bottles_inc
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Got out to my usual spot recently. Dug my first ever squat blob top! Here it is fresh out of the hole.
I thought it was a broken standard beer at first because it came out neck first and I saw it was short. When I saw the base was on it I freaked out.
Wasn't too deep, maybe 5 feet down? This dumps a mix of all sorts of stuff. I found a 1980s bottle a foot away from a 1890s beer a while back. Here it is all cleaned up.
R. B. WEBSTER, NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA XXX PORTER AND ALE, which seems to be a common embossing for these types of bottles. extremely small and shallow chip on the center of the neck on the front and a micro flake off the top, but overall good condition. I'm guessing late 1870s/early 1880s; what do you guys think in terms of age (or rarity or value)? I'm still a newbie.
Also got some nice flasks during this dig, Half pint strap sided in yellow, and
full pint strap sided in amber. Both have an S on the bottom, which I remember seeing mentioned before in relation to strap sided flasks. Anyone know what S stands for?
Sum total of my flask collection so far. No historical or pictorial (or embossed...) ones yet, but one day soon, hopefully.
Finally, some bits and pieces: A lea and Perrins Lea and Perrins worcestershire sauce, J. A. Gilka liquor shard, a glass syringe sans needle, a consolidated fruit jar company mason jar ceramic lid insert, a millville atmospheric fruit jar lid embossed Whitalls Patent 1861, a piece of a spray perfume bottle, and 3 mystery items:
Queen Mary Bay Rum, ...CLAY WHISKEY, and (?)ANADERAD ceramic piece.
This piece isn't much of a mystery. I've found a few advertisements for it ranging from the 1890s to the 1900s (25 cents back in the day). but I can't find a pic of a whole example. Anyone got?
I haven't been able to guess the name of this shard. It looks like a K might preceded the C, but I'm not convinced. Thoughts?
This piece is really interesting to me for some reason. Is it a manufacturer, a product, a name, or something else?
Thats all for now. Thanks for reading, and stay healthy
I thought it was a broken standard beer at first because it came out neck first and I saw it was short. When I saw the base was on it I freaked out.
Wasn't too deep, maybe 5 feet down? This dumps a mix of all sorts of stuff. I found a 1980s bottle a foot away from a 1890s beer a while back. Here it is all cleaned up.
R. B. WEBSTER, NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA XXX PORTER AND ALE, which seems to be a common embossing for these types of bottles. extremely small and shallow chip on the center of the neck on the front and a micro flake off the top, but overall good condition. I'm guessing late 1870s/early 1880s; what do you guys think in terms of age (or rarity or value)? I'm still a newbie.
Also got some nice flasks during this dig, Half pint strap sided in yellow, and
full pint strap sided in amber. Both have an S on the bottom, which I remember seeing mentioned before in relation to strap sided flasks. Anyone know what S stands for?
Sum total of my flask collection so far. No historical or pictorial (or embossed...) ones yet, but one day soon, hopefully.
Finally, some bits and pieces: A lea and Perrins Lea and Perrins worcestershire sauce, J. A. Gilka liquor shard, a glass syringe sans needle, a consolidated fruit jar company mason jar ceramic lid insert, a millville atmospheric fruit jar lid embossed Whitalls Patent 1861, a piece of a spray perfume bottle, and 3 mystery items:
Queen Mary Bay Rum, ...CLAY WHISKEY, and (?)ANADERAD ceramic piece.
This piece isn't much of a mystery. I've found a few advertisements for it ranging from the 1890s to the 1900s (25 cents back in the day). but I can't find a pic of a whole example. Anyone got?
I haven't been able to guess the name of this shard. It looks like a K might preceded the C, but I'm not convinced. Thoughts?
This piece is really interesting to me for some reason. Is it a manufacturer, a product, a name, or something else?
Thats all for now. Thanks for reading, and stay healthy
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