Wheelah23
Well-Known Member
Today turned out to be a nice one! At last night's bottle club meeting, I talked with Tom to figure out when to dig a privy. He said no digging tomorrow, but he could come over to probe any permissions I got. Well, with that knowledge, I set out to get some permissions... I went to the library to get myself a list of a bunch of old houses, because it conveniently has files on 80% of the houses here in Glen Ridge! I scraped together some addresses of pre-1890 homes. I have about a dozen on that list so far, but I was only at the library for less than an hour. I had time to ask for permission twice today, and both people gave me a thumbs up! One house was built in 1889, and didn't get plumbing until 1917. I know ABM privies are bad, but there's local bottles from around 1910 that I REALLY want, so I'll dig any privy, pretty much. As I was checking out the lay of the land, I noticed a familiar shape sticking out of the ground in the backyard. I walked over and picked it up, and to my glee, it was indeed a Hutter stopper! Obviously that is as good an indication as any of antique bottle activity, so I'm itching to get back there. The stopper is from a Newark firm I don't recognize, Munz & Kappmeier. The other house was built in 1865 and got plumbing in 1904. I just found out I can't probe tomorrow, but maybe the week after. Either way, there's a chance for some good bottles here. There's a couple unoccupied c.1880-1890 houses I could check out as well, they probably have privies too. Can't wait to dig these things!
I also bought this little milk glass plate at a house sale. It's got spiky hobnails, and aside from that, I don't know much about it... Fenton? I bet it's worth more than the 50 cents I paid...
I also bought this little milk glass plate at a house sale. It's got spiky hobnails, and aside from that, I don't know much about it... Fenton? I bet it's worth more than the 50 cents I paid...