Centuries-Old Bottles of Cherries Found at Mount Vernon Estate

George Washington's Mount Vernon Archaeologists discovered two intact bottles of cherries during an archaeological dig at George Washington's Mount Vernon that seem to date to the mid-1700s. The dark green glass bottles were found upright and sealed — and seemed to contain cherries, including stems and pits, were preserved in a liquid, according to George Washington's Mount Vernon. The bottle shapes are characteristic of styles from the 1740s to 1750s and were found in a pit, where they may have …