Well, the context that most of my artifacts I am looking at come from is an
early 20th century trash dump, which post dates the brick factory I am
producing a report on (look for my email about anyone who's seen
archaeological examples of hot floors soon!). Almost all of my datable
artifacts from the trash deposits have end ranges in the 1920s-1930s or so.
Most have beginning ranges starting in the 1880s to early 1900s. Hope that
adds to the puzzle.

Andy

ps. thanks again to everyone for all the help. I use this list as a last
resort, but as the report is due soon, I need to get as much info as
possible in a short time, so hope this doesn't bore anyone!

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
LOCKHART BILL
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: "cc" intervals embossed on pharmaceutical bottles


Andrew and anyone else who may be interested:

Knowing the type of finish might also help a bit.  If it is the type of
bottle I think it is, I
would guess at 1900 to mid-1920s.  If enough people with catalogs from
companies
that made drug store bottles would check, we could probably pin down a
fairly close
date set.  Anyone game to look?  Drug store bottles are not one of my
strongest
areas, but I will check at home.

Bill Lindsey and I were discussing this a while back, but I could not find
my records
on it.  So, I e-mailed Bill, and his reply is below.

I do not believe there is any solid citation available for this phenomenon
yet.

Bill