I unearthed this nice bottle at my mine.
Not sure of the age or if it has any value but it's in excellent condition and I have a place for it.
I cleaned it carefully and well using techniques that I researched online.
If anyone knows old bottles... I'd appreciate any insight as to what it is. Looks like a soda bottle.
The glass is relatively thick and has a nice light lavender or amethyst coloration to it.
The lettering "Kuner" is raised and beveled.
Here are a couple pics.
OOOH, I love bottle digging, and thats a really cool one you found! Fantastic color!
Kuner is an old company that sells food items I believe. Usually the only time we find glass that color is in pieces.
Great find!!
A score for Lulubear! ......and who say's naps are worthless.
You may have stumbled across an old dump site which can possibly yield some pretty cool stuff.
When I was a teenager I used to dig in an old dump near Leadville and found lots of cool bottles,
crucibles, and such. Could be worth poking around there a little bit more. :)
Update
Mystery solved!!!
After many hours of unsuccessful internet research I decided to register and post it on an antique bottle forum.
They definitely solved the mystery fast, what a great site!
The bottle is quite old and has an interesting story... especially regarding the use of Manganese dioxide and the "purple effect". Here is the link to my inquiry if anyone's interested.
Link: http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-469858/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm#469888 (click link and scroll to top)
Great info Chris, thanks for the update! Nice finding out more information on your old bottle to help tell it's story!
Love the old bottles, especially the ones with blues and purples.
Here are some bottles we found in an old dump near Fairplay several years back, but none as fine as your was.
Wow, I'd say you guys definitely have some good potential finds there and possibly some high dollar bottles.
I highly recommend trying to ID them. I see some unique ones in there. Some may be worth professional cleaning which doesn't cost much at all.
You could be sitting on some bucks there.
Nice photos, looks good everyone!
All the ones I found are still out at my folks' house. If I can remember to do so (and if they're readily accessible) I'll take a picture or two of them.
Hello Rockytop,
I think Swizz started a pretty cool thread and I was sure hopping someone with knowledge would offer some insight. I would like to pick your brain some time about some bottles I have collected through the years. With me you never know where I might pop up. I've walked the banks of the Mississippi after a flood, poked around old farm dwellings in Kansas, and even explored some old foundations in Georgia along the cost that was only accessible during low-tide. I have researched some of my finds on line and have come to realize there are certain characteristics that a person should look for while bottle hunting. #1, Glued in bottom or sides, #2, a cork stopper, and #3, most old time glass has many imperfections like bubbles in it. How am I doing so far? I have a few that match those descriptions. I think most are what I call the common, "Snake Bite" remedies that were sold by traveling salesman. I'll make the promise of posting up some pictures some day and you can tell me what you think. Have a good one, Woody.
Here is an old foundation site in the marshlands of Georgia. There were lots of bottles and all had the bottoms glued in.
The exposed material was all broken up but digging in the mud quickly produced whole bottles.
Found a nice bottle this weekend.
Chris I hope you don’t mind me posting this up on your thread but it seems like a great spot for show-and-tell on old bottles.
This one here appears to be fairly easy to date. I think it is mid 1850's. Could be wrong, but from what I've seen the inscription, “Act of Congress" is a dead give-away. I found it in a local reservoir that is way down. I don't think it is low from drought conditions, might be for maintenance. The front is labeled, "R.R.R Radway & Co New York". The RRR stood for Radway's ready remedy. I can just imagine what was in that remedy. And if you put “Congress” on the side it has to be good, Right? The other side reads, “ ENT ACOR TO. At the end of the ent and acor there is a small d and it is underlined.
It was a very interesting bottle and it was just lying in the water next to big rocks being moved around with each wave that found the shore. I got lucky and am thankful. Have a good one, Woody.
Nice find, Woody!
Nice early bottle😉
A bottle cleaning tip for you bottle collectors is to use super iron out. Soak for 24 hours and scrub, make sure you get concentrated iron out inside the bottle as well. Fine sand works great for the inside.
Powered by Invision Power Board (http://www.invisionboard.com)
© Invision Power Services (http://www.invisionpower.com)