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Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/19/2004 6:03:49 AM    sauceman   Posts: 21 Joined: 3/31/2004 From: Victoria Australia Status: offline Found this bottle in an Australian creek hoping someone can offer some information about it. 5 3/4 high 2 1/2 wide 1 3/4 thick no 26 on base. cheers Glenn Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/19/2004 9:54:39 AM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline I believe that this is a stove-dressing bottle. Common here in the USA. _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to sauceman) Post #: 2

RE: Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/19/2004 11:39:42 AM    olddump   Posts: 130 Joined: 2/2/2004 Status: offline I'm pretty sure they are shoe dressing bottles that may also make stove blacking. They were or have been in operation for some time I've dug thier bottles in 1910 to 20s dumps and also in 1880s to turn of the century dumps. Here are pictures of three from early mold blown to machine made all have WHITTEMORE BOSTON on them two also have FRENCH GLOSS the two aquas are early mold blown and the clear is a machine made with an 18 on the bottom 1918? maybe. I hope some of this helps. Page 132 BOTTLE PRICING GUIDE by HUGH CLEVELAND WHITTEMORE Green 5&1/4 inch Shoe POLISH 4 to 6 dollars Tom, Olddump Attachment (1) < Message edited by olddump -- 4/19/2004 7:31:42 PM > (in reply to sauceman) Post #: 3

RE: Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/19/2004 12:09:33 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1160 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hi Sauceman, it is definately a dressing of some sort. Stove or shoe I don't know. I dug mine here in texas and it still had the blacking remnants inside. Mine is aqua and a BIM. circa 1880. Happy Digging, Kelley (in reply to sauceman) Post #: 4

RE: Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/20/2004 8:14:27 AM    sauceman   Posts: 21 Joined: 3/31/2004 From: Victoria Australia Status: offline Thanks everyone for your help! Here is a pic of a nice lid (broken) of course that I found today, also a fairly rare variation of an. Australian torp . The Rowlands usually have the trade mark picture across the bottle Attachment (1) (in reply to sauceman) Post #: 5

RE: Whittemores Boston U.S.A?? - 4/20/2004 8:18:49 AM    oz-riley   Posts: 135 Joined: 11/24/2002 From: Melbourne, Australia. Status: offline Hey sauceman, That is one rare torp there, not many around with the trade mark side on like that. The pot lid is one of the hardest to find also pity it is broken Thanks Chris _____________________________ Please visit my Australian Antique Bottle Web Site 'The Aussie Bottle Digger' http://www.users.bigpond.com/oz-riley/ (in reply to sauceman) Post #: 6

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