Today's Digs - Demijohn! US Made?

[BRIAN S.]

Lucky to find intact for sure . Hard to believe it made it in the ground like that .
It may have been in wicker when it was tossed away many years ago , and that probably helped protect it until the trash and dirt settled in around it and then the wicker rotted away over the years .

 

[subsoil]

Wow thank you all for some really excellent posts and ideas! I filled it to 2.3 litres (0.6 gallons) and the water level comes to about halfway up the neck - I am not sure how much they would fill these things? At half gallon it came to the top of the shoulder a little above the horizontal mold line.

Mike your assessments are wise and your knowledge is vast! I have been wondering Stoddard made myself, it truly is an oddball color and its got the crazy bubbles and whittling as this pic shows... Man this beast is crazy, what will I pull out of the hole next?

 

[GuntherHess]

Sounds like a 2 liter or a half gallon demi. (it wouldnt be filled into the neck) but its fairly early and the early ones are less likely to be in standard units. Thats a pretty small demi compared to most I have seen.
Take a look at Harry Pristis' site to get some ideas on demijohn styles.
http://hometown.aol.com/rebobgem/1cindex.html