Bottle & Rock

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Finally found a complete cork top bottle. It was in a small stream near an 1800's farm home. Any ideas on what was in this and date?
I walk my dog at the old 1800's farm now a major home development adjacent to my neighborhood. They have graded the entire area and I occasionally see pottery and old glass pieces. Since it is a huge expanse of mostly dirt and rocks I am always looking for an arrow point or an old coin on the surface after a rain. This rock stood out. Nothing else like it for acres. It's very sharp.
Any input is appreciated. (Yes, this is my one gimme for a "rock" post, sorry.)

 

[mick56]

My guess on the bottle is that it was a prescription medicine bottle. Would have had a paper label, and could have held almost anything.


Maybe the rock is obsidian, or natural glass.

 

[4x4x4]

....I like bottles ! There is a fine group of aficionados in the bottle forum.......I'm curious too.

 

[chub]

I think the rock is the bottom of a champagne bottle.

Chub

 

[filmiracl]

Not that there aren't glasslike rocks in the world... but I think your rock is just a piece of glass.

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS.

 

[Icewing]

From the bottom, how far up the side does the seam go?

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

From the bottom, how far up the side does the seam go?

All the way from the bottom to just under the collar of the flange top.

 

[pepperj]

The bottle is in 1880/ early 90s applied lip it's called. The rock looking one is the base of a thick turn mold wine bottle possibly a whisky. The indent if more intact would of shown the pontil mark on the bottle, this one is older.

 

[Icewing]

https://sha.org/bottle/finishes.htm

 

[cambria09]

Hello IW. Nice link...got some beer bottles like that. Thanks for the post and Good Luck out there. C9

 

[Old Pueblo]

The rock appears to be an Indian artifact, probably just a broken piece that came off a larger piece of stone that a Native American was working.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I have some black obsidian that looks very much like yours, so that would be my guess unless it isn't naturally occurring in your neck of the woods.

 

[coinman123]

Not that there aren't glasslike rocks in the world... but I think your rock is just a piece of glass.

I agree, probably a piece of 1700's black glass. Cool finds on the cork top and rock/glass thing.

 

[coinman123]

Not that there aren't glasslike rocks in the world... but I think your rock is just a piece of glass.

I agree, probably a piece of 1700's black glass. Cool finds on the cork top and rock/glass thing.