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View old bottles and other items dug from outhouse pits & dumps.

I started this site for the love of bottles.Digging and collecting.Digging comes first.Unearthing the past is what it is all about for me.The thrill,the rush,and the satisfaction of pulling out an old bottle from a time capsule in the ground is UN-real! I never sell any of my bottles,this hobby is not about money to me,it is about the history of old glass from the past.
My grandmother is the person I have to thank for this wonderful love of old glass.I do believe she is with me at times, especially when I find a bottle like the puce eagle pictured above.
My main source of old bottles today is privy digging AKA outhouse digging.I also dig dumps if they are old enough.The year 1900 is my limit on dumps.
This hobby is all about history to me more then any other factor.I love to daydream about who used this hollow wear from the past.I picture a much slower and simpler time.Un like this fast paced world we live in today.
But on the other side of the coin,there was a high death rate from all the wide spread diseases that the quack medicines could not cure, even though the labels said they could.Most of the diseases from that time are non existent today.
That brings up another reason why I love this hobby so much.Because of all the crazy quack cures and guarantees on some of these dug bottles,claiming to cure everything from cancer to alcoholism.Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy.
And don't for get the time & master craftsmanship that went into each bottle.Unlike the cookie cutter world we live in today.
On this site you will see mostly pictures of privy dug bottles,and digs in action.I also have digging story's on my blog that were published in the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine.
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LQC Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phila Pa
I won this bottle in a writing contest from AB&GC magazine.
Holloway's Ointment.1870
For the cure of inveterate ulcers ,bad legs,sore breasts,sore heads, gout and rheumatism.

The back of the puce eagle.
Dyottville Glass Works Philada

1870 eight sided Seitz mineral water six ounce size.

Wm A Selser.Bee figural honey bottle/Jar.1890
A scarce example made from a private mold.

All of these cobalt iron pontil sodas & beers were found
in one 1850 privy.The full story of this adventure is in
my blog.The "Cobalt Hole" (digging story's)

This cool looking pitcher was dug in a 1870s privy.
A Loaded 1870-80s privy

A certain cure? I don't think any thing was
certain back in those days.
St Drakes Plantation 4 log bitters.
(Another bottle I won in a AB&GC writing contest)
This is what we call a heart breaker! A cornflower blue
Washington father of our Country. This was put back
together.(some what).
Keep going there's more

A striped wear pitcher dug in near mint condition.1870

More sodas from 1850s to 1870s outhouse holes.

My digging buddy Paul down in a 1850s wood lined privy
Two ovoid jugs dug in a 1850s barrel lined privy.

A summer tree summer tree flask.Dug in a 1840s privy.
Open pontil.
A Flagon used for wine or other liquids.
A scarce Hazleton Pa. Beer bottle.
A Cathedral pepper sauce bottle 1860s

Strychina Poison a scarce example 1880
To the left a West Ford Glass Works Sheaf of wheat
flask.To the right a green J .A Seitz beer 1870s privy.
A Ironstone tea pot & a chamber pot.

A Washington Taylor flask made at the Dyottville
Glass works Phila. late 1840s -50s

Another shot of the Sheaf of Wheat flask.

J. Wise Allentown Pa.1870 beer bottle.


A 1890 Dr Moores Venereal cure.

A Wistar Pine Tar Cordial. This bottle was
dug from a 22 foot brick lined privy.
The full story is in my blog (Dig story's)
This is a local advertising flask.Stein & Kramlich.The
store was located on top of the fire Dept,witch was also
City hall.On the side of the building in the picture below
part of the word liquor can be seen.


This is a figured cologne bottle .Scrolled leaves & flowers.
1830 - 60

Cleaned up scrolled leaves & flowers cologne.

Kohl & Beans Mineral Waters Easton Pa.1850s

Paul dug this Stafford's Master ink dug in a local dump.
Boooooo! The Doll Head from the past.
Pulmonic Syrup open pontil 1850s privy.
I call this one the basket of cheer.
Cobalt,teal and green iron pontils,
from a 1850s privy.
Better known as"The Cobalt Hole"

John Clarke Mineral Water.Mid 1840s
Washington & Taylor flask & Ip sodas. 1850

Over 600 bottles dug from a brick lined privy.
Dating to 1880s- 60s.Read the story on how
this dig started and ended.In my digging blog.

U.S.A Hospital bottle.This bottle was found in
medical bags during the Civil war.
H.H Warner & Co Tippecanoe
Here are some of the historical flask that Paul pieced back
together.There were 14 broken ones in that privy.
Read the full story "The Last Bottle Out"
In my digging story's.

Eagle Cornucopia flask 1840s polished pontil

Scarce amber Allentown PA Hutch
Daniel Ritter.Check out "three dumps on a hill"
in my digging blog.

Belle of Clifton Whiskey.This was a so called
medicinal whiskey.Good for what ailed ya.
Four 8 sided Seitz & Bro Mineral waters.
A mint forest green Seitz & Bros.
This is the way it was when I dug it.Mint!
I drink from this one.


A rainbow of 19th century beer's and sodas dug from one privy.


Original
Budweiser 1870s

With the pepper seeds still in side.1860

The story of how this little common poison became a rare and
sentimental bottle."Bottles in the Blood" (click digging story's)
Historical flasks that Paul put back together.These
are tough to find whole.

Four privy dug medicines.Philly Pa,Easton,Pa,Washington NJ &
and Allentown pa. All dug from the same privy.

A dark teal 1850 summer tree flask.This flask was re constructed
by my digging buddy Paul.Every piece was found.

My buddy Charlie Cook from New Orleans with a
MONSTER! CATHEDRAL PICKLE.

I call this one the "Rock Pile" bottle.
There is no info on this one.My
guess is that it was used to treat piles.

This is a U.Bruner druggist from Catasauqua Pa circa 1850.


1870s Geo Hoffman Allentown. Eight sided soda.
"Mine shaft privy" (check the video)
Grandmas Secret For Baby's.
The first and only"Warner's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure I ever dug.
They are not found in our area much.