4. German Mineral Water Bottle
Photo by Chrysalis Archeological Consultants
“New Yorkers have always been drinking bottled water,” Loorya jokes, but with valid supporting evidence. In addition to a 1790 bottle her team found at South Street Seaport, this stoneware bottle from Kronthal Springs in Kronberg, Germany was found at 50 Bowery. Some of the springs in Germany were known for their medicinal properties and were imported into the United States. Mineral water from Kronthal Springs were first bottled in 1875. In 1899, 4000 cases of Kronthal mineral water were shipped to the United States.
