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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 8/24/2010 10:29:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Not sure about the bird wire it could be a bird in the garden behind the bottle and the window pane behind the bottle but not exactly sure.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 8/24/2010 10:33:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes Ive also seen them before they often pop up on ebay and they dont appear to be as good quality or as good of a copy as this particular example.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/25/2011 2:40:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Still have this bottle,still researching, so any new contributions are most welcome, also just aqquired a Drakes plantation bitters bottle here in the UK, guy I purchased it from bought it from a charity shop (I think you guys in the states refer to them as thrift stores).Will post up images in a new post coming soon.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/25/2011 4:52:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		This looks like one I had from the Jamestown Glasshouse. Mine had a seal for Joseph Frances




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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/25/2011 5:20:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah would agree coboltmoon it does look similar, but at the same time the one that you have posted looks exactly as it should a very good repro copy of a late 17 century wine bottle, where as the bottle I posted is a little bit cruder or not as good as a reproduction if you follow my drift. What was the age of the bottle. Thanks for your interest, Geordie.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/25/2011 7:07:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		The seal on the bottle is William and Marys monogram http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1jl:Royal_Monogram_of_William_and_Mary_of_Great_Britain.svg

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/26/2011 5:41:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: geordie

Not sure about the bird wire it could be a bird in the garden behind the bottle and the window pane behind the bottle but not exactly sure.

What cyberdigger is referring to is the string of glass that goes from side to the other on the inside of the bottle, known as a birdswing.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/27/2011 2:17:01 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: geordie

Not sure about the bird wire it could be a bird in the garden behind the bottle and the window pane behind the bottle but not exactly sure.

What cyberdigger is referring to is the string of glass that goes from side to the other on the inside of the bottle, known as a birdswing.


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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/27/2011 2:52:42 PM   
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http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-135227/mpage-1/key-birdswing/tm.htm#135227

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/27/2011 4:24:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		hold on i may be getting it, there is a large inclusion in the glass on the right hand side of the seal it is white, could it be lime?

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 3/27/2011 4:41:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Got it, there is no bird swing what you can see is the washing line in the back garden.

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RE: Is this a colonial Williamsburg repro - 4/24/2011 7:19:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Really dont mean to drag this post out but feel I must find the origins of this bottle. Here is a more commonly seen repro currently listed on http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320689906493&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT For sale is this beautiful reproduction bottle from the Colonial Williamsburg Restoration. This bottle is an extremely detailed and hand made reproduction of a 1770 John Greenhow Williamsburg bottle. Blenko made these bottles from 1936-66 and used pieces of original bottles to assure that they were as accurate as possible. After 1966 Royal Leerdam received the contract but used the same design. This bottle measures 8" tall and is in mint condition

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