Saturday Dig part 5

[Bass]

Lets liven things up a bit. Will show some in situ photos and will do a complete post later.











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[surf]

Hey Killer,

Nice mucilage!

"The bottle pictured to the left is very similar morphologically to the one above, but is body embossed on three sides with STICK - WELL - & CO. This mucilage was actually made by the S. S. Stafford Ink Co. of New York, NY. Samuel Stafford began making ink in 1858 but not under his own name until 1869, giving a "begin" date for these bottles of that year (Faulkner 2009). These bottles date from the late 1860s into the early 20th century (all seen by this author were mouth-blown) although the company lasted until at least the middle of the 20th century (Faulkner 2009). Click on the following links for more images of this bottle: base view showing what is likely a cup-base mold conformation; close-up of the cracked-off and lightly tooled "straight finish" which was the most commonly used finish on this common style of mucilage bottle." Household Bottles

 

[RelicDude]

Oh man what goodies did you get this week.

 

[digging440yrs]

AWESOME DIG !

 

[Bass]

By far probably not the best day i've had but definitely not the worst. I didn't move much dirt out of the hole because i was alone today and its a lot of to get one bucket load out. I'm beginning to see a pattern that's disturbing. All of the nice bottles in the hole are broken. I have on the past 2 trips brought home non-embossed bitters bottles. This time an amber but it has dome nice color. The stickwell and co was a nice surprise. It was resting about head high and i saw it when i sat down to take a break. The stoneware is not like the others we dug last outing. This one is glazed and has a stamp that i can't quite read. Maybe someone will recognize it.




Today's big cryer.



Broken drake's bitters



Nice stoneware



Broken shard to an older bottle



After a bath.















Broken hostetter's.



Mark on the stoneware. This piece is very nice, no chips.



Non-embossed bitters.


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[RelicDude]

That's a good haul in my book. That mucilage bottle is awesome. The drakes is a cryer they don't like to come out of the ground whole.

 

[Bass]

Didn't realize the mucilage had some value to it. Not too bad afterall!

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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Nice ink, keep digging!

 

[Plum Wash]

Awesome finds Bass, I always enjoy your in situ photos, makes me feel like I am there. Keep it up.

 

[Bass]

Awesome finds Bass, I always enjoy your in situ photos, makes me feel like I am there. Keep it up.

plum wash, i usually take 20-30 photos but don't usually post them all. Will try to post more next time. This privy is a monster for rural louisiana.

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