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Simon's Centenial Bitters - 4/19/2006 9:23:38 AM    bearswede Posts: 2909 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Anyone know how to tell a repro Simon's (G. Washington figural in aqua, SB) from the real deal??? Thanks, Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" Post #: 1

RE: Simon's Centenial Bitters - 4/19/2006 4:11:05 PM    walkingstick Posts: 311 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: World Wide (presently Bemidji, MN Status: offline Yeah, ditto. I've seen a few on ebay. Not so sure about them. _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 2

RE: Simon's Centenial Bitters - 4/21/2006 3:23:01 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2019 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline RON...Clevenger Bros made a couple of variants. One has the initials CB. A few have been seen with "ghost" embossing, but otherwise the Clevenger's are un-embossed and may have pontil scars. The mouth finish is different on the originals from the repos. Many repos have a sheared mouth. The shape of the base is all "wrong", too. I know you can tell the diff between the originals and the Wheatons, so won't get into that. The Clevenger Bros. thread has on page 2, some pics of a repo and an original. The ones made for Chas. Joaquin Brandy are so marked on the base....and occur in mostly cobalt blue, but there are aqua examples. < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 4/21/2006 3:23:46 PM > _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 3

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