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Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 8/4/2003 7:54:25 PM    eandj24   Posts: 1 Joined: 8/4/2003 Status: offline I found this bottle in my fill behind a retaining wall. The house is approx. 75 years old.The bottle looks like a mix between an airplane and a fish. About 6 inches high. On one side of base says patent 113053. Looked up the patent # but was for some gun part. On the other side on the base is an S in side a shape that resembles a fat ketchup jar. Then there is a 2 after that. The hole in the top is about one half inch big. On each side there is a dome shaped window. A semi-circle on one side allows the bottle to lay like a plane. Would love to find out anything about this. Thank you all in advance. Joanne Picture size reduced by Admin. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Admin -- 8/5/2003 1:58:45 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 8/5/2003 8:22:31 PM    BottlesandMore   Posts: 44 Joined: 7/10/2003 Status: offline Looks to me like you found a candy container. Early part of the 1900' s (20' -30' s). _____________________________ BottlesandMore (in reply to eandj24) Post #: 2

RE: Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 1/8/2004 9:53:40 AM    Saigonjoe   Posts: 26 Joined: 1/5/2004 Status: offline I agree. It appears to be a figural candy container airplane. Nice find! (in reply to eandj24) Post #: 3

RE: Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 1/8/2004 11:28:03 AM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Looks more like a Buck Rogers space ship figural candy bottle. -------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to eandj24) Post #: 4

RE: Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 1/8/2004 12:24:44 PM    Pontiled   Posts: 411 Joined: 8/27/2003 Status: offline It's definitely a candy container, but I don't have access to my books to give you all the details. As you look at the image, lay the plane down to its left. The "wings" attach to the projection on the right of the image. One in my collection is complete and has the very light red cardboard wings attached. It's a good find, but the wings are almost never found. _____________________________ Mike Russell Author of: The Collector's Guide to Civil War Period Bottles and Jars -- Third Edition (in reply to eandj24) Post #: 5

RE: Odd bottle found in fill from wall - 1/8/2004 2:50:48 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Yeahhhh! I can see the airplane now. Thanks, Mike. _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to eandj24) Post #: 6

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