Yesterday we found a fun one. I dig plenty of heavily dipped privies that were in the backyards of teetotaling spinsters. This one was different. This one actually had sodas, and booze, and good local pharmacies, and one blob top beer that my partner found that will haunt my dreams until I find one.
These are some of my finds, and I am happy with it. The pit was full of a thick seed layer under a big chunk of lime, under which the 1885-1895 bottles were stacked up. My personal best find was a locally embossed half pint flask, which was the only flask in the pit which was broken. That was a bittersweet moment that we all know. I found an identical flask without the embossing, and am hoping that someone out there can clue me in to my possible repair options. I would really like to get this one looking right so that I can stop going crazy when I look at it on the shelf. This bottle is for a downtown establishment run by Brown and Anthony, and dates to 1893. I am also including a picture of a couple of local hutch sodas with nice blob tops,and an English stoneware master ink debossed with "vitreous stone bottles, J. Bourne & Son, patentee Denby Pottery, R. & J. Arnold, London, England". I also got a Warner's Safe, which are always fun to pull.
I have a question on the big half gallon (?) Mason's patent Mar. 30th 1858 jar..... on the back it has the initials "N.C.L. Co." embossed. I did some research and found out about the Nail City Lantern Co. of Wheeling, WV, but I am having a hard time finding out about whether or not I should keep this jar away from the cat. It does not have a speck of color, lol, but I am hoping that it might be halfway interesting. I left it by the pit in the snow overnight, and then changed my mind this morning and went back to get it.
That is most of the adventure for last weekend. I wish I could show the pharmacies, but they are a little too nearby for that not to be a completely crazy idea. The pictures will follow one at a time!
These are some of my finds, and I am happy with it. The pit was full of a thick seed layer under a big chunk of lime, under which the 1885-1895 bottles were stacked up. My personal best find was a locally embossed half pint flask, which was the only flask in the pit which was broken. That was a bittersweet moment that we all know. I found an identical flask without the embossing, and am hoping that someone out there can clue me in to my possible repair options. I would really like to get this one looking right so that I can stop going crazy when I look at it on the shelf. This bottle is for a downtown establishment run by Brown and Anthony, and dates to 1893. I am also including a picture of a couple of local hutch sodas with nice blob tops,and an English stoneware master ink debossed with "vitreous stone bottles, J. Bourne & Son, patentee Denby Pottery, R. & J. Arnold, London, England". I also got a Warner's Safe, which are always fun to pull.
I have a question on the big half gallon (?) Mason's patent Mar. 30th 1858 jar..... on the back it has the initials "N.C.L. Co." embossed. I did some research and found out about the Nail City Lantern Co. of Wheeling, WV, but I am having a hard time finding out about whether or not I should keep this jar away from the cat. It does not have a speck of color, lol, but I am hoping that it might be halfway interesting. I left it by the pit in the snow overnight, and then changed my mind this morning and went back to get it.
That is most of the adventure for last weekend. I wish I could show the pharmacies, but they are a little too nearby for that not to be a completely crazy idea. The pictures will follow one at a time!
] I have never seen that embossing on the back.
