to research, and can often pinpoint the age within a few years! Here's a great resource for that: http://www.gpsf.com/Sortpotinx.htm
Unfortunately, over 90% of early American redware was not marked, but you said it was from England, so I'm assuming there was a mark. Also why the link is for a British potters mark index.

I recently stumbled upon a site that is turning up lots of big pieces of beautiful slip-trail decorated redware dating to about the 1820s - 1840s. In a case like that I use the sifting screen to try to find every piece because its fun to glue them back together and sometimes they actually display pretty nice.

Happy digging

Farmer