Stone Bottles history/worth?

[apostasy]

Hello, first time poster, long time collector. I recently bought some land up in New Hampshire, and while digging the foundation of the house I found two of these bottles, I'm guessing they are from the civil war era, there is what looks like a stamp on one that is nearly unreadable. Any info on these would be appreciated, also what they are actually called   Thank you.

[greenacres]

They would be better if they had writing on them. It's late I'll check tomorrow.

[bigwull]

Stonewear bottles..might pre-date the civil war.... you were lucky to have found them intact...

[Rauville]

A quick search of eBay shows that the plain Ginger Beer Bottles seem to sell in the $10 - $20 range. Regardless of value, they are still a interesting piece of history.
http://www.antiquebottles.com/gingerbeer/

[mart]

Yep !!  We had one like that posted here a while back !!

[ghopper1924]

How old is the house? There's your first clue.

[bigwull]

How old is the house? There's your first clue.

He bought some land..and was digging the foundations of the house....i.e. No House...

[greenacres]

Maybe he was under pinning. If that was said properly.

[ghopper1924]

How old is the house? There's your first clue.

He bought some land..and was digging the foundations of the house....i.e. No House...

Like that should stop you? Nothing like a little resourcefulness...

[apostasy]

Yep, no house, the land was just a patch of woods on a dirt road. Makes you think though, who had these way out in the middle of nowhere?

[mart]

You might be surprised !!   It was a common drink early 1800`s !!  Even Grandma needed a buzz every once in a while !!

[bigwull]

Yep, no house, the land was just a patch of woods on a dirt road. Makes you think though, who had these way out in the middle of nowhere?

it does get the old brain cells,jiggling about...as they were buried..then..whoev er buried them..did so with the intent of coming back...either that..or they were concientous and didn,t want to litter the landscape..

[auctionaddiction]

I agree with Rauville. I have about 15 of these bottles. I would say 10 to 20 dollars is about the right price range. I think it would be really cool to dig them up.

[mart]

Possibly that was a dump site ?? But you said it was around a foundation ??  If so they were likely in the root cellar !!  Root cellars were often built under the house although not nearly as deep as we know cellars today !!   Just a few feet !!

[bigwull]

your cheaters ain,t up to it again...what he said was it was a patch of ground, with no house...therefore ..no existing foundations...no root cellar...zilch..."jist twa wee stane boatles lyin in the grund jist waitin tae be fund"... ...