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On the Cover: Collage of Toy Candy Containers, Dr. Lovegood's Medicine and a picture of Fransisco Cerini
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FOHBC Officers | 2020 - 2021 ............................................................................................2
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FOHBC President’s Message .................................................................................................3 Shards of Wisdom ...............................................................................................................4 History’s Corner ..................................................................................................................5 FOHBC News - From & For Our Members ..............................................................................6 Newby Dairy Co., Seymour Indiana by Cody Wayt........................................................ 10
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The New FOHBC by Ferdinand Meyer V................................................................... 14 Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle Club and Show, the Bottle Barn by Jeff Mahalik and Zack Baer............................................................................. 18 J.M. Clark & Co., Unlisted Patented Fruit Jar Closure by Jeff Eastland.......................... 22 American Toy Glass Candy Containers by Jim Olean..................................................... 24 Virtual Museum News by Richard Siri......................................................................... 28
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Cutie, Dr. Lovegood's Family Medicine 1863 XX by Ferdinand Meyer V..................... 32 The Italian: Francisco Cerini and Bottle Dealing in San Francisco 1858-1880 by Elizabeth C. Creely............................................................................................. 38
The Bottle Mine by Jack Klotz...................................................................................... 54
FOHBC Member Photo Gallery .......................................................................................... 64
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FOHBC Sho-Biz - Calendar of Shows .................................................................................. 68 FOHBC Membership Additions & Changes ......................................................................... 70 Membership Benefits, Ad Rates, Donations to the FOHBC ................................................... 71 Membership Application & Advertising ............................................................................. 72 Page 46
Coming next issue or down the road: Dr. E. Champlain's Ligneous Extract • No Secrets, Indiana: Your “Ideal Soldier” Sold Liquor • Frank Wright's Indianapolis Ales • Digging in Indiana • Phelan's Hair Tonic • Abraham Klauber: An Early San Diego Merchant's Wooden Crate • Summer Digging with Mark Wiseman
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Identifying Tumbled Antique Bottles by Burt Robbins.................................................. 46
Lost & Found .................................................................................................................... 62
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Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Business & News
The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.
FOHBC Officers 2020 - 2021
President: John O’Neill, 1805 Ralston Ave. Belmont, California 94002; phone: 650.619.8209; email: Joneill@risk-strategies.com
Merchandise Director: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com
First Vice-President: Jeff Wichmann, 915 28th Street, Sacramento, California 95816; phone: 800.806.7722 email: info@americanbottle.com
Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford Street, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com
Second Vice-President: Michael Seeliger, N8211 Smith Road, Brooklyn, Wisconson 53521; phone: 608.575.2922 email: mwseeliger@gmail.com
Director-at-Large: Ferdinand Meyer V, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.222.7979 x115; email: fmeyer@fohbc.org
Secretary: Val Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: vgberry10@yahoo.com Treasurer: James Berry, 200 Fort Plain Watershed Rd, St. Johnsville, NY 13452; phone: 518.568.5683; email: jhberry10@yahoo.com Historian: Jim Bender, PO Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net Editor: Martin Van Zant, 41 E. Washington St., Mooresville, IN 46168; phone: 812.841.9495; email: mdvanzant@yahoo.com
Director-at-Large: Open Director-at-Large: Richard Siri, PO Box 3818, Santa Rosa, California 95402, phone: 707.542.6438; email: rtsiri@sbcglobal.net Midwest Region Director: Steve Lang, 13173 N. Paddock Rd., Camby, Indiana 46113, phone: 317.734.5113 email: slang14@yahoo.com Northeast Region Director: Fred DeCarlo, 11 Sheely Place, Utica, New York 13502, phone: 315.725.7577; email: fdecarlo117@gmail.com Southern Region Director: Jake Smith, 29 Water Tank Drive, Talladega Alabama 35160, phone:256.267.0446 email: syl_bottleguy@yahoo.com
Membership Director: Linda Sheppard, P.O. Box 162, Sprakers, NY 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net
Western Region Director: Eric McGuire, 1732 Inverness Drive, Petaluma, California 94954, phone: 707.778.2255; email: etmcguire@comcast.net
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President’s Message Ferdinand Meyer V
John O’Neill FMG Design, Inc. 101 Crawford Street Studio 1A Houston, Texas 77002 1805 Ralston 713.222.7979 x115 Avenue, Belmont, California 94002 fmeyer@fohbc.org
650.619.8209 Joneill@risk-strategies.com itting down at my desk, on this first back-to-work Monday after New I want to start off by up saying I am very withlots the of news that the Years, I conjure a vision of a pleased stove with pots-a-cooking. increased rates bottle and decreased rate infections The kettlevaccination labeled antique events has usofallCovid-19 looking forward to are the making an impact. seems as though are starting to see aAntique light at Botthe stretch leading up toIt the FOHBC 2016we Sacramento National end of a long dark tunnelthis thatAugust. has taken a financial and emotional tle Convention & Expo Weboth have a coordination conference toll ourinhobby. It has in plan so many ways ourare famcall on later the week and to step it impacted up a notchtheorlives two.ofWe also ily, neighbors, friends and Massachusetts fellow collectors. The2017 limiting of pleased that wecolleagues, locked in Springfield, for our Nationour ability to connect socially through ourtime bottleyou shows, clubmessage, meetingsthe al Antique Bottle Convention, and by the read this and auctions had a huge impact. The 49er Club,&which located in FOHBC 2018has National Antique Bottle Convention Expo is will have been Auburn, California, is a very goodWe example a club hasina good announced for Cleveland, Ohio. really of have ourthat teams place and following, and increasing and thinking puts on what think our wheelsactive in motion. I supposemembership we should start aboutI the 2019 is the best bottle show in California, occurring in November or Convention in the Southern Region.always Planning ahead has many benefits. December. They continue to do things and hold events even during the pandemic (safely) thatproud helps to sustain and this retain their |members. NonThe FOHBC is also say that March April 2016 issue of members areand alsoEXTRAS welcomedistothe attend advance notification. BOTTLES first these to bewith printed in full color, which Recently to a 49er Bottle Club This eventchange held atprompted the home a few only costsI was us aninvited additional $184, an issue. of Rick revisions, and Tammy Pisano Nevada butas was design which weinhope youCity, will California notice, such theunable Table of to attend due family commitment. It was held outdoors, fooda was Contents andtoa afew of the section headers. We receive quite few reserved and compliments they had 66 attendees A cup of bleach, and acome ally nice on how participate. the magazine looks and have good UV light, made it safeoffor everyone. Thelook photos were so fardose in aofrelative short number years. Oh, and for that a new secshared illuminated a highly successful event. A lot ofGallery”. good glass tion in online the back of the magazine called “Member Photo This exchanged and I think everybody was just happy to reconnect new sectionhands, is dedicated to the fine photography of antique bottles and and enjoy afternoon rehashing their tales past digs future ones toWe glass. the Please feel free to submit yourofimages forand consideration. come. Even thestarted unusually earlier in the week order have already workhot onweather the May | June issue andbroke hope inthat you to putconsider the icingauthoring on the cake for a great outcome. It’s encouraging will an article for the magazine. We are here to to see help! these return and to be able to spend quality time with old friends and the opportunities to make new ones. and EXTRAS, please read the proposed Within this issue of BOTTLES bylaw updates and revisions that have been marked in red. All revisions The medical procedure has also reminded me, “YouThese hope bylaws for havepending been approved by the FOHBC Board of Directors. the best, butamended plan forand worst,” thatreviewed I have any to think I won’t have been neednot to be by reason the FOHBC membership make a full Estatemembership planning is important secure the best prior to the recovery. annual general meeting attothe FOHBC 2016outNacome the benefit your family.&I bring up for several reasons. by tional for Antique BottleofConvention Expo this in Sacramento, California an affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast by the eligible voters How many of our members have of putthe together somechanges really amazing in attendance, provided thatwho a copy proposed are made collections plan oninwhat or how theydirectly want their collections to be available tohave eachno member advance, either by mail or by timely kept together, sold, donated or gifted to the next custodian?” notice in the Federation’s official periodical or on“temporary the Federation website. IInamother sure news, we all we heard about someone passing awayfor unexpectedly arestories moving ahead with photography the Virtual and their collection penniesphotography on the dollarlabs or worse Museum and hope is to sold havefor regional set upyetinthrown regions out. It’s important to create a detailed record of yourformat collection more to start photographing bottles both in a standard and and 3-dimenimportant that effort you take the time to sit down provide the necessary sionally. This is being spearheaded byand Museum Director, Alan Depasswords or passcodes necessary to the access the data. And table if youduring don’t the Maison. You may have met Alan at Virtual Museum think that’s an issue, believe me it is. I Antique use as anBottle example the CEO of FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National Show last August. Quadriga, a Crypto currency company who died unexpectedly without leaving the digital keys to hisBooth, clients,isthus locking $200 million Federation member Alicia heading up up theover nomination proin client that areof now It’s hard cess for funds the election allcompletely Federationinaccessible. officers including theenough President, losing a loved one, Secretary, why complicate it by Business leaving them a messMembership to deal Vice President(s), Treasurer, Manager,
with when you're gone. I regret not starting this project earlier. I started it a couple of months back and have begun the long process of entering Director, Director, Conventions Director, called Historian, data in thePublic system.Relations I use a software program for my collection Merchandising Directors-at-Large and to Region Directors collector system.Director, It’s comprehensive and very (3), intuitive use, while not (4). These elections two years. Any officer mayas run for sucinexpensive there areoccur otherevery alternatives including something simple cessive terms. committee prepared nominations as a journal withThis organized handhas written notes aonslate eachofpurchase. In myfor each office and is listed below. It is important to note that any member database every object is assigned a unique identification number which for anya number office inofthe Federationonmay a nomination Idesiring assign totoit.run I include photographs eachfile object, as they forma picture with the Election Committee (in accordance procedures apsay is worth a 1,000 words and I believe thatwith is the single most proved by the membership and instituted by the Election Committee) important documentation point. Other things to include are the purchase indicating the office they desire run for. foranything filing this price, provenance, historical notes,tocolors, sizeThe anddeadline shape and is April 2016. We have seen successful campaigns by ourinmemberelse you 1st believe is important. Those photographs of the objects our ship beforewill so ifbeyou run important for a position, let Alicia the know. collections the want singletomost tool inplease understanding You and and reach her at merits this email address, historical financial of each object.alicia@cis-houston.org. Your family or ExecutorYou will now be receiving a ballot for voting so possible please take the time vote. will have the ability to make the best decisions whentothey have all that knowledge that you have just bestowed upon them. It also President: Ferdinand Meyer V FOHBC Candidates provides a real benefit in case the taxman decides to make any inquiry into Here your estate. Wouldn’t it Houston, be nice forTexas your loved ones, be that wife, is the slate of FOHBC First Vice President: Sheldon Baugh partner or children have a nice road map to follow when you're gone? Of recommended candidates course it would. In my database, I have included all my art, tokens, paper Russellville, Kentucky put forth by the nominating ephemera, and bottles. is an investment of time, committee advertising (Alicia Booth, signs,Second ViceThere President: Gene Bradberry for 2014 - 2016. but IChairperson) am committing to enterBartlett, at least ten objects a day in the database, so Tennessee Theday slate isitbeing for bit better in terms of documenting the collection. every getsputaforth little your consideration and anyone Secretary: James Berry run for office may Johnsville, New York The desiring hard topart about developing this database is entering the information be nominated by going to the on each object. The database is maintained in the cloud so I can access Treasurer: Gary Beatty website and printing out a if from my I-phone, and complete Port, access Floridato all the objects in the nomination form. Then, mail or haveNorth collection at all times. email to Alicia Booth, 11502Who can possibly remember the nuances of the Historian: Jim Bender thousands of items our collections, certainly not me, as evidenced Burgoyne Drive, Houston,inTexas Sprakers, New with77077. unintentionally buying of duplicates ofYork the same item on more than alicia@cis-houston.org date for Until nominations one Closing occasion. the next Editor: time, please give thisZant some serious thought, Martin Van is Aprilyour 1, 2016 at midnight.will thank I know families you. Indiana Danville, Additional nominations will
Merchandising Director: Val Berry printed alongside the slate Onebefinal development that I am sad to announce is that the National Johnsville, New York proposed by the nominating Show planned for Syracuse in August has been cancelled by the FOHBC committee and will be listed Board a phone 2, 2021. I really appreciate allSheppard the efforts of Director: Linda in theinMay-June 2016call issue of JuneMembership Jim ofBender, Val andalong Jim Berry who didNew theirYork best to handle the logistics Sprakers, BOTTLES and EXTRAS surrounding the show. The bottom line is the board held a vote and it was with a short bio of each Director: Fiferprior to candidate. with every singleConventions unanimous director voting to cancelLouis the show Brunswick, Ohio the committed deadline. The reasons are multi-faceted; however, as a board we have a fiduciary obligation you the members act as fisBusinesstoManager: ElizabethtoMeyer cally responsible stewards ofHouston, our resources, Texas and the projections were we would incur a substantial loss if we went forward with the event. We are Director-at-Large: Bob Ferraro all disappointed in this development. We lacked support from collectors Boulder City, Nevada purchasing sales tables to administration and promotion for the event. Director-at-Large: Steve Ketcham We still lack a Conventions Director Position or Public Relation Director Edina, Minnesota Position for the FOHBC Board which are critical to the success of any major convention. We also lacked the traditional John souvenir program for Director-at-Large: Pastor the event which helps defer the cost of the convention. It’s easy to say New Hudson, Michigan this is another blame it on Covid outcome, but I think it goes deeper than Midwest Region Director: Matt Lacy that. I will commit to you that the board will focus on making Reno 2022 Austinburg, Ohio an incredibly successful event for our members, and plan on opening up reservations from sales tables to rooms earlier than normal. Please Northeast Region Director: Andrew Vuono stay tuned for future announcements. have had a number of comStamford,We Connecticut ments from collectors who are understandably upset by this decision; Southern Region Director: Ron Hands regrettably, our final vote was not made without careful consideration. I Wilson, North Carolina would urge those individuals to get involved and volunteer their time and Western Region Director: McGuire efforts to help us create future successful events as I haveEric requested for Petaluma, California each and every prior President’s message. Remember, this is a volunteer board giving up their personal time Relations to benefit you, so criticism is fine but Public Director: Rick DeMarsh encouragement and your involvement is better. Ballston Spa, New York
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Bottles and Extras This latest book costs $30 and can be ordered through his website: www.KolaWars.com and please add $3 media mail shipping charges.
Kansas Territory Bottle & Postcard Show By Steve Lang
The Kansas Territory Bottle & Postcard Club held their 14th annual show on April 18th at the Kansas State Fairgrounds’ Sunflower Building in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Author adds 15,637 more words to growing Coca-Cola book piles By Bill Baab
Has anyone ever given much serious thought to the number of words in books about Coca-Cola and the company’s bottles published during the last 50 years? They must be in the millions, if not billions. Antique bottle collector and researcher Dennis Smith, who originally hails from Alabama, but now lives in Buffalo, New York, is the “owner” of several thousand of those words found in the pages of his 2016 book, Kola Wars: Atlanta, and others. His latest book, Coca-Cola in Alabama, the Bottlers: Albany to York, added 15,637 more words to the accumulations. I know he has been working on this book since long before early 2019, because he was hoping to finish it before the FOHBC National Show held in Augusta, Georgia in October of that year.
John Panek talking with dealers at the Kansas City Show My wife Dawn and I were lucky enough to be able to make the 10 hour trip from Indianapolis to attend the show. It was well worth the trip. Mike McJunkin and Mark Law put on a great show. The Saturday evening set up included dinner at 6 p.m. from
This 119-page, well-illustrated book details the histories and key people of Coca-Cola bottlers in no less than 95 big cities and small towns located in “The Heart of Dixie.” One thing I have learned through my friendship with Dennis over the last few decades is that he is thorough in his research, as he details in the book’s introduction. Rather than repeat his words, I will let you discover the ways and means leading to the not-sofinished product. As he concludes, “the story will never be complete so this will have to suffice until the next person comes along.”
Display of glass turtles by Henry Helfin
Complementing the text are line drawings of each community’s bottles from the straight-sided era (1902-1914) through the hobbleskirt years, plus variants such as the CC Soda bottle, the slug plates, the soda waters, plus a listing of each in what the author calls his “Bottle Matrix.” There also are copies of Coca-Cola’s early advertisements from newspapers and other publications, photos of early bottling plants, delivery trucks and more. Color photos of various bottles decorate the front and back covers. Display of Insulators by Bob Schwartz
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HISTORY’S CORNER In Memory of Dick Watson longtime FOHBC Historian
By Jim Bender
Display of fire gernades by Henry Tankersley Chick-Fil-a then a presentation on the Goat Gland Doctor J.R. Brinkely of Melvern, Kan. by Jerry Harper. Brinkley became famous for transplanting goat glands as a cure for flagging male virility patients, owning and operating a radio station and running for Kansas governor. Mr. Harper did a great job with the presentation.
Back in the 70s when I first started digging old bottles at our local dump, I would always find clear base, embossed bottles marked LEE." It would drive me crazy finding these - there were hundreds of them. Later, as many years passed, I found out the embossing "LEE," stood for William W. Lee and Company. The company was founded in 1874 in Green Island, N.Y. Within a few years, the company was moved to Watervliet, N.Y. The bottles contained a product called, "Save the Baby." This bottle was mainly sold in N.Y state but did have some sales in Massachusetts. They mmust have sold thousands of bottles, which was a medicine for Croup and Colds. I know - I dug a ton of these little clear bottles. So the next time you see a small oval clear bottle with the word "LEE," on the base, remember it is a "Save the Baby" bottle.
Watch each issue for a new installment of History’s Corner.
Cabin Fever display by Jack Mullin The show opened at 9 a.m. on Sunday with customers waiting to be let in. The crowd was faced with fun task of navigating the sold-out show and choosing from all the great items for sale. Vendors were selling stoneware, ACL sodas, beers, whiskies, postcards, advertising and all types of go-withs. The Sunflower Building is a great venue for a bottle show with lots of light to show off the glass. There were 6 display tables set up showcasing some very impressive personal collections including a Krogman Whiskey display by Mark Law. I was very surprised to drive to Kansas and see a Krogman display on a manufacturer from my home state - Tell City, Indiana. The other displays included Henry Tankersley’s Leech Bowls, Fire Extinguisher Grenades & Target Balls, Jack Mullin’s Cabin Fever, Mike McJunkin’s G.W. Merchant display with mineral water & gargling oil, Henry Helfin’s end of day glass turtles and Bob Schwartz’s insulator display. The show closed at 3 p.m. with reports of good sales to the public and
Display of Krogman distillery by Mark Law between the club members and other vendors. My wife and I had a great time the entire weekend and came home with some nice items, many memories and a strong feeling of hospitality from the host club and all its members. There were 46 dealers from 13 states, 93 tables, and 6 displays.
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FOHBC News A New Find Behind a Barnyard FOHBC: Recently I received an email from Jay Sebastian of Wood Dale, Illinois, with the photo of the Weis Bros. saloon poster below. This is what Jay wrote: "The story is that this came from my grandfather's bar in Milwaukee in the twenties. My mother and then I always had a lithograph of a wholesome barnyard scene in this frame. Recently I disassembled the frame and found the poster underneath the barnyard picture in pristine condition. Grandma must have thought it was too scandalous and hid
almost immediately upon their arrival in town, adding: “…From the start [they] met the most advanced requirements of the trade, thus developing a widely extended and growing patronage.”
Their sales area was said to include not only Wisconsin but states in the Upper Midwest and as distant as the Dakotas and Montana. The brothers had a knack for creativity in advertising their liquor. Note for example, their horse-drawn delivery wagon. Many liquor companies had such conveyances. Most often they were strictly utilitarian with little or no ornamentation. By contrast the Weis Bros. van is covered with colorful cotton drapery with a scalloped fringe on top and the name prominently emblazoned on a lacquered fender. This wagon definitely would have drawn notice as it clattered through the streets of Milwaukee. Because the Weis Bros. liquor house was forced to cease business with the coming of National Prohibition, Jay’s poster would be at least 100 years old. My thanks to him for permitting me to bring it to this find to a wider audience. Jack Sullivan Arlington, Virginia
Bluff City Coca-Cola it a long time ago. I think it is a unique archaeological discovery." It is a fabulous find. In four decades of seeking out pre-Prohibition saloon signs and collecting their images, I had never seen this one before. I always hesitate to say any whiskey artifact is a “one of a kind” but this one comes close. Posters like this were deemed too risque’ after Repeal. Because this one has been hidden beyond another picture for almost a century, it has no rips, tears or fading. The Weis Brothers, Carl and William, emigrated from Germany in 1868 and settled in Milwaukee about 1879. Their earlier locations and occupations are unrecorded, but they almost certainly already were accomplished in the whiskey trade. An 1896 biography of their firm noted that they had started their liquor house
Dear FOHBC: I thought maybe your News section would be interested in this.
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Mike Cothern, a local Memphis bottle digger, gave me this broken bottle. It is a Bluff City Manufacturing bottle circa 1912. The Bluff City Bottling and Bluff City Manufacturing bottles are one of the most common bottles you would dig in a dump in this area. What is amazing is this one has Coca-Cola in script on the bottom. What is also interesting is that Coca-Cola had a law suit against Bluff City because of one of Bluff City’s bottles. It is an amber soda embossed “Koke,” a direct rip off the Coke name. No way Coke would have any dealings with Bluff City. I assume the bottle company that made the bottle made a mistake and somehow put a bottom slug plate with Coca-Cola on it. I know of no complete examples of this bottle but sure would like to have one. You wonder how many of these got made before they caught the mistake. Ron Pevahouse Memphis, Tenn.
Mystery Dock Blood Purifier Dear FOHBC: Hoping all is well! I wanted to reach out to submit a letter to the editor as time and space permit in an upcoming Bottles & Extras. This mystery Dock Blood Purifier has stumped me since receiving it in a small collection purchase last October from an Etsy seller in Canning, Nova Scotia and one of the first blood cures I purchased. So far I have not found a single reference to a Dr. Norton [other than the one of the Tasteless Worm Destroyer fame] in any bottle reference book or electronic database. This bottle is certainly on the larger size at 9 3/8" tall and base at 3 3/8" x 2" and made with a round post-bottom mold. It is embossed: DR. NORTON'S / DOCK BLOOD / PURIFIER Does anyone know anything of Dr. Norton or his Dock Blood
Juanne Herrold Hello FOHBC Members: My mother, Juanne Herrold, (Jan. 22, 1933 - Nov. 4, 2020), passed away this past November after a prolonged illness. Her and my late father, Ed Herrold, were both avid bottle collectors and I remember how involved they were with your association and all the bottle shows they could get to! Please feel free to post about her passing to your members, she so missed attending the shows with my dad and seeing all their bottle friends! Thank You, Eric Herrold
Actual Painting From 1918 Dear Members, here is a painting I came across and just had to share. Looks like a small collection Chris Hartz Arroyo Grande, California
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Purifier they could share? Thank you, Zac Mirecki Hartford, Connecticut
Texas Blob Soda Found with a Little Color Ferdinand: Dug this weekend…one of only a couple “colored” blob sodas from Texas and as far as I am aware only the second intact example of this bottle dug in this color (they come in a standard aqua color as well, though also very rare). Over the moon! Best Regards, Brandon DeWolfe, P.E. Houston Texas PRG: Henry Cortes established the H. W. Cortes & Co Texas Bottling Works in 1860, manufacturing syrup,
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soda, sarsaparilla, ginger ale, mineral water, beer, and ales. He was also a real estate investor and on the building committee of the German Presbyterian Church. The family lived at 32nd and Avenue N.
George Gemunden Dear Editor: I am Megan Shew and I live in Savannah Georgia. We bought our historic ~1884 Victorian row house back in December 2019 and I've been very interested in the history of it and its previous owners. While doing a routine google search about who it was built for George Gemunden (sometimes spelled Gemenden, Gemeunden) I found your group, The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Your May-June 2021 issue did a 6
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The FOHBC will be setting up monthly 1-hour Zoom Seminars on a broad range of topics relating to antique bottle and glass collecting. Our schedule will be published several months out. The seminars are free to FOHBC members who will be sent an invite to each seminar with instructions on how to attend with your computer or laptop, etc.. This could be a person showcasing their collection, talking about a certain bottle niche, bottle and proprietor stories or topics such as digging etc. Visual format can be PDF or Power-Point, etc. Each seminar will be 1 hour or less. We will use the FOHBC Zoom account and introduce the guest speaker and presenter each session. Account for 10 or 15 minutes of questions and answers. Please send your request and topic to Michael Seeliger, mwseeliger@gmail.com or Ferdinand Meyer V, fmeyer@fmgdesign.com. Stay tuned for more information. These seminars will occur at 7:00 pm CST unless otherwise noted.
Midwest Region Steve Lang
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page spread on his bottles and bottling endeavors. I am floored at how well researched and informative the article is. I have struggled to find information about Gemunden and am so happy to have stumbled upon the newsletter. I would really love to thank the writer David Kyle Rakes. There was a whole row that was built for Gemunden and we aren't quite sure why. Maybe he housed some of his family or workers? When we first started working on the house (fixing wood rot, HVAC, etc.), we stumbled on MANY antique bottles in the crawl space area. We shined them up and happily display them in the house, unknowing of all the historical significance. I was hoping I could order a copy (or a couple of copies) of the publication (May-June 2021) so we can frame and display the issue in our house. I really want y'all to know how much I appreciate your group for helping us learn and thought you might get a kick out of our crawl space finds. Thanks, Megan Shew Savannah, Georgia
New FOHBC Zoom Seminar Series The foundation of the FOHBC is education. It is part of our Mission Statement. Of course we do it in the magazine and very effectively at national event seminars. How can we take this new world that was accelerated and thrust upon us and use it to our advantage?
I feel optimism growing as fast as the grass grows in the spring. I think we may be starting to move towards a new normal that will not require masks and social distancing. The clubs in the Midwest are having more and more in-person club meetings, and those meetings are talking about having shows again! It has been a long time coming folks so lets get out and enjoy it this summer. We have all changed over that last 18 months due to the pandemic. I for one did not know what Zoom was other than a word to describe going fast, and now I attend Zoom meetings like a pro knowing how to mute when my dogs bark and unmute before starting to speak. The Zoom or Teams or whatever software used allows members to attend meetings that may not have been able to otherwise and I see this as staying a part of the local club meetings going forward. The Ohio Bottle Club is currently doing a Zoom meeting for distant members and guests the week prior to their in-person club meeting. I was only able to jump on for the end of their last meeting due to a previous commitment, but I see this as a great idea. April 18th was the Kansas Territory Bottle & Postcard Club’s 14th annual show in Hutchinson, Kansas, and it was a great success. Please see article in this edition of Bottles & Extras for more details. May 8th was the Ohio Bottle Club’s 42nd annual Mansfield Antique Bottle Show held at the Richland County Fairgrounds in Mansfield, Ohio. Matt Lacy and Louis Fifer did another great job putting on the show. The show was a sell out and included vendors outside in the windy and cold conditions. In talking with vendors, all that I spoke with said they were having a good show
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and sales were good. Upcoming Midwest shows include June 12th – 7th Annual Cambridge City Antique Jar & Bottle show in Cambridge City, Indiana and June 19th -51st annual Kiowa Antique Bottleers Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show in Johnston, Iowa In closing, get out and find that new treasure for your collection and be safe doing it. The hobby has lost a lot of members during the past 18 months for lots of reasons. I don’t want to lose any of you going forward. Stay safe and happy collecting
Northeast Region Fred DeCarlo
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Check the club’s newsletter, The Whittlemark, on the Internet and skillfully wrought by its editor, Dave Maryo, who was previously the FOHBC Western Region Director. Cherry Simi of Downieville, California, wife of our departed friend, Rick Simi, has decided to resurrect the show/sale that the couple successfully held for a number of years until Rick’s death on March 19, 2020. Most of us have a level of confidence that the pandemic will largely be a thing of the past by the time the Downieville show is held on September 18, 2021. At the northern end of our region the Oregon Bottle Collectors Association will be hosting its show at the usual location in the charming little town of Aurora, Oregon. It will be held on September 17 and 18, so lots of bottle action is to be had in the West in September. Be sure and keep up to date on these and other possible shows at fohbc.org/shows/ . I expect all these shows will be heavily attended as the local world charges back to its former self.
Southern Region Jake Smith Things are finally starting to ramp up and it is exciting, with inperson shows and bottle club meetings starting to take place all over our region. I attended my first show in May in New Jersey. It was held outdoors, and I came across many fellow diggers. Of interest in the near future is the Saratoga Springs show set for June 6 at Ballston Spa, N.Y. Then the Historical Bottle Diggers of Virginia will hold their show June 10, followed by the Little Rhody Bottle Club show on June 20. Please remember to send in show contracts as soon as possible. I encourage everyone to not only support their own club events, but others and the FOHBC show as well.
Western Region Eric McGuire
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There may be some light at the end of the Covid tunnel here in the Western Region. The nasty stuff has brought most social activities to a halt in California; however, with the current rate of inoculations our western residents are witnessing a vast improvement over new cases, and there is positive talk of regular club meetings and even shows. Our governor will be lifting most social gathering restrictions on June 15; however, I suspect it will take awhile for local authorities to follow suit. The Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club may be the first California organization to host a show with some degree of normality. It is scheduled for September 11, 2021, in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Dealers from five southern states filled 166 tables, according to Marty Vollmer, co-chairman with Eric Warren, of the South Carolina Bottle Club show in Columbia. It was held in a new spacious venue and was a vendors only setup. “We are hoping to have at least 200 dealers at our show next year on April 23,” he added. The last time I was there was in 1984. It’s about a 5-hour drive from where I live in Auburn, Ala., not a bad trip except having to go through Atlanta on I-20. This year, dealers featured a wide variety of bottles from the pontiled variety to applied color labels. Sodas, flasks, bitters, patent medicines and mineral waters were joined by many examples of southern stoneware. I was able to purchase a halfpint flask plus a 3-gallon alkaline-glazed rye jug from Alabama for my collection. I also bought a very nice cobalt blue Blount Springs mineral water for a bargain price. Bill and Toni Garland also attended, and Bill found a Landrum brick from the same Edgefield District, S.C. pottery family. Veteran Alabama collector Tom Lines said he was very pleased and congratulated Vollmer who did a great job in promoting the one-day show. This Southern Region, editor has started a Facebook group to help keep southern shows and their chairmen connected. The idea is to help promote the shows and give pointers to chairmen. It’s called “Southern Bottle Antique and Collectibles Shows.”
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Newby Dairy Co.,
Seymour Indiana By: Cody Wayt
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he Newby Dairy Company can be traced back to at least 1903 when Arthur Newby sold to George Ebaugh, who continued operating at his farm east of the city while Mr. Newby devoted his time to gardening. Some time between 1903 and 1907, Arthur Newby began operating the dairy again and continued in the business until 1912, when he sold the dairy to Claude Swengel of Seymour. Over the years, Swengel Dairy began to gain popularity throughout the city and began to grow rapidly. By the year 1925, they were distributing more than 400 gallons of milk per day from the farm on West Second St. Road, and about
Newby’s Delivery Wagon. Circa 1920s
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A photo of the original dairy barn
Here is a great ad from the 1928 Newspaper
3,000 pounds of Dairy Maid butter were sold each week. By that time, they had hired nine employees, and more than 125 local dairy farmers sold milk and cream to the dairy for distribution. During this time, Arthur Newby had been a silent business partner and on September 14, 1925 he purchased the dairy back for $15,000 and with this purchase had full ownership of the dairy. Arthur Newby continued to operate the business with his sons, Roy and Samuel Newby, while Claude moved to Franklin Indiana and purchased the Franklin Pure Milk Co. In 1936 Arthur purchased the two-story building occupied by the W. C. Bevins Plumbing Co. at 115 South Chestnut Street, razed the old building and erected a new one, which became the dairy store and processing plant.
1936 Ad for the Grand Opening of the Newby Plant on South Chestnut St.
Embossed Half Pint Newby Bottle
Arthur Newby handed the dairy over to his son Roy Newby in 1928. He then purchased a farm east of Sey-
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Here are two different pint Newby Dairy bottles, one shows the barn located on the farm, and the other displays the plant on Chestnut St.
Square quart and half pint Newby Dairy bottles, front and back wiews
One gallon Newby Dairy bottle, front and back views
Ad for Newby Auction 1959
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Round half pint Newby bottle, front and back view
Newby Ice Cream container showing all four sides
mour on Highway 50 just past the Jackson-Jennings County line. The cows were kept and milked on the farm, but the milk was taken to Seymour to be processed and bottled. During the 1920s, the dairy done home delivery by horse and wagon, but later sold the products at stores only. Newby’s Dairy grew rapidly and at one time had 8 stores in southern Indiana including Seymour (115 South Chestnut St), Brownstown, North Vernon, Crothersville, Columbus (3rd St. later moved to 1635 State St.), Scottsburg, Bedford (1609 J. St.) and Mitchell.
The dairy sold 12 flavors of ice cream and a variety of milk and other dairy products. Arthur Newby passed away on September 08, 1948 at his home on West Second St. Road and Roy Newby decided to sell the dairy farm and get out of the business in 1959. Roy passed away Dec. 7, 1987 at age 87. Newby Dairy was one of the longest running and most prominent dairies in Jackson County, Indiana.
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T H E N E W FOHBC The following is a condensed and repackaged report that was presented at the 13 March 2021 Bi-Annual FOHBC Zoom Board Meeting. The presentation was given by Ferdinand Meyer V, FOHBC director-at-large and past 3-term president. See the full report at FOHBC.org, Editor’s Picks, and under Notes of Record. When I joined the FOHBC and eventually the board, I humbly sat among the kings and queens of antique bottle collecting and FOHBC Hall of Fame and Honor Roll recipients such as Gene Bradberry(HOF), Sheldon Baugh, Bob Ferraro(HOF), Cecil Munsey(HOF), Carl Sturm(HOF), Dick Watson(HOF), and other greats such as Gary Beatty, Alicia Booth, Alan DeMaison, Bill Ham(HOF), Joe Hardin, Ed Herold, Jack Hewitt, Randee Kaiser, Steve Ketcham(HR), Ed Kuskie, Tom Lines, Wayne & June Lowry, John Pastor, Dave Maryo, Tom Phillips and Kent Williams. I would come to the board meetings and sit on an outside edge chair just listening and admiring these people I had often heard and read about. Now we have some great new folks on the FOHBC board such as Fred DeCarlo, Steve Lang, John O’Neill, Michael Seeliger, Jake Smith, and Jeff Wichmann(HOF). We do find ourselves with two positions open, Conventions Director and Marketing/Public Relations. Is that person in the room?
“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.” The first time Richard Siri talked to me was an important moment. I still remember his words, where we spoke, and how excited I felt. My point is that the tide comes in and the tide goes out, seasons change yearly and now we find ourselves surrounded by peers that are without a doubt, the most experienced and balanced group of FOHBC board members that have ever been assembled. This is good because our hobby and the FOHBC are in perilous times with the changing world compounded by the Covid-19 Pandemic. We need to understand who we are and where we are going. We’ve debated and written about this for years. It’s time to act. A DOZEN STEPS: This means Twelve [12] Steps to Increase Membership, Operations, and Position. Unfortunately, membership and subscribers are interchangeable with the FOHBC. Not everyone wants a printed magazine. We offer so much more. To get someone to become a member of the FOHBC we need to give them reasons why it is essential to become a member if you have anything to do with antique bottles and glass. We need to be relevant to the real world. We should lead. [1] MERGE THE MAGAZINES: Providing everything we do to a dwindling group of 750 or so members is problematic and unreasonable. The quickest way to jump-start this process is to increase our membership with one important first step. We need to tell Antique Bottle & Glass Collector subscribers and FOHBC members that something new, better and exciting is happening. See special report and presentation regarding the proposed magazine merger. [2] OPEN THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM: We are still operating in a construction mode in a Covid-19 Pandemic. Presently the Virtual Museum team and board members get Virtual Museum News for each new gallery piece. Take it broader with email blasts. Open the Museum. Go National and International. [3] NATIONAL EXPOS: When you are competing with scores of local and regional antique bottle and glass shows, it is difficult to put on a first-class event each year. Transition from 1 to 2 to 4-year intervals. 2021 Syracuse Show, 2022 Reno Convention, 2024 Houston Expo. See reports for each. [4] RESEARCH HISTORICAL ARCHIVING: Put everything we have ever done, or are doing now or what we will do in the future, in our Research Libraries. Broadcast. Work with the National Bottle Museum to lease space for FOHBC physical items. Continue archiving all Bottles and Extras articles. Add Antique Bottle & Glass Collector, Auction Catalogs, Books, Collectors and Collections, Auction Price Guide, Souvenir Programs, Convention and Show Reports, websites (Munsey, Sullivan, Wicker, Meyer), photographer images, etc.
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[5] COMMUNICATION: We are primarily communicating with our membership through our magazine. This is unrealistic, ineffective, and untimely. We need to embellish and market our considerable broad base of communication tools at our disposals such as our website FOHBC.org, Facebook, Instagram, and Email Services. We need to develop public relations in-house or outsource or both. [6] FINANCIAL SECURITY: Though we are non-profit, we need various forms and sources of revenue to operate such as Membership, Magazine Subscriptions, Advertising, Donations, Investments, Virtual Museum, National Events, Special Projects, etc. [7] EDUCATION: The foundation of the FOHBC is education. It is part of our Mission Statement. Of course, we do this in the magazine and very effectively at our national event seminars. How can we take this new world that was accelerated and trust upon us and use it to our advantage? We should establish monthly 1-hour Zoom seminars on a broad range of topics relating to antique bottle and glass collecting. Our schedule should be published several months out. This could be a person showcasing their collection, talking about a certain bottle niche, or topics such as digging, etc.
[8] BOTTLE SHOWS: Of course nothing will replace the personal experience of attending an antique bottle and glass show. As we know, the world has changed around us. Can we supplement the personal experience with the next best thing? Conduct a quarterly Regional Bottle Show on Zoom. Charge for dealers, everything is electronic. [9] JUST FOR FUN: Sometimes we just need to do things that are unexpected and fun that require audience participation. What if the FOHBC sponsors “junior” bottle digs, or sponsors adult bottle digs, museum tours, site-seeing. What if we set up and played Gardner Bottle Bingo or Great Dig Bingo? Regional Get-togethers. Cartoons. Online silent auctions. [10] RESTRUCTURE THE BOARD: The FOHBC board positions have remained in their present structure for decades. Restructure the Directors. 19 to 17. All voting Directors. Non-voting representatives to help on newsletter, social media, website, junior ambassador, merchandise, international. Missing: Second Vice President (Redundant), Membership (Under Business), Merchandise (Under Business) Linda Sheppard.
[11] NEW TIERS OF MEMBERSHIP: Develop five (5) membership levels. See the report for a clean chart and benefits for each level. Benefits include Club Event Insurance, Virtual Museum Access, Advertising Discount (50%), Digital Newsletter, Event Recognition (magazine, website, social medial, email), Club Contest Awards, Ribbons, Zoom Events (Free) - Invoiced Annually - Recognition and Listings. Level 5: Club or Institution - $75 Club Affiliations are available to any club, association, or organization which has ten (10) or more members, meets at least annually, and fosters the mission of the Federation as outlined in Article I. This Membership is available to museums, libraries, and like institutions and will have all rights and privileges as a club. Benefits include Club Event Insurance, Virtual Museum Access, Advertising Discount (50%), Digital Newsletter, Event Recognition (magazine, website, social medial, email), Club Contest Awards, Ribbons, Zoom Events (Free) - Invoiced Annually - Recognition and Listings.
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Level 4: Life Members - $1,000 Life Memberships are available in three (3) levels. Level 1: $1,000, Includes all benefits of an Individual Membership. No promise of a FOHBC periodical for life. Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of an Individual Membership but you will not receive a FOHBC periodical, but rather a digital subscription. Note: In the future, a Level 1 could become a Level 2. Level 3: Earned or Honoree. The Board would have the option of bestowing an Honorary Life Membership. This person would continue to join the FOHBC at the regular membership rate. How this honor is earned will be determined by the Board. New Life Memberships are no longer available, however, Existing Life Memberships will continue to be “grandfathered” (i.e., they will continue to be honored as long as the Life Member wishes to remain a member of the Federation). The spouse of the primary Life Member is also a Life Member, and both have voting privileges. Life Members shall be encouraged to financially support the Federation, as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. Benefits include Magazine Hard-copy, Virtual Museum Access, Digital Magazine (Level 5A $500), Members Portal, Historical Archives, Virtual Museum Events, Digital Newsletter, Zoom Events (Free), National Event Benefits, Advertising Advantages. Merchandise Discount - No Invoices - Recognition - Vote. Level 3: Subscription - $60 (1st Class) $50 (Standard) Subscription Membership (or individual membership) is a single membership for one person. Membership includes a full year subscription to the bi-monthly (6 issues a year) official FOHBC periodical that being in the name of the Individual or Primary FOHBC Member. Benefits include Magazine Hard-copy, Virtual Museum Access, Historical Archives, Digital Magazine Access (ISSUU and PDF), Virtual Museum Events, Members Portal, Digital Newsletter, Zoom Events (Free), National Event Benefits, Advertising Advantages, Merchandise Discount, Vote - Invoiced Annually. Level 2: Digital - $35 Digital Membership. The Individual Member will not receive a printed copy of the official FOHBC periodical but will receive private Member Portal access to FOHBC periodicals and membership information. Digital Members will also receive the FOHBC digital newsletter. The Membership includes full voting privileges. Benefits include Members Portal, Virtual Museum Access, Historical Archives, Digital Magazine Access (ISSUU and PDF), Virtual Museum Events, Digital Newsletter, Zoom Events (Free), National Event Benefits, Advertising Advantages, Vote. Level 1:Associate- $15 A ‘beginner’ level for new to the hobby, students, youth, etc. Benefits include Virtual Museum Access, Digital Newsletter, Zoom Events (Free) - Invoiced Annually. [12] RESTRUCTURE OUR REGIONS: Go from our present 4 to 5 or 7 Regions for accuracy and reach. See illustrations in the report. Waco, Texas is not in the same region as Key West, Florida.
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WANTED: Anything to do with Dr. E. R. Clarke from Sharon, Mass.
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Dunkard Valley Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle Club and Show, the Bottle Barn Antique Bottle Club and Show, the Bottle Barn and the great people who are responsible for making it happen! :
By Jeff Mihalik and Zack Baer Don and Mary Kelley (and family) interview INTRO: Jeff: It seems like I met Don and Mary at one of the Washington Pa. Antique Bottle and Glass Club meetings. I had heard tell of some happenings at the boarder of the Pennsylvania and West Virginia line concerning some sort of bottle barn and new club being formed, so I was interested in meeting the people behind this. After a few more club meetings I remember Don giving me his business card (very professional), and soon afterwards, he brought some really nice color flyers for an upcoming (2019) bottle show put on by the club he started (Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle Club and Show). Yeah, I was really impressed and thought, how great to finally have another local show just south of the border. For various reasons I could not attend that year, but heard many good things about the show and sales. During the next several months, I started to ask Don to clean a few bottles of mine (I do tumble, but not to the standards that Don has). His work was outstanding! I then started to make the 35-minute drive to come see the Bottle Barn and his bottle cleaning operation. Wow, I was extremely impressed with the walls of bottles and his clever bottle cleaning setup. Don and his wife are the most gracious hosts and always made me feel at home, offered dinner, showed me their collections, and becoming friends was made easy. I then started to sell and trade Don many bottles that I was digging as they for the most part really needed cleaned. His tumbling operation can handle like 13 bottles at once, so he can clean
many bottles for resale without incurring a significant cost (other than the thousands of dollars he has spent on machines, tubes, stopples, compound, copper, etc. to clean about every type and size of bottle). In early 2020, the Dunkard Show was one of a few bottle shows to actually take place and for my part, it was one of the best shows ever in terms of sales and just plain fun and seeing old friends. All I can say now is that the Kelleys are first rate folks and great ambassadors of the hobby. If you’re in their area, I’d recommend that you check out the Bottle Barn (when safe to do so). Zack: Like Jeff, my wife Kate, our three-year-old son Forest and I, first met Don and Mary at one of the Washington Pa. Antique Bottle and Glass Club meetings. I remember overhearing them talking to other collectors at the meeting, and I was very impressed with the knowledge that they had to share. Being relatively new collectors, we were a bit shy at first, but eventually did introduce ourselves. As soon as we started talking though that nervousness was gone. They were easy to talk to and freely shared their knowledge. Don mentioned that he originally had started collecting jars, and Mary stoneware, but they had more recently expanded to bottles as well. Don also mentioned that he had a “bottle barn” and had recently started tumbling bottles. When we finally had the chance to visit the New Sign for the Bottle Barn is ready to be mounted.
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This has to be one of the most elaborate cleaning set ups out there.
Kelleys' this year, I was not expecting to see how elaborate Don’s operation is. An entire barn filled with bottles, and a tumbling station the size of our kitchen! The Kelleys have some great glass, and stoneware, and were happy to spend hours educating us on their history. The hospitality offered us during our visit was bar none! Even Forest had a good time. I would recommend anyone who can make the trip to the “bottle barn” to do it. You won’t regret it. But, I think the most important contribution to the bottle collectBottles from common to rare, waiting their turn in the tumbler.
ing community that the Kelleys have made is the founding of the Dunkard Valley bottle show. The amount of work that goes into organizing and running an event of this size from scratch has to be immense. Yet Don and Mary have donated their time to make this event a reality. I have been lucky enough to be able to attend the show for the past two years now and each year have come away with new items for my collection. I am looking forward to the 2021 show and anticipate it to be the best one yet.
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KELLEY FAMILY INTERVIEW Question: Your last show (Dunkard Valley Antique Bottle Show and Sale) in the spring of 2020 was a huge success. It was one of only a few shows to actually take place during the Covid crisis. Would you tell us how long you have been planning for this show, how this show was actually able to happen in 2020, and how you initially got interested in running a show in West Virginia? Don: After talking with many collectors and dealers I met while picking in WV, we realize most never attended a bottle show. So, after bouncing ideas around with my wife Mary, we got things rolling. The bottle show in 2020 was our second show. We have a 3-year deal with Myland Park to use the show building. Our original 2020 date for the show was March 29 (right after the Baltimore show), and all looked good. Just like that, we were shutdown but not cancelled. Luckily, we were rescheduled for June 28 and our fingers were crossed. Things settled down and we were even able to move into a much larger building and the show went on! Question: Not sure how many people outside of the local area are aware of the Bottle Barn and your bottle cleaning business, so would you tell us some history on when you first opened the Barn for selling bottles and the background on your learning about bottle cleaning.
The Mylan Center show room was extremely large (over 100-foot ceilings!) and allowed for a lot of space between dealers, buyers, and browsers.
Don: The Bottle Barn as we know it today is only a few years old. The Barn was built by my sons and I in 1996 to be used as a motorcycle engine repair shop. Around 2005 my fruit jar collection pushed the motorcycles out and in 2010 my bottle collection and inventory pushed my fruit jars to my basement! The Bottle Barn is not advertised and only known to local collectors and friends. I had many jars cleaned by Rick Lease and Rodney Sprouse over the years, and was fascinated by what they could do to glass! I got interested in trying to do my own bottle cleaning about 5 or 6 years ago and purchased my first of 3 machines from Wayne and June Lowry "The JAR Doctor.” I’ve been tumbling my own stuff for 3-4 years now, and with the help of Rodney, Wayne and Rick I evolved from cleaning soda bottles to historical flasks and everything in between (giving much credit to Rodney). Question: How is the business of selling and cleaning going? Would you give us some insight on which areas of the bottle hobby are most active as far as getting items cleaned. Also, what types of bottles do you primarily sell?
Don: The old saying is true! "Watch what you wish for.” What started out as a hobby and something to do has taken on a life of its own. There is generally someone visiting us every day. I deal in local (meaning southwest Pa. and W Va.) items the most. The most work I see is soda and milk bottles, second would be medicine and perfume type bottles. I sell a lot of soda, beer and milk bottles. Question: I believe your initial interest in glass bottles was centered on fruit jars. You have one of the most complete collections of Ball jars that I have even seen. Please tell us about how you got started in collecting glass bottles and what your interests have been over the years. Don: My Ball Jar collection is my collecting pride and joy. However, it seemed to grow stagnant. So, I turned my interest to bottles when I noticed my wife Mary getting interested in certain bottles and with a new interest it was on! We enjoy picking stores, estate collections, flea markets and shows. Mary is drawn
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to colored bottles of all types. The small-town embossed bottles, pontiled and pre-Civil War bottles, are my favorites. Question: I am very curious as to where you see the hobby going as far as young collectors, people expanding their collecting interests, etc. Don: I am confident the hobby is and will continue to grow. I see many youth and younger folks interested in bottles, stoneware, and antique smalls in all our travels. I also get to meet many new collectors wanting their finds cleaned at the Bottle Barn. The internet is alive with information and young collectors are quick to research with the Iphone! Question: Your beautiful wife Mary also collects bottles and stoneware. Maybe she can let us know how she first got interested in glass bottles and how she got the collecting bug for stoneware. Mary: My attraction to bottles goes back to the 70's when my mother was collecting Avon Bottles. It was fun and interesting to watch the collection grow. My grandmother also had a stoneware collection that I always thought was amazing and growing up only 10 miles from Greensboro Pa., it seemed like everyone had stoneware anywhere you went! I guess, you could say that I was born into it!! Question: I have to ask, Happy Wife Happy Life.. so what part of keeping you happy revolves around bottle collecting? The grandkids London and Jaden (and friend) at the 2020 show. Looks like they were having fun!
Mary: Bottle collecting is a large part of our lifestyle these days. Collecting allows me to be spend quality time with Don because we both enjoy it. We also are fortunate our granddaughters enjoy many parts of our collecting and spending time with them is great! The Bottle Barn being a stone’s throw away, keep's us all close and that also makes me happy. Question: You both also have many other interests and responsibilities outside of bottle collecting. I know about your love of canning fruit each year, and how much you love spending time with your grandchildren. I’ve seen your grandkids at the bottle shows and at bottle club Christmas dinners. Would your grandkids please let us know how your family has managed to tie together all of these various diverse interests? By approaching these events as a group, we all get involved and that keeps us all interested which makes things fun! We all enjoy travel and picking. We all have our own canning recipes, we make candles, and we all cook and bake. But we do it all together! Don and Mary Kelley (Mary loves pickle bottles!)
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J.M. Clark & Co. Unlisted Patented Fruit Jar Closure By Jeff Eastland
"Curiosity over the patent dates on the jar lid led me to do some research"
Fig. 2: Embossed on the base J.M. Clark & Co. Louisville KY
Fig. 1. J.M. Clark & Co. Louisville KY jar in an attractive unusual yellow olive color with some light swirls.
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few years ago I bought a tall pint (18 oz. at the shoulder), baseembossed, J.M. Clark & Co. Louisville Ky. jar in an attractive unusual yellow olive color with some light swirls. (Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows base embossing). The J.M. Clark jars are fairly common, at least in a standard amber color, and also are found with a shoulder embossing. What was even more unusual than the appealing color however, was the metal closure. The closure is a metal closure with a depression fitting snugly into the jar mouth, with a metal wire soldered to the top, A wire bail lightning type fulcrum closure snaps it shut. Two patent dates are sharply stamped in the lid: “April 3, 1883, and Oct. 25, 1892”. (Fig. 3 & Fig. 4).
Betty Zumwalt’s seminal book, Ketchup Pickles Sauces 1980, lists the J.M. Clark & Co. jars in amber and olive green. The jar is rated as Fig. 3: Two patent dates are sharply stamped in the lid: “April 3, 1883, common. The closure is listed as unknown. and Oct. 25, 1892”. The image above showing the later date The Red Book of Fruit Jars No. 12 also lists the J.M. Clark & Co. jars in various shades of amber, and also yellow olive but in the quart shoulder embossing only. The closure listed is ‘possibly a cork.’ Curiosity over the patent dates on the jar lid led me to do some research which revealed an article written for sha.org on the Warren and Whiteman glass houses by noted authors Pete Schulz, Bill Lockhart, Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey, showing patent records for the two patent dates on the Clark jar. Fig. 5 shows Abram Whiteman’s April 3, 1883 patent for a “Stopper or Cover for Bottles or Jars,” which was apparently used on milk jars, according to available information. The lid is pictured in Fig. 6.
Fig: 5 shows Abram Whiteman’s April 3, 1883 patent for a “Stopper or Cover for Bottles or Jars”
Fig. 7 shows an Oct. 25, 1892 patent for a “Bottle Stopper” by Benjamin Sanborn, and an example of the lid, also used for milk jars, including jars produced by the Thatcher Co. The difference apparent here is the metal lids pictured on the milk jars are slightly different in design than the patent embossed lid on the Clark jar, and in addition do not have the embossed date(s) on the lid. So what we now have is a J.M. Clark jar, but in a pint size, in an unusual yellow olive color, which is unlisted for that size, with a patented dated closure that was previously unlisted for this fruit/food jar. I have forwarded the patented lid and jar information to Doug Leybourne for inclusion in future editions of the Fruit Jar Red Book.
Fig. 4: Two patent dates are sharply stamped in the lid: “April 3, 1883, and Oct. 25, 1892.” The image to the left showing the earlier date at the top.
Fig. 6: The lid is pictured in Abram Whiteman’s April 3, 1883 patent
Fig. 7: shows an Oct. 25, 1892 patent for a “Bottle Stopper” by Benjamin Sanborn
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American Toy Glass Candy Containers By Jim Olean
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t was a cool autumn day in 1985. I went out into the woods by my home looking for some wild mushrooms. I could not find any mushrooms that day but did come across an old dump. Laying on top of the ground were a number of old glass milk bottles. I knew a guy in town that bought and sold milk bottles. So, I gathered up the ones laying on the ground to sell to him. A very small creek had cut through the dump creating a bank. Sticking out of the bank was a milk bottle. As I pulled the milk bottle out of the ground, the dirt gave way and out popped a small glass candlestick telephone. Then I found a dog, and a Santa body without his head. I took my new found possessions home and washed them. The three small glass toys I put on a shelf in the game room. One day my uncle came over to visit. He was a collector of many old things. I showed him the three glass items that I found from the dump, and he told me that they were made about 30 minutes away and they held candy. He called them glass candy containers. Such a novel idea, candy and a toy in one. Because they were found in the dump, all the parts that came with them were gone. My uncle told me that if I go to the local antique flea market, that I could find one all original. That next spring when the flea markets opened outside, I went to the best one in
town. That day I found the exact same candlestick telephone that I found in the dump. But this one was 100% original like the day it was made, some thirty years earlier. I paid the $15 for it and put it on the shelf next to the one from the dump. The telephone that I bought was so complete, even its original colored candy was still intact. It looked so much better than the one from the dump, that I told myself to only buy ones that were as complete as possible. Little did I know what this one little purchase had started. Where and when it all started is a little vague. There is some evidence that toy glass candy containers were being produced in the late 1860s. The first documented container would be the 1876 Liberty Bell, a confectioner from Philadelphia Pa., named Wilber Croft. Croft produced candy on the grounds of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Fair and sold them in a glass
The first documented container would be the 1876 Liberty Bell
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Here a few toy candy containers that could also be used as banks.
souvenir Liberty Bell. Many must have been sold as this 144 year old container is not rare and can be found for under $100 today. The center of the toy glass candy container industry was a small town outside of Pittsburgh Pa. called Jeannette. Jeannette became home to many glass companies because of the clean burning natural gas that was found there in the late 1880s. Westmoreland Glass was the first one to build a plant in the area. The candy container industry did not take off until George West got involved. In 1906, West, then president of Westmoreland Glass (1900-1930 years producing candy containers), started to patent toy glass candy containers for production. These early Westmoreland containers were simple in design with a metal closure. Trunks, suitcases, clocks, horns and others were made in milk and clear glass. Many were decorated with paint and sold as souvenirs, marking a year or place. A few years later, the souvenir containers were replaced with more intricate toy like containers. Toy planes, trucks, buses, plus many others, were produced using metal parts along with a glass body to hold the candy. These con-
tainers were labor intensive, as each glass body was hand blown in single molds. Metal had to be sheared, bent, painted, assembled, packed and shipped. All for a 10 cent toy. This time frame of 1912 – 1930 marked the pinnacle of the glass toy industry. Glass candy containers can be as small as 1.5” or as big as 6”. Many candy containers reflected American history and culture at the time. New inventions like radios, cameras, phonographs, and carpet sweepers. Popular cartoon characters like Amos and Andy, Felix the Cat, Flossie Fisher, and Barney Google. People like Jackie Coogan, and Charlie Chaplin were featured in glass toys. Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis and Spirit of Goodwill were also made. Success breeds competition, as other glass companies nearby jumped into production. T H Stough (1913-1962) produced many candy containers for many years and it was the company’s sole product. Victory Glass (1919-1955) also produced many good candy containers.
Charles Lindbergh and the famous Spirit of St. Louis and another war themed candy container
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Bottles and Extras For 35 years, I learned and collected these glass toys. I have most of them but not all of them. There is no collector past or present that has acquired every example. A few collectors came close but it’s just too difficult. Prior to the internet, finding glass candy containers locally was hard. I would travel miles around the East Coast to flea markets, bottle shows, auctions and antique stores and some days not seeing a one. Yet, I lived just 20 miles from where 95% of them were made.
Here a few popular cartoon characters, Barney Google and Felix the cat
L E Smith (1911-1931) produced some very fine early Halloween candy containers. Cambridge Glass (1913) produced a few early containers, some more common and some very rare. By 1940, J H Millstein developed the first fully automatic blown molds producing glass candy containers. Much like in the beginning, containers became simple in design again. This only proved to be the beginning of the end. Millions could be produced and sold. As sales softened and cost rose, plastic began to overtake the glass industry. Around 1962 the last company closed their doors, thus marking the end of the American toy glass candy container industry. For almost a hundred years, some 550 different glass candy containers were produced by no fewer than 13 companies. Many containers are very common (dogs, cars, lanterns, guns and Millstein’s containers) and some very rare with only a few known to exist. Current prices can range from $5 to $4000. Condition and completeness of the container will also play greatly into the pricing.
A few candy containers were made of milk glass
A collector from Pennsylvania, in 1981 started a group devoted to collecting American toy glass candy containers. The group is called Candy Container Collectors of America or CCC of A for short. I joined in 1989 and have been an officer for over 20 years. An annual convention was held every year along with a swap meet. I will never forget the first swap meet that I attended. As I walked into the room and saw thousands of candy containers for sale, all in one place. Currently the convention has been suspended because of the Covid situation. More info can be found at candycontainer.org Prices increased over the years, peaking around 2006. With the advent of the internet and Ebay in particular, prices have come down.
Ad for The Cambridge Glass Co.
The internet has made many containers available for sale instantly. What was once scarce is now common, and what was rare is now scarce. The flood of items for sale online was overwhelming to many collector groups. The market for antiques and collectables has readjusted. Most transactions happen over the internet now. Markets like Ebay and liveauctioneers are good sources for current and past sales results.
A nice selection of truck candy containers
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about museums in general, and our virtual museum, is that we are trying to educate, promote our hobby and have a broad range of destinations and opportunities within the museum for everyone, no matter what you interest is in antique bottles and glass.
Virtual Museum Ne ws By Richard Siri The FOHBC Virtual Museum has been established to display, inform, educate, and enhance the enjoyment of historical bottle and glass collecting by providing an online virtual museum experience for significant historical bottles and other items related to early glass.
**************** Slowly we are getting back to normal, a new normal. It looks like some antique bottle shows will happen this fall and by the end of the year the show circuit should go back to where it was in 2019. Of course with this pandemic, nothing is certain. We just go from day-to-day. The Virtual Museum has been growing at a steady pace with new additions daily. Some of the latest entries are something to behold. I really can’t describe them all to you so I suggest you go look for yourself. We have two new galleries that have been added to our museum floorplan. They are both on the east wing of the Third Floor. The first is the Free-Blown & Pattern-Molded Glass Gallery. This gallery has two rooms, one for Flasks & Decanters while the other room is for Tableware such as bowls, pans, pitchers, sugar bowls, compotes, salts, and tumblers etc. The second new gallery is reserved for Smell, Scents & Colognes. The neat thing Spring & Mineral Water Gallery
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Terry Crislip and Alan DeMaison recently made their first imaging house call in over a year to meet with John Fifer to photograph Kent, Ravenna, Zanesville and Mantua, Ohio historical flasks, pattern molded flasks, decanters and tableware. This amazing collection is the late Darl Fifer collection. Darl being the father of John and grandfather of Louis Fifer. These amazing pieces were blown in ribbed, swirled, diamond, and other designs and made in a wide range of colors. This gallery will bring knowledge to the folks that have only focused on bottles, like myself. I have been digging for years and I have never dug even a shard of pattern molded glass. I guess the west coast is too new. Alan is planning to set up at the FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Syracuse, New York with lots of opportunities on Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. Each spin takes about 10 to 15 minutes. Please contact us if you have an opportunity for the museum. Gina Pellegrini, our west coast imaging lead is still working on her father’s food bottle collection but with a little one, she has to pick her imaging times carefully. Miguel Ruiz is busy with the nuts and bolts in keeping us up and running and Ferdinand is working seven days a week with new listings to the galleries. You know the “apple a day” saying... well with Ferdinand it’s an image a day keeps the doctor away so long he doesn’t need to get up on a ladder to do it. He had his ankle replacement surgery this past December and he should “up and running” by fall he says. We have been getting some donations and could use some more. The Reno, Nevada Club has chosen to disband as the club membership has aged and has lost a lot of members. They chose to donate the clubs funds in the amount of $1,500 to the Virtual Museum and we really appreciate their donation I’m very sad that the club is going to be no longer. In 50 + years, I’ve only missed two shows. Their show was always one of the best in the country. Take care and be safe.
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White Glassworks Bowl - Zanesville, Ohio FREE BLOWN & PATTERN MOLDED GALLERY - TABLEWARE ROOM
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Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicine 1863 X X By Ferdinand Meyer V
Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicene, 1863, X X, 6 ½”x 2” x 1.3” Rectangular aquamarine cabin. Medicine misspelled as Medicene. Attributed to John P. Barns & Co. Van Zant Collection.
First, I’d like to thank Martin Van Zant, our magazine editor and fellow FOHBC board member, for inspiration and assistance with support material for this article. This is a regional Indiana concern which is Martin’s turf. The idea for this article occurred when Martin sent me a picture of this funky little aqua bottle with evidence that Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters was an Indiana bottle. Though we suspected Indiana, many bitters collectors really never knew for sure where the bitters was from so this was big news to myself. Both of the parent Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters big amber cabin-form figural bitters are pictured on the next page. PS: Sometimes I label folders and files with affectionate names but place them in the correctly titled folder. I called the initial folder for this little bottle “Cutie.”
You gotta luv these vintage NAPCO Miss Cutie Pie spice containers, 1950s
There are a lot of people in music with the last name “Love.” Mike Love comes to mind first who co-founded the Beach Boys with his cousins Brian, Dennis, and Carl. Then there’s Courtney Love who is an American singer, songwriter and actress known initially as a figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s. She first came across my radar when she was married to Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain. When you add another name to “Love” you come up with names like “Lovejoy,” and “Loveless.” I won’t go there with Linda. There was also “Dr. Strangelove” from the 1964 black comedy film actually called “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” that was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick that starred Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, and Slim Pickens. That was one crazy, scary movie to watch during the cold war. Who can forget that final scene of Slim Pickens riding a thermonuclear bomb out of a B-52 bomb
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bay? He succeeds in freeing the bomb stuck in the bay, but just as he celebrates his accomplishment, with a bit of hootin’ and hollerin,’ the bomb on which he was seated is dropped. He rides the device all the way to the Soviet target, wildly whipping his Stetson hat around as he plummets to a thermonuclear death and a blaze of glory.
33 L 124 Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters, X X, 10 ½ x 3 ½ square amber cabin. Attributed to Harriman & Co. Meyer Collection.
George C. Scott seated closest with a bunch of generals and politicians from the 1964 classic “Dr. Strangelove.”
In bottle collecting, there is “E. Dexter Loveridge” who put out his E. Dexter Loveridge Bitters listed as L 126 in Bitters Bottles. A great bottle that I’ve written and covered before in the July-August 2015 issue of Bottles and Extras. The article was featured on the cover. E. Dexter Loveridge Bitters in the July-August 2015 issue of Bottles and Extras
There is also “Dr. Lovegood,” not to be confused with “Dr. Feelgood.” Feelgood was a band and also the last name of a doctor who provided drugs to the Hollywood crowd.
Yeah yeah Rat-tailed Jimmy he’s a second hand hood Deals out in Hollywood Got a ‘65 Chevy, primered flames Traded for some powdered goods Jigsaw Jimmy he’s runnin’ a gang But I hear he’s doin’ o.k. Got a cozy little job through the Mexican mob Packages the candycaine He’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood He’s the one that makes ya feel all right He’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood lyrics
L 125 Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bittrs (sic), X X, 9 1/8 x 3 ½ x 2 rectangular amber cabin. Attributed to John P. Barns & Co. Meyer Collection.
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I initially tried to tackle the mysterious Dr. Lovegood before when I wrote about him on my website Peachridge Glass, “Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters” in the Figural Cabin Series in 2012. At the time, there was virtually no information available on the Dr. Lovegood Family Bitters bottles. No Ring & Ham info, no labels, advertising, or any merchant information. I once put on Peachridge, “Maybe somebody out there has some information that we can add to this post” and added, “Make sure you pay close attention to the shapes and notice the misspelling of ‘BITTRS’ on the rectangular L 125 example. These large figural bottles are somewhat tough to obtain, they always come in amber and look great as a pair. Over the years, more information has come to light meriting this article. As noted previously, there was no information available on these Dr. Lovegood bottles until I received a communication from Martin where he shared this picture of the “Cutie” bottle in hand and said, “Well, it does not say bitters on it. I think it’s just a medicine with the same look as the Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters bottles.” He went on to say, “This is my bottle, so I’ll be able to get you better measurements and a better image. The bottle is not that wierdish green, but more aqua. There is another version that is not mine that has “Anderson” embossed on it. I will see if I can find an image.” Martin also introduced me to Anthony Charles Stringfellow who has a wealth of information on the topic. At first I thought it would be great to change his last name to “Stringlove” to help the article but you can’t do that. Martin added a post script explaining how the bottle come to be his, “This bottle was brought in by a student, who was given the bottle by a substitute teacher to sell to me for lunch money. When he brought it to me, he was tossing it around like a basketball, behind his back tossing it from hand to hand..... all with a concrete floor below!” Martin also said “Lovegood” was a made-up name and that there was no actual doctor named Lovegood.
Dr. Leonard L. Harriman Dr. Leonard L. Harriman, a life-long physician, was born on December 31, 1816, in Preble County, Ohio, to Sally Tibbets, age 31. There is little information about his parents though his brother, Dr. Simeon B. Harriman was also born in Preble County on April 1, 1822, when Leonard was five years old. Preble County is east of Indianapolis, Indiana, just across the state line. Both were noted as one of the first physicians to arrive and practice Newspaper advertisement for S.B. Harriman, M.D. (brother of Leonard Harriman) practicing in Richmond, Indiana – Richmond Weekly Palladium, October 19, 1865
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medicine in Alexandria, Indiana which is due north of Anderson, Indiana. Simeon would eventually practice medicine in Richmond, Indiana where he would die in 1883. Richmond is east of Indianapolis. Dr. Harriman married Elizabeth Swafford on March 2, 1837 in Henry County, Indiana and they had three children together. He attended Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois graduating in 1845. His wife Elizabeth passed away in 1849 meaning that they had only been married 12 years. He would marry again to Angelina Kezer in Delaware, Indiana, in August 1851 when he was 34 years old, and they had four children together. His children from both marriages were Theresa Jane, George M., Milton, N., (first marriage) and Jesse, Flora Temple, Benjamin Fremont and Rena Harriman (second marriage). Milton Harriman was chosen as the first city marshal of Anderson and served that capacity for two terms. He next was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace which he served for several years. Dr. Harriman was well-known in Anderson (Madison County) having come from Wayne County, Indiana around 1856. Anderson is located northeast of Indianapolis and between Indianapolis and Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Harriman remained in Anderson practicing medicine where he manufactured and sold his Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters. Harriman actually took over the brand from John P. Barns & Co. in Anderson. Barns was a local hardware merchant of the “Great Western Depot.” He advertised his Dr. Lovegood’s XX Family medicines in 1863. Bitters were the “new thing” and everybody wanted to get into the game of selling concoctions filled with alcohol and who knows what. With a high degree of certainty, it is believed that “Lovegood” was a made-up name to capitalize on the fame of the E. Dexter Loveridge brand. Dr. Leonard L. Harriman, now a pharmacist in Anderson, went out of his way to infer that he had a relationship of some sort with a Dr. J. H. Lovegood, M.D. from Oswego, New York. He said he obtained the bitters formula and the rights to the Dr. Lovegood name and put it on his Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicine bottles. All research yields no Dr. Lovegood in New York. It was very common to make up things along the way in early advertising. I’d like to say it only happened back then, but it happens now more than ever. The FDA is constantly after all kinds of quacks selling cures for everything from going bald to Covid-19. It’s like whack-a-mole, every time you shut one down, another pops up. Some things never change. With the two great figural cabins, the smaller rectangular Dr. Newspaper advertisement: Dr. Lovegood’s X. X. Family Bitters by Dr. Harriman & Co. Laboratory at Anderson Indianapolis Daily Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana) February 6, 1865
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Newspaper posting: BITTERS! Lovegood’s Bitters, W. H. Conklin at Westfield, Indiana is sole agent for Lovegood’s Bitters - The Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) 08 April 1869
Lovegood’s Family Bitters is attributed to John P. Barns. He also had his some aqua bottles and we can attribute “Cutie” to him in 1863. The square Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters can be attributed to Dr. Leonard L. Harriman. He also had small medicine bottles embossed Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicines. Four years later, W. H. Conklin in Westfield, Indiana was the sole agent for Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters as reported in The Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana) on Thursday, April 8, 1869. Dr. Harriman moved to Kansas somewhere around 1876. While in Kansas, Dr. Harriman continued in the drug business and practiced medicine. Dr. Harriman died in his home in Sterling, Kansas in October 1886. The Ring, Ham & Meyer Ham listings in the draft Bitters Bottles Supplement 3 are as follows: L 124 // s // XX / LOVEGOOD’S // DR // BITTERS // FAMILY // 10 ½ x 3 ½ (5 ½) 3/8 Square cabin, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, 4 sp, Rare Lettering reads counterclockwise Attributed to Harriman & Co., Anderson, Indiana circa 1865 L 125 // s // XX // LOVEGOOD’S // DR / BITTRS // FAMILY // 9 1/8 x 3 ½ x 2 (5 ½) 3/8 Rectangular cabin, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, 4 sp, Rare Lettering reads counterclockwise Attributed to John P. Barns & Co., Anderson, Indiana circa 1863
Harriman & Co.’s National Almanac Designed for Farmers, Planters, Merchants, Mechanics, and Family Use. Harriman & Co., Anderson, Indiana, 1868. Lovegood’s Family Bitters noted within. See L 124-L 125 in Bitters Bottles, s2L 125, s2p367 - Dan Cowman collection. Image and information from Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. Image courtesy Anthony Charles Stringfellow
XX / DR. LOVEGOOD’S FAMILY BITTERS in a striking yellow amber, L 124, Bitters Bottles Supplement Note: There is a previously unlisted Lovejoy’s Celebrated Tonic Bitters listed in the ongoing draft Bitters Bottles Supplement 3 (BBs3) as s3L 125.3. Pond & Morse in Rutland, Vermont were the proprietors. See the1865 Rutland County Almanac in BBs2. Pond & Morse were wholesale and retail drug, medicine, chemical and patent medicine dealers. While their almanacs advertised many patient medicine products that were made by other proprietors, the 1865 and 1868 almanacs advertise Lovejoy’s Celebrated Tonic Bitters and indicate Pond & Morse as the manufacturer.
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Left to Right: [A] Rectangular amber Dr. Lovegood’s XX Family Bittrs (sic) attributed to John P. Barns & Co., [B] Rectangular aqua cabin Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicene, 1863, X X. Medicine misspelled. Attributed to John P. Barns & Co., [C] 1863 newspaper advertisement for Dr. Lovegood’s Family Bitters, John P. Barns & Co. [D] Rectangular aqua semi-cabin Dr. Lovegood’s Family Medicine, 1863, X X, Harriman & Co. Anderson, Ind. [E] Square amber Dr. Lovegood’s XX Family Bitters attributed to Harriman & Co.
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The Italian: Francisco Cerini and bottle dealing in San Francisco 1858-1880 By Elizabeth C. Creely "Information on the origin and early development of the secondhand bottle trade is elusive." Jane Busch, Re-use in the Eighteenth Century Second Time Around: A Look at Bottle Re-use
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rancisco Cerini, my great-great grandfather, was born in Florence, Italy in 1836, and was living in San Francisco by 1858. An adult relative told me that Francisco, or “Frank” as he called himself in America, arrived in California with a bible and a gun, and on the run from Garibaldi, but this is doubtful. Francisco may have flounced out of Italy in a fit of anti-Republican pique, but both items were purchased in San Francisco. He probably bought the gun, a Colt 1851 Navy revolving pistol, first. There was one object he did arrive with: a pendant with a portrait of himself as a child, wide-eyed, poised and dressed in a manner that looks vaguely orientalist, but is perhaps authentically Florentine. He looks like the son of a prosperous house, one well-off enough to commission a portrait of their young child. Much later, someone had the portrait made into a full-sized painting, which ultimately made its way to my grandparent’s house in Newport Beach, where it hung on the wall behind the sofa.
Francisco Cerini, San Francisco, circa 1870
I think it was from his avidly anti-Communist grandson, Bunster Creely, in whose house the portrait hung, that the dramatic story of Francisco’s escape from Italy originated. But it’s all guesswork. The guy who would know—Francisco—said nothing of the matter, nothing that survived the ages, anyway. He died of the DT’s in 1880 leaving behind a widow, four children and an empty bible, stripped of information and as meaningless as an unused date book.
Francisco must have had fond memories of Florence because he named his daughter, my great-grandmother, after the place. Both she and the name “Cerini” which we have since used as a first name, are the only signifiers of that long-ago home-- that and polenta, which my father called “cornmeal mush” when I was a child. My grandfather Bunster called it by its real name and had a habit of saying “po-lenty of polenta,” in a resigned manner when my grandmother served it to him.
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and coloring ingredients into glass. The resulting bottle had to be sturdy enough to hold whatever you were decanting into it, alcohol mostly, but also camphene, laudanum, linseed oil, vinegar, bitters and later, milk. It took more than four months for anything to arrive from the east coast in those days, so until glass production kicked into gear in San Francisco, one had to make do with what one could find, or pay someone else to find. Hence the bottle dealer: a man who knew where the bottles were buried, knew how to get them in bulk, and had enough determination to dominate the trade. My great-great grandfather, who was a highly motivated individual, must have walked around Chinatown and the waterfront among the brothels and saloons, looking for bottles, seeing glints of amber and green, and experiencing the same kick of visceral pleasure I feel when I find something of value that has been discarded in the Mission District.
Francisco Cerini, circa 1844, as a child in Florence, Italy
Francisco left Italy as young man, maybe 20 or so, leaving behind a family history we know nothing of, only the trivial fact that his surname means “candle” or “match”. Come appiccare un incendio senza cerini? How to start a fire without matches? How do you set your life aflame in a barely constructed city, far away from where you were born?
Baker and Cutting, the first glassworks in San Francisco, opened in 1859, a year after Francisco got into the trade. They failed fast and closed in less than a year. A year later, the San Francisco Glass Works opened. “Number of men employed, 10. Capacity, 4,000 pounds per day. An abundance of material for the manufacture is to be found in this State, and a remunerative field is thereby open to the enterprising proprietors of these works.” Francisco and his neighbor, a man named Joseph Zanetti who
In those days, San Francisco did nothing but burn. In 1858, the year Francisco first appears in the city directory, seven fires ripped through the Barbary Coast, near Sullivan’s Alley, now called Jason Court, which was where he first lived. Sullivan's Alley was a short walkway between Jackson and Pacific and a notoriously bad street. It’s easy to romanticize the Barbary Coast now that it’s been tamed by the passage of time and self-guided walking tours. But when Francisco was living there, it was a tense and terrible place where murder, robbery and rape frequently occurred. It was also full of saloons, which might have given him his metaphorical match. Francisco Cerini was a bottle dealer. I don’t know if Francisco mucked around in refuse heaps, or if he left that for others, but whatever he did, he wasn't facing too much competition. Only five or six bottle dealers show up in the city directory during his twenty-two year career. Bottle dealing was apparently a niche trade in a sprawling recycling enterprise that mined the city for its rubbish, like the Sierra was mined for gold. In fact, the two are often compared to each other, in recognition of the fact that placer mining, and scavenging have a lot in common. When Francisco found an intact J.H. Cutter whiskey bottle, did he experience a sense of striking it rich? (Was he prone to compulsion?) Discarded glass bottles were certainly easier to find than gold. In the first decade of the city’s existence, demand for bottles was high, and supply was low. When Francisco arrived in San Francisco, there were roughly 60,500 people in it, and none of them were making glass. It is a demanding medium that needs skilled labor and a large factory equipped with melting pots, furnaces and enough fuel to combine silica, lime and soda ash
Florence Cerini Creely, age 18. Photo taken in Oakland, CA, 1888
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works out to about 30 dollars, is both a lot of glass and a lot of effort. But even if Francisco was a sinister “padrone,” a Fagantype character who used child labor to scavenge for him (which hopefully he wasn't), broken glass was not a stable foundation for financial security.
1865 advertisement for broken glass from the Pacific Glass works.
was also a bottle dealer in Sullivan’s Alley, were among those enterprising men, along with Guiseppe Tomosino who had a bottle depot in Sullivan’s Alley. Francisco does not appear in the 1860 census or the city directory. He may have been displaced by a fire that broke out in the alley in July, or the neighborhood might have been so insane that census workers avoided it. He re-surfaces in the 1861 directory as an employer, with Guiseppe Tomosino as his sole employee. Both were living at 813 Montgomery. Francisco had since diversified and was also dealing in burlap bags that according to my grandmother’s precise notes were used for vegetables (One of his buddies was a vegetable dealer named Luigi Giannini, whose son Amadeo founded the Bank of Italy, later the Bank of America.) He also dealt in rags, which were valuable to paper mills, like the Pioneer Paper Mill, whose depot was at Davis and California which, then as now, was a brisk 15-minute walk from Francisco’s place of business on Montgomery street. Francisco was a relatively well-off man, and his career as a bottle dealer doesn’t square with my understanding of that. As a child I was told by another adult, dreaming of the lost past, of the Cerini house, which had a carriage stone with a large “C” engraved on it. The house and the stone was located in Oakland's Central Homestead, on a city block that Francisco also owned. Bottle dealing might have been enough to start some kind of life in the growing city, but was it lucrative enough to allow Francisco to purchase a city block?
Family can be. It’s likely that Francisco met his future wife, Mary Cassandra Conley, because of trash. Mary was the daughter of Martin and Celia Conley, Irish immigrants from County Galway, who came to San Francisco before 1860 from Massachusetts, where Mary was born in 1848. Martin was a junk dealer who lived with his family on the opposite side of town from Francisco at 638 Brannan Street between 5th and 6th Streets, across from the trainyards and beyond those, the open and garbage-strewn banks of Mission Bay. I have no idea exactly where Mary, who had enormous blue eyes, met her handsome Italian husband, but narrow streets with no cars make small towns out of growing cities and, in any case, l'amore trova sempre la strada. In 1862, the two were married. By 1863, they had their first child Giovanni. Shortly after that, Francisco moved his business to a warehouse at 207 Davis and his family to 455 Tehama Street near 6th, where his daughter Florence was born in 1868. His in-laws lived less than a mile away, which is why the family lived in the Irish South of Market and not in the Italian neighborhoods on the north side of the city. In those days, the view down south on 6th Street was an uncomplicated one. When Francisco headed out in the morning to start his workday, he hitched his horse to his wagon in his barn, and made a decision about where he'd go that day. He could have turned left toward the sparkling waters of Mission Bay. Along its banks sprawled a community of les glaneurs, garbage gleaners living in ramshackle huts and making some kind of living from the city's refuse. This area was called “Dumpville” and the Conleys lived on the edge of it. Dumpville spread over twenty acres from Channel street between 6th and 7th streets through the trainyards and wastelands of Mission Bay and was rich in raw-very raw-- materials. Broken glass recovered from the site was shipped to China, and cans were smelted on the spot at a plant near Channel and 6th Street. Martin Conley and Francisco did business with this community
The Daily Alta reporting on the scavenging operations at Oregon street below Drumm, allowed as it might be. “It is not a business to which a man of refined taste and a delicate sense of smell and touch would be expected to take with any degree of satisfaction, but nevertheless it is evidently a paying one,” the Alta reported in 1867, adding that “… many a miner delving wearily in the mud along the foothills of the Sierra, and even more of the more pretentious merchant and stock operators of our city would willingly exchange profits with these rank smelling rakers of refuse…” Maybe. But turning a profit depended on how intact the bottle was. Francisco may have sold broken glass to the Pacific Glass Works, which used shattered bottles as “flux” in the clay pots used to manufacture glass. They paid one cent for a pound for green and black glass. 100 pounds of broken glass, which
Francisco Daneri and Henry Casanova, importers and jobbers of wines and liquors, 27-29 California.
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of city miners, which formed the bottom tier of refuse collection. Both men, however, occupied the middle tier by virtue of being property owners. Francisco owned a five-room house and warehouse, and his father-in-law, who was once described as a “pedlar” in voter registration documents, declared ownership of $5,000 of real estate in the 1870 census. “Dealing” and “peddling,” both relative descriptions, based on biases inherent in census- and self- reporting, are terms that conjure up images of itinerant, almost picaresque rootlessness. Neither word really captures the commercial or social nuances of a life supported by monetizing the city’s garbage, which is what allowed both men to purchase property--land and houses-- in the city. This was the basis of real wealth and the ticket out of the environs of Dumpville. Reselling bottles to wholesalers was probably how Francisco made his money. If he headed downtown in his horse-drawn wagon to his tin-roofed warehouse, he was there to do business with merchants in the wholesale district. His customers are now the legacy merchants of early San Francisco: Ernest R. Lilienthal who owned the Cyrus Noble Distillery, was a client and so was Arpad Haraszthy, the owner of Haraszthy & Co, and son of Agoston Haraszthy, the Hungarian who is credited with producing California’s first sparkling wine. To Haraszthy, Francisco sold his precious cache of used champagne bottles, making it possible for the family to bottle and sell their domestically produced champagne. My energetic bottle-dealing great-great grandpa was one of many sole proprietors in the city at that time who helped develop something we like to call a "supply chain," a mostly invisible amenity of cities ("invisible" until items like toilet paper vanish from market shelves.) In the years before the advent of the transcontinental railroad, wine and liquor merchants needed supply chains to get their hooch in a bottle and into the hands of their paying customers. But how much money was a single bottle was worth? Who knows? As of this writing, this extremely granular fact has been impossible to pin down. Business records were destroyed en masse in the 1906 earthquake, along with everything else, and so the hypothetical line item in F. Daneri & Co’s business ledger showing how much they paid my great-great grandfather for a single bottle will have to remain a hypothetical. But I have that exact rarity: business records that survived because Francisco died in Alameda County. Neither the handwritten inventory of his warehouse or the list of merchants who owed him money sheds any light on how much he made per bottle, simply the sums of money that Haraszthy, Lilienthal and other merchants owed his estate. The inventory does show the kind and quantity of bottles that Francisco had on hand at the time of his death: 1,000 champagne bottles, among others, as valuable as a dragon's hoard because they cost more to manufacture. Champagne bottles needed extra glass to provide buttressing against the effervescent kick of the bubbles. A bottle could cost .10 to .12 cents to make. It’s reasonable to assume a resale value of .5 to .7 cents for a champagne bottle, and maybe more. It was harder to resell a bottle if it had a business name and address stamped on it. These personalized bottles circulated
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through the city, like colorful business cards. A plain bottle with no label could be resold to anyone, but merchants who paid glassworks good money-- $35 to $40 dollars-- to have custom molds of their names and addresses made might have been tetchy about their stuff. A name is a promise of quality and a claim of ownership. The process of buying a personalized bottle back may have been seen as something shady, like paying a ransom. B.F. Connelly thought so, anyway. Connelly, a man who sold soda water, ran a daily ad in the North Bay papers, declaring his determination to deal directly with the appropriation of his private property. Saloon keepers and others with a steady supply of bottles would also sell to bottle dealers, who in turn sold to anyone, including their client's competitors. If you can imagine a Hotaling bottle being sold to Francisco by a saloon keeper, who then sold it to the Cyrus Noble Distillery, you'll have some idea of the ways in which recycling undercut bottles becoming privatized, and also a reason that bottle dealers fell under suspicion. Paying to get your property back might have been galling, but there were other reasons to look askance at refuse dealing, like theft. Bottle warehouses and junk shops were easy places to part with ill-gotten goods. Scrap metal stripped from train yards, books, jewelry, street furniture--anything that could be carried off--were often redeemed for at least a part of their value in junk shops. In 1871, Assemblyman Charles Goodall introduced a bill to prevent junk dealers from fencing stolen goods received from “hoodlumatic” looking young men, demanding that no junk dealer purchase anything from anyone under the age of 16, unless they were accompanied by an adult who was 21 or older and who was prepared to vouch for the provenance of the items. The state adopted his legislation, which impelled junk dealers to register all sales in a “six quarto” notebook.
B.F. Connolly’s warning to bottle dealers.
Francisco fell afoul of this law in 1872 and was convicted on a misdemeanor charge for failing to “keep a record of his business purchases as a junk dealer” and ordered to appear for sentencing. This is the only time his business is mentioned in the city’s newspapers, a surprise for me. I have gotten used to seeing my other three great-great grandfathers’ businesses advertised. Francisco never ran a single ad, and after his slip up, never appears in the papers again. In any case, glass was good to Francisco. That, and the rent he received from his house on Tehama street, allowed the Cerini family to move to Oakland, where Francisco made one of his characteristically expansive gestures by purchasing a city block
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Accounts due the Francisco Cerini Estate in October 1880. The following list is a schedule of businesses that owed money to Francisco Cerini at the time of his death and represents purchases made by them on credit for empty bottles. The 1880 San Francisco business directories were used to locate and identify the businesses, shown in italic script.
Fenkhauser & Co - $84.91 Amandus Fenkhausen & Herman Braunschweiger, importers wines and liquor, 414 Front St. L. Cahen & Son - $33.71 Louis and Isidore W. Cahen, syrup, bitters, and cordial manufs, 416 and 418 Sacramento Gilman & Walker - $11.50 Granville B. Gilman, James G. Walker and Emanuel M. Frank Importers and wholesale liquor house, SW California and Front Onesti & Connor - $5.10 Giuseppe Onesti and John Connor, fruit and produce commission, 501-503 Sansome. This is five minutes walking distance from Frank Cerini’s warehouse) L.G. Sresovich - $3.50 (Luke G Sresovich, wholesale dealer foreign and domestic fruits, 505-507 Sansome) Swan Brewery - $28.83 S.E. Corner Fifteenth and Dolores F. Daneri & Co - $9.90 Francisco Daneri and Henry Casanova, importers and jobbers wines and liquors, 27-29 California. Intersects with Davis and about a minute walking distance. Francisco’s residence is noted as Genoa, Italy. Neuman & Putzman - $38.04 Frederick H. Putzman, Jr and William Putzman, Native and foreign wines and brandies, 340 Pine Herman & Co - $52.48 Lachman & Jacobi - $94.75 Abraham Lachman and Frederick and Jacob Jacobi, wines and liquors, SE corner of Market and First and SE corner Mission and Second
S. Lachman & Co - $99.98 Samuel Lachman, California wines and brandies, 401-411 Market & 534 Market McMillan & Kester - $69.04 Donald McMillan and Levi B. Kester, manufacturers of syrups, cordials, essences, bitters, etc 714-718 Front Wolters Bros - $34.73 Native wines and bitters, 221-223 California. Also a grocery in the Mission at 20th and Guerrero Haraszthy & Co - $18.54 Appears as Landsberger & Co in 1880 directory. Isidor Landsberger, Arpad Haraszthy, Edward Vollmer and Simon Epstein, wholesale wines, and manufacturers of champagne and IXL Bitter, 10-12 Jones Alley E.G Lyons & Co - $66.21 Earnest G. Lyons and Jules Mayer, wholesale liquors and manufacturers and distillers syrups, cordials, manufacturers and sole proprietors of California Rock candy and syrup works 508-510 Jackson. Also listed under the “bitters” category in the city directory. S. Wangenheim & Co - $51.30 Solomon Wangenheim, Juda and Simon Newman, manufs hermetically sealed goods, and proptrs Union Preserve Factory, and Star of Columbia Salmon Packing co., 118126 Davis B. Dreyfuss & Co - $7.00 Benjamin Dreyfuss. Growers and dealers California wines and brandies 521523 Market at 1st. The 1880 city directory notes his residence as Anaheim!) Roth & Co - $22.80 Joseph Roth, Adolph Roos, Simon Scheeline, importers and wholesale wines liquors and brandies, 214 -216 Pine
A.M. Ebbetts - $15.00 Coal dealer, at 115 Sacramento. Member of the California Pioneers Org. and member in 1894 of San Francisco Board of Supervisors A. Haas - $45.00 Probably Abraham Haas, manager Pac. Bone, Coal & Fertilizing Material Co., 523 Market John Smith - $15.00 Walter Schilling & Co - $72.42 Preble & Co - $24.00 Charles B. and Charles S. Preble, California Cider Works (later California and Oregon Cider Co), 218 Davis Remnick & Kunz? - $139.00 A.G Chauche - $45.80 Adrian G Chauche, importer of wine and liquor, 615 -617 Front Haas Bros - $1.63 Charles A. Kalman and William Haas, importers and wholesale groceries and provisions 100-102 California street Lilienthal & Co - $ 7.50 Ernest R. Lilienthal, wholesale liquors and proprietors, Cyrus Noble Distillery, 223 California Roney & Prince - $45.94 J. M. Roney and Peter Prince. Wholesale dealers in foreign and domestic wines, liquors and cigars, 186 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, Calif. Frank Moore - $50.00 Brigham, Whitney & Co - $3.50 Calvin O. Brigham, Alvin P. Whitney and John C. Hoppe, wholesale dairy produce and provisions, 320 Front
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Inventory of Bottles in Francisco Cerini's San Francisco Warehouse.
This list contains an inventory of the bottle stock on hand at the time of Francisco Cerini’s death, along with a few other items, that was sold to Charles J. Pidwell by Cerini’s widow, Mary C. Cerini, as part of the process of dissolving the estate. It is transcribed as found in the estate probate papers and offers as many questions as answers, but is quite revealing into the activities of a bottle recycler in 1880. Some quantities of certain bottles are astounding. The “5s” and “6s” descriptors used below undoubtedly refer to the size of the bottles, ie, five to a gallon and six to a gallon.
1. 372 Plain Whiskey Bottles, 5s 2. 1,976 Cutter Whiskey Bottles Embossed 3. 206 Brandy Bottles, 6s 4. 35,000 Absinthe Bottles 5. 30 White Glass Cutter Whiskey Bottles 6. 54 Angostura Bitters Bottles 7. 1700 Ale Glass Bottles 8. 4,000 Hostetter Bitter Bottles Embossed 9. 108 Olive Bottles 10. 6,000 Quart Ale Stone Bottles 11. 1,572 German Claret Bottles 12. 145 German Claret Bottles 5s 13. 265 Champaign Bottles 14. 335 Flasks 15. 60 Indian Root Bitter Bottles 16. 497 Large Gin Bottles 17. 154 Small Gin Bottles 18. 75 Schnapps Bottles 19. 145 Quart Porter Bottles 20. 4,300 Pint Porter Bottles 21. 147 Mineral Water Bottles 22. 745 Marked Whiskey Bottles 23. 50 Kimmel Bottles 24. 45 Pint Hock Bottles 25. 435 Small Stone Jugs 26. 853 Large Stone Jugs 27. 21 Half Pint Champagne Bottles 28. 100 Marked Whiskey Bottles 29. 46 Old Tom Bottles 30. 134 Pint Claret Bottles 31. 24 White Sample? Bottles 32. 2,150 Pint Scotch Ale Bottles 33. 3,460 Stone Ale Bottles 34. 81 Stone Ale Bottles (Pints) 35. 196 White Bay Rum Bottles 36. 4 Curacao Bottles 37. 94 Renz Bitter Bottles 38. 34 Cherry Cordial Bottles 39. 72 Ammonium Bottles
40. 19 Damiana Bitter Bottles 41. 109 IXL Bitter Bottles 42. 500 Pint Boca Beer Bottles 43. 916 Pint Champagne Bottles 44. 19 Boca Beer Bottles 6s 45. 305 Boca Beer Bottles 5s 46. 3,500 Medicine Bottles 47. 300 Assorted Oily Bottles 48. 49 White Beer Bottles 49. 79 Large Hock Bottles 50. 4,698 Soda Bottles 51. 1,034 Ginger Ale Bottles 52. 621 Pint Stone Bottles 53. 33 Pint Boca Beer Bottles 54. 1,500 Assorted Bottles 55. 546 Oyster Bottles 56. 53 Small Cherry Cordial Bottles 57. 42 Aromatic Bitter Bottles 58. 1443 Vichy Water Bottles 59. 364 Round Pickle Bottles 60. 195 Square Pickle Bottles 61. 544 Square Pickle Bottles 62. 58 French Claret Bottles 6s 63. 159 Hock Bottles 6s 64. 135 Hock Bottles 5s 65. 148 French Claret Bottles 5s 66. 56 Cognac Bottles 67. 338 Extra No. 1 Sacks 68. 1,000 Extra No. 1 Sacks 69. 950 Extra No. ? Sacks 70. 900 Extra No. 3 Sacks 71. 43.5 Gallon Demijohn 72. 54.4 Gallon Demijohn 73. 53.3 Gallon Demijohn 74. 55.4 Gallon Demijohn 75. 64.1 Gallon Demijohn 76. 210 ½ Gallon Demijohn 77. 94 ½ Gallon Demijohn 78. 21 Maraschino Bottles 79. 250 Sacks 80. 23.4 Gallon Demijohn Damaged 81. 8.4 Gallon Demijohn Damaged
82. 14.3 Gallon Demijohn Damaged 83. 42.2 Gallon Demijohn Damaged 84. 61.1 Gallon Demijohn Damaged 85. 19 ½ Gallon Demijohn Damaged 86. 545 Lbs Lead 87. 1500 Sacks Assorted 88. 285 Charcoal Sacks 89. 54 Large ? 90. 857 ? Large 91. 150 Bean Sacks 92. 64 Coffee Sacks 93. 5 Patent Soda Bottles 94. 6 Oil Tins 95. 184 Lbs. Lead 96. 50 Gunnies Sacks 97. 900 Sacks 98. 40 Lbs. Copper 99. 40 Lbs. Twine 100. 48 Assorted Bottles 101. 1 Platform Scale 102. 30 Old Boxes? 103. 20 Old Barrels 104. 30 Old Champagne Baskets 105. 1 Horse 106. 2 Wagons 107. 1 Store Truck 108. 1 Baling Press 109. 1 Iron Safe 110. Office Furniture 111. 1 Iron Boiler 112. 2 Wash Tubs 113. 2,500 Bitter Bottles 114. 55 Large Bitter Bottles 115. 64 Marked Whiskey Bottles 116. 77 Lbs. Brass 117. 110 Lbs. ? 118. 180 Lbs. Solder 119. 1147 Lbs. Zinc 120. “The Old Framed Building No. 204 and 207 Davis
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bordered by Market and Myrtle streets, between 10th and 12th. He would live there for less than a decade. Francisco’s bottle business could have been one of the enterprises that evolved into Recology, but he died of the delirium tremens in 1880, taking his dealership with him. His warehouse, which included a staggering array of bottles, including 35,000 absinthe bottles, was sold to C.J Pidwell and Co. He must have been on a daily bender for years--perhaps dealing in bottles led him to hitting the bottle. (Was drinking with his clients part of making a sale?) He was in very bad shape on May 11th, the day he or his wife Mary, whose middle name was Cassandra, summoned his lawyer and set his affairs in order. He made his last will and testament as he suffered through the seizures and hallucinations that accompany the DT’s and could only mark a shaky “X” instead of his signature. That “X” marks the spot where something of the man himself- his signature-could have peeked through the impersonal facts of his life as recorded in census records, probate documents and directory listings. He died on May 13th, at 8 pm, three days after making his will. He was buried at St. Mary’s in Oakland, a quiet Catholic
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cemetery at the end of Howe Street. His estate paid nearly a thousand dollars for a 15-foot tall marble marker. This is his final resting place, and it contains multitudes, mostly Conleys: Mary and their still-born infant daughter are buried with him, as is Mary's mother Celia, sister and brother-in-law Margaret and John Guerin, and children from her second marriage in 1883 to Nicholas Williams, a neighbor and witness to Francisco’s will. Francisco’s untimely demise might actually have been quite timely. His death, and Mary's marriage to Nicholas, a policeman and respected pillar of the community, allowed her to avoid the kind of fate that met other women whose husbands drank away the family fortune. Still, the site shows that his family mattered to Francisco. I think he wanted something simple and very human: to be with them. The grave and the empty bible survive as a post-mortem versions of the large house on Market street, which is long gone along with all the tensions it may have contained. For the man whose livelihood was built on glass, death came as a final, unbreakable certainty, unlike the pistol and the bottle, both only earthly defenses against life’s infinite unpredictability.
Written with love for my greatgreat grandfather Francisco Cerini who has always been a part of our family. Thanks and love to mia cara Miriam Childs, for providing accurate translations. Sources: Busch, J. Second time around: A look at bottle reuse. Hist Arch 21, 67–80 (1987). https://doi. org/10.1007/BF03374080 Many thanks to Eric McGuire and Richard Siri of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors for answering my questions and generally setting me straight about bottle resuse in San Francisco.
Francisco Cerini’s big marble marker in St. Mary’s Cemetary, Oakland, Ca. Photo by Piet Bess, Francisco’s great-great grandson.
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Identifying Tumbled Antique Bottles By Burt Robbins
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he best way to know if a bottle has been tumbled is to be told so by the bottle’s owner. Often though, when a bottle is sold, the seller may not know or the buyer may not be able to determine if a bottle has been tumbled. Worse yet, misinformation about a bottle’s history can lead to a bad decision when considering the price at which to buy or sell. When considering to buy a bottle, if the description states that the bottle has been cleaned, then there is a good chance that it has been tumbled, not just subjected to a soap and water washing as most people would do. When selling a bottle, it is best to use the data at hand to describe the bottle as tumbled, not tumbled, or condition unknown. To avoid disappointment when buying a bottle, try using the characteristics of a tumbled bottle set forth in this article to reduce, but not eliminate, doubt about tumbling history.
mainly with smaller areas of the bottle. Tumbling has the greatest potential to restore bottle surfaces to a like new condition. It all depends on the skill of the tumbler and the condition of the bottle. Sometimes side effects of the tumbling process can be easily noticeable and possibly objectionable especially if done by someone who lacks experience. Commonly this would be a person who digs and sells bottles, and has an infrequently used bottle tumbling machine. When his work is completed, the unsightly bottle’s appearance is greatly improved but in general, more characteristics of tumbling could be noticed on these bottles than on those processed by a professional tumbler. These are the effects that this article will address. Many collectors believe that nothing should be done to a bottle which will change it permanently. Washing it may be acceptable. For other collectors, a dug bottle’s appearance may be improved upon as long as it still appears to be a dug bottle. For others, changing a sick, dug bottle to one with a shiny appearance is very desirable. Some collectors or dealers will only wash out a dug bottle; others will not change anything about the bottles they buy or dig.
Bottles that have been dug or have contained caustic ingredients are often in need of improvement in appearance due to a white scale or haze forming on the glass. Rust is also a problem. Hydrochloric acid is one answer for For a close inspection of an antique bottle, a few simple tools are helpful. A 5x this but it may produce an and 10x magnifying glass, a needle probe, or a small, sharp-tipped knife will help orange peel effect or leave answer questions about a bottle’s surface features. a light haze. Many bottles are buffed or polished with felt, muslin, or rubber wheels to remove whitened, rusted, dull, or scratched surfaces. These processes involve abrasives that It’s all a matter of personal preference. For sure, antique bottles remove hazy, rough areas. The buffing of spots allows most of the are a collectable folk art and the extent of preservation and resbottle to keep an older, more authentic, unchanged appearance toration are important considerations for the bottle’s next owner. and has a reduced impact on the bottle. Altering a bottle from its raw state, as-found, or dug condition is a serious decision. It is only human nature to improve upon the Tumbling also involves oxide abrasives in addition to copper beauty of prized collectables. But personal tastes change. The media, water, and rotation to produce its effects. It will affect shiny, highly polished bottles that are desired by some today may the total inside or outside surface whereas polishing may deal fall out of favor in the future to a more authentic, worn look and
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An enlarged photo of a non-tumbled, pontiled, BALSAM OF HONEY bottle shows a natural dimpling effect that can be confused with the orange peel effect mentioned in characteristic #6. Dimpling is a texturing effect found mainly in very early bottles or special bottles. It is possible that tumbling could tend to remove the dimpling effect from the bottle. Dimpling is a pleasing effect but the orange peel effect detracts from the appearance of the bottle. Whittling occurs naturally as the bottle is being blown and is different than either of these effects. Orange peel occurs due to different thicknesses in the glass. With experience, the three different effects can easily be distinguished. these tumbled bottles could be subjected to aging treatments that make them appear to look their age. Tumbling will attempt to make a dug bottle look like new but may often leave signs or characteristics on the glass revealing that the process was done. When the process is completed, the bottle will appear at first to be new and very much more eye appealing. Upon close inspection, the tumbled or polished bottle may look altered and to many collectors this is not a problem. If the bottle was originally dug in a privy and had 150 years of dirt, crud, and scale on it, then bringing it back to a shiny, like new appearance would just be natural to many people. A professional tumbler can process a suitable bottle so that it cannot be distinguished from a mint bottle but most times some evidence of his work remains. When there is a question as to whether a bottle has been tumbled, try using the following list of characteristics. This can help reduce, but not eliminate, disappointment when buying a bottle. The more characteristics that are identified, the higher are the chances that the bottle has been tumbled. Keep in mind that a bottle may be tumbled on the inside, outside, or both and a professionally tumbled bottle can appear to be in mint condition. A lightly tumbled bottle may have no characteristics of a tumbled bottle and appear mint, but a tumbled bottle is not a mint bottle. Sometimes it can be very easy to spot a tumbled bottle but it can also be hard to tell that a bottle has not been tumbled. Even when using the characteristics list, sometimes a tumbled bottle can-
not be definitely identified as such. If a bottle appears to be mint and has no signs of tumbling, you’ve got a great bottle. If it is impossible to tell if a bottle has been tumbled, then why should it matter? CHARACTERISTICS OF TUMBLED BOTTLES 1. SMOOTHED WEAR MARKS Scratches, broken bubbles, chips, wear marks, and bruises will appear to be smoother or more polished on a tumbled bottle when examined with a magnifying glass. These smoother marks are often more noticeable on embossing and the base of the bottle. The embossing rises above the rest of the bottle and is more delicate. This makes embossing more of a target for impacts over the life of the bottle. The base gets wear marks as a result of years of shelf use. The light chips and scratches are often removed when a bottle is tumbled or buffed. The deeper marks may be smoothed and can be observed. The goal of a professional tumbler is to remove as many wear and impact marks as possible but not wear down the embossing or break the bottle. The process may not remove gouges and larger, deeper impacts but they will appear to be smoother, clearer, and more rounded after tumbling. The base and the wear marks on the base will look unnaturally smoothed after tumbling. The tumbler will often rub the base with abrasive to restore or make new wear marks. This makes the base of a well-worn bottle look somewhat more natural. Under magnifica-
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Rounded, smooth, or weak embossing may be seen on an overtumbled bottle. Don Kelley, with over 10 years of tumbling experience working in Mount Morris, Pa. says that rounded or weak embossing is the main feature to look for to identify a tumbled bottle, especially an over-tumbled bottle. So does Steve Lang, an avid bottle collector for 30 years from Indianapolis, Ind., who ties local bottles with local history. Steve looks for removed or reduced embossing first when examining an old bottle that he might buy. In fact, most collectors would say that weak embossing is the easiest feature to use to identify a tumbled bottle. Sometimes though, a bottle blown with weak embossing may appear to be tumbled. Look for other characteristics in this list to confirm suspicions.
areas are formed as a result. A heavier tumbling would tend to produce smoother glass and remove the orange peel effect. This effect is not to be confused with the larger whittling effects of the bottle molding and blowing process when the bottle was made or the texturing effects intentionally made in the bottle mold to produce an artistic appearance in the bottle. Also don’t mistake orange peel for an exterior dimpling that can occur naturally when glass is blown into an older mold in the glasshouse. Under the magnifying glass, the natural dimpling appears as though small shallow impressions have been pushed into the glass to create a texturing effect in some areas. Orange peel effect is caused by either a chemical or physical removal of the white haze leaving a characteristic pattern behind. In the tumbled bottle it can be seen in small or large areas. The experienced tumbler knows that he must remove the white haze and smooth out the orange peel effect. Unskilled tumbling will produce an effect called microchipping which is a detrimental sandblasting like effect on the inside surface of the bottle.
3. SMOOTHED PONTIL.
7. NO MOLD SEAMS
A dull, smooth, or rounded pontil may be noticed on a tumbled bottle if the bottle was not protected in any way. The pontil would not be sharp. If the base of a bottle was buffed, then smoothing to the pontil can be avoided. Check the pontil with a magnifying glass to see if polishing compound is lodged in a recess of the pontil. A pin, a thin wire, or a sharp knife can dislodge the material for identification and help distinguish it from dirt or bottle contents. Sometimes though, the pontil and base are smoothed when made at the factory or smoothed by wear through the years.
8. UNPOLISHED AREAS WITHIN EMBOSSING.
2. LIGHT EMBOSSING.
4. UNREMOVED RESIDUE. With a magnifying glass check the pontil, broken bubbles, applied top or lip, chips, dings, and scratches for unremoved polishing compound residue that may be lodged in such small tight spots. The residue may not have been completely washed away after tumbling and may be black from the copper, white, or red in color from buffing compound. A pin or sharp knife can dislodge it. Under a lens, dirt does not appear uniform whereas polishing compound can be touched with the pin to reveal a uniformly colored smooth powder. A residue can also be found on buffed bottles. 5. IRON PONTIL RESIDUE GONE An ironless iron pontil can raise questions. Sometimes an iron pontiled bottle will not have iron residue. This can occur naturally in the glasshouse when the bottle is made. Also, acids in the soil could have dissolved the iron on an iron pontil of a dug bottle. Buffing or tumbling can also remove at least some of this iron if the iron pontil is not protected by the tumbler. If the iron is gone, the pontil has no dark, iron rust residue and only the pontil roughness remains. If the iron pontil is not protected or is overtumbled, the iron pontil can be worn nearly away. A professional tumbler will avoid this problem. 6. ORANGE PEEL. A light tumbling can produce an uneven, spotty orange peel-like effect. When at first the white scale on a bottle is removed by tumbling, buffing, or by acids, some uneven, clearer, textured
Worn, weak, or no mold seams can occur on a tumbled bottle. A professional tumbler will avoid tumbling a bottle too much so that the mold lines or seams will remain and be easily identified
Rough, unpolished areas can occur within a tumbled bottle’s embossing, especially smaller embossing. This effect occurs with buffed bottles also and happens when the abrasive cannot get in between the raised lettering or other tight spaces to produce a polish. Large copper tumbling medium can also cause this effect. For example, if the bottle has an embossed D letter, the letter itself would be shiny from the polishing but the empty area within the D near the embossing would be dull. Sometimes the spaces between letters are close and unpolished with polishing compound residue evident. A professional tumbler can avoid this problem. 9. UNNATURAL SHINE. A polished or tumbled bottle may have great, unnatural shine. A 10X magnifying glass will reveal very fine polishing lines that will refract light unless a very fine finishing grit was used at the end thus producing a high shine. An experienced bottle tumbler will be careful to not over-polish a bottle unless instructed otherwise. 10. UNNATURAL TOUCH. When held in the hand, a tumbled or polished bottle may feel unnatural, maybe even slippery. It may have no texture at all. If dirt, food, moisture, or oils from the hand are on the bottle this effect may be obscured somewhat. Over-tumbling can produce a dazzling shine that may not befit a 120-year-old bottle. 11. STOPPLE FINGERMARKS. These are small areas of rougher, unpolished, or unfinished exterior glass that can be found on the base area. They form because the stopple fingers that hold the bottle prevent the abrasive and copper from reaching the glass while the bottle is being tumbled. An experienced bottle tumbler will repeatedly move the bottle in the tumbling tube a little to prevent this effect.
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Cleaning bottles was not as easy as I once thought
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n 1972 when living in New Jersey, I had a business card printed and began to clean my collection of bottles and earn some money by removing the white, sick, haze from other antique collectable bottles for other collectors. I tried buffing the bottles with various abrasives such as cerium oxide, aluminum oxide, jewelers rouge, silicon dioxide, silicon carbide, pumice, and rottenstone. Some were better than others. I also
tried to remove the haze with sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, aqua regia, and nitric acid. These chemicals might have had some success with a light haze but if a heavy haze were removed, an orange peel effect would result. I used all types of household cleaners, ammonia, solvents, and stain removers with little success and finally retired from the bottle cleaning business at the age of 28. At that time, my cousins were experimenting with the bottle tumbling process and they had some success, but I never tumbled any of my bottles. If I had a bottle that needed attention, I would later use a Dremel and small buffing wheels or a larger muslin buffing wheel on problem areas. To me, the work I did on the bottle improved the bottle’s appearance and still allowed a dug bottle to have the character of a dug bottle. I should have tried to go into the bottle tumbling business back then; tumbling can yield amazing results. Today I would only use an experienced tumbling professional because careless tumbling can break a bottle make it unsightly. For all its benefits, tumbling can also produce effects that are noticeable and undesirable. Tumbling bottles can be risky and so can polishing. If you go with a tumbling pro, your bottle will turn out more desirable and have fewer or no negative tumbling effects.
A Dremel motor and some small buffing wheels are good ways to polish small areas of an old bottle. Be careful not to crack the bottle from the heat of friction.
Sidebar #1 to Identifying Tumbled Antique Bottles
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Sidebar #2 to Identifying Tumbled Antique Bottles
RECENT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH TUMBLED BOTTLES A
s I was working on this article, I realized that I had some problems. First, to my knowledge, I have no tumbled bottles in my collection to write about and describe. Second, I have never tumbled a bottle in all my years as a collector. Lastly, I have never had the experience of sending a bottle to be tumbled by a professional. To be as factual as possible in writing this article, I needed to work with a professional tumbler and make some contacts and observations. I searched on eBay and saw some seemingly nice photos of tumbled bottles, but the tumbler did not want to be involved with the article because he had previously been hurt by a lot of negative feedback from collectors who are against tumbling. Soon after, in November, I purchased a SANDS’S SARSAPARILLA bottle on eBay and got a big surprise. When I received and examined the bottle, it exhibited many characteristics of being tumbled, as noted in this article, but was not described as tumbled by the seller. The bottle was clear in his photos but because it was poorly tumbled it looked bad upon close examination so I returned the bottle and got my money back. Finally, I got lucky. Since I had heard of the Jar Doctor on the internet and that he sells tumbling supplies, I decided to contact him. Wayne was very helpful and gave me the contact information for Don Kelley, a professional bottle tumbler, collector, and owner of the Dunkard Valley Bottle Barn in Mount Morris, Pa. I contacted him right away about tumbling a bottle for my article. Don was very helpful and answered many questions.
This photo shows the pontil of the SANDS’S bottle and how some white polishing compound had become stuck in between the glassy pontil recesses and tight spots. The white compound surrounds the pontil. A small amount of the compound was easily picked out and removed. Under a magnifying glass, it appeared to be polishing compound, not dirt or dried bottle content residue.
Shown here is the orange peel effect on the tumbled SANDS’S bottle. The
I was very apprehensive about sending a bottle from my bottle is clear but large areas of orange peel effect on the inside surface can collection. The bottle was a dug, aqua pontiled TRAFTON’S easily be seen. The bottle was tumbled enough to remove haze but needed more tumbling time to smooth the glass. BUCKTHORN SYRUP and it looked bad. Talking to Don was reassuring and he thought he could tumble the bottle and greatly improve its condition yet still retain a low exterior polish and natural look that I wanted to see in this bottle. We both agreed on an outcome and I decided to send the bottle off on January 8, 2021. The bottle had many of the problems of a typical dug bottle and I took many notes and photos for comparison when the bottle returned. The bottle came back on February 22. While it was gone, I spoke to Don three times about its progress and the best way to handle the finishing touches. As I opened the box, I could see the bottle through the bubble wrap and I knew that I would be very happy with the results. The scaly white sickness was gone. There was no highly unnatural shine and the nearly all of the inside and outside surface scratches were The TRAFTON’S bottle photographed before tumbling. The arrows point to gone. As I compared the finished bottle to some photos, it inside haze.
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was very obvious that the bottle was much improved. There was no orange peel effect to be seen with a magnifying glass. One area of concern to me was the wear marks on the base seemed to be smoother and not natural. Don said that if the base and pontil of a dug bottle with lots of wear marks is protected during the tumbling process, the result is unnatural. I did not want the base to look too shiny. A few larger, deeper gouges remained on the bottle but I expected this. In general, the bottle is now much clearer, displays very well, and does not appear to be a dug bottle. Thanks Don, for doing such a great job of restoring the bottle. I learned a lot from talking to you and plan to send more bottles for you to tumble. In March I bought another bottle on eBay which was described as mint. Unfortunately, upon close inspection, the bottle clearly exhibited at least four characteristics of a tumbled bottle as shown in the photographs. I wanted the bottle and did not return it but it only took a minute to see that it was tumbled. It was too shiny, slippery, had orange peel, and it had buffing compound residue in the lip and pontil areas. Under a magnifying glass, the wear marks and scratches were rounded and smoothed. Look closely before you buy a bottle. A tumbled bottle is not a mint bottle.
When the polishing material that lodged between the pontil and the base of the SMITH essence bottle was removed with a pin, a grey-white powder could be seen with a magnifying glass. The pontil is smooth and an orange peel effect can be seen through the base.
The learning process in writing this article was lengthy and information about bottle tumbling was hard to obtain. There will be more to learn but now I need to check my collection to see how many are tumbled bottles.
In the center just above the base of the SMITH bottle, the application of the pontil produced a bulge while it was being made in the glasshouse. Many of the little impacts and wear marks that accumulated on it can be seen here but all were smoothed by the polishing compound. The bottle feels very smooth.
The TRAFTON’S bottle appears much clearer after tumbling. There is no orange peel effect.
Before tumbling, the arrows point to scratch lines and haze inside the TRAFTON’S bottle. The circled area is a pot stone.
Under magnification, the orange peel effect can be seen on the inside surface of the SMITH bottle all around the area of the pointer. More tumbling would have produced a smoother surface.
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The Bottle Mine By Jack Klotz
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swear it seems the more I plan, research and study any potential dig sites, the worse the results are! Conversely, the digs that occur by chance or happenstance usually turns out to be the most productive. Fortunately, this story is one of the latter and probably the most extreme in both directions. In terms of happenstance, it was so “by chance” I nearly missed my opportunity. In terms of productiveness it was second to none, at least in recent memory.
out with pride the 2 story brick smokehouse that stood ominously some 20 feet to the side of the house. The yard itself was at first glance obviously well landscaped, yet at this point was, like me, in need of a good trim and haircut! Jim announced, “I think the privy should be somewhere in the garden. Nothing is growing back here and it’s a total mess anyway. You’re free to do whatever you need to do. Only thing is Nancy buried one of her cats back here under this stone, so it would be best to avoid that spot.” The total area was fairly small, as hunting areas go at about 25’ square. The east wall of the smokehouse took up most of the area on that side and I had already noticed a couple of sunken areas that looked like possible starting points. Unfortunately I happened to be without any probes that day and as it was getting late I would have to wait for another day. We went inside where I was treated to a most grand tour and history lesson.
I’ve known the property owners Jim and Nancy for a decade, and had yet to visit their grand pre-civil war home in Palmyra, Mo. It started with an innocent enough phone call from mutual friends inviting me to a BBQ luncheon. Jim had already been invited and accepted, and the four of us would be riding together, should I accept. I jumped at the opportunity and a few days later we were well fed and returning to our friends home where we The important factor had earlier met. As we was the home was built stood around chatting on before the Civil War in the sidewalk, I learned 1855. This should offer Jim had a large carpet and some good years of pontil a few other large items for The back of the 1855 mansion owned by my friends Jim and Nancy period glass and then the our friends that required some extra muscle, or at least someone entire civil war period glass. Those thoughts always excite me, with a strong back and a weak mind, to which I mindlessly like a kid a week before Christmas! While heading to my truck volunteered. This required a trip to his home 12 miles away and to head home, Jim called out, “Just stop in anytime and help as I already volunteered I figured it would offer an opportunity yourself back there.” Five days later I did just that. to tour his home. Following in caravan style, I pulled in behind everyone and was impressed by the sheer size of the mansion. At On Thursday, Oct 17th I was in Hannibal and before heading 2 full stories with 12’ ceilings, it was imposing, if not impressive! home I thought I should have enough time to probe Jim’s yard. After all, it should only take about 25 minutes to probe the entire After we were able to load the carpet and other items in short garden area. The night before I had checked out the Sanborn order, the two women went inside to talk, while Jim and I went to maps and copied off the earliest one available from 1909 for investigate more important areas of the property- the backyard. Jim. The map clearly showed the barn and a shed that were part We had briefly spoken about hunting for the privy at the BBQ of the original property but now had been long sold and part of and Jim was excited at the prospect. He rather quickly pointed his neighbor’s backyard. The shed was gone but the bottom part
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of the two story barn still remained. I rang Jim’s doorbell and be lime. Typical of me to go in the opposite direction from the knocked on the door with no response, so I left a note explaining privy at my starting point. Had I started in the opposite direction I had been by, along with the copy of the map. Heading to the I would have probed it out in under 5 minutes! So after all of 26 garden with my 5’ probe, I immediately went to work in the most minutes, I hit something deserving of an exploratory hole, except likely places. I first probed I still had brought no tools, the two depressions I had just a probe! Borrowing noted earlier until I realized a shovel from Jim’s well I was probing in the alley, stocked “smokehouse,” I according to the map. It got to slingin’ dirt. I found had become part of the yard a few tiny bits of pottery over the years and the north and windowpane glass by side of the smokehouse was 3’. At this point, my 5’ the old property line. Using probe went down to the this wall as my guide, I handle with ease. I decided began a tight grid pattern of to head home and return every foot, starting nearest the next day to open it up to the smokehouse. About and get serious on it. My 8’ away I had to avoid the video comment was, “A pet cemetery and continued few shards of pottery don’t on, around a pile of stacked get me excited. It feels lime stones, through serious promising and that’s as far 3’ tall sticker bushes, a out on a limb I’m willing few rotted wood pallets, to go.” and then along a picket The start of privy, always exciting knowing or not knowing whats coming! fence that delineated his Friday, day 2 neighbor’s property line I arrived the next morning to the east. I probed under the picket fence as far as I could but at 10:30 sharp. Decent time for having to drive an hour to get so far everything was clean, virgin clay. I now began probing there. I was neither excited or dejected about the dig's potential down the center which had one major obstacle- a brick lined as I needed more information for a determination, one way or 2’ tall planter box! It was about 3’ wide by 10’ long. Like the another. With that in mind, I found 3 embossed whole bottles and fence, I probed underneath it as I went down one side and up the 4 broken embossed bottles in the first 90 minutes all in the first 4’ other. The results were the same, except the ground seemed to of fill or the cap. be getting harder! That’s about the last thing one needs after 100 probe holes! Not one unembossed shard! This never happens! All were 1890’s commoners, but it gave me an energizing lift to think there may As I approached the front edge of the smokehouse, I paused. I realized I was only a few feet away from my initial starting point. be some nice 1850’s glass near the bottom. After 3 hours of digging, I had a handful of keepers- 2 Barry’s Tricopherous for I looked at the old walkway The Skin & Hair, 1 Harter’s from the house to the Wild Cherry Bitters, 1 local smokehouse and saw where pharmacy, and 1 perfume it continued past and into flask from Chicago. Along the garden area for just a with these were a dozen few feet. Between a narrow bottles earmarked for the 2’ path remaining to be homeowners. Of 18 bottles, probed was a cement slab only 4 were unembossed! with about 200 bricks piled By day’s end I had added on top of it. This extended a third Barry’s, and 2 10’ from the front of the more of the same local smokehouse to about 5’ pharmacy, along with an back of the smokehouse to amber “Spotine” which I 5’ from the wall. I shortened am assuming was a spot up my grid pattern knowing remover. Also included in this would be my last the pile was an unusual long chance area for finding a neck perfume or cologne privy. As I got only 2’ away embossed “Lundborg New from my starting point, I York” and a “J.C. McGuire” hit a fairly soft, suspicious medicine from St. Louis, spot! Checking the probe possibly from the late 70’s. tip, it came up white and ashy, looking like it could
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At quitting time I had a fairly straight trench about 2’ wide and 5’ deep as I hugged the brick liner I exposed at the 3’ level. I realized the wall was taking an inward curve ever so slightly towards the smokehouse. I suddenly had a panicky feeling this might be a monster cistern as opposed to a normal privy, normal as in about 6’X4’. The weak curve led me to figure an estimated 12’ diameter, leading about 7’ underneath the smokehouse! Now I was seriously concerned! I couldn’t dig underneath the smokehouse wall because of the already weakened structural integrity of the building. Well, it was still too early to give it too much concern until I exposed more of the wall. I was hoping to hit the bottom that day and find the older and usually better finds of the pit, but I was to leave disappointed.
Saturday, day 3
Bottles begging to be dug out of the wall
The weather forecast was for rain beginning at noon and lasting all the rest of the day, so I arrived about 9:15 and wasted no time slingin’ dirt. One thing I really hate and avoid is slingin’ mud! Right off I dug a number of unembossed medicine and whisky flasks, nearly equal in number to the embossed bottles from the day before! Seemed I couldn’t beg an embossed bottle from the bottle goddess who had been more than generous just 24 hours earlier! Like clockwork, right at noontime the weather forecast came true. The light rain was still manageable, so I persevered. I decided to follow around the edge of the wall to see if it squared off at all. It did not, but continued in its lazy curve. I figured since the day would likely be a short one, I might as well dig in some “easy digging” area, which was in the upper layers mixed with a heavy dose of lime and loose dirt. Considering I hadn’t much luck digging deeper in search of the elusive bottom, I decided to try and reap some benefits by knocking into the back wall. As I did, I had a very unexpected bottle literally drop into my lap. The shape was unfamiliar, but the embossing wasn’t. As I wiped the flat panel it revealed “Dr. L.E. Keeley’s Double Chloride Of Gold Cure For Drunkenness.” As I wiped the lip I discovered several small chips as well as a pour spout, common with the earlier bottles. The original cork was still in place, holding prisoner
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a dark brown liquid I assumed was the cure juice. It was about ⅔ full and when I carefully freed the cork from its chore and bondage of about 130 years, I nearly expected a drunken genie to appear! Immediately there was a strong odor of alcohol, about 80 proof if my memory serves me right, mixed with something I didn’t want to know! It was so strong it nearly knocked me back on my heels as I took a closer wiff, just to make sure. I later read of an analysis that revealed the contents were a concoction of “high doses of morphine, cocaine, alcohol and cannabis.” As my energy level had been diminishing, this find was a great energy booster, without the help of the contents. Unfortunately it didn’t aid in finding better quality bottles. Having been so distracted in digging in the softer soil, I had neglected my intended goal for the day to hit bottom. Returning my focus to that endeavor, I began digging in the opposite side where I had started. Within a short time I had dug several nice but unembossed whiskey cylinders with gloppy applied tops and 3 piece molds. In the mix was a busted Doyles Hops Bitters with a fist sized hole in the side. Though common, I had yet to dig my first undamaged example. I thought I had one, surrounded by a hostile tribe of bricks, but even though it beat all odds and came out undamaged, it was a damned Hostetters! To add insult to letdown, it really began to rain heavily. That was it for the day. I was still not at the elusive bottom and was now 8’ deep. The payoff would have to wait for yet another day.
Sunday, day 4
Bottles glowing in the walls from the lights of my headlamp
This day would turn out to be the most frustrating day of the dig, mainly because as I sensed I was nearing the motherlode, I was simultaneously nearing my body’s exhaustion point. I arrived at noon sharp, and as if gifted by ESP, Jim appeared minutes within my arrival to check on my progress and well being. He was skittish enough never to venture too close to the edge of the mine shaft and had been making jokes during the week about wondering if I had buried myself in my
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work yet! It was funny at first, but now it began to take on a more sinister feel to it. I was now progressing further underneath what turned out to be two 5’ square slabs of cement placed directly over the hole with all those bricks piled on top of that! To say I was beginning to get nervous was an understatement! This day Jim doubled down by saying, “I hope you won’t mind after you’re buried alive, I point out to folks on the home tour where the famous ‘Jack the bottle digger’ met his end,” as he laughed hysterically. I laughed too, though much more weakly as the truth of his humor was poking a nerve. Shrugging it off, I went to work cleaning out the mess I created the day before with my easy digging spell. It took well over an hour to get it cleaned to where I had been and I set my Bottle pile up as the digging gets going focus again on hitting the bottom. With renewed vigor, I made good progress and the bottle goddess rewarded me for my dogged persistence. I pulled out 2 embossed pumpkinseed flasks embossed “Hartt’s Herbal Rock, Rye & Barley IXL H.K.&F.B.T. & Co.” which was unfamiliar to me. Along with those was an undamaged Harter’s Wild Cherry Bitters from Dayton, an unembossed green gin, a couple of unusual sheared lip perfumes, an amber colgate hair tonic, and a 5 gallon bucket of more common bottles. In the last hour of digging for the day, I dug my first undamaged Doyles Hops Bitters in a nice “old” amber color and nicely whittled. This was quickly followed with two more undamaged Doyles. I resisted the temptation to probe for the bottom to avoid any unnecessary damage to what was below. It waited this long, I can wait another day. Or two. Monday, day zero Monday was thankfully a washout with pouring rain and strong winds all day. This was a well needed day of rest so I did not count it in the total days spent on this pit. I was just grateful for having covered the hole with plywood and an 8’X12’ new tarp. This break also gave me time to consider my options to deal with the ever present issue of the overhang. I called
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Jim and asked if need be, would he object to my busting up the concrete slabs? I explained it would be safer to open the pit wider in order to remove the hazardous overhang, to which he readily agreed. The bricks would need to be relocated and saved for future repairs. All this would take a good half day at least by my figuring, so I considered another possible option of using a house jack to support the offending cliff. Problem was, the jack I was to borrow was in use and come Tuesday morning when we tried to remove it, we discovered the threads had stripped and it was virtually stuck in place permanently. I had arranged for a helper for the day to pull a 5 gallon bucket for me since this was now approaching a full week dealing with this monster pit. Clearly, I needed some help.
Tuesday, day 5 I stopped in Hannibal to pick up my helper John and we were soon at the bottle mine. It now looked more like a bottle lake than a mine! The tarp was precariously stretched out to its limit. I quickly grabbed a 2 gallon bucket and began bailing water from the sinking tarp as if it were about to capsize at any moment! I have no idea how many gallons I bailed out, but was glad none of it made it into the shaft. The “plan” for the day was like any other- to reach the bottom along the wall farthest from the smokehouse and away from the overhang. This was finally achieved in a couple of hours along with- you guessed it- more Doyles! Eight more were added to the previous count, along with 3 Sanford’s Radical Cures, 4 Warner’s Safe Cures, 1 McLean’s Strengthening Cordial, and 4 more of the Hartt’s pumpkinseeds! Oddly enough all the pumpkinseeds were found up against the brick wall liner, and all that came out whole had no damage at all! The pit finally bottomed out at 9’ deep and 10 foot deep in the absolute center.
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Several of the bottle finds, including several Sanfords Radical Cure bottles in cobalt, several Warner's Safe Cure, a Keeley's Drunkeness Cure and a cyndrical bottle embossed Sure Cure for Catarrh
To my relief, I discovered the lazy curve at the ends of the wall came to a point, resembling the shape of a football! I was very happy to see the wall nearest the smokehouse ended just short of the building. The overhang was being well behaved with no evidence of movement, cracks, or falling pebbles. Regardless, I kept a constant vigilant eye on it with my escape route cleared and ready. By the end of this day there wasn’t much left to dig except what was in the side closest to the smokehouse. I figured a return the next morning should take no more than 2-3 hours with John’s help on the bucket. There was still too much left undug to sluff from one side to another. It was about this point in the dig it dawned on me that there wasn’t anything from the first 20 years of the home's existence. No shards, pontiled bases, flared lips, yellow ware or other clues were found. No matter how thorough the dippers were, they always left something behind. This left me convinced there was an older pit somewhere. You can’t convince me otherwise.
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Wednesday, day 6 That morning I picked up John for our last visit to the bottle mine. John pulled a bucket for the first two hours, mostly to keep my escape route clear as I was now having to dig with my longest handled shovel in the farthest part under the overhang. The last hour I was finally able to sluff over the debris and dig in the highest part of the use layer. The lime layers in this area were some of the thickest and hardest I’ve ever encountered, and even though it was nerve wracking, I had to dig what I could. I was still finding decent bottles- another Hartt’s seed, a small ½ pint Duker’s pumpkin seed from Quincy Ill., a “Dr. Sykes Sure Cure for Catarrh,” and of course the ever present Doyles. In the end, it would have required the use of my pry bar to effectively bust through the remaining layer of lime, which was about 3’ thick by 5’ long. I’m sure I left another Doyles behind encased in the lime, but the risk at this point just outweighed the reward. If I had hit a pontiled layer, that would have been a game changer. As it was, I counted over 300 whole bottles, half of which I
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A table full of bottles to pick from, what a fun and filling Bottle mine
took home and about 100 of those embossed. The 3 piece mold whiskey cylinders were the most common numbering 30, with Doyles a close second place at 25. Embossed pumpkinseeds were 8, all Hartt’s except for the Quincy flask, 4 Warner’s safe cures, 3 Sanford’s Radical Cures and a couple of dozen Hoytt’s German Cologne in all sizes, along with a couple dozen miscellaneous other brands of colognes and perfumes. Jim and his wife turned down any offers and finally were convinced to accept a small handful of some smaller unembossed medicine bottles, claiming they had no room for anything more. I made a study of the Sanborn maps and Jim had early on pointed out the carriage house still standing in his neighbors yard originally had been a two story. For some reason, the top half had been torn down but not the ground floor. This should offer a good starting point for a future search for the older pit. I am confident there is a pit for the missing 1855-1875 time period since it was so obviously missing from this latest dig. I have been planning my approach to the homeowner for this spring but due to the Covid-19 issues, I have had to delay my plans to try for a
search in the summertime. It is currently late May and a rainy, wet weather pattern is upon us, which means I may have to delay until it dries out for a few weeks. My hope is to try in late June before the heat and humidity make conditions rough. Since the completion of digging this newer privy, I took advantage of my friend’s hospitality to conduct several searches of his existing property to make sure I didn’t miss it still hiding in his yard somewhere. I managed to scare up a cistern on the opposite side of the smokehouse, but no glass to speak of except for one lonely 1890’s olive oil bottle. So now, between current digs in a local dump and an occasional privy, my mind wanders and imagination takes over as to what could be in the older privy? If they threw away half as much pontil aged stuff as the last hole, look out! Did the older generation like Kelly’s as much as Doyles was favored by the younger generation? Maybe a little E.G. Booz for a chaser? Hmmm. Makes me wonder. Toss in an Indian Queen, just for luck from the bottle goddess! Ha
A great dig with a bunch of Doyles Hop Bitters bottles , maybe enough to complete my color run
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Send photos to: Michael Seeliger We prefer images in digital format, jpg or pdf format, or original photos that we will scan and archive, or return. Please specify. The highest resolution possible. Please caption each image. If you know of anyone who may have some of these images like club historians, or old collectors, please let them know or provide contact info for these people we may have lost track of. We are also looking for older bottles books to scan and archive on our web sites. Thank you.
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108-year-old message in a bottle found at Ford construction site
A bottle of Bordeaux wine that was aged for 14 months on the International Space Station (ISS) is up for sale -- and it could fetch $1 million. The Château Pétrus 2000 was part of an experiment carried out by start-up Space Cargo Unlimited to see how conditions in space affect wine. Auction house Christie's said in a statement that it is offering the bottle for immediate sale, rather than at auction, and the proceeds will be used to fund future space missions.
Two members of the crew helping to turn Detroit's century-old Michigan Central Station into a modern innovation hub came across an old Stroh's bottle with a message inside hidden behind a cornice high on a wall. The bottle is stamped with the date 7-19-1913, which coincides with the original construction of the building that had been abandoned in 1988. Written on the rolled-up paper inside appears to be the message "Dan Hogan and Leo Smith stuck this greeting of Chicago July 1913." "I think the bottle was left there with the hope that someone finds it in the future," project superintended Dave Kampo told Ford. The original Stroh's brewery was located across the city from the Corktown-area station in east Detroit and closed in 1985. It was demolished the following year. The bottle is one of more than 200 artifacts that have been found at the site, but the only one with a message. The “Holy Grail” of Tom Brady rookie cards sold for a world record $2,252,854. MATAWAN, N.J. – The “Holy Grail” of Tom Brady rookie cards sold on April 2 for a world record $2,252,854 in the Lelands 2021 Spring Classic Auction, marking the most ever paid for a football card. The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket #144 Tom Brady Rookie Autograph card was graded 8.5 with an autograph grade of nine. It opened at $75,000 and was pushed to its final price by 67 bids.
In February 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of the tomb of Romulus beneath the Roman Forum's Senate House. According to legend, Romulus founded Rome in the eighth century B.C. He and his brother Remus were supposedly abandoned as infants and raised by a she-wolf. When they reached adulthood, the two brothers got into a dispute over which hill Rome should be built on, and Romulus killed Remus. However, the ancient Romans took it seriously and placed his tomb beneath the Senate House, the heart of Roman politics.
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Rare 1938 Superman comic book sells for record $3.25M. One of the few copies of the comic book that introduced Superman to the world has sold for a super-sized, recordsetting price. The issue of Action Comics #1 went for $3.25 million in a private sale, ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, announced Tuesday. It narrowly bested the previous record for the comic, set in the auction of another copy in 2014 for slightly over $3.2 million. The comic, published in 1938, really is the beginning of the superhero genre.
Stunning Tiffany Stained Glass Debuts After 100 Years of Obscurity The enormous, luminescent landscape spent nearly a century in Providence before its 2018 acquisition by the Art Institute of Chicago
These Walls Do Talk: Civil War Signatures Discovered Beneath Layers of Wallpaper and Patch's of Paint In late 1861, Federal troops seized Beaufort, South Carolina, and occupied the city. Homes and other buildings abandoned by fleeing South Carolinians were commandeered. Officials turned 15 buildings into Union hospitals. One hospital was in a home belonging to one of Beaufort’s wealthiest citizens. To pass the time, soldiers doodled pictures and signed their names on the mansion’s plaster walls.
Five thin panels of stained glass, two on either side and three grouped closely together, depict a colorful landscape with blue mountain in the background and a waterfall flowing into a yellow green pond A close-up view of the Hartwell Memorial Window, a stained-glass panel likely designed by Agnes F. Northrop in 1917 (Art Institute of Chicago) For nearly a century, a monumental Tiffany stained-glass window hung in near-total obscurity at a Providence, Rhode Island, church. Now known as the Hartwell Memorial Window, the shimmering landscape was installed in 1917 and attracted just a handful of visitors each year.
A purple-pink diamond has set a new record as the largest ever to be auctioned, selling for $29.3 million in Hong Kong. “The Sakura,” the Japanese word for cherry blossom, is a 15.8-carat purple-pink diamond set on a platinum and gold ring, according to auction house Christie’s which organized the sale. The diamond is classed as “fancy vivid” because of its depth of color and “internally flawless,” meaning any blemishes internally are only visible under a powerful microscope.
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FOR SALE: New Mexico Hutchinson, Jugs and Mineral Water Bottles. 2nd Edition, 130 pages. Pictures not drawings, much new information on bottles, much history. Signed by authors. $30 includes mailing. Check or Money Order to: Zang Wood, 1612 Camino Rio,Individual Farmington, NM 87401 & Affiliated
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WANTED: RARE OR UNUSUAL MEDICINAL TONICS. Contact Marty: (260) 367-2400 or Email: roadrunner@centurylink.net
FOR SALE: The 2018 updated POISON BOTTLE WORKBOOK by Rudy Kuhn. Price $50 plus $5 media mail USA. Contact Joan for postage out of USA. Email: jjcab@b2xonline.com. Phone: (540) 2974498. Make check or money order out to Joan Cabaniss, 312 Summer Lane, Huddleston, VA 24104
WANTED: Ladies Leg Bitters. All sizes and colors. Contact: Bill Taylor - Phone: (503) 857-0292 or Email: wtaylor178@aol.com WANTED: Looking to buy or trade Southeast Alaska medicine/druggist bottles. Douglas Island, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, etc. If you have anything from Southeast Alaska embossed, give me a call or text. Lindsay Wheeler. Phone: (941) 720-5713 Email: Lindsay2020@gmail.com
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FOR SALE: Glass and Bottles (Beer’s, American & Foreign. Medicals, Whiskey, Scent Bottles, Figurals – (Boats, Planes, House, Banks, Lamps, Buildings) Food Bottles Jars, Stoneware Pieces, Furniture. Contact: Margaret Elmer (215) 692-4781 Evenings 7PM, Address: 341 Blaker Drive, East Greenville, P 18041
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Club FOR SALE:Information Crown Top Sodas, Pottery, Advertising signs, Dispensary bottles. Contact John Bray at Bottletree Antiques Farm; (864) 379-3479 or bottletreeantiques.com
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WANTED: Dr. Kilmer’s lung cure. Aqua bottle with outline of lungs on it. Wanted to complete my collection I have the kidney and the heart cures. Please send clear pictures. Email: plongdyke@yahoo.com.
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FOR SALE: Nevada Bottles: Many drugstores from Virginia City, Carson City and Reno. Some crown top sodas. Contact: James Campiglia, Phone: (805) 689-0125, Email: chipsbottles@bresnan.net
FOR SALE: Several hundred bottles in mint condition, most with labels and contents, circa 1910 plus advertising and pharmacy equipment from that era. Contact: Neil Sandow at Telephone: (707) 373-8887 or Email: nsandow@gmail.com
WANTED: Vermont Bitters, Medicines and Cures (no pharmacies). Contact: David Mosher, 4 Green Mountain Drive, St. Albans, VT 04378; Email: dachano@comcast.net
WANTED: Pre 1920 Blob and Hutchinson Individual & Affiliated style bottles embossed with ROOT BEER. Membership Benefits Contact: Dave and Kathy Nader at (224) Club Information 622-3812 or Email: dknader@yahoo.com
FOR SALE: Books “A History of the Des Moines Potteries,” with additional information on Boonesboro, Carlisle, Herford and Palmyra, Iowa. Cost $23 plus shipping, Media Mail add $4.50, Priority add $6.00. Mail to Mark C. Wiseman, 3505 Sheridan Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50310 or call (515) 344-8333
WANTED: Illinois Bottles: Keeley & Bro Alton ILL Ale. Buff & Kuhl Alton ILL Gravitating Stopper. A & F.X. Joerger Alton ILL. L. Abegg’s Soda Manufactory Belleville, ILL. Jos. Fischer’s Selters Water Belleville, ILL. J.N. Clark Belleville, ILL. Beck & Bro. Highland ILL. Mueller & Beck Highland ILL. Weber & Miller Highland ILL. Danl Kaiser Quincy, ILL. Mr & Hw Lundblad Quincy, ILL. Contact: Theo Adams 3728 Fair Oaks Drive, Granite City, Ill. 62040. (618) 781-4806
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FOR SALE: Labelled Bitters Bottles, South Carolina Dispensary Bottles, Advertising Signs and Paper. Contact: John Bray at Bottle Tree Antiques, 1962 Mt Lebanon Road, Donalds, SC 29638 or visit our website at: bottletreeantiques.com
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WANTED: Pre 1900 Macon, Georgia bottles, Georgia pottery, looking for a C.A. ELLS AND SONS MACON GA also Georgia Hutch bottles. Contact: Mike Gasaway
For interested Sale in all shapes, Longtime collector sizes, colors. Thanks! Contact Brian Schilz at (308) 289-6230 or Email: bottlenut@ charter.net WANTED: Ornate jumbo – large, no damage art deco soda pop bottles for my personal collection. Contact/Text: Elizabeth Meyer Phone: (713) 504-0628 or Email: ejmeyer2131@gmail.com WANTED: American ACL, painted sodas. Hard to find with pictures and multi colors from small town bottlers. Collections are of interest as well. Will travel to deal. Contact by Text or Messenger: James Campiglia (805) 689-0125 or Email: chipsbottles@ bresnan.net WANTED: INSULATORS. Long time collector. Interested in mixed color. If you have any insulators that have been dug, please give me a call. Contact: James E. Meyer (386) 679-6439 or Email: jemmy194268@gmail.com WANTED: Bottles or any items from E. Milde Bottling Works, Milde’s Soda, Milde’s Cola. Also, any bottles from Jackson, Missouri. Contact Steve Ford by text at (615) 714-6254 or e-mail at sford@ garney.com WANTED: New Bottles Monthly. Contact: Carlasboy on Ebay.
Bottles and Extras WANTED: Green Top Kimberry, SouthAfrica, Ginger Beer Browing & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox (530)295-0124, Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: Redondo Beach/Redondo California bottles. Labeled or embossed. Elk bar Redondo flask most wanted. Also tokens and souvenir china. Contact: Dave Deto at P.O. Box 118, Yosemite, CA 95389 or (209) 626-9846 WANTED: Early Wisconsin Bottles, Earthenware P. Stoneware. Pontiled bottles from Milwaukee. Photos and other ephemera for game. Contact Henry Hecker, Email: Phantomhah@gmail.com, Telephone: (262)-844-5751 WANTED: New members to join the St Louis Antique Bottle Collectors Association. We meet every 1st Tuesday at 7pm (except July), First Baptist Church of Arnold, MO Family Life Center. Basement Rm 2. Always a lively discussion. Patsy Jett Show Chair (314) 570-6917 WANTED: Jar lid for Cohansey 2-1/2-gallon R.B. #628. Contact: Ed DeHaven (609) 390-1898. Address: 23 W. Golden Oak Lane, Marmora, NJ 08223 WANTED: NC and GA advertising jugs (any size & condition) and flasks – also want anything Saloon marked and error fruit jars and old 78 records (blues & country). Contact Bill Wrenn at ncjugs@gmail. com (706) 372-3793. Facebook group: Advertising Jugs & Pre-Pro collectibles + group: Saloon Jugs & Flasks + group: NC Jugs & Flasks WANTED: THEO.BLAUTH/WHOLESALE WINE/&/LIQUOR DEALERS/ SACRAMENTO CAL. (whiskey fifth Barnett 55); C&K/WHISKEY/Casey & Kavanaugh/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass); SHADOW BROOK (block letters on slant on side, label under glass on bottom) CALIFORNIA WINERY/monogram/ TRADEMARK/SACRAMENTO, CAL. (shot glass). Contact: STEVE ABBOTT (916) 631-8019 or Email: foabbott@comcast.net WANTED: Paducah Kentucky items especially Pre-pro Paper Label Whiskey and Medicine Bottles, Crocks, paper goods. Contact: BJ SIMMONS (270) 994-7762 or Email: bjsummers65@gmail.com or by mail at: 233 Darnell Road, Benton, KY 42025
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WANTED: Whiskey and Saloon related glass paperweights. Contact: Jack Sullivan (703-370-3039) or Email: jack.sullivan9@ verizon.net
WANTED: Cabin Bottles, E.G. Booz Bottles. GU11-4, All Colors, with Diagonal Base Seam. Any Ruby Red or Black, by Clevenger Taiwan Booz Bottle, Amber, GU11-16 Clevenger Commemorative 16A, 16-C, 16-E GU11-25 Clevenger Commemorative, 25-A, 25 I, Jacob’s Tonic Bitters GU11-7 any number. Contact: Steve Gray (440) 279-8381 or Write to address: Steve Gray, 7533 Clay Street, Thomson, Ohio 44086
WANTED: ARKANSAS BOTTLES: Sodas, Hutches, Mineral Waters, Whiskey Flasks, Drug Stores, Patent Medicines. ARKANSAS WHISKEY JUGS: Marked Stoneware, Shot Glasses, Cork Pulls and any Arkansas Advertising. Contact: James Larry Childers, 801 N 18th Street, Ozark, AR 72949. (479) 264-4601 or Email: jamesl.childers@yahoo.com
WANTED: North American Log Cabin Commemorative: GVII- 25-I-Cool X-C; GVII-25-E-AllenTown; GVII-25-FChristmas 1976; E.G. Booze Log Cabin Bottles; GVII-37; sGVII-40; GVII-9 Cobalt Blue; GVII-7-Jacob’s Cabin Tonic Bitters. Contact: STEVE GRAY (440)-279-8381 or by mail at 7533 Clay Street, Thompson, OH 44086
WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, Mass & Rockland, ME. All bottle sizes & variants. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781)248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net
WANTED: Clarke's Vegetable Sherry Wine Bitters, Sharon, MA & Rockland, ME All sizes, variants, smooth/pontil base. Especially need labeled Clarke's any size. Also, any Clarke's ephemera...trade cards, Almanacs, news ads, etc. Contact: CHARLIE MARTIN (781) 248-8620 or Email: cemartinjr@comcast.net
WANTED: Pint Clear Phoenix Pumpkinseed Flask. Also, any coffin or pumpkinseed flasks from Los Angeles. Contact: Brian (805) 448-7516 or Email: taps60@ cox.net
WANTED: Bottles, Pottery, ephemera from Oak Park, Illinois. Email: Ray at komo8@att.net WANTED: Kimberley Green Top Ginger Beer, Browning & Co. Contact: Dennis Fox Email: mummysisters@aol.com WANTED: TEA KETTLE OLD BOURBON SAN FRANCISCO, Contact: Russell Dean, 228 Labelle Drive, Stuarts Draft, VA Phone: (540) 255-3143; Email: 4649dean@ comcast.net WANTED: Old OWL DRUG Co. bottles, tins, boxes, paper, anything/everything from the Owl Drug Company. Paying TOP DOLLAR. Contact: MARC LUTSKO, PO BOX 97, LIBBY, MT 59923 – Email: letsgo@montanasky.net WANTED: Vintage Crock or Jug with name: Morton. Contact: Darlene Furda 6677 Oak Forest Drive, Oak Park, CA 91377 or Call: (818) 889-5451 WANTED: New Members to join the Antique Bottle Club of Northern Illinois. Meet 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, Antioch Senior Center, Antioch, Illinois. WANTED: Colored Illinois and Missouri Sodas and Colored Fruit Jars. Top $$$ Paid! Contact: Steve Kehrer (618) 4104142 or Email: kehrer00@gmail.com.
WANTED: Just love Bitters! Especially Ohio Bitters. Here are a few I am looking for. Star Anchor Bitters, Portsmouth, Ohio. Henry C. Weaver Mexican Bitters, Lancaster, Ohio. H.I. Weis Dayton, Ohio. Stewart Bros. Swamp Root Bitters, Columbus, Ohio. Greenhut’s Bitters, Cleve. Ohio, Cliff’s Aromatic Bitters, Clev. Ohio. Catawba Wine Bitters, Cleve. Ohio. American Plant Bitters, Wooster, Ohio. Hofstettler Bitters, Galion, Ohio. B&L Invigorator Bitters, Cincinnati, OH. Dear Wahre Jacob Bitters Toledo, OH. Frazier’s Root Bitters. For The Blood, Clev. Ohio. Hartley’s Peruvian Bark Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Night Cap Bitters Cincinnati, Ohio. Pale Orange Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. M. Pinton’s Pure Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, Ohio. Holtzernann’s Patent Stomach Bitters Piqua, O. this is an amber square. Any other Ohio Bitters you might have; also, Blue Jacket Bitters. Thank you for your consideration and Best Regards, Contact: Gary Beatty (941) 276-1546 or Email: tropicalbreezes@ verizon.net
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July17 Concord, North Carolina 3rd Annual Concord Antique and Collectibles Show, City Club at Gibson Mill, 325 McGill Avenue, Concord, North Carolina 28027, Saturday 8:00 am- 2:00 pm, No Early admission, Set up: 7:00 am to 8:00 am, FREE Cost of admission, Contact: Johnny McAulay, Show Chairman, 704.439.7634, mcaulaytime@aol.com
August 22 Edgewood, Kentucky 3rd Annual Northern Kentucky Antique Bottle & Small Antiques Show, Lions Club, 29 Lacresta Drive, Florence, Kentucky 41042, Early Bird 8:00 am $10 – Open to all 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Admission – $3, Set-up, Sunday morning 6:30 am, Contact: Edwin Morris, 7105 Murnan Road, Cold Spring, 859.414.4693, ed@morristreasures.com
Richmond, Rhode, Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, starts at 9:00 am and ends at 2:00 pm. Free set-up for all who wish to attend. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929
September 17 & 18 Aurora, Oregon Oregon Bottle Collectors Association Bottle, Antiques, Collectibles Show & Sale, Friday 12 – 5:00 pm dealer set-up and early bird admission $5, Saturday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm regular public admission by donation, Show Address, American Legion Hall, 21510 Main St. N.E., Aurora, Oregon, Contact Info: Wayne Herring, Show Chairman, Ph: 503.864.2009, Bill Bogynska, Ph: 503.657.1726, billbogy7@ gmail.com
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July 31 Reddick, Florida Deland Antique Bottle Club @ Turkey Creek Antique Bottle Show & Sale, Saturday – 31 July, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. New Location – FREE Admission, Turkey Creek Auctions Building, 15323 NW Gainesville Road, Reddick, Florida 32686, Friday, 30 July. Early Bird Admission, 1:00 to 6:00 pm, $20. For more information: Ronnie McCormnic, 352.262,8672, old flabottles@gmail.com, Robin Lennon, 386.804.5510 email rlennon@drtcpa. com, or Louise O’Quinn 386.943.2766 email edlouise210@gmail.com
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CANCELED August 6 – 7 Syracuse, New York 2021 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show, OnCenter Civic Center, See and Download Info Packet & Contract. Information: Jim & Val Berry (jhberry10@ yahoo.com) or Jim Bender (jbender@ millservicesinc.com) SEE CONTRACT FOHBC National Show – Eastern Region
September 18 Richmond, Rhode, Island The Little Rhody Bottle Club Tailgate Swap Meet, starts at 9:00 am and ends at 2:00 pm. Free set-up for all who wish to attend. Bring your own tables! Show Address: Jules Antique Center, 320 Kingstown Road, Richmond, Rhode Island (3 miles East of Route #95 on Route #138), Contact Info: William Rose 508.880.4929
September 18 Youngsville, North Carolina Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale Presented by The Raleigh Bottle Club Sponsored by Hill Ridge Farms. Open to The Public From 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. Dealer set up 7:00 am until 9:00 am. Hill Ridge Farms Events Center, 703 Tarboro Road, Youngsville, North Carolina 27596, Bottles, Jars, Insulators, Stoneware, Advertising, Breweriana, Small Antiques, Etc. New and Larger Location with Lots of Parking and Open Space. Inside and Outside Setup Areas. Admission $3. Children Under 12 Free, For Information Contact: David Tingen – Show Chairman, 919.848.4387, tingen1@mindspring.com. www.raleighbottleclub.org. Note: PayPal accepted for table reservations. September 18 Lebanon, Indiana Indianapolis Circle City Antique Bottle, Advertising and Antiques Show, Boone County Fairgrounds, 1300 E. 100 Street, Lebanon, Indiana 46052, Set-up: 7:30 am – 9:00 am, show hours: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Admission – Free, (Early Admission–$20), Free Appraisals on Antique Bottles and Glass, For Show Information contact: Martin Van Zant, 812.841.9495, mdvanzant@yahoo.com or “Balsam” Bill Granger 317.517.5895, bgranger@iquest.net
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September 18 Downieville, California Downieville Antique Bottle & Collectibles Show 2021 – Downieville School Gym, Main Street, Downieville, California 95936, Saturday – 8:00 am – 3:00 pm, Saturday (Morning) 8:00 am – 10:00 am, “Early Lookers” $10 Fee, Dealer Setup (Saturday) 7:00 am – 8:00 am, Free admission! Contact: Cherri Simi, Chairperson, P.O. Box 115, Downieville, California 95936, 530.289.3659, chersimi@att.net
September 19 Depew, New York The Greater Buffalo Bottle Collectors Association’s 22nd Annual Show & Sale. Polish Falcons Hall, 445 Columbia Avenue, Depew, New York 14043. General Admission $4: Sunday 9 am – 2 pm. Contact chairman Joe Guerra, 29 Nina Terrace, West Seneca, New York 14224, 716.207.9948 or jguerra3@roadrunner. com, or www.gbbca.org September 25 Aurora, Nebraska Outdoor Swap Meet, Hamilton County Fairgrounds 310 A Street Aurora, Nebraska, September 24th set-up 8:00 am to
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(More) Sho-Biz More show-biz 6:00 pm. Show on September 25th, 6:00 am to 4:00 pm. Food vendors on the show grounds. For outdoor and indoor space rentals contact Ted 402.631.9760 or Justin 531.228.0472
Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. Info: Marvin Croker, 804.275.1101 or Ed Faulkner 804.739.2951; RichBottleClub@comcast.net
The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club’s 41st Annual Show & Sale, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, baltimorebottleclub.org, Physical Education Center, CCBC-Essex, 7201 Rossville Blvd. (I-695, Exit 34), Contact: Rick Lease, 410.458.9405, finksburg21@ comcast.net or Andy Agnew (contracts), 410.527.1707, medbotls@comcast.net
sented by the Olde Guys Digging Club of The Mississippi Gulf Coast, the 4th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Bottle & Collectibles Show & Sale will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the St. Martin Community Center, 15008 LeMoyne Blvd., Biloxi, Mississipi. 39532. Dealer Set Up on Friday, October 22, 2021, from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Saturday, October 23, 2021, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Free Admission on Saturday, October 23, 2021. Early Buyers $20. per person during dealer set up. For more information or table contracts contact: Peter Taggard, 645 Village Lane South, Mandeville, Louisiana 70471, Phone 985.373.6487 Email: petertaggard@yahoo.com, or Norman Bleuler,
Individual & Affiliated October 23 Membership Benefits Biloxi, Mississippi September 26 Club Information NEW LOCATION – NEW DATE! PreBaltimore, Maryland Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information
October 2 Chesterfield, Virginia The Richmond Area Bottle Collectors Assoc. presents the 49th Richmond Antique Bottle and Collectibles Show and Sale, General Admission $3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Early Admission $10 at 7:30 am, at the Chesterfield County Fairgrounds, 10300
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6446 Woolmarket Rd., Biloxi, Mississippi 39532. Phone: 228.392.9148 October 23 Macungie, Pennsylvania NEW DATE – NEW LOCATION – Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association 47th Annual Bottle and Antique Show & Sale, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, early buyers 7:30 am, ($20 admission fee) Macungie Park Hall – Macungie, Pennsylvania 18062, For Info: Bill Hegedus, 610.264.3130, forksofthedelawarebottles@hotmail.com
2022 July 28 – 31 Reno, Nevada 2022 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo, Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Information: Richard Siri (rtsiri@sbcglobal.net) or Ferdinand Meyer V (fmeyer@fmgdesign.com), FOHBC National Convention – Western Region
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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information 7 Members gained this period. The names below represent persons agreeing to be listed in the printed membership directory. Some of those listed agreed to be listed in the membership directory but not the online directory.
Annie Bulkiewicz 816 Wilson Street Tomahawk, WI 54487 (715) 612-0006 arnieman54487@yahoo.com Old bottles
Edward Nikles 191 Kiesel Rd. Milford, PA 18337 (570) 499-2902 ednikles@earthlink.net Embossed cures; bottles from Port Jarvis, NY; Pike County, PA; Wayne Counth, PA; Newburgh Glass Co; Deer Park Brewery items
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Dave & Deborah Curtis 6870 Township Rd 246 Findlay, OH 45840 (419) 619-4097 bm67j@aol.com
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Matthew Poage 6823 Fraser Circle Frederick, CO 80530 (720) 341-2455 mcpoage@icloud.com Colorado bottles, Western Glass MFG Co and glass insulators
Note: 3 additional New Members that do not want to be listed.
NEW CLUB MEMBER Candy Container Collectors of America Attn: John Olean 115 Mac Beth Drive Lower Burrell, PA 15068-2934 (724) 389-7869 lost_in_candyland2004@yahoo.com
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Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC . You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney) I give and bequeath to the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002, the sum of $____________ to be used as its Board of Directors determines. The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible. Thank you for considering us in your donation plans. John O’Neill, President Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors
Remember! You can submit show calendar information and renew membership online at FOHBC.org ALSO, DON’T FORGET TO USE YOUR MEMBERS PORTAL
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Individual & Affiliated Membership Benefits Club Information The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors cordially invites you to join a dedicated group of individuals and clubs who collect, study and display the treasured glass and ceramic gems of yesteryear.
Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information
The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC) is a non-profit organization supporting collectors of historical bottles, flasks, jars, and related items. The goal of the FOHBC is to promote the collection, study, preservation and display of historical bottles and related artifacts and to share this information with other collectors and individuals.
Federation membership is open to any individual or club interested in the enjoyment and study of antique bottles. The Federation publication, Bottles and Extras is well known throughout the hobby world as the leading publication for those interested in bottles and “go-withs”. The magazine includes articles of historical interest, stories chronicling the hobby and the history of bottle collecting, digging stories, regional news, show reports, advertisements, show listings, and an auction directory. Bottles and Extras is truly the place to go when information is needed about this popular and growing hobby.
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In addition to providing strength to a national/international organization devoted to the welfare of the hobby, your FOHBC Individual Membership benefits include:
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• A full year subscription to the bi-monthly (6 issues a year) 72-page publication Bottles and Extras. Various options are available including Digital Membership.
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• Free advertising of “For Sale” items in Bottles and Extras (restrictions apply ads may be up to 100 words, items must be of $25 or greater value, and free advertisements are limited to the first 100 received, based upon date mailed). One free ad of 60 words each year for use for items “Wanted”, trade offers, etc. • Follow the development of the FOHBC Virtual Museum. FOHBC members will be museum members. • The opportunity to obtain discounts to be used on “Early Admission” or table rental at the annual Federation National Shows and Conventions. • Access to the private FOHBC web site Member Portal and a wealth of historical information.
713.504.0628 fohbcmembers@gmail.com
• FOHBC digital newsletter and so much more. We encourage Affiliated Bottle Club memberships by offering these additional benefits to your group: • Display advertising in Bottles and Extras at an increased discount of 50%. • Insertion of your bottle club show ad on the Federation website to increase your show’s exposure. Links to your club website free of charge. Social Media (Facebook) exposure. • Free Federation ribbon for Most Educational display at your show. • Participation in the Federation sponsored insurance program for your club show and any other club sponsored activities. We need your support! Our continued existence is dependent upon your participation as well as expanding our membership. If you haven’t yet joined our organization, please do so and begin reaping the benefits. If you are already a member, please encourage your friends and fellow collectors to JOIN US!! For more information, questions, or to join the FOHBC, please contact: Linda Sheppard, PO Box 162, Sprakers, New York 12166; phone: 518.673.8833; email: jim1@frontiernet.net or visit our home page at FOHBC.org
Where there’s a will there’s a way to leave Donations to the FOHBC. Did you know the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a 501C(3) charitable organization? How does that affect you? It allows tax deductions for any and all donations to the FOHBC. You might also consider a bequest in your will to the FOHBC. This could be a certain amount of money or part or all of your bottle collection. The appraised value of your collection would be able to be deducted from your taxes. (This is not legal advice, please consult an attorney). The same type wording could be used for bequeathing your collection or part of it, however, before donating your collection (or part of it), you would need the collection appraised by a professional appraiser with knowledge of bottles and their market values. This is the amount that would be tax deductible. Thank you for considering the FOHBC in your donation plans.
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Individual & Affiliated Shards of Wisdom Club Information FOHBC Individual Membership Application For Membership, complete the following application or sign up at www.fohbc.org (Please Print) Do you wish to be listed in the printed membership directory? (name, address, phone number, email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
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Name_______________________________ Address_____________________________ City________________________State____ Zip _____________Country____________ Do you wish to be listed in the Telephone___________________________ online membership directory? E-mail Address_______________________ (name, address, phone number,
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email address and what you collect) { } Yes { } No
BOTTLES and EXTRAS FREE ADS
Category: “WANTED” Maximum - 60 words Limit - One free ad per current membership year. Category: “FOR SALE” Maximum - 100 words Limit - 1 ad per issue. (Use extra paper if necessary.)
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Collecting Interests_ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Would you be interested in ___________________________________ serving as an officer? { } Yes { } No
Additional Comments___________________ Would you be interested ___________________________________ in contributing your bottle ___________________________________ knowledge by writing articles
for the BOTTLES and EXTRAS? { } Yes { } No
Membership/Subscription rates for one year (6 issues) (Circle One) (All First Class sent in a protected mailer)
United States
- Standard Mail - Standard Mail w/Associate* - Standard Mail 3 years - Standard Mail 3 years w/Associate* - Digital Membership (electronic files only)
$40.00 $45.00 $110.00 $125.00 $25.00
1st Class $55.00 1st Class w/Associate $60.00 1st Class 3 years $125.00 1st Class 3 yrs w/Assoc. $140.00
Canada - First Class $60.00 Other countries - First Class $80.00
- Life Membership: Level 1: $1,000, includes all benefits of a Standard 1st
Class membership. No promise of a printed magazine for life. - Level 2: $500, Includes all benefits of a regular membership but you will not receive a printed magazine, but rather a digital subscription. Add an Associate Membership* to any of the above at $5.00 for each associate for each year
Associate Member Name(s) __________________________________ *Associate Membership is available to members of the immediate family of any adult holding an Individual Membership. Children of ages 21 or older must have their own individual membership. Associate(s) Members enjoy all of the right and privileges of an Individual Membership
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Please make checks or money orders payable to FOHBC and mail to: FOHBC Membership, Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
Affiliated Club Membership for only $75.00 with liability insurance for all club sponsored events, 50% discount on advertising in the BOTTLES and EXTRAS, plus much more, Contact: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; phone: 713.504.0628; email: fohbcmembers@gmail.com
Clearly Print or Type Your Ad Send to: Business Manager: Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002; ph: 713.504.0628; or better yet, email Elizabeth at: fohbcmembers@gmail.com
Article Submission Requirements: All BOTTLES and EXTRAS articles or material need to be submitted on CD (preferable) or an email using a compressed (zipped) file. The file must be created by Microsoft Word, Publisher or Adobe N-Design so the editor does not have to retype the work. High-resolution digital images are our preferred format. Please submit digital images on a CD according to the instructions below. We will accept e-mail submissions only if the image resolution is acceptable. The e-mail or CDs must have only ONE subject per transmission to minimize confusion. Each image must be accompanied by a caption list or other identifying information. Professional-grade equipment is a must to achieve the size and quality image we require. The highest setting on the camera should be used for maximum resolution and file size. Only high quality images will be considered. Please do not send photographic prints or scans of images—the color and quality are generally not up to par compared with digital images or slides scanned by our imaging department. We will consider exceptions for photos that can’t be easily found, such as older historical images. We rarely use slides anymore and prefer not to receive submissions of slides due to the time and liability involved in handling them.
Presenting the Robert Irons collection of Mystic, Connecticut
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Coming, July, 2021 – American Glass Gallery is pleased to offer the Robert Irons collection of Mystic, Connecticut. This pioneer collection features an outstanding group of New London Flasks, colorful early colognes and hair bottles, as well as other rare and interesting items. These fine items from the Robert Irons collection will be included in our July, 2021 Auction.
PLACEHOLDER ADVERTISEMENT New Art Anticipated
American Glass Gallery • John R. Pastor • P.O. Box 227, New Hudson, Michigan 48165 phone: 248.486.0530 • www.americanglassgallery.com • email: jpastor@americanglassgallery.com
FOHBC C/O Elizabeth Meyer, 101 Crawford, Studio 1A, Houston, TX 77002
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