One forthe bottle lovers!

[BAJR]

Booo hssss!

like unprotected sex... BAJR... the employment condom

now... how did we get there!

[moreno]

BAJR, you seem to be a bottle lover (not in the literal sense mind ya), can you shed some light on the one I posted?

[BAJR]

http://www.biggararchaeology.org.uk/rep_bottle.shtml

What you are looking at is an early 18th century Wine Bottle.

Recognise them from many I dug from Estates in SCotland

I am that sad

[moreno]

@BAJR
HA! we all have our kryptonite! Cheers for that. I mentioned to my non archaeological mate that someone would know more about it. A wealth of info "we" are! I'll pass on the info.

[Unitof1]

is it that simple? what had they been selling wine in before glass? i dont think anybody has come up with a good study as yet. was it your avewrage wine and what about recycling. where were these bottles made?

beware drinking vinegar

[BAJR]

Interesting point Unit.

You are looking at kegs and barrels... wine skins and of course amphorae

Would like to hear from anyone who knows more.

I also have this from 17th century with a delft wine 'bottle' I would call a flask..
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15273/lot/88/

[kevin wooldridge]

is it that simple? what had they been selling wine in before glass?

Before anyone reaches for their Wikipedia, Herodotus does not write that the Mesopotamians used palm wood casks to transport wine to Babylon....mis-translation I think!!

[Dinosaur]

what had they been selling wine in before glass?

bio-degradeable plastic?

[Unitof1]

If it had been biodegradeable that kind of suggests that there was not much call for reuse. Curently looking at some coffin bottles that I picked up out of a river near Sapele. Ones got Africa Co written on it. Wonder whose company that was.

Maybe the problem with casts, barrels is that they are possibly distribution vessels for wholesalers, at here's are the belimene jar type things which could have been the precursor to the onion bottle, what was in the belimenes?

[monty]

Probably wine in the bottle types.