Archaeologists found many bottles at the Eden House site. The size and shape of some of the bottles tell archaeologists that they were made in the first ten years of the eighteenth century. Other bottles were made

Early Bottles

in the 1730s and 1740s. While these types of dark green bottles are commonly called wine bottles, they were also used to hold other products such as mineral water and olive oil. Archaeologists have also found bottles containing traces of milk, tar, lead shot, and cherry pits. Some of the Eden House bottles have wide mouths designed for storing fruit or pouring thick liquids such as syrup.