First, let me thank George Miller, Allen Vegotsky and Bill Lockhart for
their replies to my earlier query (I kicked myself hard for not realizing
that it was an Owens bottle!).

I have a new one for the bottle experts. I have a shattered bottle that I
was able to partially reconstruct. It's clear, round in horizontal section,
mold seams from the heel to just under the lip (which is a "blob" type), and
has a slightly raised circular area on the body with the following embossing
arranged to follow the interior curve of the circle:

THOMSON & RENGER/ROCHESTER * PA/
(the asterix stands for an embossed dot between the words on the last line)

I haven't found any Google references and it's not in any of our bottle
books.

Although I wasn't able to reconstruct enough of the bottle to determine a
total height, I was able to determin that the body dimension was 2 1/2", the
bore diameter was 7/8", the lip was 3/4" wide, and the neck-finish height
was 1". There were no distinguishable marks on the base.

The bottle fragments were embedded in a crushed brick floor for a brick kiln
in Leetsdale, PA. The kiln was constructed no later earlier than 1890 and no
later than 1894. The kiln was demolished in 1901 or shortly thereafter, but
I think the bottle may date from the construction due to its location in the
floor.

Anyone know anything about this bottle? If no one is familiar with it, then
I guess there's an early 1890s context for future finds!

Muchas Gracias,
Andrew R. Sewell, MS, RPA
Principal Investigator
Historic/Industrial Archaeology
Hardlines Design Company
4608 Indianola Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43214
(614)-784-8733
fax: (614)-784-9336
www.hardlinesdesign.com