Several Keeper Bottles

matmit · Dec 8, 2018

This afternoon I found a hotspot and carried out as many as I could before dark.
Tomorrow, I will go back with a friend to scavenge the rest.

I love the old Syrup Pepsin with the cork still in it

It was a laxative introduced in 1888 :lol:

https://www.glassbottlemarks.com/w-b-caldwells-monticello-il-bottles/

yacorie · Dec 8, 2018

Those are great. I would definitely be going back and getting what you can. Did you guys dig down at all or were they all surface finds? I’d probably do some digging too or at least remember that spot for the spring.

matmit · Dec 8, 2018

yacorie said:
Those are great. I would definitely be going back and getting what you can. Did you guys dig down at all or were they all surface finds? I’d probably do some digging too or at least remember that spot for the spring.

Mostly surface, if you can believe it.
Unfortunately two nights in the low teens have frozen our ground :mad:

teotwawki12 · Dec 8, 2018

Excellent finds there!

Waveoff · Dec 8, 2018

Very cool bottles! Congrats on the finds. I hope you haul out some more beauties on your return trip. I love those cobalt blue bottles!

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Dec 9, 2018

Cool! The Albert Raasch and the B. Herman bottles look to be circa 1915 and may have been pop or mineral water, not necessarily beer. I couldn't find anything listing them as beers. The C.E. Johnson has been mentioned online as a medicine (cough syrup?) but that style bottle is more likely stove polish or similar. Nice cobalt blue Emersons there. What does the one with the yellow stuff inside say, can't tell. I would definately hit that place good to find more.

Here is a page showing a 1890s B.Herman hutchinson type bottle:

http://www.mrbottles.com/Gallery/4333BlueRibbonBottlingWorksBHermanMilwaukeeWisconsin

Also a page showing a brown Raasch bottle resembling a beer but doesn't say what the contents were.

http://www.mrbottles.com/Gallery/AlbertRaaschMilwaukee

matmit · Dec 9, 2018

Thanks for the information.
the yellowish one is a Graf's

amc rulz · Dec 11, 2018

Nice ones! I also have several of the cobalt Bromos, they came in about four or five different sizes I believe, even smaller than the smallest you have, sampler.

Rigoler012 · Dec 14, 2018

Nice bottles. Bottle collecting is something that I will need to learn more about. I've come across a number of old looking bottles while visiting yard sales etc.

zeemang · Dec 14, 2018

Nice finds, I really enjoy glass as well!

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Dec 15, 2018

zeemang said:
Nice finds, I really enjoy glass as well!

Yeah! I got "the bug" when I was 14 and I'm still chasing the old glass today! I probably always will. It's very addicting. :yes:

Country Dirt Kid · Dec 15, 2018

The clear bottle in the lower left looks like one of those tooled finished bottles. Where the top was reworked while it was still hot

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Dec 15, 2018

matmit said:
Thanks for the information.
the yellowish one is a Graf's

Speaking of Graf's, I'd like to find one of these (or even the 1870s paneled ones):

matmit · Dec 20, 2018

GLASSHOPPER1955 said:
Speaking of Graf's, I'd like to find one of these (or even the 1870s paneled ones):

Well, I only find one blob per year if I am lucky...

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Dec 20, 2018

matmit said:
Well, I only find one blob per year if I am lucky...

I hear ya. That's why I go to auctions, antique shows, estate sales- hoping to find some good bottles I can't seem to dig. Increases the odds a little.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Dec 20, 2018

matmit said:
Well, I only find one blob per year if I am lucky...

I hear ya. That's why I go to auctions, antique shows, estate sales- hoping to find some good bottles I can't seem to dig. Increases the odds a little.

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