While I was digging out the back path I did find an old bottle embossed with F.W. Devoe & Co. New York. It was about a foot under ground and luckily I didn’t break it. F.W Devoe made paints, pigments and inks. My guess was that this bottle contained some powered pigment for an artist, but it could have equally have been a paint sample for the house. This bottle could be late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Sometimes littering is a good thing.
The bottle has twelve sides and would have taken a cork stopper. It is about three inches tall. There is an identical one for sale on ebay.
Was there a letter in the bottle?
Yes there was a map and something about Oak Island….