Pittsburgh Heinz History Museum Bottles

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Went to the Heinz History Museum today to check out their bottle collection. Seeing as Pittsburgh major industry before Steel was glass, its a pretty important area for bottle collecting. I've got a lot of these bottles in my collection, but only about 5% of them.

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Bottles and such from the Steamship Arabia wreck. The river boat was manufactures in Brownsville, PA and was headed out from Pittsburgh when it sank on the Louisiana River.
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Circa 1800 ink well made in Pittsburgh, apparently the only one known. I know I've never seen a pontiled inkwell like this before.
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More bottles from the 1856 Steamship Arabia
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Steamship Arabia artifacts
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1856 Hostetters, oldest one I've ever seen.
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[shotdwn]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[sandchip]

Yes, thanks for all those pictures. Love the great labels on some of those pieces. That little petal footed inkwell is killer.

 

[slugplate]

Awesome! If I ever uncovered any of those bottles, I would declare that day miraculous, LOL. Anyway, what GREAT pieces of historic glass and stoneware - I must make a trip out there one day.

 

[WesternPA-collector]

Great photos. You covered the place very well. All of a sudden my own collection seems very unworthy lol.

 

[bottle-bud]

Fantastic, Enjoyed the tour!