Today's Digs - Demijohn! US Made?

[subsoil]

Got out again today to continue the deep pit, the weather was perfect and finding this sweet demijohn capped this awesome weekend. This thing cleaned up mint! Found it between two HUGE bars of metal, I think that is what saved it. 3 piece mold, nasty crude applied lip. Most of my finds have been unembossed so I have no idea what origins this could be... but I couldn't be happier!

 

[subsoil]

All your base:

 

[subsoil]

Sorry for the lousy group pic, I'm tired from diggin. []

From left to right:
Philips Milk of magnesia
Duffy Malt Whiskey Rochester NY
Bell-ans for indigestion
JOS. P. SPANG 589 Atlantic Ave Boston MA blobby
The sweet crude 3 piece mold demijohn! WOOT
Bromo Selzter

Bunker Hill, Charlestown, MA monument souvenir or something, the handle is broken off but it's kinda neat.

Enjoy!

 

[KentOhio]

Nice, I've never heard of anyone digging a whole demijohn! Odds are it was made in New England.

 

[subsoil]

Me either Kent! I took my time digging it out. It was surrounded by crushed plates and metal, about 10ft down. The duffy malt was right next to it which I was onto first, that one came out first, and it was mint so I had high hopes. I was a bit frantic in knowing that it was between two huge bars of metal and would likely be damaged somehow, but this thing has no flaws that I can see, it just doesn't get much better than this, by far one of my top digs ever! [][][][]

 

[Flaschenjager]

Hi subsoil and congrats on the demi ...its a beauty, but you knew that![]

 

[subsoil]

Thanks all []

Anyone have similar markings on other demijohns that are similar? If it is New England made, I wonder who would have been the source? If it were Stoddard it would have an open pontil? Coming from a once bulldozed town dump, this is a sweet find probably between 1880-1900, but this piece could be early made and tossed later on. It is an amazing feeling to recover this long buried art treasure after hours of hard digging! Can't wait to get back in there...

~ss

 

[cowseatmaize]

If it were Stoddard it would have an open pontil?

Not necessarily, New Granite Glass Works 1860-71 was a producer of demi's. George Foster (who organized it) even set up a distribution center for them in Boston in 1862 according to McKearin/Wilson

 

[earlyglass]

This is a real nice and odd colored demijohn, and it is probably from NH. It appears to be mid 1860s to early 1870s. Stoddard had two different glasshouses operating until the early 1870s... New Granite and Weeks & Gilson. Although the color is a bit unusual, it looks like a Stoddard form. You will see dozens of amber examples before you see one in this color! It is a very nice find, and certainly pre-dates your town dump by a few years. Naturally, these larger utility bottles could have been reused for many years, so it is not uncommon to find a much older piece in a later dump. But to find a whole demijohn...sitting in a "bulldozed" pile of trash, after being reused for 20 years... that is one lucky bottle!

Mike

 

[GuntherHess]

It looks like it could be American. I have some German demijohns that are similar but they typically have more square shoulders.
One thing you can try is to fill it with water and see if it holds even increments of gallons or litres. The European ones are often litre sizes.