Bottles "brought" to me

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 19, 2010

Bottles "brought" to me

I found these weeks ago, just havn't had the time to post. So here the story goes...
My dad owns a small cabinate making buisness and has friends who own other types of buisnesses as well. One of his friends owns an excivation company and my dad lets him dump dirt in the back of his shope. I was walking by the pile and spotted glass shards an such, I've never dug for bottles but i desided to give it a shot and started to dig in the pile. There were loads of broken peices probably because of the excivation equiptment, but i did manage to get these things. I am new to this so and advice/id's on the bottles would help alot. I do know that the round light blue/green bottle is morphine "baby killer", the make-up jar, and the stem to a pipe (the pipe bowl and pipe stem are from 2 different ones because the bowl would have the letters "TD" on it)
Also some input on the double bottom mark on one bottle would help too.

**The 2nd picture the word is Barnett

Pictures are in two posts

Thanks

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 19, 2010

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more :wink:

Felinepeachy · Aug 19, 2010

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WOW, those are great finds James. Good job!! :thumbsup:

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 19, 2010

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Felinepeachy said:
WOW, those are great finds James. Good job!!

thanks peachy

jgas · Aug 19, 2010

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Now thats a pile of glass right there. I love it...Nice stuff. :thumbsup:

jgas

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 19, 2010

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jgas said:
Now thats a pile of glass right there. I love it...Nice stuff. jgas

Thanks, i have no idea what most are tho :tongue3:

I just know the morphine bottle the pipe stem and the make-up jar... can u help $:-\$

Bon Bon · Aug 19, 2010

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Great finds !!! Hope they bring more of that dirt in for you !!!!

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 19, 2010

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Bon Bon said:
Great finds !!! Hope they bring more of that dirt in for you !!!!

Thanks but can someone tell me what makes them so great please? $:-\$

Harry Pristis · Aug 19, 2010

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Most of 'em seem to be common household containers. The first pair in your gallery are what I call extract bottles, but they were used for OTC medicinals as well.

I like the sirop (French for "syrup") bottle . . . I wish I could read the lettering beyond the first word. Can you provide it, please.

I don't know what the little white (stoneware? milk glass?) bottle is . . . a pourer or dripper of some sort, possibly a creamer but it could be something else entirely, like an insulator.

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 20, 2010

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Harry Pristis said:
Most of 'em seem to be common household containers. The first pair in your gallery are what I call extract bottles, but they were used for OTC medicinals as well.

I like the sirop (French for "syrup") bottle . . . I wish I could read the lettering beyond the first word. Can you provide it, please.

I don't know what the little white (stoneware? milk glass?) bottle is . . . a pourer or dripper of some sort, possibly a creamer but it could be something else entirely, like an insulator.

The lettering on the french syrup bottle is "Sirop D'Anis Gauvin" I've done research on this name and the bottle was used for morphine AKA babby killer
Also the little white thing with the letter "T" on it, the hole goes right thru out of the bottom

Harry Pristis · Aug 20, 2010

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The little white thing then is probably an insulator.

River Rat · Aug 20, 2010

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jdsarasin8194 said:
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The little white thing then is probably an insulator.

It is; they're old but still in use by some people these days for electric fences.

:wink:

RR

River Rat · Aug 20, 2010

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jdsarasin8194 said:
Bon Bon said:

Great finds !!! Hope they bring more of that dirt in for you !!!!

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Thanks but can someone tell me what makes them so great please? $:-\$

The reason they're great, cause they're old, not made any more and people like em for their bottle collection. I'm addicted to finding old bottles like this. :tongue3:

jdsarasin8194 · Aug 20, 2010

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River Rat said:
jdsarasin8194 said:

Bon Bon said:

Great finds !!! Hope they bring more of that dirt in for you !!!!

Click to expand...

Thanks but can someone tell me what makes them so great please? $:-\$

Click to expand...

The reason they're great, cause they're old, not made any more and people like em for their bottle collection. I'm addicted to finding old bottles like this.

how old? u have any idea how old they would be, i have an idea, but just wondering your oppinion

River Rat · Aug 20, 2010

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Older than me & you. :tongue3:

At least 75+, that's what I'm thinking.

sodetraveler · Aug 21, 2010

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jdsarasin8194 said:
how old? u have any idea how old they would be, i have an idea, but just wondering your oppinion

These bottles are all turn of the century BIMALs (i.e. Blown In Mold Applied Lip). They are similar to bottles I've dug before ranging from 1900 to 1915 :read2:

The small white ceramic piece is indeed an electrical insulator. I've found many of those that still have the rusty wires in the center and even seen them still in use in very old houses

The amber (aka brown) bottle is a whiskey flask and the tall round bottle with the screw top used to hold ketchup

Harry's identifications on the other bottles also seems accurate, so I think that covers most of them :icon_sunny:

Now, if I were out there and in your possition I would ask your dad's friend for permission to dig on his construction site!!! :hello2:

sodetraveler · Aug 21, 2010

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BTW - if you place those clear ones out in the sun they will likely turn purple. It'll take awhile for the color to come out (months to years), but they are really pretty once they turn! :laughing9: