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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/1/2010 10:15:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		My favorite display, probably $10,000 worth of rare Castorias right here:



Another well-arranged display:






Believe it or not (certainly the above pictures don't indicate it...), i am not quite organized enough to maintain a nice display for long, as I keep adding things and moving items around. My Peoria collection has grown pretty big and keeps growing at a decent rate, so there is nowhere to appropriately display even half of it. I had a killer display of bottles, minerals, and small antique items on shelves I made in the 6th grade, but all was disassembled several years later. Wish I had pictures because it rocked. Those were the days.

I believe that it doesn't need to look nice (or be visible) to know that it is nice. I need to get me a house before seriously investing in display infrastructure anyway.




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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/1/2010 10:28:33 AM   
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My favorite part of it all is pulling everything out of all the cases and off all the shelves so I can re-arrange everything


Hey Donald,
I can totally relate to that. I will sit there and look for the right combination of colors and sizes and keep re-arranging until I am satisfied. Sometimes I'll change things up and put out some killer bottles just to see if anyone notices that they're different.

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/1/2010 4:34:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wonderful pictures/collections...I saw many, many bottles on my wish list.  I haven't posted a picture of my bottle wall for awhile.  I added two shelves and changed out some of the bottles.  I have two shelves of 'Kidney' embossed bottles, but think I have enough now to fill one whole side, so may be doing some rearranging soon. Enjoy.....Ron






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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/1/2010 4:38:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is my other collection - Nevada Meds! I haven't acquired any for awhile as they are just too expensive. The ones I'm looking for now start at $500 and move up. I don't want them that bad.  This is about half of my collection.  The rest are boxed in the garage.  About 40 years worth.....Ron  (Edit:  the bottom shelf are samples and not Nevada Bottles)






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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/5/2010 8:11:34 PM   
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This is about half of my collection. The rest are boxed in the garage. About 40 years worth.....


I'd love to see some close ups of a select few of your Nevada pharmacy/druggist bottles. My entire bottle collection is boxed in my storage room. Loma Prieta earthquake taught me a valuable lesson about displaying bottles which is if you live in earthquake country don't display glass or if you do take your chances on losing irreplaceable items.

When I had bottles displayed they became part of the daily background of the room, gathering dust. I never had enough shelving to properly display them anyway. It's more fun for me to go out to the storage room, grab a box and unwrap each one like it was a present. Hold it in the light, admire the embossing, etc.  Maybe take some pictures to post. Then put them all back safe and sound.

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/6/2010 8:06:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		very nice...thanks for sharing.

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/6/2010 8:20:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have picked up a couple dozen or more bottles in the last few months with out any idea where I would put them. I rearranged my china hutch..putting china in closets to make room for the bottles. My collection that has been stored at the in-laws for 7 years gets picked up in 2 weeks. Doubt I will unpack it before we move again in July.
This is the top of the hutch..mostly apothecary bottles but others I could not pass up...




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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/6/2010 8:21:39 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/6/2010 9:21:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice one's Melinda, do you have any Baltimore vet bottles?  I like the plate, it reminds me of some of the 1830's plate shards I've been finding at Stonetown.

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/6/2010 9:40:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		I do not have any Baltimore vet bottles. Are there any that are specifically Baltimore? I have been amazed at the number and types of bottles that were from Baltimore.

The plate is Portmeirian from England. The potteries were about 2 hours north of where we were living. The major potteries would have resident artists that did there own thing, coming up with new ideas that may or may not be used. The seconds store had a few plates that the artist had hand painted and were being sold cheap. They were very much a new twist on on old style. In a way it reminds me of the Pennsylvania Dutch style paintings but not as elaborate.

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/7/2010 11:58:20 PM   
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ORIGINAL: blobbottlebob

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My favorite part of it all is pulling everything out of all the cases and off all the shelves so I can re-arrange everything


Hey Donald,
I can totally relate to that. I will sit there and look for the right combination of colors and sizes and keep re-arranging until I am satisfied. Sometimes I'll change things up and put out some killer bottles just to see if anyone notices that they're different.



Couldn't help myself! I had to dust so I rearranged the dispplay.

Dusting: about 30 seconds.

Holding each bottle up to the lite, admiring the glass, and finding the perfect place for everything: Over 2 hours!




Looks like I was so busy admiring my bottles I forgot the main reason I started dusting..... The giant cobweb hanging down off the ceiling! Back to work I guess......

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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/8/2010 12:06:05 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/8/2010 12:08:24 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/8/2010 12:10:54 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/8/2010 3:59:59 PM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/14/2010 12:04:40 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/14/2010 12:05:02 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/14/2010 12:05:30 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/14/2010 12:06:24 AM   
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RE: post a pic of your bottle display - 4/14/2010 12:06:49 AM   
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