Vintage Liquor Bottle?

teotwawki12 · Apr 2, 2019

Nothing amazing to show, but it was a successful day... Took the 10 year old out (as it is Spring Break) so she would get her face out of the Ipad. She actually enjoyed digging for bottles. I found a couple jars (I'm running low on jars for my metal detecting junk) and a milk bottle which only reads "One Quart Liquid" - no dairy name. I already pulled a whole pile of nice milks here last fall and we were just scraping around the edges of my previous excavation.

Anyway, she was pretty happy with the amber liquor bottle (her first non-surface find). It does look pretty nice. Everything I've dug there has been late teens to 40's stuff. Would I be correct in believing her bottle to be a 30's or 40's whiskey bottle?

Digger2019 · Apr 2, 2019

Very nice.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Apr 2, 2019

on getting the kid out and away from her phone for a bit. Maybe she'll take to our hobby. Very nice.

Does that diamond on the bottom of the liquor bottle have an "I" inside? I can't tell from your pic. It's tricky because both Illinois Glass (later Owens-Illinois) and Diamond Glass both used a diamond. Regardless, it looks like that bottle dates from circa 1915-1929, most likely WW1 years. https://www.glassbottlemarks.com/diamond-i-or-i-inside-a-diamond-mark-seen-on-antique-bottles/

Revisiting old dig sites can still produce some overlooked stuff. I do it a lot, especially in "dry" periods.

Yooper Rich · Apr 2, 2019

Nice finds!

teotwawki12 · Apr 2, 2019

GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
on getting the kid out and away from her phone for a bit. Maybe she'll take to our hobby. Very nice.

Does that diamond on the bottom of the liquor bottle have an "I" inside? I can't tell from your pic. It's tricky because both Illinois Glass (later Owens-Illinois) and Diamond Glass both used a diamond. Regardless, it looks like that bottle dates from circa 1915-1929, most likely WW1 years. https://www.glassbottlemarks.com/diamond-i-or-i-inside-a-diamond-mark-seen-on-antique-bottles/

Revisiting old dig sites can still produce some overlooked stuff. I do it a lot, especially in "dry" periods.

Best I can see under magnification is an “x” or a “+”...it’s very faint.

Tomorrow i’m making her go out again. An older guy I met at work told me about this old foundation in the woods that is “full of” old bottles...he says it’s covered in moss and leaves and no one knows the bottles are there...said he would show me.....shall see

Edit: I am pretty sure it’s an “I”, just a funky one...there was one much like it in that link...thanks Glass

amc rulz · Apr 3, 2019

Nice old cork top liquor bottle!

pplinker · Apr 4, 2019

Pretty girl. Reminds me of my granddaughters, 8 and 13. Looks like she is a big help.

yacorie · Apr 9, 2019

Great job getting your a kid out and interested

Gaspipe · Apr 10, 2019

Yup I agree on age ; first part of last century

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