29.7.11

archaeological digging


Thank you for all those lovely birthday wishes. What a surprise, they definitely made me feel quite special. Yesterday was a bit more eventful as we all had a fun day out together, which began and ended with cake!

We've been having a much needed sort out of the garden these last few days, where the husband unearthed this beauty. It's in immaculate condition and had been laying just a foot or two under the soil until his fork dug it up. And a glass stopper with a pretty fluted edge was found close by, although they're not related.


Our house is Victorian so I'm guessing it comes from around that time. I'm also thinking it might be a medicine bottle because of the tablespoon measurements up one side but if anyone has any suggestions, they'd certainly be welcome?

I think I may have to crack the whip a bit and get him to find some more treasures to make me rich some day!


Wishing you a lovely weekend.

17 comments:

  1. Ooh, treasure :D What a wonderful find ! We unearthed the ubiquitous clay pipe and some broken china when we repaved our little courtyard garden last year ... I would have been in heaven if we'd found a bottle like that!

    Wishing you a lovely weekend right back x

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  2. What a lovely treasure - it looks perfect with those pretty sweet peas.

    Happy weekend to you too Kate!

    Jeanne
    x

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  3. Oh my.. You live in a Victorian house (am green with envy ;)-
    Love the treasures you dug up. I would say that is a measuring bottle - like how you used it!!

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  4. What a lovely thing to find - treasure is everywhere! Beautiful with the flowers x

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  5. How lovely to find treasure in your own garden! Maybe I should go digging in mine and see if I find anything as lovely as this.

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  6. All we find is builders' rubble in our garden! I'd say that was a medicine bottle from before people used 5ml spoons and their spoons were of varying sizes. It is a perfect vase for your flowers whatever its original use. Pretty stopper too.

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  7. Ooohhhh - it would make me want to dig the whole garden up to see what layed buried beneath.

    Nina x

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  8. What a treasure! I would love to know the story of that bottle, it is amazing that it is intact. We have found a few horseshoes and skeleton keys when we dug up parts of the lot, but never a bottle.

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  9. Happy Birthday for yesterday! I hope you got some lovely gifts, things you really wanted? What a treasure your husband found, but the thing that makes it really special is the Sweet Peas in it, aren't they beautiful! You'll be able to measure how much water they drink with the markings on the bottle! Vanessa xxx

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  10. Hi Kate..how rare to find a bottle of such a lovely colour and with the stopper so perfectly preserved too! I am not sure if it would be a medicine bottle. I remember when I was really little in NZ, the medicine bottle of my earliest recollections being a dark brown, similar shape but with a cork in the top. I don't know whether the stopper would be for medicine or something like a tonic water. The medicine bottle also had poison along the side with a skull and crossbones..I guess warning against an overdose!

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  11. It certainly reminds me of a medicine bottle - it came with a cork, and a pink, sickly sweet syrup which didn't quite disguise the bitterness of the medicine! Much better with pretty pink sweet peas.

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  12. What a gorgeous little bottle, such a beautiful colour.
    Didn't the Victorians keep poison in blue bottles?
    Vivienne x

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  13. You are lucky. All we find in our garden are bluestone cobbles and weeds. I can see why you might want to investigate further. T x

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  14. What a coincidence. I found an almost identical stopper buried in our garden a few months back. Our house, though, isn't Victorian. It was built in 1926.

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  15. Sounds like a cough mixture bottle to me.

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  16. I would love to find a treasure like that in my garden! Our house is Victorian too but I've yet to locate where they buried things so haven't discovered any glass or pottery finds during my digging! Your pretty glass bottle makes a beautiful vase!
    Helen x

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  17. I have a bottle like that in my collection - all dug up in various odd places.

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