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Larry Moore <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:00:07 -0400
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Hello all,
I'm trying to identifiy some bottle parts found in a Civil War era trash pit 
in Northern VA. 
Gwen Hurst and I started a paper years ago but never finished it. 
She recently passed away. And I want to finish it. 
All I have are her notes and a draft of her part of the paper.
Three items need additional identification, if possible.

1. a light aqua cylinder medicinal bottle with partial embossing
CO.../C. H....PROP. 

2. one olive‑green black glass bottle, blown in a three‑section contact 
mold. The base has a refired pontil. The bottle is embossed PATENT around the 
shoulder and ELLENVILLE GLASS WORKS around the rim of the base. Little is known 
about the Ellenville Glass Works of New York. The firm was apparently 
established in 1816 in Wawasing, New York and relocated to Ellenville, New York in 1836 
(Creswick 1987:265). Any other information about it?

3. Two cylinder liquor bottles blown in Germany and embossed around the bases.
One olive‑green black glass base is embossed (H. Heye)BREM(en) around a 
refired pontil.
A second bottle base that was blown in honey‑amber black glass is embossed H. 
HEYE BREMEN around a refired pontil.  Bottle collectors report “whiskey” 
bottles with this embossing on Civil War camps around Vicksburg, Mississippi 
(Parks and Pasvantis 1978:97). Any other information about this embossing?

Refs.
Creswick, Alice M.
1987     The Fruit Jar Works. Volume I Listing Jars Made Circa 1820 to 
1920's. Privately Published, Grand Rapids, MI.
Parks, Ken and Ken Pasvantis
1978     Civil War Bottles, Ken Parks Associates, Jackson, MS
 
Thanks,
Larry Moore

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