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MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP ? - 5/23/2005 3:17:09 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Dug this bottle a while back but haven't been able to find any info on it. It is 4 in. tall by 1 1/2 in. diam. It has a ground top with two deep square indentations on opposite sides. It is embossed "MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP" with a large Monogram. No embossing on base. Just wonder if anyone has seen one of these or has any ideas what it contained. Odd top makes me wonder if it could be English ? Cliff Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP ? - 5/23/2005 3:57:01 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5444 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Maybe Scottish from the name. An odd bottle. Could the top have been broken off then ground flat? The indentations like like they ancored some bail mechanism. < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 5/23/2005 3:58:17 PM > _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 2

RE: MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP ? - 5/23/2005 4:10:35 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Top looks to have been ground when ithe bottle was made. I am guessing that it probably had some sort of metal top that fit into the indents, possibly a small snap or bail type latch. Certainly different than any closures I have seen on US bottles. Another one of my curiosities about the bottle. Cliff (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 3

RE: MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP ? - 5/23/2005 6:52:12 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5444 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Could Handicap refer to the stye of closure? Some quick open top that never caught on? _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 4

RE: MACMAHAN'S HANDICAP ? - 5/23/2005 9:11:16 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Hi Gunther, I suppose the "HANDICAP" could refer to a type of closure but I haven't found any info to back that up. Cliff (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 5

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