Bottle from the walls today....

NOLA_Ken · Jun 23, 2014

Pulled this nice green (whiskey?) bottle out of the walls at the same place I found he old Falstaff cans. I don't know a lot about dating bottles, so any help is appreciated. There are some pretty large bubbles in the glass, and the bottom has either a 6 or a 9 on it. The building dates to around the 1860's I'd guess from what we've found so far, but I'm assuming the bottle is early 1900's?

Steve in PA · Jun 23, 2014

That bottle has an applied lip so it is older than the early 1900s. Probably 1880s.

CMDiamonddawg · Jun 23, 2014

Bottles in the walls , kool hootch bottles in a wall

hope the juicer had a few coins hidden nearby .

:cool:

jewelerguy · Jun 23, 2014

cool, hope the next find is a jar full of gold coins

NOLA_Ken · Jun 23, 2014

CMDiamonddawg said:
Bottles in the walls , kool hootch bottles in a wall hope the juicer had a few coins hidden nearby .

Well the place has been a bar pretty much since it was built, except for a short time during prohibition when it was a "restaurant". We found a lot of receipt files from the 1940's under the attic floor too. Those we gave to the owner though.

vpnavy · Jun 24, 2014

Great find! Thanks for sharing...

PeteWmass · Jun 26, 2014

hmm - find me a 50 year old candy wrapper or something(!) - - that bottle could be foreign - they sometimes were a bit cruder - some of the foreign whiskey bottles look 1800s but might be 1930s or something - I dont think its any newer than the 50s though ...

NOLA_Ken · Jun 26, 2014

PeteWmass said:
hmm - find me a 50 year old candy wrapper or something(!) - - that bottle could be foreign - they sometimes were a bit cruder - some of the foreign whiskey bottles look 1800s but might be 1930s or something - I dont think its any newer than the 50s though ...

Well, the Lucky Strike tins found right near it are 1930's.... and since this building has been a place that serves liquor since the day it was built, I'm going to assume it's a much older bottle than the 1950's. also I didn't post a pic of it before I cleaned it.... I know what 100 years of attic scunge looks like....