Some old bottles pulled from the junk heap

[jcono]

My Dad, may he rest in peace, had an old box truck full of all kinds of junk... I was digging through it and pulled out these bottles. The clear square bottle that is cracked is probably my favorite- so pi$$ed that it is broken!

Any idea of how old or unusual these may be? I tried to take pictures showing the seams and mouths of each bottle, and have googled the names on them, but not much luck finding info. The clear, square whiskey bottle is my favorite- too bad it's broken. I hope you like them and look forward to any information or feedback you may have about them...

Best,
J.

 

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[No gold in NY]

With my limited knowledge and searching abilities I found that brown one. Listed as rare, but wouldn't give a selling price as I am not a member there. The round bottom ones are affectionatly refered to as ballast bottles from the 1800's. Hang on to them. I think your Dad knew what he was doing stashing them away.

 

[erfranks]

A nice little collection...

 

[jcono]

Thanks for looking around for info... I did as well and also did not come up with much. I had a few more of the ballast bottles, but sold them a while back. Probably should have kept them...

With my limited knowledge and searching abilities I found that brown one. Listed as rare, but wouldn't give a selling price as I am not a member there. The round bottom ones are affectionatly refered to as ballast bottles from the 1800's. Hang on to them. I think your Dad knew what he was doing stashing them away.

 

[Truth]

Those are absolutely beautiful

 

[lairmo]

I would treasure those!

 

[xr7ator]

Those square bottles are cool, for sure.

 

[islamoradamark]

Thanks for the good pictures

 

[gleaner1]

killer haul nice finds

 

[port ewen ace]

the j. h. henkes is Rotterdam.... the foreign country one, appears to be a Hutch --- but no info on this maker in hutchbook.com. --- so this could be super rare!!!.
the broken pale green is nice lady leg,
the ballasts look to be unmarked ginger ale sodas-- still a nice value, other liquors are applied top ---- again.... nice values there too.

GLASS IS GREAT.

 

[islamoradamark]

I like them all