October 25, 2009
Post date: Oct 27, 2009 6:53:38 PM
We enjoyed taking long exposures of ocean waves at the coast this past weekend.
While walking on the beach, we found a large piece of sea glass. This cobalt blue round bottom was probably from a bottle made by the Bay City Sodawater Company in the late 1800's in San Francisco. The bottle would have contained mineral water, and would have had a cork stopper held in place with wire (called a blob top closure). An excellent web site about bottles (by the Society for Historical Archaeology) is at:
