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Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:15:24 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline First off, I know I should call them round bases or ballast bottles but I couldn't resist the title.  That being said, thought I'd post some pics of the round base sodas I have in my collection - I'd like to see what other bottles are out there of this type.  I have six total, four with paper label only and two embossed ones, all blob tops - dates range from 1875-1895. Here's an Ingalls Bros. Lemonade from Portland, ME Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' Post #: 1

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:16:35 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Here's the label close up Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 2

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:18:11 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline This one is a Windsor Ginger Ale from Buckfield, ME. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 3

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:19:17 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Label close up Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 4

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:23:31 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline This is a Stocksie from the Stockton Medicinal Spring Co. of Stockton Springs, ME.   This was a short-lived product, supposedly the Moxie Co. squashed it as a rip-off of the Moxie name. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 5

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:24:28 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline and the label close up Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 6

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:34:59 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Here's an Auburn Mineral Spring Co. ginger ale Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 7

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:36:15 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline One of my favorite paper labels Attachment (1) _____________________________ Author of 'Maine Bottlers and Their Bottles, 1840-1980' (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 8

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 4:58:58 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline now I know you don't wanna see my round bottom!! (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 9

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 5:28:40 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3615 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline That depends on what your name is Hahahahaha!!!! _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to rlo) Post #: 10

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 6:01:50 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey Sam... Those bottles are displayed real nice... you working on another book or upgrading the old one? You take care... good to see you posting some photos... Wayne (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 11

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 8:21:49 PM    L C   Posts: 1556 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline Did you make the holders you have your round bottoms displayd on , or did you buy them someplace ?? Have a few of the round bottom sodas myself, have wanted to build some king of contraption to set them in, but have never gotten aroud to it. (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 12

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 8:33:22 PM    mikmis   Posts: 378 Joined: 11/16/2006 Status: offline when i was about 6 my neighbor gave me one . he said came from an unused case of them that they found in the basement of an old building in downtown denver. it says bellfast ross on the side but inside of all of them there was a little bakelite ball.maby for mixing?it has a patent date on it of 1863 and the town it was made in.i cant remember the name of the town and the bottle is now burried in my basement. have you ever found one with a mixing ball in it .i can dig mine out if you want. _____________________________ michael (in reply to L C) Post #: 13

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 9:14:23 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Hey, Wayne, good to hear from you.  Not much progress on the ME medicinal bottle book lately, hopefully this winter I’ll get back on it and finish it up.  Feel free to shoot me any Qs you might have on ME bottles, might be able to provide some background info for you. Michael, sounds like you have a Ross bottle from Belfast, Ireland.  The mixing ball sounds like it might be a floating ball stopper, if you can find the bottle post a pic so we can check it out.  LC, I use doll stands to display my round base bottles, they save the bottles from rolling around and they’re fairly inexpensive.  I just put a loop of clear tape on the base of the stand so the bottle won’t slip.  You can find them in most antique stores that carry supplies, they come in a few sizes and are adjustable – price is less than $2 each. - Sam Attachment (1) (in reply to mikmis) Post #: 14

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/4/2008 9:16:05 PM    otgb   Posts: 80 Joined: 4/2/2007 Status: offline Hey Sam here are mine all are embossed the amber one is from Ross belfast we dig them here in toronto in amber and green [image][/image] (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 15

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/5/2008 5:35:15 AM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 362 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Nice collection of round bases there otgb!  I've never seen one like the amber Ross before, looks awful wide for such a short height, can you post a close up of that one? Later - Sam (in reply to otgb) Post #: 16

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/5/2008 6:25:49 AM    L C   Posts: 1556 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline Kind of rushed taking the pic in this rather dark room, but I think you can see them good enough. The top one is a Felix Fritz from Covington, Ky., and the other two are Belfast bottles, all three ginger ales. I also have a Ross somehwere, it is a clear round bottom with ROSS embossed in large letters. It is a bit larger than the largest one shown in the picture. Not at all attractive either. That is the first amber Ross I have seen. Attachment (1) (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 17

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/5/2008 7:40:54 AM    idigjars Posts: 1309 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Sam, I have no pics to post but I really like your pics.  Thanks for sharing them and also for the info on the stand that you use.   Good luck collecting.   Paul (in reply to L C) Post #: 18

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/5/2008 9:33:06 AM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline otgb... Hey Tim,  that amber ROSS bottle is really cool...  Where did you find that one? (in reply to idigjars) Post #: 19

RE: Show us your round bottoms! - 1/5/2008 4:27:32 PM    otgb   Posts: 80 Joined: 4/2/2007 Status: offline Hi Sam I dug it down in Toronto ross had a distributor there they come in dark green also [image][/image] [image][/image] (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 20

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