New York City privy digging near the end of the millennium,
assorted antique bottles and shards from 1840-1865.
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Rickett & Co Glass Works Bristol (on bottom of
bottle), Patent (on shoulder). Rickett pioneered the
three-piece mold during the early part of the 19th
century and patented his mold in 1821.
*This is one of the earliest known examples available
of the beer & porter version of his bottle.
Extracted
from an early New York City privy, in 1997.
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Professionally
tumbled
LP Dodge Rheumatic
Liniment, circa 1850,
from a New York City privy dig autumn 1999. *One of
two found within 30 feet of each
other.
AFTER
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Antique
bottles manufactured
1845-1900 from assorted privy
digging efforts in New York.
Onion bottle 'not' from a New York
City privy dig but found in Panama,
circa 1730.
Antique
stoneware bottles and
ointment pots dating from 1850-1900, from assorted privy
digs & bottle
dumps in New York City and
New York State, 1988-2007.
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