Could this be a "clue" bottle

[No gold in NY]

I was checking on my geocache at some old stone work along the old Champlain canal. I spotted it laying there in the open. It was packed full of dirt and must have slid down the slope. I don't believe it was there when I visited a month earlier. I do have a few of these recessed panel medicine bottles, but have no idea of age. This one is 5 1/2 tall and 2" wide there is a 221 embossed on the bottom. Construction on the canal started in 1817 and was completed in 1823. Couldn't find when it was decommissioned. I'm defiantly returning in the Spring.

 

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[Jason in Enid]

You bottle is from 1890-1910 era. It was hand blown in a mold and has a hand-tooled neck and lip. Its a nice looking slick. Where it came from is hard to determine. If it was filled with dirt then was buried, probably in a trash pit or privy. Is the ground level there the original ground floor or the basement level? I cant see a privy being put up-hill from a house, but a trash pit could be possible.

I would try raking back the leaves and deadfall to see if you can find a concentration (or trail) of rust and glass. I would use a probe in the area to see if you can find more.

ETA - Bottles like yours were a mass produced item and sold to many businesses. The number on the bottom is a model number. The purchaser would put his own product in the bottle and glue a paper label to the inset panel.

 

[No gold in NY]

Thanks Jason. The bottle was found at the bottom of the canal. 20 feet up the slope is a State road. Back in 1817, it was probably a dirt trail and there would have been room for a house up there. Going to give it a good raking.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Ah, my mistake then. I thought the wall in the pic was part of a building.

 

[A2coins]

Really cool I would be back in the spring thats for sure