Dug a Jug - UPDATE-2

[Copperhead]

Got home from work today and had about a half hour to kill so I headed over to my bottle site and dug this jug....the bad news is the handle is broken off, googled the guy's name but didn't find anything...but I'm gonna check with the historical society in the town to see if they can provide any info...thanks for looking...

 

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[TreasureTales]

Re: Dug a Jug

Nice jug(s)! (I remember when men used to say that to me - oh well.) The marble is a keeper. You have a nice bottle site, congrats.

 

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[Jack(IN)]

Re: Dug a Jug

I like the marble!!

 

[texan connection]

Re: Dug a Jug

Nice jug(s)! (I remember when men used to say that to me - oh well.) The marble is a keeper. You have a nice bottle site, congrats.

ROFLOL you are one brazen chick TreasureTales. Gotta love ya, To funny.

 

[Copperhead]

Re: Dug a Jug

Thanks again for the comments and info...Got home too late today to look for the handle, plus it was too damn hot....thanks for the info duffy, although in the picture, the marble looks better than it probably is...I was lucky to find it at all, when I was digging up the jug, I just caught a glimpse of it flying out with a scoop of dirt...no other marks on the jug....been finding beer, cosmetic, soda, water, no milk bottles, nothing really special...Haven't dug much deeper than a foot yet, the jug was probably about that deep...Will update when I find out more about it...

 

[Copperhead]

Re: Dug a Jug - UPDATE

Well I tried to contact the Branford Historical Society today, their web site says they are open Saturday, but no one answered the phone… not to be deterred, I called the CT State Historical Society, the lady in the library department spent about 10 minutes with me on the phone, but couldn’t come up with any info…but she did recommend calling the local library in Branford…here’s some info they were able to provide -

Henry Bohn was born in France 1859, came to this country with his parents and settled in the New Haven area, he was employed as a mason for awhile, then worked as a brewmaster at the Quinnipiac Brewing Co., that later became the Yale Brewing Co.(coincidentally I’ve dug a few bottles from that Brewery ) In 1886 he opened the Oakhall Café in Branford and also owned the Bayview Hotel in the Stony Creek section of town(found a picture from late 1800’s-early 1900’s, you can just see the hotel in the far left side of the photo) he died in 1899 at the ripe old age of 40….There was more info but I took what notes I could... I’ll have to go to the library and get it all photocopied…no mention of jug-making, but I think it’s possible there might be a link to the hotel or café. At least I have more to go on now, and plan to vist the historical society soon…I did ask them to verify the dates of his birth and death, he seemed to accomplish quite a bit in his short life…

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Dug a Jug - UPDATE

Very neat info. Thanks for the update. Good luck.
-MM-

 

[diggummup]

Re: Dug a Jug - UPDATE

Thanks for the update and keep us posted on anything else you find out.Sounds like it could be a rare jug.

 

[Copperhead]

Re: Dug a Jug - UPDATE- 2

Well I went to the library and historical society in town..got this info from the library:



the historical society had a blob-top bottle with "Henry Bohn Bottling Company" embossed on it in it's display.... I got the number of the town historian and gave her a call...found out the "Oak Hill Cafe" was really a saloon that was recently torn down for office buildings and the "Bay View Hotel" was a saloon with rooms for rent above it that was torn down in the 50's..she said she had a few glass bottles of his in her private collection, but had never seen a jug...I sent her a picture and just received this email back:

"Was thrilled to see the jug, very nice. If you ever decide to sell, please let me know. Henry Bohn born 1859 Elsen, France. Died 1900 age 41 in Branford. Buried Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. Opened saloon about 1885 corner Main and Chestnut Street in Branford called Oak Hall, worked for Quinnipiac Brewery."

I got some more leads to check out, but the best part of researching the jug is all the other neat stuff I've learned that has nothing to do with it...thanks for looking...

 

[TreasureTales]

Glad to see you are doing some good research on Mr. Bohn. I wonder if beer was stored in jugs in his day? Would be interesting to see what brewers of that period used for beer, besides the smaller ceramic bottles. Have you tried doing an ebay search? If a jug like yours has never been on ebay, you may very well have a rare item. Wouldn't that be cool? Would you consider selling it to the historian?

 

[Copperhead]

Glad to see you are doing some good research on Mr. Bohn. I wonder if beer was stored in jugs in his day? Would be interesting to see what brewers of that period used for beer, besides the smaller ceramic bottles. Have you tried doing an ebay search? If a jug like yours has never been on ebay, you may very well have a rare item. Wouldn't that be cool? Would you consider selling it to the historian?

Thanks TT..I'm trying, checked Ebay, but no luck...as far as rare goes, the historian seemed kind of surprised when I told her about it...I would consider selling it to her...(might lead to some MDing possibilities)..but not till I'm done researching it...having it to show people seems to make them more receptive to my inquires and not being percieved as just some nut walking around asking a bunch of questions...