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George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/13/2008 3:58:54 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline I have a dark amber Geo.Washington Figural bottle, just over 10 inches tall, pontil on bottom, cannot see or read any words, blob top. Any info. as to the value or date would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. I am having trouble making my picutres smaller than 200KB, as soon as I figure it out I could post a photo. Post #: 1

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/13/2008 4:29:41 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline reduce you pics in Paint. Right click on image, then open with, then Paint. In paint, at the top click Image then reduce/skew. type in 75/75 50/50 what ever it takes. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 2

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/13/2008 5:16:57 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 543 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Karen welcome Here's a repo Clevenger at top of page, further down is a real one. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-30483/mpage-2/key-/tm.htm (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 3

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 12:41:06 AM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline any information will help on this bottle Attachment (1) (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 4

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 12:49:52 AM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline CC6PACK, thanks for the photos, I uploaded a photo of my bottle, it doesn't look like any of those others, could you take a look at it and tell me what you think? thanks. (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 5

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 2:16:51 AM    cc6pack   Posts: 543 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Karen From what little I know about the Washington bottles, I believe your is a repro. The top is not right. (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 6

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 7:00:02 AM    amblypygi Posts: 453 Joined: 4/6/2004 From: Western Massachusetts Status: offline I would need to see better pics to be sure (I have seen originals with a tapered lip like that one has). You reduced your pic down to 3.8 kb, which is much smaller than you need to. If you can post some more pictures it will help. Try to get a good, focused closeup of the base, same for the neck, and a picture of the whole bottle that is in the neighborhood of 200k. If there are any areas that are particularly crude like bubbles or waves in the glass try to photograph those as well. Also, check the box that says "embed picture in post" that you see next to the upload link (admin: why isn't that a default?). This is all worth the effort, because from what I've seen so far your bottle could be an original and worth a bit of money. Sean PS: even if it is a repro, it's one of the better ones, maybe Clevenger, and as such is still worth more than nothing. < Message edited by amblypygi -- 5/14/2008 7:04:01 AM > (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 7

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 10:14:45 AM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline amblypygi, i'll get those pictures up later today, check back for more photos, thanks to all who are helping me. (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 8

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 2:11:35 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline Here is the top of bottle. Attachment (1) (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 9

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 2:26:03 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline Here are more photos. Bottle has a few bubbles but it was too hard to photo them, bottle does feel and look crude, you could see in the photos. Thanks again. Attachment (1) (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 10

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 2:27:59 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline Pontil. Attachment (1) (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 11

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 2:30:30 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline close-up Attachment (1) (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 12

George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 8:06:07 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline I finally figured out how to post photos, I'm learning, what a great site this is, does anyone know if this bottle is an actual repro or original and if its worth anything. Thanks (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 13

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 8:25:26 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline It's a reproduction of a Simon's Centenial Bitters I'm sorry to say. It may be a Clevenger Bros. It's pretty crude even for a repro. These things always confuse me (not hard to do.) There are so many of them out there. Two originals below. Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 14

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 8:29:53 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline Okay wow, still nice to display right!!, any idea as to the value? (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 15

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/14/2008 8:42:43 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline quote: still nice to display right!! Sure it is, it's an interesting piece of glass. Not sure of a value, I'd say under 10. Positive you'll find a bunch of them on ebay right now. Lobes. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to ISLANDBOTTLE) Post #: 16

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/15/2008 7:20:14 AM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline Lobes is right, you can proly get a whole collection of washington repros from ebay. I see them all the time. _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 17

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/15/2008 2:22:31 PM    amblypygi Posts: 453 Joined: 4/6/2004 From: Western Massachusetts Status: offline It is a reproduction, but a nice one. That applied tapered top isn't commonly seen on reproductions and I'd swear I saw a real one at an auction with that lip. None of the originals were pontiled though, so that's a dead give-away. I'm guessing it's early Clevenger and I wouldn't be surprised to see it go for $25 on ebay, but who knows. I guarantee it would get a bid at 9.99 because I'd put one there, I like to have some of the old Clevenger stuff around Sean (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 18

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/15/2008 2:51:41 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline As repros go it's a pretty crappy one. Looks like they poured it into a mold made of playdoe carved by a 6 year old. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to amblypygi) Post #: 19

RE: George Washington Figural Bottle - 5/15/2008 3:55:13 PM    ISLANDBOTTLE   Posts: 26 Joined: 5/13/2008 Status: offline One man's crap is another man's treasure. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 20

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