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I found this in a 1800s trash pit in my yard. When I went to do research on it online I could not even find the store that sold it. Any info about it, its age and its value would be great.

P.S. The bottle is embossed, "trade mark registered full measure pint A. Williams & son family wine store 410 Hanover ST. Boston"
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Some close-up pics of the embossing in natural light would be better. Stand it in a window with the sun shining and take a few shots of the front.
 

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According to a bottle book...if side seam just goes over shoulder pre 1860,most of the way up the neck is 1860-1880,if continues through the top but not all the way to very top its 1880-1890 and if goes full length of bottle after 1900.
 

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According to a bottle book...

Hey Curt,

I'd argue against the accuracy of those kind of charts, or any such blanket statements in regards to mouth blown bottles. Yes, I know, I've seen them in Michael Polak's books & Kovells', too, I believe.

Nearly 20 years of digging & reading about old glass has convinced me otherwise.

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Coinman,

It looks late 19th Century to me, from out here in the cheap seats. The high shoulders, and all that upper embossing also speak to that 1890 something era.

I, too, would like to see natural light, photos, please. Closeups of the neck and lip as the seams fade, and of the base, as well.

I've searched a bunch, on 2 search engines, and am sorry to report that history of the Williams Family Wine Store, at least as available electronically, has dropped out of sight into the dark waters of history.

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