Hey steam,
Thanks for the dump in situ photo. Very picturesque spot for a little excavation, eh. Wonderfully diverse group of goodies from several eras, too. Any indication that this dump has been dozed about?
The Hero Fruit Jar lid looks the oldest of what I can date in my minds eye. I can't quite see which model it is.
"#20. Two (2) glass lids used on Hero improved design jars, aqua. One clear (small crack), one cloudy.
Around the top outer circle of clear lid: PAT.D. FEP. 12 56. DEC. 17 61. NOV. 4, 62. DEC. 6 64. and JUNE 9, 68.
Around the top outer circle of cloudy lid: PATD. FEB. 12. 56. DEC. 17 61. NOV. 4, 62. DEC 6. 64. and JUN 9. 68.
There are slight differences in these two. The first spells "FEB" as "FEP" and spells out JUNE. There are also differences in where periods are placed - no commas.
Around the top inner circle: JAN 19 69 SEP 1 68 SEP 8 68 DEC 22 68" Antique Fruit Jars
The Smith, Kline, French inhaler dates from 1932 through the war years. They are actually quite marketable, as well. Is that a Bakelite or vulcanite barrette to the right of the inhaler?
The art nouveau buckle (?) is a lovely piece. Continued success, sir!
This dump was virgin, until I started hitting it. Its alot bigger than I originally thought. To the right of the inhaler -bakelite pin. I found 150 whole milk bottles of various sizes in this dump and still counting. This is a nicely contained Farm dump. I found the Farmville Lithia Water Bottle in this dump. I'm thinking its the dump dates 1860's - 1940's. Lot of nice history in one small area with lots of layers.
