The bottle is stamped 'A&W FEYH'. The initials stand for Alexander & William Feyh, who operated out of Manhattan in the 1850's. According to my references this bottle dates to approximately 1859.
These are all finds from a dig I conducted on May 17th 2023. Highlights include Seipp's 2 1/2% Beer (1917-1919), a tooled Jacob Rupert's Beer (1910-1913), Scott's Emulsion, Coli-Actine, Major's Cement, Burnett's Flavoring Extracts, and a Flushing Mineral Water.
These are all finds from a dig I conducted last evening at my 1924-capped landfill, May 7th 2023:
The large bottles include:
1. Tooled blob C. V. Garrison Flushing L.I. made by the Karl Hutter bottling works in 1908.
2. Tooled blob amber bottle, no markings.
3. Machine-made Artic Fruit Juice...
Went back to the 1910-capped clay pit bottle dump that I have been extensively excavating since January. It is very difficult digging but the trade off is the bottles often come out in great condition. In about two hours of digging I recovered three blob-top beer bottles, one tooled lip med, and...
This is a damaged C. V. Garrison beer bottle that I found. The top was broken off so I glued it back on. It was made at Karl Hutter's bottle factory in 1916, likely one of the last Lightning Stopper sealed bottles made there.
Found this unusual little bottle yesterday evening, it was made for Broe and Gorman of 404 - 6 East 60th Street NY:
In situ:
After a quick rinse:
Despite looking somewhat like a Hutchinson style bottle it actually isn't, it would have sealed from the top with a porcelain lightning stopper...
This is a transitional-top Hutchinson bottle I found made for Broe and Gorman of 404-6 East 60th Street NY. Although it retains the overall shape of a Hutchinson, the bottle sports a longer neck and bigger blob to accommodate a Lightning Stopper in place of a Hutchinson Stopper.
Joseph Liebmann, son of Samuel Liebmann (Founder of S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. and inventor of Rheingold Extra Dry) partnered with David Obermeyer, his brother in law, to form Obermeyer and Liebmanns. It operated from around 1890-1924 before being bought out by S. Liebman's Son's.
Got out today during a strong wind storm. The wind and waves washed away all the silt and exposed many old bottles to the surface. Here are some of today's finds:
S. Liebman's Sons Brewing Co.
Christian Wagners Sons:
Obermeyer and Liebmann's
Minck Bros. & Co. (8oz):
Minck Bros &...
A rare 1890's import style James Everard's tooled blob top beer bottle with an embossed star. James Everard was an Irish brewer who operated in the then predominantly German dominated NYC brewing industry.
Excavated all these bottles on Feb. 16.
1. Dark-green bottle, no markings. (Turn-molded)
2. Piel Bro's - East New York Brewery
3. New York Bottling Company Inc.
4. Leonard Eppig Brewing Co., Brooklyn NY
5. Welz & Zerweck High Ground Brewery, Brooklyn NY
6. Canada Dry (Machine Made)
Found January 26th.
1. Boley Manufacturing Co.
2. The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.
3. Walter Gubner & Sons of 78 & 80 Bank Street NY (soda/water).
4. Unlabeled cork-sealed bottle with black contents possibly ink.
Went on a big adventure today in a muddy swamp. Five hours of constant walking, all mud, all new, likely never hunted by anyone before. The results, a couple hundred dollars in rare bottles including an original Shell Motor Oil, three late 19th C. blob tops - small, medium, and large, and two...
The bottles include:
1. H. Straehle of New Rochelle, N.Y.
2. Solution Citrate of Magnesia
3. Theo Young of 165th & 166th St Union Ave N.Y.
4. Bailis Bros. of Mt. Vernon (Registered 1929)
5. Mt. Vernon Dairy Co. Inc. of Irvington, N.J.
6. Coca-Cola of New Bern, North Carolina