black glass

[Broken knee]

I found this bottle probably 20 years ago. I brought it to a bottle shop back then and the guy's eyes bugged out of his head.
he said where did you get that, and proceeded to pick up a book and as he was flipping through he stopped on a page and showed me a picture of one similar and said it is a New Hampshire squats and if it were complete it was worth a lot. I guess my question is.
is it a New Hampshire squats? and if complete how much would it be worth. This will determine weather i go back to the site. cause I GOT THE WORST CASE OF POISON IVY!!!
Thanks, BK

[southern maine diver]

Hi BrokenKnee...

Just looking at the photos isn't really enough to go by in order to determine the origin...

The early NH glass houses were Stoddard and Keene. They both made squat type bottles. The plain Stoddard squat bottles go for modest money, $45 to $85.00 depending on condition, color, bubbles, pontil etc. Some of the base embossed Stoddard squats go higher in value. Any Stoddard squats that have embossing on them will also demand much higher prices.

No matter how you look at it, that bottle suggests a return trip to the location. Stoddard, Keene glass ware are highly collectable as are most all of the New England glass houses.

You can get a lot more info and input on the Antique-bottle.net forum. Doesn't cost anything to join and they have thousands of members who specialize in antique bottles. Hope this helps you out a little.

Wayne

This is a Stoddard "seam-side" whiskey flask found underwater and cleaned They produced beautiful glass. Enjoy
Enjoy

[Broken knee]

Hi BrokenKnee...

Just looking at the photos isn't really enough to go by in order to determine the origin...

The early NH glass houses were Stoddard and Keene. They both made squat type bottles. The plain Stoddard squat bottles go for modest money, $45 to $85.00 depending on condition, color, bubbles, pontil etc. Some of the base embossed Stoddard squats go higher in value. Any Stoddard squats that have embossing on them will also demand much higher prices.

No matter how you look at it, that bottle suggests a return trip to the location. Stoddard, Keene glass ware are highly collectable as are most all of the New England glass houses.

You can get a lot more info and input on the Antique-bottle.net forum. Doesn't cost anything to join and they have thousands of members who specialize in antique bottles. Hope this helps you out a little.

Wayne

This is a Stoddard "seam-side" whiskey flask found underwater and cleaned They produced beautiful glass. Enjoy
Enjoy

Thanks, SMD I will be going back in the spring, the farm house that used this dump is still occupied and dates to early 1700's. This bottle was found in the center of the site i am hoping the periphery will produce better examples. the congress water and carters ink i posted also came from there. I believe the cut off date is 1930's. I will post more info once I go back. I will check out the link. once again Thanks, Broken Knee

[southern maine diver]

Hey BrokenKnee...

The Stoddard and Keene glass houses also blew Saratoga/Congress spring water bottles. Nice color and bubbles on the Congress bottle. It will be nice to see more of them coming out of the ground.

Wayne