Glass Rod

[flipper]

Found this on a privy dig last year. The site was an old bottling company. Any ideas what it was used for?

Thanks

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[duffytrash]

a towell rod would be my guess....

 

[diggummup]

I would say it's a glass stirring rod buy i've never seen one 18 inches long. Are both ends "finished"?
How "old" was the old bottling company? There is a reason I ask, although I suspect i'm going in the wrong direction.

 

[flipper]

Both ends are flat cut. They bottling co. was there in the 1890's, not sure when it closed.

Kinda overkill for a towel rod isn't it?

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[creeper71]

I would say it's a glass stirring rod buy i've never seen one 18 inches long. Are both ends "finished"?
How "old" was the old bottling company? There is a reason I ask, although I suspect i'm going in the wrong direction.

they probly don't understand what finshed means

 

[jgas]

Pontil rod!

 

[diggummup]

Pontil rod!

That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Pontil rod!

That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.

You guys are such kidders! Maybe it's a bottle probe left by an earlier digger.

If it's not a towel rod, it might be some specialized tool (or part) of a bottling machine. Glass, because glass can be sterilized readily; and/or it wouldn't be affected by the sulphuric acid used in producing carbon dioxide from marble powder. Or, it may be something totally unconnected with the bottling plant, other than by proximity.

 

[diggummup]

Pontil rod!

That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.

You guys are such kidders! Maybe it's a bottle probe left by an earlier digger.

If it's not a towel rod, it might be some specialized tool (or part) of a bottling machine. Glass, because glass can be sterilized readily; and/or it wouldn't be affected by the sulphuric acid used in producing carbon dioxide from marble powder. Or, it may be something totally unconnected with the bottling plant, other than by proximity.

 

[flipper]

Pontil rod!

That's where I was heading when I asked how old the bottling company was.

I originally thought that too because the one end looks black. I will try to get a better picture. And there was Pontil found on the property. I did a little more research and it appears the property is a lot older than 1890's, before that they were a wiskey dealer with crock jugs and such...

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[duffytrash]

ive redone tons of victorian houses and glass towell rods was a fixture in many...ive saved em from dumpsters and an apartment building in columbus ohio i worked on built in the 20s had em in each unit...heres a quick search...
http://www.vintagetub.com/asp/product_detail.asp?item_no=s61e

 

[Harry Pristis]

ive redone tons of victorian houses and glass towell rods was a fixture in many...ive saved em from dumpsters and an apartment building in columbus ohio i worked on built in the 20s had em in each unit...heres a quick search...
http://www.vintagetub.com/asp/product_detail.asp?item_no=s61e

Good work, 'duffytrash'!