Glass Rod

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diggummup

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I would say it's a glass stirring rod buy i've never seen one 18 inches long. Are both ends "finished"?
How "old" was the old bottling company? There is a reason I ask, although I suspect i'm going in the wrong direction.
 

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Both ends are flat cut. They bottling co. was there in the 1890's, not sure when it closed.

Kinda overkill for a towel rod isn't it?

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diggummup said:
I would say it's a glass stirring rod buy i've never seen one 18 inches long. Are both ends "finished"?
How "old" was the old bottling company? There is a reason I ask, although I suspect i'm going in the wrong direction.
they probly don't understand what finshed means
 

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diggummup said:
jgas said:
Pontil rod!
That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.
You guys are such kidders! :laughing7: Maybe it's a bottle probe left by an earlier digger.

If it's not a towel rod, it might be some specialized tool (or part) of a bottling machine. Glass, because glass can be sterilized readily; and/or it wouldn't be affected by the sulphuric acid used in producing carbon dioxide from marble powder. Or, it may be something totally unconnected with the bottling plant, other than by proximity.
 

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Harry Pristis said:
diggummup said:
jgas said:
Pontil rod!
That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.
You guys are such kidders! :laughing7: Maybe it's a bottle probe left by an earlier digger.

If it's not a towel rod, it might be some specialized tool (or part) of a bottling machine. Glass, because glass can be sterilized readily; and/or it wouldn't be affected by the sulphuric acid used in producing carbon dioxide from marble powder. Or, it may be something totally unconnected with the bottling plant, other than by proximity.
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diggummup said:
jgas said:
Pontil rod!
That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.

I originally thought that too because the one end looks black. I will try to get a better picture. And there was Pontil found on the property. I did a little more research and it appears the property is a lot older than 1890's, before that they were a wiskey dealer with crock jugs and such...

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