Antique Bottle & Glass Collector – January 2022

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January 2022

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VOLUME 38, #9 • January 2022 FRONT COVER:

The staff at Antique Bottle & Glass Collector wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year!

Publisher John R. Pastor

In This Issue:

Editors: Ralph Finch Bill Baab Jodi Hall

Letters to the Editor........................................................................... 2

Managing Editor Libby Smith The Medicine Chest John Panella

Heard it through the Grapevine......................................................... 4 Tom Askjem Digs America, Part 2..................................................... 7 Our Anniversary Bottle.................................................................... 12

New England Review Mike George

Early Georgia Sodas: A Book Review............................................... 14

Bitters Columnist Bob Strickhart

Classified Advertisements................................................................. 22

Spouting off on Mineral Waters Donald Tucker

Show Calendar.................................................................................. 26

Contributing Writers: Ralph Finch Kevin Sives

Everything Old is New Again, Part 2............................................... 28

Design, Layout & Production Jake Pluta

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The Tale of Two Cities: Dr. Dunlap's Anchor Bitters...................... 32 The Maine Event!.............................................................................. 37

Coming in February: The Bevan Brothers: Three Lives in a Bottle, by Jack Sullivan Focusing Light on Purdy's Alcohol Lamp, by Ralph Finch Bottle Bonanza Behind Country Home, by Frank Kurczewski Sage Ball is a Hit from the U.S. to England to Japan, by Ralph Finch Pipe Dreams, by Rick Weiner And other very cool stuff!

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LETTERS

to the Editor

Joe, We Miss You! Dear Editor, I was saddened to hear of Joe Widman’s passing. I miss his knowledge of antique medicines and glass and his articles on what he called “neat bottles.”

I like all the articles in The Medicine Chest from all the authors, from Dr. Cannon on. Joe wrote in your magazine in September 2021 that it would be his last article. Who would ever know of the medicine bottles out there, like “Works Like A Charm,” and “Common Sense Colic Cure,” without Joe Widman.

Joe was very helpful in my collecting of Michigan medicines. He once found for me a special bottle, a very rare Mixer’s Scrofula Syrup, hinge mold, 1870s, no ‘Cancer’ on the bottle from Hastings, Mich. (The bottle is always embossed with the word, “Cancer.”)

We would talk on the phone and at shows. Joe was at all the National shows.

Joe, you will be missed all over the country and especially here in Michigan.

Thank you, Joe, for the keeping the fun in bottle collecting.

Gordon Hubenet Michigan Medicine Collector PS: I will be starting a new company “Widman’s Best” — The Common Sense Covid Cure.

Editor’s note: Joe Widman served as coauthor of the Medicine Chest column from January, 2019 through September, 2021.

He was an avid collector of early medicine bottles ranging from common to very rare.

Joe had a particular affinity towards those ebottles embossed with unusual, absurd, or unique sayings. He will be greatly missed.

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The Bird Takes Flight

Dr. Mauro: Unique?

Hi, John,

Hi, John,

I enjoyed Robert Strickhart’s article on Bird Bitters in the November issue. My brain started churning and I recognized the address on the bird bitters bottle (400 N 3rd St. Philadelphia).

I’m sending you an email with attached photographs (next page, top) of a bottle Tom and I found on a permission dig at a construction site in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The digging area was all primarily from the 1880s to early 1890s.

I knew I had a Mishler’s Herb Bitters with the same address (top), which I thought was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The other bottle I dug up was a Mexican Medicine Co. (above) with the same address. I don’t know much about this 400 N 3rd St. company. Maybe it was called the Mexican Medicine Co. I thought it was odd that this company sold all three of these bottles.

Mike Lehman Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

This bottle is teal green, shaped similarly to a Dr. Harter’s Wild Cherry Bitters, but has a very unique pedestal-style base.

It is embossed on both sides, “DR. MAURO’S - HERB TONIC.” It has an applied top, an awesome color, and no chips or cracks. It does have some minor spotty content haze inside and some overall areas of lighter irridescence.

Both of us have done some research and believe this bottle is from Chicago. I’m set up with Newspapers.com and there

LETTERS

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are several documented stories about Dr. Mauro, who was an “Italian Physician, Doctor from Chicago.”

Just wondering if you are familiar with this bottle?

Brad Cuyler Negaunee, Michigan

How’s This for Openers?

Hi, John, I really enjoyed looking at that wacky photo of “The Bottle People” (page 3, September Letters to the Editor). How very clever.

More than 40 years ago, I purchased a group of hand-carved figurines from an antiques store near Augusta, Georgia.

They represented musicians and friends.

They also lose their heads! (bottom left) Lift off the head of the short and stubby figure on the right and a cork is revealed.

The middle singer’s head cleverly conceals a corkscrew. And the singer on the left sports a bottle opener below his neck.

Bill Baab Augusta, Georgia

How to Blot a Blob Hello, John, When I purchased this stoneware advertising jug (left), I noticed it was very heavy. I discovered what I assume is a big hunk of dried ink. I have been trying to dissolve the blob by pouring boiling water into the jug over and over.

This is a long process, and I wondered if you or any readers know better ways to dissolve the old ink.

Linda J. Conner Fountaintown, Indiana January 2022

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Heard it through the

Grapevine *Cry Me a River? No, Silly, Crimea-flask!

Beat the drums and wave the victory flags as we salute collector John Ault, a happy warrior. (Historical and off-the-wall notes

by Ralph Finch) John Ault of Gravesend, England, is one of Europe’s major collectors of historical bottles. Always on the alert for a great find (or a new auction skirmish), in late November he claimed a new battlefield souvenir, with the only damage to his checking account. He sent this spirited report and photos from the front.

“Another item ticked off my ‘wanted’ list, a Crimea War flask made at one of the London potteries and supplied by William Wenham, landlord of The Gun Tavern, 37 (now 83) Church Street, Croydon, Surrey, circa 1857. (The Gun Tavern pub is now a restaurant, but in the past lived up to its name with several firearm-related incidents involving gangs.)

“These spirit flasks that were produced to mark the beginning and end of hostilities in the Crimean War rarely appear on the open market. In fact, I've only seen three for sale in the last 30-plus years. This example is in superb condition, with clearly struck lettering and deep moulding.

“Both sides depict soldiers of the alliance formed by the United Kingdom, France, Ottoman Empire and Sardinia in order to defeat Russia. It is probably the UK’s most desirable stoneware flask, and appeals to both bottle and militaria collectors.”

Then, John said: “The immediate cause of the war involved the rights of Christian minorities in Palestine, which was part of the Ottoman Empire. The French promoted the rights of Roman Catholics, and Russia promoted those of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Longer-term causes involved the decline of the Otto-

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man Empire, the expansion of the Russian Empire in the preceding Russo-Turkish Wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power in Europe and consolidate borders.

“Sadly, right up to the present time the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea is still subject to political tensions. The war was the first major conflict recorded by photography, and probably the best known of the photographers was Roger Fenton, whose images are well documented and can be accessed on Google.”

And later, John kindly added this information: “I knew it would be expensive, £3,214 including add-ons, but cheaper than the last example that sold for £3,600 back in 2003.

Editor’s note: *Cry Me a River was written

by Arthur Hamilton in 1953, popularized

by Julie London in 1955, and recorded by many performers. And for Americans a bit light in the Crimea’s violent history, Florence Nightingale made her mark serving in this battle. And in The Charge of the Light Brigade, a 1936 film, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland battled for fame TOP: “Damn the torpedoes… look for flasks!”

RIGHT: Can you imagine aquiring a more detailed military flask?

Heard it through the

Grapevine A Special Exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine The Corning Museum of Glass, located in Corning, New York, is generally considered by many to be America’s premier museum for lovers of glass. The museum currently has a new exhibit that explores the many ways that glass touches wine, beginning with the grape and culminating with the goblet.

Their exhibition explains: “The entwined histories of glass and wine extend back thousands of years, from lavish feasts of ancient Rome, to the polite society of Britain in the 1700s, to formal dinner parties of post-war America, to an essential experience within our contemporary food culture. The strength, impermeability, and versatility of glass has played an important role in every step of wine’s journey, from the production, distribution, sale, and ultimately the enjoyment of this intoxicating beverage.”

The exhibit includes a rare 2,000-yearold fragment of cameo glass depicting a grape harvest, a still-sealed bottle of wine found in a shipwreck off the coast of England, and an exceptional 400-yearold document describing an “almost unbreakable glass jar” that could prevent wine from spoiling.

The exhibit details how the story of glass and wine has particular relevance in the Finger Lakes of New York State, which has been a nexus for both the glass and wine industries for more than 150 years.

The exhibit will be on display through December 2022 in the Gather Gallery.

For additional information, please visit their website: www.cmog.org

Rare Soda Found!

By Bill Baab COLUMBUS, Georgia – The worst 18 days of Allen Woodall’s life ended Sunday, Nov. 21, when he received a phone call from one of his employees who told him where to find the ultra-rare Columbus John Ryan soda bottle stolen from his office.

That employee had received a phone call from an unidentified woman who said: “Tell Mr. Woodall to look inside the workman’s black lunchbox and he’ll find the bottle!” Be aware that Woodall owns a marvelous collection of some 2,000 lunch boxes, not all of them black.

“We did not touch either the lunch box or the bottle, just carefully opened the box to be sure the bottle was inside,” Woodall said. “A Columbus Police Department detective will dust both for fingerprints.

Could it be that the missing bottle was inside the lunch box from the day of its theft? ‘We just don’t know,” its owner replied. Perhaps that answer will be found when footage from the museum’s security system cameras is checked.

Not only is Woodall a collector of antique bottles, he also owns and operates a multi-themed Columbus museum featuring, among other things, historical material from the Chero-Cola Bottling Company which was founded in his hometown in the early 1900s.

John Ryan is well-known to the antique bottle collecting world, having established his Excelsior Bottling Works in Savannah, Ga. in 1852. Later, he established branches in Atlanta, Augusta and Columbus.

The bottle in question is cobalt blue and sports a large “R” on its back. Just two examples are extant. There is another Columbus Ryan without that embossed letter and is not as rare.

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Tom Askjem Really Digs America Tom continues looking for the Holy Grail — a Vallandigham

By Tom Askjem PART 2

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got down to about the 9-foot level when I found bottom. At this point the site wasn’t much more than an over-glorified test hole. It was just wide enough to scoop and bucket out dirt.

When I was near bottom I discovered a machine-made cork top drug store bottle.

The writing was on the wall: it was a bust.

We decided to abandon the site.

I called Gary and he came over with the tractor and filled it in. I concluded that the pit was possibly dug for the hotel shortly before it burned down. It was then utilized by the pool hall. I concluded this because the pool hall site was missing a Prohibition-era pit and this one fit the timeframe. I was still determined to find the original hotel pit but it was getting late in the afternoon. I had probed out another spot behind the site we had just finished. I planned to go back soon but had plans of getting back to the pool hall lot in Nome, N.D. As mentioned a while back, I got permission to dig behind where the pool hall once stood in Nome, N.D. The lot was actually owned by the mayor, who had his residence there. The only stipulation was that he and his wife wanted to be there when it was being dug. They had gone away on vacation and told me they would be gone for the first week of August. I had given it a few more days before returning to give them time to get settled in after their trip.

My friend Randy met me there to help dig. We knocked on the door and they answered, telling us to have at it. We then

walked to the back yard. I had called in to have the locates marked out and everything looked good. We started probing the obvious sunken areas first to no avail.

We then set out flags to start gridding it out. After a couple hours we had two sites probed out.

The pool hall was built in about 1903 and had burned by about 1910, which was a perfect timeframe for finding North Dakota Hutchinson bottles (the Hutchinson stopper bottles were used in some N.D. bottling operations as late as 1912 when they were banned). We opened up the first pit, which was right next to where the power company had marked out a line. We dug carefully so that we would not damage the line and more importantly so that I wouldn’t get fried.

After hitting the 4-foot level I was convinced that the line had missed the pit, though we still dug with caution. We started finding slick drug store bottles and liquor bottles. These were no doubt from the time of the pool hall. We then started finding seeds, indicating that it was a privy. We found a few good liquor, beer and drug store bottles. At about six feet I had found the bottom. I was a bit surprised because the pool hall was so big and the history books indicated it was a busy place. The pit wasn’t unusually big, though. I finished cleaning out the sides and found a few more slick bottles. No sodas.

We filled it in and started the other one.

This one seemed deep. I had sunk a 7.5foot probe into it and hit a lot of ashes.

We opened it up and sure enough found ashes at about the 3-foot level. At first

they seemed to be stove ashes, then we started finding burned debris. Though I was only finding burned remains of a building, based on the size of the pit I was convinced the hole had started out as a privy or a well.

I started finding some machine-made bottles. I widened the hole and continued. There were then some remnants of a wrought iron bed. I figured that was from the living quarters, which were located above the pool hall. It wouldn’t come loose so we tied a rope to it and pulled part of it loose with a truck. It was then able to be pulled out by hand. At this point I was about seven feet down.

I continued digging and started seeing seeds. This was likely a privy. I decided to widen it out again. Many buckets were pulled up and soon I was able to move around. The bottom was at about nine feet, but the pit continued across. I then pulled up a Fargo Bottling Works tooled crown top soda. It was mint. Right next to it was an American Bottling Association tooled crown top, also mint!

I noticed the seeds were in the bottom foot or so of the pit, indicating it was a privy that had been dug shortly before the pool hall burned and was then filled in with rubble. Nothing remarkable was found after the crown tops. We filled it in and called it a day.

At that point it was August 11. Over a month had passed since I had started my search for the Vallandigham Hutches from Valley CIty. I had been driving about four hours almost every day plus digging. You’d think at this point I would January 2022

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The hotel that had once stood there was named the Waldorf. It was started in 1883 and later had an addition built beside it. The hotel burned in about 1910.

It was then rebuilt on the lots beside the original site. That was all good news, being it bettered the odds that the original pits hadn’t been disturbed. The only thing working against us was that a filling station later stood on that lot.

We were informed by locals that it stood further up on the lot near the street and that no one believed the area behind the hotel was disturbed by it.

We started out by probing the obvious spots first. There was one spot that seemed suspect. I put a flag in it and then started gridding the lot. A livery barn had stood behind the hotel. It had also burned in the fire. With the livery barn in the back of the lot, there wasn’t a huge area that the privy could have been.

We started probing. It was rough. The ground was so hard that we again needed to use a hammer drill. The bit was three feet long and even at that depth the ground was often rock hard. We marked out a couple spots that seemed to have slight potential, and by that time it was getting late. We had planned to come back the following day but I ended up going to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that night.

At left is a mint Fargo Bottling Works tooled crown top soda. Right next to it is an American Bottling Association tooled crown top, also mint.

be discouraged but I wasn’t. I was finding just enough to keep me interested, plus I had sites lined up that had good potential. There was still another hotel lot and a depot site in Dazey that I had permission on, plus two more pits on the hotel lot there that I had been working.

remained hopeful that maybe an old privy had sunken and trash was thrown into it.

Nope. We dug down a few more feet and started finding 1970s glass bottles and more plastic. It bottomed out at about 5 feet or so. We filled it in and opened the other up. Same result: plastic garbage.

The following day I decided to take off and rest. The day after that Randy and I met in Dazey. We opened up one of the pits and after a couple feet started finding plastic straws. Hundreds of them. I

I was convinced that we had found everything the lot had to offer. We then moved on to the other hotel site, which was located just down the block and across the street.

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It wasn’t until four days later that I got back to Dazey. I was digging alone that day and decided to grid out as much of the hotel lot as I could. I spent all day out there, finding only a couple other spots that seemed to have minimal potential.

The following day Jake agreed to help out.

We were hoping to tackle the pits and move on to the depot site.

As mentioned, the spots probed out seemed to have minimal potential. There was only a bit of ash and glass at about 4-5 feet and then clay, but I had to know.

We opened one of them up and dug it down, expecting another bust pit. We

opened it up small, roughly 2 by 2 feet.

We started finding bits of tooled-top bottles and turn-of-the-century china.

We then widened it out.

At five feet we found an intact tooled-top opium-type vial and the pit appeared to keep going. We widened it out again, this time to about 3 by 3 feet. During this time we found a few broken blob top beers. I continued digging and found a few slick tooled-top drugstore bottles and some whiskey flasks. At this point I started seeing layers of the clay and ash cap and the direction they were headed. I could tell this was going to be a big pit.

We again decided to widen it out, this time to about 3 by 5 feet. There were bottles everywhere. I also noticed some seeds and lime, indicating it was indeed an old outhouse pit. I pulled out bottle after bottle. Most were intact common beers and whiskies. One clue was an 1898 patent flask. That helped determine the era we were in. I often find those in turnof-the-century sites. That era is prime for North Dakota Hutchinson soda bottles so I was stoked.

I pulled some more slick whiskies out and then all of a sudden saw a mugbased bottle. Although it was broken my eyes immediately went to the slug plate: “Sheyenne Bottling Works- E.R. Vallindigham Prop.- Valley City, N.D.” I was nearly in disbelief. Even though it was broken, it was just the second example known to have been found. It was one of those pieces that I thought I would never own, a “Holy Grail” so to speak.

The broken Sheyenne Bottling WorksE.R. Vallindigham Prop.- Valley City, N.D. bottle.

The whole Sheyenne Bottling WorksE.R. Vallindigham Prop.- Valley City, N.D. bottle.

At about the day’s 7-foot level I hit another clay cap. At this point I was certain we were in for a wild ride. Anything with this kind of depth will usually produce something good. I decided to tunnel down and see how deep the cap was. It appeared to be about 1 foot thick.

I was ecstatic, though I tried not to get my hopes up. I knew the soda bottles were often returned and that only the damaged ones were thrown. I did notice the pit kept going in all directions so that would definitely increase my chances of finding a whole example. I continued digging and pulling out more slick alcohol bottles. At this point I had concluded there was another “blind pig” being run out of the hotel.

Once I was through the cap the soil below was very soft. I continued scratching away and noticed a Hutchinson soda top.

Many thoughts went through my mind at this point, mainly “Where is it from?” and “Is it whole?” I carefully pulled the bottle out and first noticed that it was full of liquid. This was a good indication that it was whole. I then noticed the embossing: “Sheyenne Bottling Works- E.R. Vallandigham Prop. Valley City, N.D.”

The bottle was mint! I was feeling great.

Not only did I just pull out one of North Dakota’s most rare and sought-after bottles, but I had literally just busted through the clay cap and likely had a long way to go before reaching bottom.

I climbed out of the pit, dumped out the ground water from the bottle and brought it to my vehicle. It was really hot out that day so we took a quick break. While doing so I examined the bottle and the broken fragment of another. I then noticed something: They were different shades.

The whole one was a green aqua and the other a blue aqua. Prior to that day the bottle was only known in a green aqua.

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Three perfect Vallandigham Hutches side by side.

it is also known in another shade. We then went back to work. Bucket after bucket the clay cap was hauled out. I had no idea how deep the pit would be and didn’t want to probe it and risk damaging something.

Once we were completely through the clay cap there were bottles everywhere.

Mostly slick whiskies and beers, though also some amber Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. We were finding so many bottles that I had stopped handing them up one by one and just piling them up in a corner of the pit and then handing them up bucket by bucket. Again, most of the bottles were fairly generic but the mission was already somewhat complete and everything else was just extra at that point.

The pit was wide and I tunneled under a bit, something that I don’t like doing, though the ground was very hard and dry and seemed to be stable. I had

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tunneled under a couple feet and it was getting dark in there. I then saw the mug base to another Hutch bottle. Could it be another Valley City Hutch? It was a bit lodged and I didn’t want to risk even damaging it, so I had Jake throw down a head lamp.

Once things were lit up I scratched some dirt out of the way and pulled a few bottles loose. The bottle came out: another Vallandigham Hutch. Mint. This one was the blue aqua example. This was as good as it gets for N.D. bottle digging. This was one of those moments that makes all the research and bust pits worthwhile. I handed it up to Jake and climbed out of the pit. I again placed the bottle carefully in my vehicle and took another break. It was seriously heatstroke type of weather out there and we wanted to be careful.

We cooled off in my vehicle and I made some calls to collectors. All of them were

blown away at the news. As mentioned, one of North Dakota’s most serious collectors had been in search of a Vallandigham bottle for decades and it was the only one he was missing to complete his collection.

After our break we went back to work.

The hole was now about 10 feet deep. I climbed down in it and started feeling a bit uneasy. It’s usually at about the 9-foot level that I start thinking about bracing the sides up. I’m there to enjoy myself and I can’t do that if I’m worried about being buried alive.

I decided to carefully probe it and see how much further we had to go. I concluded that we had just about reached the bottom. If it had gone much deeper I would have called off the dig for the day and came back with some lumber to brace the sides up. Knowing the pit was nearly finished I decided to keep going.

The soil around North Dakota is hardpacked clay, plus we were in a drought so the possibility of a collapse seemed minimal. Note that I’ve dug roughly 1,300 privies, most of which were in North Dakota. Only twice have I had pits seriously collapse and that was from leaving them open overnight with heavy rains.

I continued digging, pulling up more liquor bottles, and then noticed another mug-based bottle. In no time I had the bottle pulled out and wiped off: A THIRD VALLANDIGHAM HUTCH. ICE BLUE. MINT. This was incredible. Not only did I have one of each to add to my collection but now I could sell one and recoup some costs from the trip. I handed the bottle up this time so that I could keep digging.

It would be getting dark soon and Gary could fill the pit in with the tractor if it didn’t get too late. I didn’t want to leave a deep hole open overnight and didn’t have anything available to cover it, so finishing it seemed to be our best option.

Once I had reached bottom all the way across, I started caving in the sides. I found a few more bottles and another broken Vallandigham. I made sure that we didn’t miss anything and then called Gary over to fill it in. In no time, the pit was filled back in. We were very appreciative. That saved us hours of extensive labor. We fine tuned the cleanup after it was filled back in and threw down some grass seed. Mission complete.

We were wrecked and the two-hour drive home was rough though it was all well worth it. There were a couple of other sites on that lot we had dug the following days though none produced anything like that. Only one other broken Vallandigham Hutch was dug in the other spots and no other sodas. We dug a few other lots in that town the following week or so with nothing more to report.

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A 100-plus-year-old “spider phaeton” carriage that I recently acquired. These were more or less the sports cars of the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were lighter than a standard carriage of the time, plus the big wheels made them roll easier, making them faster.

Hey, thought I would inform you of my recent acquisition: a “Spider Phaeton” carriage. To me this is as good as it gets.

The “spider” part of the name was due to the carriages looking like spiders; the long spoked wheels resembled the spider’s legs and the hood formed what would look like the spiders abdomen.

The “phaeton” part of the name was due to these types of carriages being dangerous.

The name is Greek in origin and came from the mythological Phaethon, son of Helios. In Greek mythology Phaethon had nearly set the Earth on fire while attempting to drive a chariot to the sun.

This is the first one I had seen in person.

These weren’t as common as a typical carriage or buggy, plus I’m guessing not a lot of these survived because of how fragile they are; the spokes on this one are loose.

I read that when these were new they were lacquered and polished until the desired gloss was obtained. I’m contemplating on having it professionally restored.

I made contact with a professional carriage restorer in Montana. I think he’ll be able to take on the job. I’ll let you know what I decide to do. Thanks again, Tom.

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Our Anniversary Bottle It’s not champagne, but still sparkles, has fireworks and is more romantic than giving Janet a fruitcake

By Ralph Finch

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or some, it may not be the usual way to celebrate one’s wedding date, but loving Janet is anything but usual. Each day is special, and unique, so why not celebrate by buying, at an auction in England, a bottle to remind us of our rather unique relationship. (And remember, we first met at a meeting of the Detroit bottle club some fifty years ago.)

Like the scene painted on the bottle — yet unlike the scene — our relationship has fireworks, but no battles, just smooth sailing. And wacky fun. Instead of the bottle, we could have purchased a glass bottle in the shape of a fruitcake!

The green glass bottle, has the following auction description: “AN 18TH CENTURY GREEN GLASS BOTTLE WITH PAINTED NAVAL SCENE AND ARMORIAL depicting a naval scene with French gunships below a painted portrait, armorial on reverse 47 cm high including stopper.” (Our Danish friend, Femia Alberts, says the ships hoist Dutch flags.)

The wooden “stopper” is perhaps junk and the bottle without it is 18.5 inches tall. And, obviously, it isn’t an 18th-century bottle; but the scene is, perhaps.

To purchase this from Hutchinson Scott Auctioneers in Skipton, England, RIGHT: Janet took a great photo of our “anniversary bottle.” She says “The phone deserves all the credit.” I disagree.

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LEFT: What’s on the reverse of the bottle? Don’t know. We asked our friend Willy Van Den Bossche, the man we think knows more about European glass than anyone, and he couldn’t help. Then we asked Alan Blakeman, one of England’s royalty when it comes to glass, but he admitted, “Afraid the Blakemans were never that high to have a family crest; we had some chickens and ducks, though.”

ABOVE: In our display case, the new bottle is third shelf from the bottom and second bottle for the left.

Janet had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to go on the computer and connect with “liveauctioneers” and tap a few more keys.

The computer screen replied, “Your bid is entered.” Then, “You have been outbid.”

That went on for a few more keystrokes.

By the time I found my slippers and blue fluffy bathrobe and got to Janet, she told me that it was smooth sailing. “We’ve got it; go back to bed.” Following the captain’s order, two minutes later her second mate was asleep in his bunk.

The classy Hutchinson Scott Auctioneers estimated the bottle at £400-600. With the hammer price of £480, the buyer’s

premium (24 percent), plus *shipping of £195 ($266), plus the liveauctioneers fee, plus the credit card fee is … um, oh, my, journalists make bad mathematicians. *You want to ship a large piece of glass from England? First, you find a local shipper, then hope you’ve got one familiar with antiques. Ours did a great job, and the bottle arrived on our porch in a huge box, with the bottle double-boxed. Great job “Pack and Send” of Salford Quays.

Avast, matey: Who is shown in the vignette? I’m still researching. It certainly doesn’t represent the person who was the captain at our wedding in Vegas:

an Elvis impersonator. And, appropriate for the bidding, I had proposed to Janet in London.

FYI: AB&GC subscriber Eric McGuire commented, “That is about the best painted bottle I have seen. If that painting were on a canvas, with a little scribbled signature, it could go for a million.”

And I replied: “I hope that when the story appears, someone will recognize a painting somewhere that was copied by some starving artist on that bottle.” I have been searching “European museum painting ship battles.”

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fter becoming involved in the hobby of collecting antique bottles more than fifty years ago, my curiosity was piqued by large numbers of 19th-century sodas, whiskies, patent medicines, pharmacies, and mineral waters I’d excavated from a 19thcentury landfill on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia. Many were embossed not only with the names of the contents, but those of the proprietors, many of whom were members of prominent Augusta families.

So I started doing research and found it hard going during those pre-internet days. Few reference books existed and my earliest gleanings came from bound files of The Augusta Chronicle (established in 1785) and the Augusta Herald (established in 1890). I also was lucky to be able to contact and interview extant members of families whose 19th-century ancestors were involved in various businesses requiring specially designed and blown glass bottles.

Fast forward from 1969 to the present day. Our hobby continues to attract newcomers, some of whom have become talented researchers whose efforts have resulted in well-written magazine stories and can also be found between the covers of the occasional book.

Enter David Kyle Rakes and Ferdinand Meyer V. Each shares a love for the antique glass forms known as bottles.

Their formidable backgrounds are posted on page 6 of their book. David has become a superior researcher, while Ferdinand leads the research and design component for the FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Bottles & Glass.

The hobby has also benefitted from his involvement with the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors when he served six years as its president. He continues to be active on the board of directors. The book’s covers, front and back, and interior content reflect Ferdinand’s worldclass talents as a designer.

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Early Georgia Sodas The Bottles & Proprietors Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah & Valdosta

By David Kyle Rakes and Ferdinand Meyer V A Review by Bill Baab

A few years ago, David’s interests in collecting antique bottles turned to the colorful category of soda water bottles, especially those sold in the South from the 1840s through the 1880s. He began his research determined to not only identify the varieties of bottles but to uncover the backgrounds of the proprietors who developed and sold the tasty carbonated beverages to a thirsty public.

Some years back, David became friends with Mike Newman of Martinez, Ga., near Augusta. Newman has built a fabulous antique bottle collection, including dozens of early Southern sodas of which the book’s readers can catch a glimpse on a twopage spread in the back. Readers also will be treated to the large full-color images of the featured sodas, thanks to Newman’s photographic expertise.

All complement David’s descriptions of the proprietors, each traced from births to marriages to families to deaths to burials.

This 124-page book, which contains a helpful glossary and index, measures 8.5 x 13 inches with a perfect bind.

The cost is $50 per book plus $4 shipping and may be ordered from David Kyle Rakes, P.O. Box 2706, Belleview, Florida 34421.

In this reviewer’s humble opinion, “Early Georgia Sodas” will become the go-to book for collectors. The colorful examples of bottles have continued to attract both new and longtime members of the antique bottle hobby.

r PHOTOS: Three unique spreads from the book Early Georgia Sodas showcasing the large full-color images of the featured sodas. The photography, the extensive research, and Ferdinand’s worldclass talents as a designer combine to make this book a must-have for those interested in the antique bottle hobby.

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FOHBC RENO NATIONAL ANTIQUE BOTTLE CONVENTION WESTERN REGION

Thursday, July 28 - Sunday, July 31, 2022 Antique Bottle Show & Sales, Bottle Competition, Early Admission, Seminars, Displays, Awards Banquet, Membership Breakfast, Bowling Competition, Silent Auction, Raffle, Children’s Events and more... $5 General Admission Saturday and Sunday half day

Go to FOHBC.org for hotel booking information, schedule and dealer contracts. Hotel rooms will go fast!

Richard & Bev Siri (Show Chairs) rtsiri@sbcglobal.net

Eric McGuire (Seminars, Keynote Speaker) etmcguire@comcast.net

John Burton (Displays) JohnCBurton@msn.com

Ferdinand Meyer V (Marketing & Advertising) fmeyer@fmgdesign.com

DeAnna Jordt (Show Treasurer) dljordt@yahoo.com

Gina Pellegrini (Event Photographer) angelina.pellegrini@gmail.com

TEAM RENO

Info: FOHBC.org

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Publisher’s Corner Dear AB&GC Subscribers, We are pleased to announce some major changes that will be taking place in March. Effective with the March issue, Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine will be merging with Bottles and Extras, the official magazine of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. The new magazine will still be called Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, but will have a fresh look as well as more in-depth articles.

In addition, as a result of the merger, there will be a number of benefits accruing to current AB&GC subscribers. First and foremost, in addition to your subscription which will continue uninterrupted, you will automatically gain access to all of the member benefits of Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC). Just a few of the significant benefits include: • Access to an indexed digital archive of all past AB&GC magazines (once the archive process has been completed).

• Digital access to all past issues of Bottles and Extras (the FOHBC’s existing magazine).

• Free access to the FOHBC Virtual Museum of Historical Glass (FOHBC members are automatically museum members).

• Access to the FOHBC Auction Price Report. This powerful tool will enable you to look up cost and descriptions of anything auctioned by the top antique bottle and glass auction houses over the past decade.

• Discounts for early admission or table rental at the annual FOHBC National Shows and Conventions.

• Free access to FOHBC online Seminars • And Much More (read all of the member benefits on the FOHBC website or in upcoming issues of Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine).

The New Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine, set to debut in March, will be published bi-monthly and will be nearly twice the size (72 pages plus covers). In addition, a digital newsletter will be emailed to members bi-monthly between each printed issue. The new magazine will be Full Color (current AB&GC issues include 16 B&W pages). Other exciting changes are in the works as well. Please watch for more information to follow in the February issue.

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Greer #s of the mint state #1265 United States Syrup #1685 United States Syrup #1383 Dr. Perkins’ Syrup #5 Arthurs Renovating Syrup #778 Halls / Palingenesia / Or Regenerator

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WANTED: Clarke’s Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass.

All bottle sizes & variants…pontil/smooth base. Also, ANY ephemera..newspaper ads, invoices, letterhead, etc.

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FOR SALE: 1. 1.7/8 tall clear dose glass, fine condition, circa 1901-10. Embossed in capitols in outlined oval: Steuben Sanitarium Hornell, N.Y. Based embossed: W. T. Co. AL U.S.A. Rare find, $125 2. 2.3/8" tall, brown glazed mini-jug, white base signed in black: Gordy's pottery Greenville Georgia. Original old flush cork and two like red tags twinetied to handle reading: Dat good ole GA. corn bottled in Georgia. Perfect condition, age evident. $75. Note: lowest prices quoted include first class shipping and recipientrequired signature. Photos available. DAN, 973-934-3770. 1/22

FOR SALE: 1. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, Rochester, N.Y.,, amber, 9 1/4", $25 2. Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure, amber/orange,, 9 1/4", $100 3. Warner's Safe Cure, Melbourne, Aus., London, England, Rochester, N.Y., USA, Toronto, Canada, Rochester, N.Y., USA, beautiful yellow, 9 1/2", $200 4. Bourbon Whiskey Bitters, 9 1/4", cherry puce, 2 imperfections on lip, beautiful in sunlight, $300 5.

Cathedral Pickle, 9 1/2", aqua, $125 6.

Warner's Safe Cure, red/amber, 9 1/2", $125. GRACE DESHOTELS, Phone: 337783-7391. 2/22

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BOTTLE SHOW QUALITY ALL THE TIME! A large selection of Saratoga and other mineral waters, and the best selection of medicines, bitters, sodas, inks you will find in an antique shop. Come see us (CMK booth) at our new location a mile north of the National Bottle Museum: STONE SOUP ANTIQUES GALLERY, 2144 Doubleday Ave., Ballston Spa, NY 12020.

2/22 WELCOME TO 2022! Let's hope that it's a better year for all of us. If we all get our shots and stay well, we'll have our National Bottle Show in Reno - I hope! I hope to be there and I may have a few flasks to sell!

BEST OF HEALTH EVERYONE. JAY and MAXINE JACOBS 2/22 The Milwaukee Antique Bottle Club is excited to announce our 49TH ANNUAL MILWAUKEE ANTIQUE BOTTLE AND ADVERTISING SHOW will be held on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at the Waukesha County Exposition Center, 1000 Northview Road Waukesha, Wisconsin.

This is the largest show of its kind in Wisconsin and one of the largest in the Midwest. Admission from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - $6.00. For more information contact: mabacshow@yahoo.com 2/22 Mark your calendars for February 18 & 19 and plan on attending the ANNUAL 2022 SUNCOAST ANTIQUE BOTTLE COLLECTORS SHOW & SALE. This year we have a New Location at the Sons of Italy Hall, 3315 W. Lemon Street, Tampa, Florida. This year we're planning on 100+ tables of quality bottles and related items. Dealer set-up and Early Buyers ($20.00), Friday, February 18, from 1 to 6 PM; Saturday, February 19 is general admission ($3.00), from 9 AM to 2 PM. Free parking, plenty of food venues close by. We're planning on another great show. Come and plan to be a part of it!

For more information, please contact: GEORGE DUEBEN: 727.393.8189 (H), 727.804.5957 (Cell); or: CHARLIE LIVINGSTON: 813.244.6898, Email: mudfishy@aol.com 2/22

Wanted d WANTED: Hobbleskirt embossed Coca-Cola bottles: 1915's, 1923's, D-Patent's 6oz's and 6 1/2 oz's. Collector will buy or trade. JIM GEORGES, georges77@twcny.rr.com or 315-662-7729.

7/22 WANTED: PHILADELPHIA STRAPSIDED or Seamed Whiskey Flasks.

I collect and catalog these and also have an interest in Thomas H. Dillon (TD) Philadelphia mineral water bottles. Please contact me if you have any in your collection or wish to sell. ART MIRON, Email: jestar484@verizon.net, 215-248-4612. 6/22 WANTED: OWL DRUG bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything from the Owl Drug Company. MARC LUTSKO, Email: letsgo@montanasky.net, 406-293-6771, Box 97 Libby, MT 59923.

1/22 WANTED: Colored Illinois and Missouri Sodas. Also Colored Fruit Jars. Top $$$ Paid. Call, text or email. STEVE KEHRER, kehrer00@gmail.com, 618-410-4142. 3/23 WANTED: EMBOSSED CURES WANTED: Including these pontils: Avery's, Benson's, Bernard's, Brown's, Bull's, Burt's, Cannon's, Flander's, Frambe's Geoghegan's, Hamilton's, Jacob's, Lay's, McAdoo's, McElroy's, Parham's, Rhodes' Prov. R.I., Rohrer's, Rudolph's, Star-in's, Stone's, Toledo, Woodman's. ALSO BIMALS: Anchor, Bavarian Bitters, Beesting, Bixler's, Bliss, Boot's Indigestion, Bowanee, Bower's, Bradford's, Bromo Mineral, Bronson's, Bull's (Baltimore), Carey's CholiCura, Clement's Certain (green), Collins' Opium (aqua), Cowan's Certain, Davis Indian, Detchon's Infallible, Edelweiss, Electrofluid, Ewer's Arcanum, Forest Pine (unpontiled), Francisco's, Frog Pond 8", Green's King's Cure, Large Handyside's (chocolate amber), Helmer's, Hilleman's, Hinderman's, Holden's (green), Hungarian, Indian Mixture, JBF, Kauffman Phthisis, Keeley's (opium, neurotine, solution), Large Kellum's, Kid-Nee-Kure, Lenape's,

Lindley's, Long's Malaria, Loryea (green), Marsden, McConnon Cough, Amber McLean's (8"), Miniotti's (clear), Morning Glory, Murphy K & L. Pageapfel's, Park's (clear), Peck's, Pennock's, Peterman's (green), Rattail, large River Swamp, Scott's (bird), Streetman's, Tremaine's, Vosburgh, Wadsworth (goat), Warner's K & L Rochester (green, aqua, clear), Wildwest, Wilkinson's, Wilson Footrot, Winan's (no Indian), York Corn Cure. Looking for many others, especially embossed with label, contents, box. Also would like data on unlisted cures for future Cure Book. JOHN WOLF, ohcures@yahoo.com, 937-2751617, 1186 Latchwood Ave., Dayton, OH 45405.

2/22 WANTED: Any signage or milk bottle go-withs; “lids”, tin cans, porcelain signage, etc, that has the name Maxbauer, having to do with the Maxbauer Meat Market and Maxbauer Dairy in Traverse City, Michigan.

I have plenty of Milk bottles, but more interested in the other go-withs. Contact LIZ MAXBAUER at Liz@mcnamaraortho. com or call 734-645-5585. 12/21 WANTED: Someone reliable, to radiate clear bottles for me, on a regular basis. For my personal collection only, not re-sale. Fair prices paid for this service. Leave complete message. hawkeye751@outlook.com, 415518-4124. 3/22 WANTED: Halls Bitters (H-10, Regular embossing). Need chocolate, blood redamber and any other unusual color. Also, Halls Bitters (H-9, horizontal embossing), all colors. Perfect specimen ONLY! All emails answered. hawkeye751@outlook.com 1/22 WANTED: Schroeders Bitters. 8 1/2" - 12"+, no small bottles. Need (S-68), 9" size, Louisville and Cincinnati. (S-74.5) Schroeders // Stomach // Bitters, square amber (S-78L) J.H. Schroeder / 28 Wall Street / Louisville, square green and amber.

Also, unusually colored specimens. Perfect specimens ONLY! All emails answered. hawkeye751@outlook.com 1/22 WANTED: Antique Toy Marbles. BOB, RHGEIS@me.com, 410-299-2800. 2/22 January 2022

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WANTED: Any Lowell Mass. Labeled Bottles that I do not have. TOM PASKIEWICZ, tom342@comcast.net, 978-337-9919, 20 Talbot Ave, North Billerica MA 01862-1415. 1/22 WANTED: Blob Sodas from Central Illinois.

Especially Peoria, Galesburg. Also Peoria Blob Beers and Peoria Bitters. Top prices paid! 309645-6452. 1/22 WANTED: Looking for a Chew's Laxative Bitters, Bargenat NJ. GLENN VOGEL, olgve@hotmail.com, 732-539-8116. 1/22 WANTED: Waite Farm Baldwinville, MASS Milk Bottle Early Tin Top. LINDA HIETALA, jlhietala@comcast.net, 978-6321976. 1/22 WANTED: CABINS such as: GVII 2 Harrison Tippecanoe Cabin P132 Prairie Plantation Bitters W160 Woodgates Bitters M42 Martins Bermuda Bitters C698 Pottery Ink C675 Cabin Ink L62 Lediard 1863 OK Plantation (no lettering) Wiggs Bros. Cabin Roehlling & Schultz Cabin George Ohr Pottery Cabin Bennington Pottery Cabin "The Log Cabin" Portland, OR. BOB TERRY, llterryualusa@yahoo.com, 303-569-2502.

11/22 WANTED: Looking for older bottles from Charlotte NC for my collection. BOB MORGAN, BMORGAN0921@gmail.com 2/22 WANTED: Emaus PA Bottles and Advertising, Jugs, etc. MIKE FEGLEY, Grizz.Fegley@ gmail.com 1/22 WANTED: RC, Nehi, Upper Ten, Chero Cola, Georgia bottles, Cola advertising, bottle caps, labels, bottle collections, coolers, crates, clocks and signs. ROSCOE GOOGE, r.googe46@gmail.com, 770-335-4861. 1/22 WANTED: HOFFHEIMER BROS BAVARIAN Bitters Squares, Pre-pro, Cincinnati, OH or any adverts or other items with Hoffmeimer Bros. Will pay top dollar. MARCIA HOFFHEIMER, MHOFFheimer@gmail.com, Phone: 513418-1322 text only. 2/22

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WANTED: CT Strapside Flasks in colors. A Green High Rock Mineral Water. Any bottles or stoneware marked Harry Dick Danbury CT. BILL, neninerfan@yahoo.com, Phone: 203-314-4765.

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WANTED: Looking for Tarrytown, NY and Kensico, NY. Bottles and Stoneware to buy or trade. Please contact me. 914-469-0791. 1/22

WANTED: Always looking for rare or unusual Dr. Kilmer items - Bottles, paper and ephemera. Bring Uncle Sylvester back home. JOHN GOLLEY, bygolley@msn.com, Phone: 315-652-8435. 2/22

WANTED: Green Mountain Life Boat Wards Blood Purifier - Almon's Compound Syrup - Compound Blood Root Syrup Townsleys Bed Bug Eradicator - Dr. Sias Wild Cherry Cough Syrup. DRUGGISTS: Boyton - Haskell - Orcott - A.C. or Edson Randall Charles Sias - G.A. Storer. *DR. KEACH'S AMERICAN LINIMENT or C.R. KEACH STONEWARE BEER*. DENNIS DANIELS, 802-748-2274, 448 Pleasant St., St. Johnsbury, VT 05819. 1/22

WANTED: Looking for rare and unusual medicinal tonics. Would like to find a P.C. Musser's Alt Tonic - Tall Aqua Med. Call or email. MARTY, roadrunner@centurylink.net, 574-575-5297.

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WANTED: Taller Farley's Ink (vertical embossing) in good condition. Text or call me if you have colored, pontilled New England inks to sell. Thanks! DAN SHELDON, 339440-0383.

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WANTED: Goebel Crock Beer Detroit, MI; Veazey & Forbes, Wheeling Fruit Jar; Bradner, Fallour & Fauts Wheeling Jar; Hirsch Bros Clear Fruit Jar. TOM CHICKERY, 740-296-9430. 1/22

WANTED: Pennsylvania ACL Soda Bottles,. 7 oz, 8 oz or 9 oz. BILL RUMP, cobaltblue14@hotmail.com, 814-289-6566.

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WANTED: Case Gins, American, Pre-1880.

Embossed, Labeled, or Sealed. ALEX, actiques@aol.com 2/22

WANTED: Any Litchfield ILL Bottles or Items. Also Madison County Bottles in Illinois, Edwardsville, Alton, Collinsville, etc.

BRAD SANDERS, 618-402-4420. 1/22 WANTED: KC-1 COBALT quilted Poison, base embossed USPHS sizes 1, oz. (3 1/4" x 1 1/4"), 2 oz. (3 3/4" x 1 1/2"), 12 oz. (6 7/8" x 2 5/8") and 1/2 gallon (11 1/4" x 4 1/2") with or without poison stopper. KC-1 TEAL quilted Poison base embossed USPHS and plain base size 4 oz. (5" x 1 7/8"). JOAN CABANISS, jjcab@b2xonline.com, 540-2974498 leave message.

2/22 WANTED: Exposition Brewing Co. Delray (Detroit) Mich Beer, Blob Tops 12 oz Amber or Aqua or Quart Size Amber - American Brewing Co. Delray (Detroit) Mich, Blob Tops 12 oz Amber, Aqua or Clear or Quart Size Amber. Also Geo. H. Schmitt Delray (Detroit) Hutchinsons, Quarts Blob Tops or Crowntops - Geo. H Schmitt Delray (Detroit) Seltzer Water Clear. RICK MYERS, 313-742-8668.

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WANTED: Dug Bottles - Saratogas - Slug Plate Sodas from Quabbin Reservoir. Any Sodas Milks or Meds from Ashburnham Mass. Also Decorated Crocks. Collect Winchendon & Westminster Mass. too!

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1/22 WANTED: D.T. Sweeny Key West FLA, amber. Will pay $250. ANTHONY, 305296-3698.

1/22 WANTED: Always looking for Wistarburg and early south Jersey glass to buy and sell or trade. JOHN WAGNER JR, decemberjwagner@yahoo.com, Phone: 609-385-8212.

2/22 WANTED: All early bottle forms from York County Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.

LOUIE JORDAN, 717-862-1040. 2/22 WANTED: F.W. SEGERS / Columbia / S.C. mug base Hutchinson soda, no chips, cracks or fisheye bruises. Stains and light case wear is okay. JOE, panamacityjoe@live.com, Phone: 850-532-2505. 2/22

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WANTED: Dr. T J Kilmers, Cure, Schoharie, NY. Top dollar will be paid. JIM BENDER, 518-673-8833.

3/22 WANTED: Harley bottles of West Chester, Pa. and Philadelphia, Pa. The West Chester bottles (3) display either J. Harley, James Harley or E.M. Harley. The Phila. Bottles (4) display Edwd. Harley, Schul (Schuylkill) 4th & Market St., Philada or E. Harley, 802 Market St. or E. Harley, West Market St. or Edw. Harley, 1838 Market St., Phila. BOB HARLEY, rwh220@yahoo.com, Phone: 215-721-1107.

12/22 WANTED: Modoc Beer Bottle, Embossed Indian Head & Shoulder - Color: Clear or Aqua - Would especially like to get one with wire bail and stopper. I live in Modoc County, California. I don't have email as I still live in the Horse & Wagon era. BILL REEVES, 530-279-6304 (evenings), PO Box 252, Cedarville CA 96104. 2/22 WANTED: Donnenwirth & Anthony bottles, Bucyrus, Ohio. JOSEPH R. BLUM, jblum@woh.rr.com, 419-492-2829, 217 N. Center Street, New Washington, Ohio 44854.

2/22 WANTED: Greene County PA Bottles from Greensboro, Waynesburg, Carmichaels, Rices Landing, Dilliner, Mount Morris. Milks, Medicines, Beer, Soda. DON KELLEY, 724998-2734. 2/22 WANTED: Adirondack Springs, Westport, NY. Top prices paid for bottles in excellent condition, photos, postcards or other advertising. These springs are presently owned by my family. JIM TROMBLEE, jtromblee@ together.net, 813-633-8285. 3/22 WANTED: Cyrus Noble items, Nevada Calendars, Carnival Glass, Stretch Glass.

RUSSELL UMBRACO, russellu1@juno. com, 510-693-0550, 10195 Silver Knolls Blvd, Reno NV 89508. 2/22 WANTED: GI-94 for a "go-with" to a Glass House Bank Note. NM or M. RAY, rkrasze@ gmail.com, 724-420-1301. 2/22

WANTED: Small town Florida bottles; milks, ACL soda bottles, drug stores, or any other pre-1950 Florida Bottles. Also, advertising (Florida), thermometers, clocks & signs (metal, porcelain, cardboard). Call or send photos. ALAN POPE, Jmarti27@tampabay. rr.com, 352-538-0945. 2/22 WANTED: Open Pontiled Medicines from New Jersey. Also any Cream Sodas from anywhere! They're about 5 inches tall and look like a small blob top bottle. CHARLES DASCENZO, 732-270-0545, PO Box 595 Island Heights, NJ 08732. 2/22 WANTED: Wisconsin Bitters & Whiskey Bottles and Jugs. Pre-1910 embossed or labelled. HENRY HECKER, phantomhah@ gmail.com, 262-844-5751. 3/22 WANTED: 40 Year Black Glass Collector would like to correspond with similar collectors. JOE McCARTHY, Phone: 715-747-3124. 3/22 WANTED: COLORED FIGURAL BITTERS. Also other bitters that are: Unusually shaped or unusually colored, for their grouping. (Mint Specimens Only, Please!) "Call now! So you are not sorry later!"

RANDOLPH HAUMANN, hawkeye751@ outlook.com, 415-518-4124. 1/22 WANTED: I'm looking for: "The Stump of The World." I also collect: "Citrate of Magnesia," and "Milk Bottles." I'm sorry for those people who contacted me in the past.

I also collect glass items: pumpkins, jack o'lanterns, Easter eggs, etc. "The STUMP" 610-740-4506. 1/22 WANTED: E Young Pitts Iron Pontil Soda Dr. Young Wild Cherry Bitters. EDSEL YOUNG, edselyoung@yahoo.com, 936-5824993, 3030 Like Island Dr. Montgomery, Texas 77356.

2/22 WANTED: Soda Henry C. Hall - Manchester N.H. or other N.H. bottles I don't have.

RAYMOND TROTTIER, 603-934-3839, 52 Flaghole, Franklin, NH 03235.

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WANTED: Leadville, CO soda. 607-9730370. 3/22 WANTED: Any Stoneware from Crisfield, Marion, or Princess Anne, Maryland.

CALVIN DIZE, 410-430-3494. 2/22 WANTED: Always looking for Somerville, Mass. Bottles, Go-Withs and especially Dairy.

PETER LESSES, pflesses@verizon.net 2/22 WANTED: Looking for Connecticut Milk Bottles, round, embossed quarts and Pyro Round Quarts. raymond3248@att.net, 203910-9811.

2/22 WANTED: Bottles from Fernandina Florida LUKE SRESOVICH, 904-764-7651, PO BOX 9434, Jax, FL. 3/22 WANTED: U.S.A. Hospital Dept. and any pre-1866 embossed food bottles, mustards, early Baltimore, Wheeling, D.C., Alexandria sodas, beers (stoneware or glass) damage free.

BRUCE, cwaddic@yahoo.com, Phone: 703307-7792.

12/22 WANTED: Milk bottles from these small California towns: Bridgeport - Mono Lake - Leevining - Mammoth - Bishop - Big Pine - Independence - Lone Pine - Inyokern - Ridgecrest - Atolia - Mojave. RICHARD OLSON, 760-920-3997, leave message. 2/22

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FEBRUARY 5

FEBRUARY 18 & 19

TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS, FLORIDA

AURORA, OREGON

The Little Rhody Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale, (9:00 AM to 3 PM, early buyers 8:00 AM, $15), at the Holiday Inn, 700 Myles Standish Blvd., Taunton, MA (off Exit 9, Rt. 495). Adm. $3. Info: BILL or LINDA ROSE, Email: sierramadre@comcast.net PH: 508.880.4929.

The Emerald Coast Bottle Collectors Inc., 20th Annual Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale, (8 AM to 2 PM), at the DeFuniak Springs Community Center, 361 N. 10th Street, DeFuniak Springs, Florida 32433. Free Adm, Free Appraisals! Info: RICHARD KRAMERICH, PO Box 241, Pensacola, Florida 32591. Email: shards@ bellsouth.net, Ph. or text: 850.435.5425.

Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show & Sale, (Friday 12 to 5 PM Dealer set-up & Early bird admission $5; Saturday 9 AM to 3 PM, regular public admission by donation), at the American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, OR. Info: WAYNE HERRING, Show Chairman, Ph: 503.864.2009; or: BILL BOGYNSKA, Ph: 503.657.1726; Email: billbogy7@gmail.com.

JANUARY 15 MUNCIE, INDIANA The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar and Bottle Club Annual Show & Sale (9 AM to 2 PM), at the Horizon Convention Center, 401 S. High St., Muncie, IN. 47305.

Info: COLLEEN & JERRY DIXON, PH: 765.748.3117, Email: ckdixon7618@att. net, or: DAVE RITTENHOUSE, 1008 S. 900 W, Farmland, IN 47340. PH: 765.625.0561.

JANUARY 22 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI The Mississippi Antique Bottle, Advertising & Collectibles Show, (Sat. 9AM to 4PM; Friday, early adm. 12PM to 7PM, $25), at the Fairgrounds Trade Mart Building, 1207 Mississippi St., Jackson, MS. Info: CHERYL COMANS, PH: 601.218.3505; Email: cherylcomans@gmail.com JANUARY 23 BAYPORT, NEW YORK The Long Island Antique Bottle Association is pleased to announce their Annual Show & Sale, Sunday, January 23, (10 AM to 3 PM), at the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County Juliette Low Friendship Center, Lakeview Avenue, Bayport, NY, donation $3, Children 16 & under FREE. Info: MARK SMITH, 10 Holmes Court, Sayville, NY 11782. PH: 631.589.9027; Email: libottle@optonline.net

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FEBRUARY 6 WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN

FEBRUARY 18 & 19

The 49th Annual Milwaukee Antique Bottle & Advertising Show, (9 AM to 3 PM; early buyers 8 AM, $20), at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northville Road, Waukesha, WI. Directions: I-94 exit 294 (Hwy J), then south to Northview Road. Adm. $6.

140 Tables, the largest antique bottle and ad show in Wisconsin. Info: mabacshow@ yahoo.com.

TAMPA, FLORIDA

FEBRUARY 6 MANVILLE, NEW JERSEY New Jersey Antique Bottle Club (NJABC), 26th Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 2 PM) at the V.F.W. of Manville, New Jersey, 600 Washington Ave, Manville, NJ 08835.

Admission $3, no early buyers. Info: KEVIN KYLE, 230 Cedarville Rd, East Windsor, NJ 08520. PH. 609.209.4034, Email: bottlediggerkev@aol.com or, JOHN LAWREY, 908.813.2334.

FEBRUARY 13 COLUMBUS, OHIO The Central Ohio Antique Bottle Club's 51st Annual Show & Sale, (Sunday, 9 AM to 2 PM; early buyers 7:00 AM - 9 AM, $20), at the Doubletree Inn, 175 Hutchinson Ave., Columbus (I-270 & Rt. 23). Adm. $3.

Info: ROJER MOODY, PH: 740.703.4913, Email: rtmoody@juno.com; For contracts: BRAD FUNK, PH: 614.264.7846, Email: bradfunk@yahoo.com

New Location! The 2022 Annual Suncoast Antique Bottle Collectors Show & Sale; (Fri, Feb. 18, Dealer set-up and Early Buyers, 1 PM to 6 PM, $20; Sat. Feb. 19, Gen. Adm. 9 AM to 2 PM, $3), at the Sons of Italy Hall, 3315 W. Lemon St, Tampa, FL 33609.

Info: GEORGE DUEBEN, 727.393.8189 (H); 727.804.5957 (cell), or: CHARLIE LIVINGSTON, Ph: 813.244.6898, email: mudfishy@aol.com FEBRUARY 19 ROUND ROCK, TEXAS The Cen-Tex Antique Bottle, Jar & Collectors Club annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 3 PM; Early Bird, Friday, Feb. 18, 3 PM, $10), at the Old Settlers Park Events Center, 3300 E. Palm Valley Blvd. (E. US 79), Round Rock, TX. Info: JOHN REED, Ph: 512.468.5097; Email: compliant.relo@ gmail.com, or: GARY INGRAM, Ph: 512.461.0157.

FEBRUARY 26 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The West Michigan Antique Bottle Club presents its 30th Annual Show & Sale, (10 AM to 2 PM), at the Fonger American Legion Post, 2327 Wilson, S.W., Grand Rapids, MI. Info: STEVE DEBOODE, 616667-0214; email: thebottleguy@comcast. net, or: ROGER DENSLOW, 616-4479156; email: rogerdcoger@gmail.com

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ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

The St. Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Assoc. is pleased to present their 52nd Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 2 PM), at Orlando Gardens, 4300 Hoffmeister (off Union Road), St. Louis. Adm. $3, children free. Info: PAT JETT, 71 Outlook Drive, Hillsboro, MO 63050; PH: 314.570.6917; email: patsy_jett@yahoo.com

NEW LOCATION – NEW DATE! The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club's Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 3 PM), at the Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Rd, West Friendship, MD (at Exit 80, Interstate 70). Info: Show Chairman RICK LEASE, 410-458-9405 or email: finksburg21@comcast.net For contracts, call: ANDY AGNEW, 410-527-1707 or email: medbotls@comcast.net. Website: baltimorebottleclub.org

The South Carolina Antique Bottle Club's 49th Annual Show & Sale, (9 AM to 4:00 PM; dealer only set-up 7 AM to 9 AM), at the Jamil Shrine Temple, 206 Jamil Road, Columbia, SC. Entry: Donation at the door requested. Info: MARTY VOLLMER, PH 803.629.8553, email: martyvollmer@aol. com, or ART GOSE, PH: 803.840.1539, email: scbottlehunters@gmail.com

MARCH 20 FLINT, MICHIGAN The 52nd annual Flint Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show, (9 AM to 2:30 PM), at the Dom Polski Hall, 3415 N. Linden Road, Flint, MI 48504. Adm. $3; Children under 12 Free (No Early Admission). Info: TIM BUDA, Show Chairman, 11353 Cook Road, Gaines, MI 48436. Ph: 989.271.9193; Email: tbuda@shianet.org MARCH 25 & 26 REDDICK, FLORIDA The Deland, Florida Antique Bottle Show & Sale, (Sat. March 26, 8 AM to 3 PM; Friday, Early Buyers $20, and Dealer Setup 1 PM to 6 PM), at the Turkey Creek Auction Building, 15323 NW Gainesville Road, Reddick, FL 32686. FREE Adm. Sat. Info: RONNIE McCORMICK, PH: 352.262.8672; Email: oldflabottles@ gmail.com, or: LOUISE O'QUINN, PH: 386.943.2766; Email: edlouise210@gmail. com.

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APRIL 3 HUTCHINSON, KANSAS 15th Annual Kansas Antique Bottle & Postcard Show & Sale, (9 AM to 3 PM), at the Kansas State Fairgrounds (Sunflower South Bldg), 2000 N. Poplar St, Hutchinson, KS. Info: MIKE McJUNKIN, PH: 620.728.8304, email: scarleits@cox.net, or, MARK LAW, PH: 785.224.4836, email: kansasbottles@gmail.com. Sponsored by the Kansas Territory Bottle & Post Card Club.

APRIL 3 BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA The North Star Historical Bottle Association Presents its 50th Annual Antique Bottle, Advertising, and Stoneware Show & Sale, (9:30 AM to 2:30 PM), at the Knights of Columbus Event Center, 1114 American Blvd. West, Bloomington, MN 55420. Info: JEFF SPRINGER, 651.500.0949; Email, springer_associates@yahoo.com.

DAPHNE, ALABAMA

APRIL 9

The Mobile Bottle Collectors Club’s 49th Annual Show & Sale, (Sat. 9 AM to 3 PM; Dealer Setup Friday, March 25, 3 PM to 7 PM), at the Daphne Civic Center, 2603 US Hwy 98, Daphne, Alabama 36526. Free Admission and Bottle Appraisals. Info: ROD VINING, 251.957.6725, Email: vinewood@ mchsi.com or Facebook: “Mobile Bottle Collector’s Club Show & Sale.”

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN The Kalamazoo Antique Bottle Club’s 41st Annual Show & Sale, (10 AM to 3 PM, early buyers 8 AM), at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo, MI. Info: JOHN PASTOR, P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, MI 48165, PH: 248.486.0530, Email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com, or: MARK McNEE, PH: 269.343.8393.

APRIL 24 ROCHESTER, NEW YORK The Genesee Valley Bottle Collectors Association's 51st Annual Bottle, Table Top Antiques, Paper & Postcards Show & Sale, (9AM to 3PM), at the Roberts Wesleyan College, Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, NY. Adm. $5. Youth 17 and under FREE. Info: AARON & PAM WEBER, PH: 585.749.8874, Email: gvbca@ frontiernet.net, Website: www.gvbca.org APRIL 24 MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle / WV Stoneware Show & Sale, (9 AM to 2 PM; Early buyers 7:30 AM, $25), at the Mon County Extension Services & 4H Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown, WV 26501. Both inside and outside vendor spaces available! Adm. $2, 16 and under FREE! Info: DON KELLEY, PH: 724.998.2734, email: bonzeyekelley@gmail.com.

JULY 28 - AUGUST 1 RENO, NEVADA FOHBC 2022 National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino. Information: RICHARD SIRI, email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net, or FERDINAND MEYER V, email: fmeyer@fmgdesign.com. FOHBC National Convention – Western Region.

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Everything Old Is New Again Alfred Hitchcock and a Well-Traveled Book

Part 2 Kenneth Roberts and Alfred Hitchcock Team Up To Complete the Saga of a Rather Possessed Bottle Collector

By Bob Strickhart

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ou will remember that Kenneth Roberts, in his story “The Bottle Mine,” was in the midst of relating the travels of Whitney Leet, a premier bottle specialist, always in the pursuit of rare and unusual bottle specimens.

Taking a break from the chase, Leet finds himself traveling in the Southwest and ultimately we find him in a saloon with one lone morose individual who may have a story to tell.

The suspense now over, we can once again cue-in Alfred Hitchcock. We hear again the music fade followed by Hitchcock saying, “Good Evening. Tonight brings us the thrilling conclusion of Whitney Leet’s tale pursuing the ever elusive antique bottle. Let us see how his efforts progress.”

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In the course of time, Leet struck up a conversation with the morose individual by asking his opinion of the Mexican whiskey that he was absorbing. It was, the overalled man said, neither good nor bad; merely drinkable. Leet, though slightly repelled by his gloominess, invited him to dine with him, and the two of them wrestled with a beef steak that for thickness and toughness — like most of the beef steaks in the Great Southwestern cow country — rivaled a sheet of crepe rubber.

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It developed, during the dinner, that the gloomy person's name was Bill Swiggert and that he was a prospector. He had, he revealed, combed through the Huachuca Mountains and the Continental Divide in search of metals of a more or less precious nature until his interior had taken on the character of the country. He came out of the mountains after a prospecting trip, he said, like the Copper Queen of Bisbee — like a big blue hole in the ground; a copper lined hole. That was why, he explained, he always purchased a bottle of Mexican rye whiskey when he entered a Mexican bar for drinking purposes. Anything less would be as devoid of chemical action as spraying a cupful of beef tea into a copper boiler with a perfumery atomizer.

Leet ventured the statement that his road to California let him through the ancient mining section of Arizona; through, in particular, Tombstone. Tombstone, Leet opined, must be a strange and wonderful sight, deserted and redolent of vanished glories.

Bill Swiggert remarked that Leet would be surprised. Tombstone, he said, was just like any other place except that the old front of the Birdcage Theater was still standing. Outside of that,

there were just as many people hanging around doing nothing as there were anywhere else in Southern California or the Southwest. Everybody had a Chevrolet or a Buick or Ford, and the high school girls wore silk stockings and skirts just as short as anywhere else, and bobbed their hair, and gave passing tourists the eye without meaning anything, the way they do in Ohio and Iowa, and so on.

For real spooky sights, Swiggert said, you had to go back into the mountains and look at some of the real deserted camps through which he had traveled and in which he had frequently resided, alone except for his pack mule, for weeks at a time — such camps, for example, as Canned Tomato, Full of Hell, Soak Hollow, Sinful and Parboil. In some of these camps, declared Swiggert, they must have devoted themselves almost exclusively to drinking, if such remaining signs of human habitation as whiskey bottles could be trusted.

At this point Leet excused himself and went to his automobile. From one of the side pockets he took his amethyst Corn For The World flask, wrapped carefully in sheets of cotton batting, and returned with it to Swiggert.

Had Swiggert, asked Leet, unwrapping the bottle as though it were a star sapphire, ever seen anything like that in his wandering among the deserted mining camps?

Swiggert examined the flask with some care, helped himself to another drink of Mexican rye whiskey, and asked Leet what sort of bottle it was. Leet explained that it was one of the early type of American bottles which had been made in great numbers around the time of the Mexican War and the Civil War, as well as earlier in the century. Through breakage, however, they had become scarcer and scarer, he said, so that good flasks had become somewhat valuable.

Swiggert essayed the opinion that if they were valuable, he supposed a bottle like Leets would be worth as much as two or three dollars. Leet, somewhat distressed at having one of his finest flasks undervalued in this way, laughed unpleasantly and said that if Swiggert could buy one for $100, he might consider himself lucky.

The flask seemed to hold a strong fascination for Swiggert. He studied it from every side. He wished to know whether a bottle had to have that color in order to be valuable. He asked, “A blue bottle or a green bottle, for example, would these colours be valuable?” Leet told him that a blue bottle was nearly as valuable as an amethyst bottle, but that a green bottle or a brown bottle was not 1/5 as valuable as the other colours. A golden yellow colour, however, was moderately valuable; and an aquamarine; or colourless, bottle was worth more than a green or a brown one.

Swiggert then wanted to know about the design on the bottle. Leet’s, for example, had a likeness of an ear of corn in the glass, and the words “Corn For The World.” For a bottle to be valuable, he wanted to know, did it have to have this design.

It was around this time that Leet awakened to the possibilities in the situation.

He knew from long experience that to the

average human being a bottle is only a bottle, just as furniture is merely furniture to the person who has never been educated in antiques. The person who knows nothing about antiques can enter a room furnished with the finest Chippendale Hepplewhite and Sheraton and see no distinguishing marks about any of the pieces.

In the same way, the person whose attention has never before been directed to bottles is unable to distinguish any design that may be blown in the glass, or the colour of the bottle. Frequently he is even blind to its shape, unbelievable as this may seem to the average bottle collector.

Consequently, Leet realized that Swiggert had somewhere encountered other whiskey flasks, and that he wished to keep his discovery to himself until he knew all about the bottles.

Leet therefore dissembled busily. He dropped his Corn For The World flask into his pocket and said indifferently that for a bottle to be valuable it should have an ear of corn blown in its side. There were, he added with a seeming lack of interest, one or two other designs that gave a bottle a certain value, provided its color was right. At the moment, he added, he had forgotten what these other designs were.

Swiggert then confirmed Leets suspicions by asking whether a bottle was any good if it had a train of cars on one side. Leet asked with no visible emotion whether the bottle to which he referred was a green bottle or a brown bottle. Swiggert replied that it was a blue bottle. Leet at once displayed the cruelty and relentlessness that had been developed in him by bottle collecting by replying that if this blue bottle merely had a train of cars on it, it was worth two dollars, but that if it had the words “Success To The Railroads” on it, as well, it was only worth $.75 for one bottle or five dollars for a dozen.

After some meditation, Swiggert wished to know whether a large, potbellied bottle

with a picture of Jenny Lind on it was any good. Leet, who had bought at least forty Jenny Lind bottles at high prices, shook his head regretfully and said that the shape of these bottles prevented them from having any value. For such a bottle in good shape, with a picture of the glassworks and a single star opposite the likeness of Jenny Lind, he admitted that he was willing to pay $.50, provided the color of the bottles was either blue or lavender. For any other colour, he wouldn't pay anything at all, though as a special favour he would be willing to carry away these bottles without charge, provided blue or lavender Corn For The World bottles could be found for him.

Having thus prepared the ground, he told Swiggert that he could see that somewhere, in the surrounding country, there existed bottles that Swiggert had seen.

Unless these bottles could be viewed by a bottle expert like himself, they could not be valued, either singly or in the mass.

Descriptions by mail or word of mouth, for hearsay evidence, where flasks were concerned, were valueless. If, therefore, Swiggert wished to lead him to the bottles, he would be glad to estimate their value and even to purchase the rights to them at a fair price. If Swiggert did not wish to do this, the bottles would be valueless to him as they were at the present moment.

At these words Swiggert drained the dregs from his bottle of Mexican rye and hurled it to the floor with a morose curse. He would, he said, be at the front door of the hotel at six o'clock on the following morning, and would lead Leet to the biggest damned mess of bottles that he had ever seen.

Promptly at six o'clock on the following morning Leet was sitting at the wheel of his roadster in front of the hotel in Douglas. Five minutes later, with Swiggert sitting gloomily beside him, they were speeding over the long straight road toward the Continental Divide. They twisted through the tortuous mountain January 2022

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crazily askew, he saw that there was barely room within for a single wooden bunk, a chair made from a nail keg, and a few bricks on which a small stove had once rested.

Beneath the bunk was a small square hole. Swiggert pointed solemnly to the hole and observed without emotion that the cabin must have once belonged to the town drunkard.

Leet advanced to the hole and peered into it. The owner of the cabin, apparently, had reclined dreamily in his bunk and finished bottle after bottle of early American liquor, and as he had done so he had dropped early American bottle after early American bottle into the small square hole immediately beneath his numb and careless hand.

Leet could see an aquamarine Pikes Peak bottle reposing on the top of the heap.

Several glints of amethyst caught his eye.

Deep in the center of the heap he caught a flash of blue on an unidentified flask.

ANTIQUAMANIA, Edited by Kenneth L . Roberts, The Collected Papers of Professor Milton Kilgallen. The story "The Bottle Mine" is just one of the fabulous pieces in this collection. Highly recommended.

roads leading up to Bisbee, past the mountains that man had removed from the beds of copper and hurled into valleys, and through the rugged and barron canyons of the Divide.

Beyond the Divide they turned toward the jagged peaks of the Huachucas Mountains, and in the course of time, high up among the hills, they came to the gray frame cabins and the deserted falsefronted saloons and gambling halls of the forgotten mining camp of Soak Hollow.

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angry marmots hurled themselves beneath the decaying cabins with shrill and outraged whistles.

Swiggert gloomily directed Leet to a small cabin at the far end of Soak Hollow’s single street, beyond the warped board front of the Grand Opera House, beyond the Freedom Dance Hall, beyond even the Feed Bag Café, The Hot Breath Saloon and the Full Up Drink Parlour.

The small cabin straddled a depression in the hillside. When Leet, preceeded

by Swiggert, poked his head between the doorposts from which the door hung

Swiggert left the cabin and climbed into the depression which the cabin straddled.

He reached into the pile of bottles, drew an amber sunburst flask, and held it up to Leet. “What,” asked Swiggert, “is this bottle wuth?”

“That bottle is worthless,” replied Leet, who had paid through the nose for an amber sunburst flask only three weeks before.

With a low curse, Swiggert flipped the bottle away from him, using an underhand toss which carried it far down the gulch and against a large, protuberant rock where it disintegrated with a musical tinkle.

Swiggert pawed over the pile of bottles once more and drew out an amethyst eagle and Washington flask with the motto “Remember The Cherry Tree.”

“My God!” said Leet, who had heard of the existence of this flask but had consid-

ered it a rumor on a par with other old wives tales.

“How’s that?” asked Swiggert avariciously.

“My God,” replied Leet, “because I thought you were going to take me to some really valuable bottles. Instead of that you show me flasks like that one!”

“Ain’t it a valuable one?” asked Swiggert ferociously. “It's the same colour as yourn!”

“True,” admittedly Leet, “but the eagle on it spoils it. ‘If it weren't for the eagle, I would be willing to pay $10 for it.”

Again emitting a foul oath, Swiggert dashed the flask into the gulch before Leet could stop him. and a shower of amethyst glass splintered from the rock against which it landed. Leet, turning the colour of oak ashes, beckoned Swiggert to re-enter the cabin.

“Look here, Swiggert,” said Leet, when this gloomy guide again stood beside him.

“I don’t believe I could do much with these bottles, but I’m willing to gamble on them. If you’ll give me all the rights to them, and promise to keep your mouth shut about them, I’ll give you two hundred dollars for the lot.”

“Two hundred dollars ain’t enough!” declared Swigger malevolently. “I’ve been around in my time, and I know a thing or two. Oh, I seen your face turn pale when I busted that last bottle. Them bottles are with a thousand dollars if they’re with a cent!”

“All right, Swiggert,” said Leet desperately, “I’ll give you a thousand dollars for them.”

“You bet you will,” said Swiggert offensively, “and you’ll take me East with you while you sell ‘em, and you’ll give me twenty-five percent of all the money over a thousand dollars that you make when you sell ‘em.”

“My heavens, Swiggert! I can’t do that!” protested Leet. “If I sold those bottles all at one time, I’d break the bottle market all

to pieces. Why, if I sold those all at once, you’d be able to buy amethyst flasks for ten dollars!”

“Oh, is that so!” said Swiggert with a malevolent laugh. “I guess those bottles ain’t so wuthless after all. That being the case, I ain’t a-going to sell ‘em. No, sir!

I’m a-going to take ‘em East myself and sell ‘em!”

At these words Leet became very cold and calm. “Are those your final words, Swiggert?” he asked deliberately.

“I’ll say so!” ejaculated Swiggert coarsely.

In the twinkling of an eye, said Leet, all of the long, happy antiquing expe-ditions swept across his brain. Should he, he asked himself, permit all the past pleasures to be set at naught by this ignorant man? Should he permit the pride of bottle collectors all over America to be dashed into the dust through the headstrong act of an unschooled and reckless prospector? He thought of his eighteen Pitkin flasks. He thought of his amethyst Dr. Dyott and cross-eyed bartender amethyst flask. He thought of Joe Hergesheimer’s twenty four best bottles in America. All the bottle lore of a lifetime flashed thorough his mind.

into the trunk of his automobile, and with a song of thanksgiving in his heart.

Lett felt, he said, that he must tell somebody about the whole affair and so he told me. What, he asked should he do about it?

I thought of my dark blue Pike’s Peak or Bust bottle. I thought of my amethyst A Little More Grape Captain Bragg. I thought of my twelve dollar jade green Pitkin flask. I thought of my aquamarine Jenny Lind with star and glassworks.

How, in view of all these, could I give him an unbiassed opinion?

Finally, with a deep sigh, I advised him to forget the whole affair. And, so far as I know, he has done so.

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Fade in Alfred Hitchcock one last time for this evening’s episode. I can imagine him saying something like, “It is a fortunate thing that the need to collect things isn’t something you can bottle. Until next time, good night.”

Without another word, Leet reached into the side pocket of his well-worn tweed jacket, drew out an automatic pistol and shot Swiggert through the heart. With a deft movement he caught the body as it fell and guided it so that it fell through the hole in the floor and slipped, with a musical tinkle of breaking glass, to the bottom of the pile of bottles.

A moment later he was kneeling beside the body. Having assured himself that life was extinct, he hastily selected a few of the finer flasks from the pile — five amethysts, six blues, two golds, and a jade green. Then, with artful hands, he concealed the body beneath the bottles, and fifteen minutes later he was on his way to California with his newly acquired bot-tles safely tucked January 2022

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The Tale Of Two Cities aka, the Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters Story

By Gordon Hubenet

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his story begins in 1872, when C.W. Jennings came to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The other story is when C.W. Jennings opens a branch company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I will tell both sides of the story. My approach to this article is adapted from resources in my own personal library. As “history detectives,” it is important to know how to look at and interpret a story.

Important as well, is knowing how to find information in books and on the Web.

C.W. Jennings had an inkling to start in company in 1872. It was called C.W. Jennings and Company and specialized in making inks, extracts, baking powder, bluing, and perfumes. His company soon began to grow, so he had his brothers, Wm. H. and Richard B., join the company in the early 1870s. Sales throughout the 1870s greatly increased.

FIGURE 1: Arctic Manufacturing Co. ad in the 1879 Grand Rapids Business Directory.

Later in the 1870s, C.W. Jennings and Co., which had consisted of C.W. Jennings and his two brothers, underwent changes.

In 1878, C.W. Jennings changed the name to Arctic Manufacturing Company. His brother, Richard B., left the company.

Wm. H. continued as a traveling salesman.

Also in 1878, negotiations took place with J.A. Stolz and L.A. Barbour, to start a branch company of the Arctic Manufacturing Co. in Minneapolis. They manufactured flavoring extracts, baking powder and other things.

In 1879 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Arctic Manufacturing Co. has an ad in the G.R. Directory (Figure 1). Jennings

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FIGURE 3: C.W. Jennings ad in the 1881 Michigan Gazetteer and Directory.

FIGURE 2: Dunlap's Anchor Bitters noted on this 1879 Internal Revenue Record.

also sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service stating that his Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters was a medicine, not a drink or liquor (Figure 2).

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C.W. Jennings’ Role In Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters In Grand Rapids, C.W. Jennings was doing business, as shown by the full page ad he placed in 1881 in the Michigan Gazetteer and Directory on page 609 (Figure 3). This image can be found on the internet and magnified on a computer screen. Notice, on the building, under the sign “C.W. Jennings,” various products are listed: Line 1: Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters, Line 2: Dr. Warren’s Cough Mixture, Line 3: Dr. Warren’s Camphor Cream, Line 4: Jennings Jamaica Ginger, Line 5: Jennings Camphor Ice, Line 6: Jennings Dentary and Line 7: Jennings Cocoa Tolletine.

Advertised over the door on the building is “Jennings Flavoring Extracts.” Near the top of the building is a sign “Arctic Manufacturing Company.” The building was located at 20 Lyon St., corner of Canal. Twenty five years ago, we dug near this site on the river. Boy, did we find the bottles from the Jennings’ Company. But again, that is another story!

In 1882, Jennings was at the same address.

Four years later, C.W. Jennings sold off the Minneapolis branch and took on another partner, Walter A. Smith. The Arctic Manufacturing Co. of Grand Rapids had been making Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters for three years. In 1883, Arctic became known as Jennings and Smith, and the company put up a bottle of Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters. The last year of this bottle the label had July 7, 1883 on it and “This is a medicine, not a drink.” This action was taken to avoid paying a liquor tax, but it did contain liquor (Figure 4).

On a personal note, a friend named Dave Nolton, from Holland, Michigan, as well as Chicago, received a call from a woman

who had found bottles in the attic of her Holland home. The bottles consisted of Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters, with labels.

Although all the bottles had damage to the labels, they each bore the “Not a drink” label as in Figure 4.

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On the Peachridge Glass site, Anchors Away Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters provides images of a label which says “Not a drink) this preparation being a medicine.” Additionally, there is a red front label with the bottom torn off (Figure 5). The one pictured (at right) is from the Peachridge Glass site and is from Grand Rapids. I will add the bottom of my bottle’s front label, which was broken

by Dave’s cat. He sold the rest, two at his amazing annual garage sales.

The Peachridge Glass site also has a tan back label with “C.W. Jennings” on the bottom of the label. It’s written in cursive and has “C.W. Jennings” signature, but it too, is torn in half. Dave had five bottles.

There are many different colors to the 10 1/2” tall bottle, ranging from very light yellow (you can read through it) to very dark root beer, and amber, which is the most common. Dave Nolton’s were all amber and had a small anchor pinged out over the big anchor on the panel side.

Although Dave was the original recipient of the five bottles, they have been passed into the hands of other collectors. I have one, I know of two others, and one on the Peachridge site. Where is the last one?!

A final word regarding the 10 1/2 inches tall bottle of Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters.

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label under the anchor. I would like to see this bottle, but I don’t think it exists or it could be an early label from Grand Rapids. Carlyn also has a bottle in the book, D123, Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters, 9 1/4” tall embossed, square, amber. I would to see this bottle, too. It could also be an early bottle from Grand Rapids.

This Hostetter’s-type bottle is an early bottle from Minneapolis (Figure 6).

C.W. Jennings‘ Role in Dr. Dunlap’s Bitters in Minneapolis There were four labeled bitters bottles on Ebay. Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters was one of them and had an address Arctic Manufacturing Co., sole proprietor, 17 Fourth St., South Minneapolis, Minn. It had no embossing on it but had a front and back label. The front was black with print and the back was red with print.

It was the Hostetter’s bitters-type bottle.

This bottle on eBay prompted me to start writing this story. I tried to buy this bottle but had no success.

Rapids. We found 20 or more of the Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters bottles broken on the bank. We also found broken bottles near a big rock. There were all colors of the bottle, including very light amber, medium amber, and very dark. Bob Davidson gave me a very light, translucent bottle as a gift for saving his cats from a fire. What a great guy and so very missed by many people.

Carlyn Ring has written For Bitters Only, and on page 175, D122, the bottle size is wrong and should be 10 1/2 inches by 2 7/8 by 2 7/8. It also has a small

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In 1878, C.W. Jennings started a branch company of the Arctic Manufacturing Co. in Minneapolis with two men, R.A. Stolz and Loren A. Barbour. They were a druggist and chemist from Grand Rapids.

These three men started in a small way because there is nothing in the directory in 1878. In 1879, there is no ad in the directory but there is a listing for Arctic Manufacturing Co. It lists C.W. Jennings, L.A. Barbour, R.A. Stolz, druggists and grocers specialties, 250 First Street Ave, South in 1879/1880 directory.

Then, in the 1880-81 directory, there is an ad for the Arctic Manufacturing Co. Only C.W. Jennings and Loren A. Barbour are listed. R.A. Stolz had left the company. The address was No. 250 First Ave. South, Minneapolis (Figure 7). Later in the year 1881 in another Minneapolis directory, there is an ad, Arctic Manufacturing Co., Merritt, Barbour and Co. PHOTOS (at right, from top): FIGURE 7, FIGURE 8, and FIGURE 9.

C.W. Jennings, which had moved back to Grand Rapids. They were selling Barbour’s Flavoring Extracts and Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters, 250 First Ave. S, druggist and grocers (Figure 8).

A lot of changes happened to the Arctic Manufacturing Co. In late 1881, they would bring more money in to the company. C.C. Merritt and G.D. Merritt, L.A. Barbour were the major partners. C.W. Jennings was still a partner in a small way. They started to print trade cards for Arctic Manufacturing Company (Figure 9). They also started to use the trademark of a polar bear. There is a trade card from the Gourd collection that has a polar bear killing a seal in the Arctic.

This is a nice trade card (Figure 10) and has the address 17 Fourth St., South.

It advertises Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters for the Arctic Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis.

Steve Ketchum has a bottle in his collection that says on the front label, Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters. It also has a big anchor and in gold lettering the address Arctic Manufacturing Company, sole proprietors, 17 Fourth Street, South, Minneapolis. It is the same as the bottle on eBay that started this story. I will name these bottles “Hostetter’s-type” (Figure 11).

TOP: FIGURE 10, the Arctic Manufacturing Co. trade card that shows a bear killing a seal.

LEFT: FIGURE 11, The Steve Ketchum bottle that says Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters on the front label, along with an image of a big anchor.

ABOVE: FIGURE 12, Arctic Spice Mills ad with the polar bear on ice trade mark.

These are not embossed. This would date these bottles and the Victorian trade cards from late 1881 to early 1882, because the name changed. C.W. Jennings will sell the company and products. He will move on. Also, in 1882-83, the new company name became Arctic Spice Mills and Manufacturing Co., still at 17 Fourth St, South, Minneapolis. Mason, Mendel and Co. would also sell Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters and had a polar bear on ice trade mark (Figure 12). In the 1884-85 directory, Minneapolis has the same ad.

In the 1885-86 directory, the company had a name change. It became Arctic Cracker and Spice Co., Minneapolis.

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Anchor Bitters with a polar bear trademark (Figure 13). In 1887, they were still on Nicollet Island and used the name Arctic Cracker and Spice Co. There were new owners for the company. In 1888, the company is gone and Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters is gone in Minneapolis.

LEFT: FIGURE 13.

RIGHT: Anchor Bitters reverse with label.

I would like to finish the “Story of Two Cities” with a summary. The Arctic Manufacturing Co. was selling Dr. Dunlap’s Arctic Bitters in 1882, put up in Hostetter’s-type bottles in Minneapolis.

C.W. Jennings bottled Dr. Dunlap’s Bitters in Grand Rapids in 1883 in a semi-cabin.

I don’t think the semi-cabin bottle with the big anchor was sold in Minneapolis, only in Grand Rapids.

As I close on Dr. Dunlap’s Anchor Bitters, I’d like to share what Alexander Smith said: “I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.”

I will be sending a Dr. Shepards Wahoo Bitters trade card 1870 to this magazine to be put in the “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” section. This is new to the hobby and I will do a story “In Search of the Dollar Bottle,” the story of C.N. Shepards and his bitters. This will come directly from the book I’m writing: Michigan Medicines and Saratoga Type Mineral Waters Bottles from Michigan. Please send all related information for my book to Gordy Hubenet, 10895 Settlewood, Lowell, Mich. 49331 or call 616-826-4663.

r REFERENCES The Men Behind the Gun in Making of Greater G.R. Mich.

History of Grand Rapids and its Industries, Dwight Goss For Bitters Only, Carlyn Ring Grand Rapids Public Library and City Directories from 187286 Minneapolis Library and City Directories from 1878-87 Peachridge Glass Website: “Anchor’s Away” Steve Ketchum’s bottle from Webpage or Twitter Bob Davison for the years we had in the hobby Dave Nolton, What a Collector History Detectives

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LEFT: A comparison of the yellow and amber examples.

ABOVE: The accidental loss bottle.

The Maine Event!

Mid-Maine bottle club hatches a winning show

By Paul McClure

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he Mid-Maine Antique Bottle Club (MMABC) held its first annual show and sale Nov. 7, and by all accounts it was a great inaugural show for the club, said the dealers and many browsers and buyers who attended.

The MMABC, which had casually formed in 2014, has achieved its original two goals: to build a new energetic Mainebased bottle club holding regular meetings and creating a Maine bottle show.

The club was hatched when Paul McClure, a longtime bottle collector and digger from Maine, was selling bottles at local flea markets and noticed a lot of interest in old bottles from folks attending those events. Missing the camaraderie of his earlier club days with the New England Antique Bottle Club in the 1980s, where he served as newsletter editor and secretary, he introduced the idea of forming the club to Sam Fuller, another longtime Maine bottle collector.

Sam was receptive to the idea and was eager to get started.

Within the first two years the small meetings of five or six people turned into meetings averaging from ten to fifteen people. A meeting hall was needed and eventually one was located and rented.

Now at each monthly meeting there are several educational presentations, show and tells, current events, and the buying and selling of members’ bottles. A Facebook page serves as a club newsletter and chat page and a website (midmaineantiquebottleclub.com) is available for non-members to peruse the club’s news and events.

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In 2019 the MMABC started in earnest to prepare for what they hoped would be their inaugural 2020 show. Unfortunately, that show had to be cancelled due to COVID. In 2021 there were no social restrictions in place and the first show was able to proceed — and what a show it was! Over thirty early buyers practically stormed in, starting at 8 a.m. By the time general admission began at 9 a.m. the hall was humming with enthusiastic conversation and laughter. During the entire show the noise level never died down and the winning raffle ticket numbers announced over the loudspeakers were nearly drowned out! The excitement of being at a new show was palpable.

The hall was packed with over 63 tables occupied by dealers from New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as well as a healthy number of local Maine dealers. What made this first show such a success could be that word of the show had been around the New England show circuit for more than a year. With other antique and bottle shows in the region recently canceling it became a great draw for many New England dealers and bottle collectors alike.

There were several unique displays for people to enjoy. One was a fantastic display of the iconic Poland Spring Water Moses bottles as well as other bottles and stoneware used through the years by that famous bottling operation. Another display showed the history of the Ingalls Brothers bottling operation from Portland, Maine, from the 1860s through the 1930s and the various bottles used by that outfit.

There was also a large display case which held a beautiful selection of pontiled and smooth-based pickle jars, pepper-sauce bottles and also several colorful early demijohns. Rick Carney’s highly original bottle glass artwork was both colorful and enticing for his customers. There was a table with free literature from the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, January 2022

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the National Bottle Museum and also the Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine.

There was even a table with free bottles for young collectors.

Some of the most respected dealers in the hobby set up their tables with the finest early-American bottles and historical flasks that any discerning collector could wish for. Sales were very good for some and great for others.

Many of the dealers and the customers thought that the show venue was perfect.

It was held at the Topsham Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall in Topsham, Maine.

Offering easy access from the highway, lots of convenient lodging, easy parking and unloading, great lighting, and hot food on site made both the dealers and buyers happy. The most important thing for our club is that we were thrilled that there was finally a bottle show in Maine again after none being offered in nearly twnty years!

As we said our goodbyes to our friends after the show we were so thankful for everyone who contributed to make our first show such a roaring success. Our club and its volunteers deserve a huge thank you along with Cindy from the Topsham Fairground and, of course, everyone who attended. So many dealers are eager to come back next year that I expect 2022 to be another great year for our club and another great show for our hobby!

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