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B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 8:58:01 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Hello all out there, Does anyone out here in the wide internet world have any information about a soda bottle embossed with B. R. Lippincott from about 1850 or so? It's from Stockton California and is also embossed with Superior Mineral Water and Union Glass Works on the reverse. Post #: 1

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:11:42 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline You're on target with your date; Union Glass Works operated in Philly PA in from 1845 -1860. The Superior water was distributed in their bottles. What color is your bottle? It's not blue and pontiled by any chance? _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 2

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:21:35 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Hey Norm, It is blue and has a pontiled base. (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 3

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:43:26 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline It is blue and has a pontiled base. -Ben Lippincott (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 4

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:46:25 PM    crozet86 Posts: 145 Joined: 2/17/2004 From: Charlottesville va. / Buena Vista Va. Status: offline Hi, If it is a graphite pontil,10 sided , blue,Kovell's listed it in their 12th edition for 880.00.I would do some more checking because i might be wrong.But,either way it is a very nice bottle. _____________________________ CENTRAL VIRGINIA DIGGER EDDIE (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 5

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:47:57 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline I did a quick search when I saw your post. There's a company called heckler auctions that has one listed for $300 - $600. I'm not sure if you use google, that's how I found it. at hecklerauction.com It's auction #60 on line. If that's the bottle you have, it's a beauty! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 6

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:53:14 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hey Eddie, you beat me to the punch! but just barely lol I usually hit the search engines when I see these posts, but I guess the book would have been quicker. By the way, the heckler site has very good photos of the bottles they have. Getting any digging in down there? I was just talking with my son on line in Athens WV, he said it had been fairly warm the past couple of weeks. _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 7

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:54:09 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Thanks to one and all of you!! I find it extraordinary that this bottle has my same initials. -Ben Lippincott (in reply to crozet86) Post #: 8

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:56:27 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline That's too funny. lol - I had a very good friend named Dave Lippincott out here in Maine some years ago he just kind of drifted away...he was a left over from the flower child days. lol Not any relation to you is he. _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 9

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 9:57:44 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1160 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Polak's 3rd Edition lists this bottle from $800.00 to $2000.00, but a lot of people believe his price guide runs on the high side. So there you have it . $300.00 to $2000.00! Any way you look at it though, it's a nice bottle! Kelley (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 10

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:03:47 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Haha, no relation to Dave Lippincott that I know of. But the Lippincot "clan" as it were, was situated predominately around New Jersey. Now I suppose we are all spread around, although the name is not so common. I like to think it is an especially distinguished name. I appreciate all the quick work you guys just did. Pretty fascinating. I am very new to this, a "virgin" you might very well call me. Some of these bottles are just beautiful!! (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 11

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:12:06 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hi, I must be getting old! I took a look at my old yearbook and realized dave Lippicott was a classmate of mine when I lived in New York State. ( I came to Maine in 77') I graduated from a place called Pine Bush waaaaaay back in 1971, so you might understand my memory being fuzzy lol. But NJ was only about 30s away as the crow flys, so ol' Dave might be related to you after all! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 12

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:20:46 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Haha, way too funny. I was just born in 1977. I'll have to do a little familial digging to see if a Dave Lippincott is related. As the song goes, "There is a brotherhood of man, a lovely tie that binds,..." I can't seem to remember the rest...the last line is..."That great brotherhood of man." -Ben (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 13

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:31:32 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline So are you out in California, or is that just where the bottle came from? Boy that's quite a range of prices you have to pick from. Apparently Union Glass did some 'private' labels, I saw one in my 4th. edition of Polaks (ha, 1-up on ya Gunsmoke), but it was for a "Taylor Never Surrendors" - $1,200 - 1,600. Where did you get the bottle, and please don't say you dug it! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 14

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:37:24 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline I'm from Georgia. Atlanta to be specific. Actually, Roswell if you want to pin point it. A family freind gave it to me, but the bottle says Stockton, California. It is a deep cobalt blue. Very pretty. It has what's called a "mug base" but I have no idea what that is. Any education is greatly appreciated!! -Ben (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 15

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:45:07 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Ben, Don't say I didn't warn you, but many an addiction as begun with only one bottle! And no I'm not talking about alcohol, I found one bottle on an old surface dump and the next thing you know I'm hooked! lol, I find myself pacing around the house during the winter just waiting to claw through the mud! You have some prime areas down there even though the boys from Lexington and Virginia say it's all been picked clean! I think they say that to us yankees just to make us feel better through the long cold winters, while they're digging year round. _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 16

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:53:17 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Well I can certainly muck around in the mud for bottles. I just might start doing that. Do you know what the terms "mug base" and "iron pontile" and "applied top" pertain to. (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 17

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 10:55:52 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline yup _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 18

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 11:15:01 PM    brlippin   Posts: 9 Joined: 3/17/2004 Status: offline Could you tell me what they mean, please, or point me in the direction of a good resource? (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 19

RE: B.R. Lippincott soda? - 3/17/2004 11:45:59 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline Hey brlippin, you are on a good resource here (the best resource actually ), if you do a search of this site for the terms you where referring to you should find all the info you need . (in reply to brlippin) Post #: 20

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