A dead tree blew over today & I found my oldest bottle yet. 1835-1839

[Alaskan_TA]

I do LOVE history.

My first ever open pontil bottle, a Dr. D. Jayne's Carminative Balsam from Philadelphia. An online search mentioned that this product was sold from 1835 - 1839. The tiny pot is heavy for its size and very cool too.

 

[Alaskan_TA]

The bottle after a quick soak and the pontil scar;

 

[A-Body III]

Congrats on that find. Caught my attention because Chet B. from our Music City Mopar Club mentioned to me that you are a history buff.

 

[67Dart440GT]

That's pretty neat!

 

[Alaskan_TA]

I know Chet and Tracy well, great people!

 

[barbee6043]

Cool find! Maybe its stuff like Udder Balm, it is good for dry hands and udders!!

 

[Divenut]

That is awesome. I have found a few cool old bottles over the years. Something about them is just cool!

Nice find man,
Pat

 

[68gtxman]

Very nice! I found a couple of old bottles on my property over the years.

The small bottle was half filled with iodine when I found it. It has a cork still in the top. The beverage bottle was in the creek. It says “Geo. L. Garwood” and “Mt. Holly N.J.” On it. I don’t know when it was made.

 

[dartfreak75]

Very cool stuff. I love antiques like that. When I was a kid I use to go in my grandpa's basement and find old stuff all the time I was always so intrigued by it and that never went away. Lol

 

[greg ducato]

What a cool discovery! We have the remnants of an old dump on our place and it pushes colored glass and pottery fragments to the surface sometimes, but never an intact bottle and certainly never something as old as your find.

 

[dusterizer]

Nice, just dug these out of an late 1800s trash pile by an old barn foundation in NH here

 

[moparmarks]

Thats pretty cool Barry. Tree falls over and you find stuff that is almost 200 years old. My mom is an antiques dealer, collector, hoarder and she has a ton of old bottles. Back in the 60-70's she would take us kids up to the old mountain mining towns and we would go dig in their dumps. Find all kinds of stuff. Little opium, snuff bottles and lot of liquor bottles. Would let them purple in the sun.

 

[Alaskan_TA]

I walked the old claims at Telluride years ago. Fun yet scary drive with a 3500 Ram.

Relics all over, it was an awesome day.