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I have finally found an elusive amber variant of the Theo Young blob-top beer bottle. This one is an especially dark example too. It is around 120-130 years old!

Found this blob-top soda bottle on June 3rd. It appears to be an applied blob. It has no embossing. 1870's-1880's.

Founded in 1857 this company purported to be the first sellers of Ginger Ale in the USA. This bottle dates to 1895 (date embossed on base). B&B declared bankruptcy in 1903. Bottle recovered 10/26/23.

This is a circle slug plate embossed blob top bottle for Charles J. Fritz from the Bowery Bay House that once stood on 294-296 Steinway Ave. in what was then Long Island City but is now Astoria Queens. Bottle dates from 1900-1910.

This bottle was made in 1908 at the Karl Hutter bottle and glass factory. I excavated it on May 7th 2023.

1. "North Beach Height F Frankel Bottling Co." (Bottle made by the Boley Manufacturing Co.,1898-1911) 2. "Bachmann - Bechtel Brewing Co. S.I. N.Y." (1907-1911) 3. "Jacob Oertel 151 Flushing Ave. Astoria L.I."

Went back to the 1910-capped clay pit bottle dump that I have been extensively excavating since January. It is very difficult digging but the trade off is the bottles often come out in great condition. In about two hours of digging I recovered three blob-top beer bottles, one tooled lip med, and...

This is a damaged C. V. Garrison beer bottle that I found. The top was broken off so I glued it back on. It was made at Karl Hutter's bottle factory in 1916, likely one of the last Lightning Stopper sealed bottles made there.

Found this unusual little bottle yesterday evening, it was made for Broe and Gorman of 404 - 6 East 60th Street NY: In situ: After a quick rinse: Despite looking somewhat like a Hutchinson style bottle it actually isn't, it would have sealed from the top with a porcelain lightning stopper...

This is a transitional-top Hutchinson bottle I found made for Broe and Gorman of 404-6 East 60th Street NY. Although it retains the overall shape of a Hutchinson, the bottle sports a longer neck and bigger blob to accommodate a Lightning Stopper in place of a Hutchinson Stopper.

Joseph Liebmann, son of Samuel Liebmann (Founder of S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. and inventor of Rheingold Extra Dry) partnered with David Obermeyer, his brother in law, to form Obermeyer and Liebmanns. It operated from around 1890-1924 before being bought out by S. Liebman's Son's.

Got out today during a strong wind storm. The wind and waves washed away all the silt and exposed many old bottles to the surface. Here are some of today's finds: S. Liebman's Sons Brewing Co. Christian Wagners Sons: Obermeyer and Liebmann's Minck Bros. & Co. (8oz): Minck Bros &...

A rare 1890's import style James Everard's tooled blob top beer bottle with an embossed star. James Everard was an Irish brewer who operated in the then predominantly German dominated NYC brewing industry.

Circle slug plate embossed mineral water bottle with a tooled blob top. Excavated from compacted clay.

This is a tooled blob top Schlitz beer bottle. It reads "Trade Mark Schlitz Registered P. M. Ohmeis & Co. Sole Agents New York"

This is a Florida Water bottle with an applied lip. It probably dates from between 1890-1910. Excavated from anaerobic clay on Feb. 9th.

Finds of January 27th 1. Parker's Hair Balsam 2. Peer-Amid Re Umberto 3. Fred Schierenbeck Bottling Co. 403-405 East 101 Street. 4. One Gallon Stoneware Jug 5. A little whiskey sampler 6. Brass key

Found January 26th. 1. Boley Manufacturing Co. 2. The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. 3. Walter Gubner & Sons of 78 & 80 Bank Street NY (soda/water). 4. Unlabeled cork-sealed bottle with black contents possibly ink.

From left to right: 1. Willow Brook Dairy 2. Reid's Union Dairy Ice Cream Corp. "It's The Best" 3. Shell Motor Oil 4. G. Wm. Meyer 5. August Bay Bottling Co. 6. UBC (Union Bottling Company)

Went on a big adventure today in a muddy swamp. Five hours of constant walking, all mud, all new, likely never hunted by anyone before. The results, a couple hundred dollars in rare bottles including an original Shell Motor Oil, three late 19th C. blob tops - small, medium, and large, and two...

The bottles include: 1. H. Straehle of New Rochelle, N.Y. 2. Solution Citrate of Magnesia 3. Theo Young of 165th & 166th St Union Ave N.Y. 4. Bailis Bros. of Mt. Vernon (Registered 1929) 5. Mt. Vernon Dairy Co. Inc. of Irvington, N.J. 6. Coca-Cola of New Bern, North Carolina

An 1880's-90's Hutchinson bottle along with a 1900's-1910's amber toolder-blob beer, an early 1920's cobalt Milk of Magnesia bottle - along with about $7 in clad coins, a 1920 French Third Republic 10 Centimes, a brown stoneware jug fragment, and a small piece of a salt-glazed ginger beer bottle.

Hey guys, sorry I've been M.I.A for a while I need help getting a VALUE on a bottle . Harry W Brice from Avon-by-the-Sea NJ I can't find much info other than these 2 links, pic below middle bottle https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=206962 He says it is quote "An...

I found this in a 1800s trash pit in my yard. When I went to do research on it online I could not even find the store that sold it. Any info about it, its age and its value would be great. P.S. The bottle is embossed, "trade mark registered full measure pint A. Williams & son family wine store...

I love finding these, especially with the imperfections on top. This one was found in Charleston. It reads "J.H. KORNAHRENS CHARLESTON SC"