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Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 8:52:10 PM    Jriley08 Posts: 23 Joined: 6/19/2011 From: WV Status: offline Bought this the other day. Anybody know what it is? Looks like the stopper is made out of iron. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 8:54:26 PM    Jriley08 Posts: 23 Joined: 6/19/2011 From: WV Status: offline The number on the left is a 6. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Jriley08 -- 1/2/2012 8:55:00 PM > (in reply to Jriley08) Post #: 2

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 11:27:55 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline Half Gallon Picnic Beer or Soda missing it's paper label....They were very common in the North Central US but they were also made elsewhere....Here are a few of mine from Paterson...Jim Attachment (1) < Message edited by epackage -- 1/2/2012 11:28:29 PM > _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to Jriley08) Post #: 3

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 11:33:51 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline They were most common as "Picnic Beer" because of the large size and very popular in Wisconsin and Minnesota. You can keep an eye out for a picnic beer label from your area on E-Bay or you can easily find labels from the areas I mentioned to add to the bottle to make it nice and displayable....Jim Here are a few examples, the labels are also very popular as T-Shirt designs as you can see as well... http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=%22picnic+beer%22&_sacat=See-All-Categories _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to epackage) Post #: 4

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 11:55:05 PM    Jriley08 Posts: 23 Joined: 6/19/2011 From: WV Status: offline Thanks a lot those are some very nice bottles you have there. Did you spray paint the bits and pieces one the stopper? (in reply to epackage) Post #: 5

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/2/2012 11:58:46 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: Jriley08 Thanks a lot those are some very nice bottles you have there. Did you spray paint the bits and pieces one the stopper? No I didn't, all the stoppers were in great shape and haven't been touched at all, I have 4 or 5 others....I still need a Root Beer and a Cherry Soda. Yoiu could try using a brillo pad to clean the stopper on your's if you want. Jim Attachment (1) < Message edited by epackage -- 1/3/2012 12:00:58 AM > _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to Jriley08) Post #: 6

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/3/2012 12:10:18 AM    Jriley08 Posts: 23 Joined: 6/19/2011 From: WV Status: offline Alright thanks again. (in reply to epackage) Post #: 7

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/3/2012 12:45:07 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7128 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Hey James, The "Flip Top" is a Lightning stopper. "Lightning Closure, circ: 1875-1910, Invented by: Charles De Quillfeldt, American Patent: January 5, 1875, Number: 158,406, American Patent Reissued: June 5, 1877, Reissue Number: 7,722, This stopper revolutionized beer bottling and was an almost instant success for Karl Hutter who acquired the patent rights and popularized this stopper when it was reissued in 1877. In 1878, Henry Putnam also acquired and interest in this stopper and in 1882 adapted it for use on fruit jars. There were many imitators of this patent over the years, but they all worked on the same principle of leveraging a rubber disk into the lip of the bottle to make a seal." From. This is my large brown flip-flop. (in reply to Jriley08) Post #: 8

RE: Large Brown Flip Top - 1/3/2012 1:41:40 AM    Jriley08 Posts: 23 Joined: 6/19/2011 From: WV Status: offline I like your "flip flop" also known as a "thong." Lol (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 9

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