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More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/11/2008 9:13:34 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline We dove again today in a sweet spot that has been throwing nice quart clay beers. In addition I pulled an unbelievably rare tiny town Wisconsin glass Co, hutch. The hutch was the real treat for me as this town is less than 20 miles away from my home and it has been on my top 5 want list for years! Here are a few pics! Tom Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/11/2008 9:14:56 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Front side of the clay beers, 3 stamped GRAY (Janesville Wis.) and one J.D. VAIL&Co.? Attachment (1) (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 2

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/11/2008 9:17:21 PM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline Reverse sides of the clay beers, check out the fantastic cobalt crosses used as case markers on these! Attachment (1) (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 3

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/11/2008 10:36:15 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3800 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online quote: The hutch was the real treat for me as this town is less than 20 miles away from my home and it has been on my top 5 want list for years! Here are a few pics! Always nice to be able to check one of your favs of the old list. Nice haul! _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 4

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 1:24:27 AM    Michdigger   Posts: 79 Joined: 3/5/2007 Status: offline That is a killer find there..Good luck finding more from that place if you hit it again..Love the Stonies especially. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 5

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 7:56:00 AM    beendiggin Posts: 789 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Great finds!! What do you mean by "case markers" ?   Never heard that term before. (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 6

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 9:32:41 AM    tfredrich   Posts: 167 Joined: 10/9/2003 Status: offline The term case markers is used by many of the pottery beer collectors here in Wisconsin. The brewers had the potters mark their bottles with a special mark such as a blue cross, so when they came in for refill they would instantly know that they were their own bottles without having to pull out each bottle to check. I think these marks are what make the bottles so special. Hope that helps. Tom (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 7

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 11:50:07 AM    akronmarbles   Posts: 55 Joined: 7/30/2006 From: Akron, Ohio Status: offline Nice stoneware bottles. They were all made in Akron, Ohio by  E.H. Merrill. (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 8

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 12:26:21 PM    beendiggin Posts: 789 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline I have seen a lot of different pottery beers, only just debossed  with names for ID but never a blue cross ...interesting.  Thanks! (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 9

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 3:03:43 PM    pabottles   Posts: 47 Joined: 4/4/2004 From: Glen Rock,Pa Status: offline I don't post much here  been more of a lurker but had to tell ya AWESOME FINDS! Keep up the good work . Kudos . (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 10

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 7:57:26 PM    KentOhio   Posts: 732 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline I like those GRAY bottles, especially because it's my last name. (in reply to pabottles) Post #: 11

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 9:47:38 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1703 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline         Nice finds Tom,it must have been exciting finding all those pottery beers.I think the J.D. Vail is a St.Louis bottle but could be wrong.Hopefully someone more familiar with it will pipe up.Good luck out there. _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to tfredrich) Post #: 12

RE: More river finds in Wisconsin - 10/12/2008 10:33:41 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1278 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Congrats on the wants find..wish I could find my want (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 13

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