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Whats a GPR? - 4/14/2007 7:01:27 PM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Found these at the antique mall today. Traded a milk glass vase and 5 bucks for em. Jacksonville Bludwine and sun-colored amethyst G.P.R < Message edited by HunterGatherer -- 4/14/2007 7:03:41 PM > Post #: 1

RE: Whats a GPR? - 4/14/2007 7:08:43 PM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Lip and neck of G.P.R for aid in dating. Hard to see but seam stops halfway up the neck. < Message edited by HunterGatherer -- 4/14/2007 7:18:21 PM > (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 2

RE: Whats a GPR? - 4/14/2007 7:27:47 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2539 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Just a referrence but I would date that to 1880 - 1900.  Depending on maker, bottle, etc.  But I have found that the closer to the shoulder than the lip that the seam ends is 1870's.  If the seam almost touches the lip then about 1900.  I could be wrong.  Just a thought.  Nice bottle. Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 3

RE: Whats a GPR? - 4/15/2007 8:49:37 PM    RFord   Posts: 30 Joined: 11/2/2003 From: Clarksville, Maryland Status: offline GPR stands for Gump's Pure Rye a Baltimore Whiskey. (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 4

RE: Whats a GPR? - 4/16/2007 7:41:23 PM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Are you sure? Neither google nor eBay showed anything with that name. (in reply to RFord) Post #: 5

RE: Whats a GPR? - 4/16/2007 9:18:54 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline HUNTER...if BOB said so, you can take it to the bank. he knows his Baltimore bottles as well as I know my Bristol bottles. I knew in the back of my mind that it was Gump's & from Baltimore...but couldn't drag my brain away from Gumps' Gin, another Baltimore bottle/product.... _____________________________ * 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 HunterGatherer) Post #: 6

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