Shipwreck Personal Items

[Whydah]

Yesterday & today I located a spot that was on my bucket list. Finally got the chance to get there with the minus tides... At first I found just a few coins here and there, but that all changed when I found a pewter spoon, and a silver handle to another object? Then a musket ball, then 2, then 3, wow they were all over the area. Mostly drops... Sometimes there were 2 of them in each hole. This got me to thinking, there must have been a bag or something holding them together at one time?.... I found 2 Large Cents... One was dated 1799, unfortunately it crumbled away to almost nothing, all I did was rinse it under water... That's what happens when in the mud for over 2 hundred years... I found 3 lead flat buttons and 1 brass button... Quite a few lead pieces that I think may have been used for a seighn net?... If anyone knows for sure let me know... I would really like to date this wreck. I also located the keil to the ship up high in the sand...A padlock and a sterling wine cork stopper... I also had a sight find, it was this beautiful octagon shaped bottle without a flaw on it anywhere... It stands about 12 inches high... Anyone know anything about what I have?... It's still corked, and seems to have some seeds or something in it.. Can't wait to see what the other Large cent looks like. I should also say that all these items were in a very small area, maybe a 50 x 50 spot. Happy Hunting and if anyone knows what I have, give me jingle...

 

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[surf]

... I also had a sight find, it was this beautiful octagon shaped bottle without a flaw on it anywhere... It stands about 12 inches high... Anyone know anything about what I have?... It's still corked, and seems to have some seeds or something in it.. View attachment 722833 View attachment 722837

Hello Wydah,

That's a Cathedral Pepper Sauce bottle from the somewhere in the 1840 to 1880 range. You're seeing pepper seeds. The cork will likely dry out and the contents will look nastier over time, perhaps somewhat odiferous. I'd remove the cork and dispose of the contents.

The glass is the story, here. What does the base look like? Is it pontiled? The Cathedral Pepper Sauces are most collectible amongst the bottle guys. They come in various configurations. You can read about them Food Bottles

 

[amberg]

Seems like a shame to open it after it's survived intact all that time. Maybe some kind of wax or sealant could be put over the cork to keep it from drying. Is there an established protocol for dealing with such things?

 

[Whydah]

waxed it and made it airtight for now... trying to preserve it since it made it this long, certainly would be a shame to open it now...