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Amber ladies leg - 12/8/2003 7:46:28 PM    slcholt   Posts: 76 Joined: 10/8/2003 Status: offline Can someone tell me what it is and an approximate value? The bottom should identify it on the next post Picture embedded - Admin Attachment (1) < Message edited by Admin -- 1/12/2004 4:23:35 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Amber ladies leg - 12/8/2003 7:47:47 PM    slcholt   Posts: 76 Joined: 10/8/2003 Status: offline Here is the bottom. What is it? What is it worth? Picture embedded - Admin Attachment (1) < Message edited by Admin -- 1/12/2004 4:24:10 AM > (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 2

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/12/2004 3:33:20 AM    kendolbottles1black   Posts: 118 Joined: 1/9/2004 From: QLD AUSTRALIA Status: offline hi i have 1 the same but differant base mark mine has a horseshoe with v f through the middle sorry i dont know your mark ken ps mine was dug in aussy (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 3

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/12/2004 6:06:32 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline They where used for spirits and probably some wines, hard to tell how old your one is without knowing that base mark but I'd say 1870-1880s. I don't know anything about the value of this type of bottle but they are very collectable. (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 4

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/14/2004 4:03:18 AM    David E Dearden   Posts: 196 Joined: 7/16/2003 Status: offline I will take a guess, if that is aluminun(sp) on the top, it would have been a good brew of some sort, I read once that it was expensive as gold back then. I guess if you could find out when that metal came out, it would give you a starting point. Only wish that one day I will get a ladies leg (Bottle). David Dearden _____________________________ David E Dearden (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 5

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/14/2004 7:58:53 AM    Python   Posts: 128 Joined: 11/11/2003 From: Alabama Status: offline I found an old liqour bottle that has the same type metal foil on top, at least it looks the same. It wasn't a ladies leg though. Was that a common seal at one time? I'd like to date my bottle although it's going to be tough as it is unembossed and the only mark on it appears to be a "c" in a diamond like this <c> and it is stamped on there twice overlapping one another. I think it predates prohibition because there is no federal warning and the top is applied with a few large bubbles in the glass. Also when I cleaned it, I removed the residue from the foil so I could get a look at the neck. Should I have left it on? I appreciate the help you guys give. I'm starting to come across some older stuff now, but still in the 1900's. Can't wait for my first dig! (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 6

RE: Amber ladies leg - lead foil - 1/14/2004 3:48:53 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline I believe that the foil commonly used in the 1800s is lead foil. It seems that the tendency of lead to leach into food and drink was not appreciated for a long time. Lead leaches out of lead-crystal glass bottles into the alcoholic contents. Lead leached out of lead solder joints into canned food. I suppose that lead foil around the corked mouth of a bottle did not pose the same hazard. This is a black glass bottle which dates to 1760 or so. Note the heavy lead foil still in place around the lip. -------------Harry Pristis Attachment (1) < Message edited by Harry Pristis -- 1/14/2004 4:26:21 PM > _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 7

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/14/2004 5:18:36 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline They also used Zinc foil a lot after about the 1870s, Zinc in your drink is not a whole lot better that lead though and it dissolves faster that lead in acidic drinks. I have some lead foil tops off bottles with trade marks and company names on them from the 1850s found with a metal detector, they look quite nice as a display. (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 8

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/25/2004 9:39:40 AM    David E Dearden   Posts: 196 Joined: 7/16/2003 Status: offline Hi Python I have a C in a diamond Crystal, Louisiana 1921 to 1928 _____________________________ David E Dearden (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 9

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/25/2004 8:24:18 PM    kendolbottles1black   Posts: 118 Joined: 1/9/2004 From: QLD AUSTRALIA Status: offline hi guys just thought i would post a pic of the base of my amber ladies leg it looks identical to yours but differant base mould any one know this trade mark thanks ken Attachment (1) (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 10

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/27/2004 11:25:37 PM    Bluegrass   Posts: 96 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: offline Hi... I had exactly the same bottle with the same marking on base; dug it in Peoria Illinois. Judging from the bottles that came out with it, I'd date it to the late 80's or 90's. They aren't worth a whole lot and are fairly common. However, folks will buy them for that lady's leg. Green usually commands a little more money than amber, but I'd guess someone might pay up to $30-40 for a nice amber specimin. Merry hunting, John. (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 11

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/28/2004 6:25:12 AM    Guest Ken - I turned up the brightness on your base picture so it can be seen more clearly... Attachment (1) (in reply to slcholt)   Post #: 12

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/29/2004 2:55:59 AM    kendolbottles1black   Posts: 118 Joined: 1/9/2004 From: QLD AUSTRALIA Status: offline thanks roger my camera died on the weekend so i scaned that base shot will have to get a new camera thanks ken (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 13

RE: Amber ladies leg - 1/31/2004 3:12:33 AM    David E Dearden   Posts: 196 Joined: 7/16/2003 Status: offline Found some more on Aluminum, which may help you date that lady leg. It is a most abundant metal. In the late 19th century articles made from it were very expensive.With smelting being being prefected in 1916 it could be used more often. So with nothing much else to ID it (Except bottom) at least maybe it dated from late 19th century to around 1916, unless that lead and zinc type was used. Some help anyway. _____________________________ David E Dearden (in reply to slcholt) Post #: 14

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