Another unknown

Numa G's posting about the unknown stove polish bottle inspired me to drag this one out. I dug it from an early Sacramento privy some years ago. It is exactly as dug and only rinsed out. Strangely shaped and smooth based, it has to date from the early 1860s. Bottles in that pit were a mix of OP and IP, with a handful of very early SBs in the mix. The embossing, although weak, reads Tallman $ Collins/ Perfumer. Research has told me that both persons were in the perfumery business, but to date cannot be put together, or even in the same city. It is my belief that this bottle is Western. C'mon, help me out here.

Unknown Bottle

Here's an odd one.  Does anyone have any information on this bottle ??  It came out of an early 1870s privy in California and something about the style of embossing and the quality of glass tells me there is a chance it could be a western blown product.

AUBURN BOTTLE SHOW

Placer County Courthouse

  HEY ALL YOU COLLECTORS...IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR AUBURN ON!

SEE YA THERE ....RS

And don't forget to bring some western meds for sale.....

"ATTIC JAKES" and OLD FRIENDS

An old friend of mine stopped by yesterday to shoot the breeze and catch up on news after a busy summer.
He was cleaning out an attic a couple of weeks ago and happened across these three Jamaica Gingers. The bottles, a beautiful Hostetter's Pittsburg, a McMillan & Kester and a Lyon's with complete label, were in what the auction houses call "attic mint".

After an enjoyable visit my friend started to leave and said "I know how much you like these old bottles, why don't you keep them for your collection"
There's nothing like old friends!

Lyon's with complete label

Hostetter's

Lyon's

McMillan & Kester, Lyons and Hostetter's

MORE DIGGING PICTURES:

HOSTETTER'S BASE

DIGGING NEWS:

THE CLUBHOUSE HOLE:
It's funny how things sometimes happen. Coming up on December 3rd & 4th the 49er bottle club is holding their annual show and sale in Auburn California. The feature attraction is "A NON COMPETITIVE GROUP DISPLAY IN TWO CATEGORIES, LONDON JOCKEY CLUBHOUSE GINS AND WISTERS CLUB HOUSE BOTTLES".
It just so happens a couple of local boys, this past week, hit a monster 1850's - 1860's privy here in the gold country. It wasn't luck...... they have been probing and digging this area of the gold country for the last couple of years. As they say "persistence pays off" and in this case it payed off big time....
Included in the whole non damaged bottles were:
3 - Wistar's Clubhouse Gins
2 - Jockey Clubhouse Gins
2 - W.S.C. Clubhouse Gins
2 - J.T. Daly Clubhouse Gins
2 - Von Thofen's Aromatic Schnapps (small size)
1 - Black Glass Hostetter's


Wistar's & Jockey Clubs

Some of the tear jerkers included over a dozen broken Jockey Clubhouse Gins, 20 Aromatic Schnapps ( including Udolpho Wolfe's and Von Thofen's) over 2 dozen Wistar's Clubhouse and more than 30 J.T Daly and W.S.C. gins.
Congratulations guys on an awesome dig! 



NAME THAT SHARD!!!!!

FAIRBANKS & Co ?

Anyone have a clue on these shards?
They came out of a 1860's era privy, here in the gold country, and were dug by a couple of local boys.

BOURBON WHISKEY?

Wilson Fairbanks & Co Sole Agents ???

What the heck does this say?

MORE....NAME THAT SHARD!!

Is that San Francisco?

Every once in a while we come across pieces of bottles that just seem to baffle us.

Can you name these shards?



Square w/ beveled corners



WHO? & Co