About two weeks ago I started watching this guy on YouTube who makes videos of digging up artifacts (mostly old bottles) on different properties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqM7NFb3MU
A lot of the videos are quite long...I was not expecting my gf to find them interesting, but, she started watching them with me....
We frequent a lot of places where there are antiques, and with information provided by the author of the videos: I started to learn about identifying old bottles based on shape and design.
Not to be outdone...my gf started researching vintage glassware, and as such: I have indirectly created a monster...I've had to drive her to every antique store within a 50 miles radius over the last two weeks so she can examine all the different types and styles of vintage glass...lol...
While on the topic of glassware and digging things up: I found this wine bottle at an antique market that someone dug up in their yard and put up for sale:
I thought it looked pretty old, but, I wasn't interesting in buying it. My gf insisted I pay the $3 and examine it closer at home...ok....
I still haven't figured out the time period yet, but, the glass is heavily imperfect (gritty + lots of air bubbles), and the stem is bent about 15 degrees off-center. Some of the air bubbles are so large that they could have easily ruined the mold. This would suggest a sizeable level of attrition during production... For comparison: I was at another antique store today and they had rows and rows of green wine bottles that were nearly identical to mine (without the big kick-up in the bottom). The bottles I saw today were in almost perfect condition from the 1910's-they had very little air bubbles and were almost perfect in shape...this would indicate that there had been significant improvements to the production process...
While I have seen a lot of odd stuff in the last few weeks. This is the first time I saw these:
Weird...
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