ronayne88
Member
Hi all,
I have only taken an interest in bottle digging in the past few weeks and have come across a few minor dumps. The old dumps I found have bottles from the 1800s (as traced by the embossing), but have only yielded broken shards. I recently found a nice dump but most of the stuff seems to be quite recent (1950-70). However, I did manage to come across some older looking bottles.
I would like some help in identification of some of these (and what they may have contained), as I have not yet figured out how to age bottles properly with regards to markings etc.
Image one here: http://i53.tinypic.com/156zmhf.jpg shows all bottles... from left to right bottles read:
1: blank
2: blank, but bottom reads: IGB (Irish Glass Bottle), 8-OZ , LY-5
3: blank, botttom reads: 5
4: This I understand is an old type Guinness bottle. The cirular stamp on the front reads DIC, SE (Saorstát Éireann or Irish Free State). This was in existence between the years 1922–1937, so would I be correct in assuming that this bottle is from that period?. The bottom reads: 10 IGB
5: This reads "Essence Coffee & Chicory", "Newsom & Sons Ltd", "Cork", with IGB, 208, 1 on the bottom.
6: Finally, this bottle reads "Cork Distilleries Co Ltd", with IGB, 330L - 12, IIX on the bottom.
No 3 looks very odd to me - anyone have any ideas what it could have been used for? Also does anyone know how old the bottle stopper may be or what kind of bottles these would have been used for?
I also found a harmonica, and two spoons - one which says "Property of NACB". I have no idea what this stands for.
Thanks in advance,
Seán.
PS: I can attach more pictures if needed.
I have only taken an interest in bottle digging in the past few weeks and have come across a few minor dumps. The old dumps I found have bottles from the 1800s (as traced by the embossing), but have only yielded broken shards. I recently found a nice dump but most of the stuff seems to be quite recent (1950-70). However, I did manage to come across some older looking bottles.
I would like some help in identification of some of these (and what they may have contained), as I have not yet figured out how to age bottles properly with regards to markings etc.
Image one here: http://i53.tinypic.com/156zmhf.jpg shows all bottles... from left to right bottles read:
1: blank
2: blank, but bottom reads: IGB (Irish Glass Bottle), 8-OZ , LY-5
3: blank, botttom reads: 5
4: This I understand is an old type Guinness bottle. The cirular stamp on the front reads DIC, SE (Saorstát Éireann or Irish Free State). This was in existence between the years 1922–1937, so would I be correct in assuming that this bottle is from that period?. The bottom reads: 10 IGB
5: This reads "Essence Coffee & Chicory", "Newsom & Sons Ltd", "Cork", with IGB, 208, 1 on the bottom.
6: Finally, this bottle reads "Cork Distilleries Co Ltd", with IGB, 330L - 12, IIX on the bottom.
No 3 looks very odd to me - anyone have any ideas what it could have been used for? Also does anyone know how old the bottle stopper may be or what kind of bottles these would have been used for?
I also found a harmonica, and two spoons - one which says "Property of NACB". I have no idea what this stands for.
Thanks in advance,
Seán.
PS: I can attach more pictures if needed.
