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RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 8/6/2008 11:15:39 AM    deepbluedigger   Posts: 231 Joined: 1/12/2006 From: Yorkshire, England Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: KentOhio There's a pricey Dicey on bottleauction.com Thanks: I've seen it! Very pricey. We'll see what it sells for. The prices of unusual coloured Daffy's have gone nuts over the past 12 to 18 months, pushed up there by literally a couple of British buyers who are focussed on them to the exclusion of all else. Tigue: I've just sent you a pm. Sorry for not responding earlier. No idea how I missed your post up to now! Jerry < Message edited by deepbluedigger -- 8/6/2008 11:41:38 AM > (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 21

RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 8/18/2008 5:25:36 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260273988468&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016 Interesting bottle. Embossed New York but certainly not a typical American pontil. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to deepbluedigger) Post #: 22

RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 8/20/2008 12:19:01 PM    deepbluedigger   Posts: 231 Joined: 1/12/2006 From: Yorkshire, England Status: offline Yup - identical pontil to some of the English small flint or lead glass bottles of the 1820s - 30s period. Good price for a little flint glass thing! (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 23

RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 11/3/2008 8:03:20 AM    deepbluedigger   Posts: 231 Joined: 1/12/2006 From: Yorkshire, England Status: offline Refreshing this thread: I'm still chasing those British pontils! Here's an example of a bottle recently repatriated to England from the States by a friend of mine, and exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. This Daffy's Elixir bottle was most likely used by a guy called Anthony Daffy Swinton. He was a very nasty piece of work (would probably be called a psychopath these days) at the dirtier end of the quack medicine market, but it's a great bottle with some great history attached. Dates probably before 1840. Attachment (1) < Message edited by deepbluedigger -- 11/3/2008 8:09:26 AM > (in reply to deepbluedigger) Post #: 24

RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 11/3/2008 9:26:29 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: called a psychopath these days Kind of ironic, doesnt daffy come from the middle english word for crazy?  _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to deepbluedigger) Post #: 25

RE: British embossed pontiled meds wanted - 11/4/2008 4:23:21 AM    deepbluedigger   Posts: 231 Joined: 1/12/2006 From: Yorkshire, England Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: GuntherHess Kind of ironic, doesnt daffy come from the middle english word for crazy?  Yup. Apparently has the same origin as 'daft' in common usage, but I don't know the origin of the surname. Daffy's Elixir is the oldest of the 'big name' English patent meds, first sold in the 1660s, and is named for its inventor, the Reverend Thomas Daffy (1617 - 1680). It was still being sold in the early 1950s, making it possibly the longest-lived of all patent medicines, at about 300 years. The earliest embossed Daffy's bottles date to about 1790 or 1800. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 26

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