Ry's 2007 privy dig posts w/ guest diggers!!!

[bottlediger]

LC no sadly it was not pontiled but had to be close to that time period

Ry

 

[RICKJJ59W]

I don't think they where pontil, but im not sure (pine tar) the one I found wasn't either, but who caressss its still a great bottle. Rick

 

[Jim]

Super, killer dig, guys! The cobalt ink is awesome, I've only ever dug ONE open pontil ink and it was aqua of course. Ry, I'm glad Philly finally treated you good. You deserve it, bro. I doubt if even George W. and Rick's forked-tongue demon buddy could top that dig [][]. Very cool photos. ~Jim

 

[LC]

Thanks Ry, the reason I asked was because I have one and it is not pontiled either. I was just curious if there were earlier ones that might have had pontils to give a person an idea as to how far they go back in time. I have never seen one that was. It does not really matter, they are a beautiful bottle regardless. That would be a good research project for someone who lives in the city and state in which it comes from.

 

[LC]

I bought the one I have at an auction around fifteen or twenty years ago Rick, and I have not seen another one in my area since. I have also not been to a bottle show for around the same amount of time either. Do they show up often at the bottle shows?

 

[bottlediger]

thanks jim for the complements!

L C - they do turn up quite a bit, and are found in tons of differnt sizes, colors, and molds. The first one i dug was acutally broken this was last year and was in one of the hardest to find colors and mold varations it was safire blue....Some are embossed 1858 so I think that is the earlist they go back to also they are from philadelphia Pa.

Take care guys and thanks again so much for the comments

Ryan

 

[PhilaBottles]

ORIGINAL: L C

Thanks Ry, the reason I asked was because I have one and it is not pontiled either. I was just curious if there were earlier ones that might have had pontils to give a person an idea as to how far they go back in time. I have never seen one that was. It does not really matter, they are a beautiful bottle regardless. That would be a good research project for someone who lives in the city and state in which it comes from.

They are noted in this article BY DR. RICHARD CANNON . http://www.glswrk-auction.com/mc22.htm The iron pontil variation is rare.

Matt.

 

[LC]

Thanks Matt, that was a super informative article, thanks for thinking of me, I appreciate it greatly, Lou

 

[PhilaBottles]

sure.

this is the second one ive dug in 3 months.

Matt.

 

[bottlediger]

Here a pic of the slim pickins i brought home on the last privy digs, dont even worth doing a write up of the dig it just wasnt that good. Take care

Ry