bamascavenger
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THEY ARE NOT HOLES, THEY ARE TWO 1/8 INCH PROTRUDING, EMBOSSED DOTS. ALSO, MOST HOSTETTER'S YOU SEE WITH LABELS DATE NEAR THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, 1890........ONWARD.
THIS IS HOW SOME OF THE DATINGS GO; IF THE DARK LABEL READS HOSTETTER AND SMITH IT WAS PRIOR GEORGE SMITHS PASSING 1884. THE NEXT DARK LABEL YOU SEE AFTER THAT HAS HOSTETTER AND COMPANY, WHITH DAVIDS PASSING, THE DARK LABELS SAY; HOSTETTER'S CO. D. HERBERT HOSTETTER PRESIDENT. (WHOLE LOT OF THESE AROUND) ORIGINAL DAVID HOSTETTERS SON. SO I KNOW MY BOTTLE SALES FOR MORE. I SOLD ONE JUST LIKE IT BECAUSE I DID NOT NEED TWO. IT SOLD FOR $100 DOLLARS. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE QUALITY OF LABELS AFTER GEORGE AND DAVID DIED, YOU CAN SEE ST. GEORGES HEAD TOUCHING THE LETTERS OF HOSTETTER'S. IN MINE AND OTHERS OLDER ONES THE HEAD OF ST. GEORGE IS NO WHERE NEAR THE LETTERS. BIG DIFFERENCE IN COLLECTORS AS TO THE NAMES ON THE DARK LABLE, HOW CRUDE THE EMBOSSING IS OF DR J. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, 1890 0N THE LETTERS GOT MORE CRISP AND STRAIGHT. MY BOTTLE HAS SOME HAMMER WHITTLE TO IT ALSO. VALUE GOES UP AGAIN. TWO DOTS UNDER THE R IN DOCTOR, BUT OLDER VERSIONS HAD STRAIGHT LINES TOO, SO IT IS NOT A TRUE AGE TEST OF THE BOTTLE. IF THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE IS A CRUDE BOTTLE OR TUMBLED ONE, YOU CAN JUDGE AGE BY THE CRUDENESS OF THE EMBOSSING, THE APPLIED TOP. VERSES TOOLED IN THE D, HERBERTS. ALSO, THE GLASS MAKERS: L AND W: S.McKEE AND Co.: Mc C AND Co: AGW: A, Etc.... The black glass being the oldest brings the most. THAT IS THE OTHER WAY TO TELL THE AGE OF A HOSTETTER'S: COLOR! BLACK, GREEN, OLIVE, HONEY AMBER, DARK AMBER, LIGHT AMBER,Etc... THE OTHER WAY TO TELL AGE AND VALUE IS; SIZE, HOSTETTER'S SOLD THE BIG BLACK HOSSES 9INCH BY 3 INCH SQ. THEN THEY WERE MADE ANYWHERE FROM 8 1/2 TALL BY 2-1/2 SQ. TO 2-5/8 SQ. THEN IN AND AROUND 1900 THEY STARTED SELLING BOTTLES THAT HAD 18 FLUID OZ. EMBOSSED ON ONE SIDE. A MUCH SMALLER BOTTLE, FOR THE SAME PRICE BUT WITH LESS ALCOHOL. OH, FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW, WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED BOTTLING THESE, THE WHISKEY IN THEM WERE RYE WHISKEY AT A 47 PERCENT BY VOLUME. THAT WAS LATER REDUCED BY THE FDA ACT. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME SELL FOR A LITTLE OVER 30 DOLLARS EVEN WITH LABELS, BUT IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN OLDER ONE. TAKES A LOT OF QUESTIONS IF YOU ARE NOT HOLDING IT IN HAND TO KNOW WHAT TO BID, OR IF YOU CAN JUST TELL, MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT THESE SELL FOR. OK, I AM OUT OF WIND AND AM NOW CRAWLING DOWN OFF THE PODIUM! HOPE THIS HAS LEARNED OR HELPED. IF I AM WRONG I TAKE "CONSTRUCTIVE" CRITICIZEM VERY WELL. HERE TO LEARN. P.S. SINCE I LIKE THIS SITE SO MUCH I CONTRIBUTED AGAIN TONIGHT AND WIFE WANTS A TEE! I WANT THIS PLACE TO STAY. GOOD NIGHT TO ALL.
< Message edited by bamascavenger -- 10/3/2007 12:30:59 AM >
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