Some more items from my finds.
First some very unique items. These are opium pots and were the working man’s stash carrier I reckon. These were found in abundance on a slope which must have been the site where railway workers, cutting a channel through a hillside slope for the train tracks, would likely sit and chat and get high. That section of HK railway was constructed in the early 1900s and operational in 1910. There were hundreds of these tiny pots there. The area, since I collected these, has been covered in concrete so the other remains will be buried for more hundreds of years until the concrete gets disturbed. These are the simple no nonsense, disposable pots which can also be found around the “bad boys’ ” houses in most New Territories villages.
Next some of the early earthenware pots that were used for medicinal stuff before glass started to be used. Dating probably to mid to late 1800s. Company name stamped on the back.
Now back to some more of the early 1900s glass medicine bottles…..
Last two have examples of very shallow early iridescence as the glass has been subject to some chemical damage from the soil.
