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Displaying a bitters bottle carton that' s falling apart - 1/25/2003 11:53:28 PM    AndyR   Posts: 47 Joined: 1/8/2003 From: Conroe, Texas (but originally Massachusetts) Status: offline One of my treasures is an old box for Thurston' s Old Continental Tonic Bitters. It' s absolutely beautiful (at least to me). Unfortunately I am not able to have it on display because it is split at two of the four corners. While the box can stand on it' s own, it does so with the stability of a house of cards. My father-in-law (whose retired and has lots of time on his hands!) designed and constructed a display unit that protects the box beautifully. There is a 1/16" airspace between all four sides and the tops of the box and the plexi so that the box can " breathe" . The plexiglass is the uv kind, which prevents some of the harmful uv rays from hitting the ink. I also keep it well away from direct sunlight. The plexi enclosure screws on at the bottom so that I can remove the box at any time. My father-in-law did a great job. I get a kick out of imagining what a fuss Mr. Thurston would think we made over his beaten up old box, but it is a real gem to me. Now if I can only find the bottle that goes with it!!! Has anyone ever seen one? Attachment (1) < Message edited by AndyR -- 1/26/2003 12:00:03 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Displaying a bitters bottle carton that' s falling ... - 1/31/2003 6:31:24 PM    woody   Posts: 1636 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Your father-in law did a wonderful job in constructing your holder for the box. I haven' t heard of that bitters before. Maybe it was a label only bottle. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to AndyR) Post #: 2

RE: Displaying a bitters bottle carton that' s falling ... - 6/19/2004 6:17:26 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1470 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline Hi Andy , I was browsing over some of these older posts and ran across this one of yours. By the way ! That is a very nice Bitters Box you have and what a nice way to display it. Your box is for a label only Bitters. It is listed as a Ring & Ham's T 26 L and It is a Rectangular bottle that measures 8 7/8 " x 3 1/4" x 1 3/4" ( 6 5/8") 5/8" It is Aqua in color , it has a narrow square collar lip treatment , and 3 sunken panels. It is not embossed so maybe some one out there has one with the original label that would go GREAT with your box. Hope this helps , Brian _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to AndyR) Post #: 3

RE: Displaying a bitters bottle carton that' s falling ... - 6/19/2004 10:22:59 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Andy, that's a wonderful case your father-in-law constructed! I'm working on something similar for the 1830's letters I found in my walls. I'll be sandwiching them between non-reflective glass, and someone said something about sealing them and pressurizing with nitrogen? By the way, I just dug one of those Lydia Vegitable... bottles in the background of your picture you posted in your members area. Are there any particular bottles you're still looking for from Lowell area? We find quite a few here in Maine, and I'm sure the other 'New Englanders' do also! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to AndyR) Post #: 4

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