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Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfather... - 5/9/2005 5:40:36 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline My grandfather used to have this green bottle in his house when he was alive. I remember seeing it in the late 70's as a child so it has to be at least that old. Anyway, as I remember it was about 3 feet tall or so... it had a large round base.... I think there might have been some brown twine/rope wrapped around the bottom half of the base but I could be mistaken. The neck of the bottle was made of a fish eating a smaller fish eating a smaller fish eating a smaller fish and so on, up to the top, where I believe there was a cork and a string of the same type as was on the bottom of the bottle, holding the cork so it wouldnt get lost when uncorked. My dad thinks it was a wine bottle of some type. Any ideas? Post #: 1

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/9/2005 6:03:42 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2418 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Sounds like an interesting bottle, it has me stumped. see if you can find a picture of one similar to it on the internet and then maybe someone who knows a little more about these types of bottles than me, good luck. (in reply to chesna) Post #: 2

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/10/2005 9:38:07 AM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline Well, I searched all over the net yesterday for a picture... The closest I came was this bottle from ANTINORI WINE. The bottle my grandfather had had similar fishes on it, but as I said, they were eating each other, as they got smaller and smaller up to the top. Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 3

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/17/2005 11:08:37 AM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline So, no ideas? (in reply to chesna) Post #: 4

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/17/2005 9:43:22 PM    RazorsEdge   Posts: 238 Joined: 5/8/2005 Status: offline if you dont have an actual picture of it then it will be almost impossible to get an answer....some posts i have HAD a picture up and I still had trouble getting info...sorry....Just curious, why do you want to know about it if you dont have it anymore? (in reply to chesna) Post #: 5

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/19/2005 3:13:46 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline I want to find out what it is so I can try to find another one is all. (in reply to chesna) Post #: 6

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 5/21/2005 9:36:08 AM    dshaneb   Posts: 79 Joined: 3/2/2005 Status: offline I have never seen one like that, but if I run across something I'll let you know. The best page on the internet for fish bottles that I can find is the one on Digger Odell's site, but it doesn't list the one you mentioned. I'll keep an eye out for it. Webpage mentioned: http://www.bottlebooks.com/forsale/fishbottles/fish_bottles.htm Shane (in reply to chesna) Post #: 7

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 7/27/2006 9:28:58 AM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline I saw a similar bottle at a flea market last week... maybe this extra info will be enough for someone else to ID this for me?... The bottle I saw was a single fish like the bottle pictured above, however it had a wider, rounded bottom too it, which was partially covered in, um, dried straw?  The topper to it was made of the same straw material and had loose ends sticking out the top.  The label on the bottle at the flea market said that it was a wine bottle, and the maker was "Ferrari Carano" ?? Anyone have any ideas? (in reply to chesna) Post #: 8

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:19:09 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline found some pictures!  if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.  chezbowski@hotmail.com Thanks! Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 9

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:19:47 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline another pic Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 10

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:20:22 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline another Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 11

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:21:14 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline another... too bad i dont have any pictures of the base of this thing... these were all taken in the mid-70s btw Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 12

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:22:05 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline last one... from the 80s... with me rock on! Attachment (1) (in reply to chesna) Post #: 13

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 3/31/2008 9:55:06 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3593 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline quote: http://www.bottlebooks.com/forsale/fishbottles/fish_bottles.htm it's not one of the bottles in this link http://www.bottlebooks.com/forsale/fishbottles/fish_bottles.htm  dshaneb posted? _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc86_Weoye0 ya never come back (in reply to chesna) Post #: 14

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 4/1/2008 8:24:33 AM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline the bottle i'm looking for is at least 3 feet tall... there's nothing like that in the link dshaneb posted (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 15

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 4/1/2008 8:40:38 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3593 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline ahhh ok the thing to the right of the display stand.  Your dad's right, it's a spirits bottle. More than likely an Italian liquor. Are you trying to replace the bottle? _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc86_Weoye0 ya never come back (in reply to chesna) Post #: 16

RE: Help identifying a very tall fish bottle my grandfa... - 4/1/2008 4:05:31 PM    chesna   Posts: 12 Joined: 5/9/2005 Status: offline yup... looking for a replacement, or any information on what it might be whatsoever... been looking for YEARS... and its probably just some cheap wine bottle or something (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 17

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