Here's a few pictures of an early square that came out of a gold rush era trash pit here in town this morning. Five or six blacks, a half dozen wines and a broken large size black Hostetter's along with about 20 broken shot glasses were the only other things in the pit.I would call it darn lucky that this dark forest green iron pontiled Catawba was intact. It has some small scratches and a minor lip chip but somehow survived being thrown in a hole full of broken and whole saloon bottles.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
rs
Way to go Rick!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bottle, great find!
M.E.
That's one early, crude, and large-sized bitters bottle!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it survived it's journey into the cone! Better yet, I'm glad your quest ended in extracting it without any severe damage issues.
See ya in Reno!
~J.F.
I have quested for one of those for all my diggin' years, and you did it. KILLER Catawba!! You done GOOOOOOD! Bring that puppy to Reno.
ReplyDeleteGreat find !! That's hard bottle to dig and I'm sure on just about everyone's "dig wish list".
ReplyDeleteAnyone know what the age on this variant is?
AP
1860
ReplyDeleteCongratulations are in order here, wow what a nice bottle!
ReplyDeleteNice Shovel Work Rick. Great detail on the bunch of grapes and a nice top. Kool. Won't make Reno this year. I hope someone post some pics of the displays, especially the Cutter grouping. I have several that would fit that shelf for sure. I also will post pics in the morning of a Solon Perfumer Florida Water from New York with Curved R's, Yes Sir, thats what I said. Dr. Barnes AKA Rick The Hall
ReplyDeletesweet ! hows the color ?
ReplyDeleteFantastic bottle Rick!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it seems like a long time between good ones.. sure makes you appreciate them even more. Congratulations!
You "Anononymous" wannabes are gettin' kinda tiresome. What in the world would drive you to question a bottle that's posted on this site. Who dug it is not in question here, and is not relevant to the discussion. The bottle is what it is, period.
ReplyDeleteThe Catawba came off of a piece of property that I had permission from the owner to dig. For what it's worth if you call finding the pit, standing in the pit and pulling the bottle free from the surrounding bottles digging it, then I actually dug it. I again asked the owner if I could keep the bottle for my collection and was told to go ahead and keep it. It doesn't get any more legit than that in my book. And anyone that wants to question my motives or integrity can choose one of my dueling pistols and step back 10 paces.
ReplyDeleters
I like that idea, Rick. 1911s at 40 paces is better, though. How about M-1s at 100 meters?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, having to legitimize your dig for a few crybabies goes beyond what should be necessary. Like I said before, the bottle, and your original post, is self explanatory
Mike
agreed O.C. seeing as how rick posted the bottle pics and talked about same bottle I assumed that he had dug it. Looks like I was not wrong. Great bottle Rick if you dont mind, how deep was the hole. I have found that digging anything over six feet is a hell of a lot of work......Andy
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