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my new pig - 6/21/2010 9:12:54 PM    div2roty   Posts: 1437 Joined: 12/23/2008 From: DC with a Delaware Antique Store Status: offline I got this from the last American Bottle Auctions. Its my first pig. I'm really happy with it. _____________________________ Collector of Delaware Bottles, figural bitters, early freeblown. Ebay Antique Store Post #: 1

RE: my new pig - 6/21/2010 9:24:19 PM    bubbas dad Posts: 1760 Joined: 3/30/2005 From: South Carolina, USA Status: offline very nice! _____________________________ john the older i get, the smarter my father gets! (in reply to div2roty) Post #: 2

RE: my new pig - 6/21/2010 9:27:06 PM    mr.fred Posts: 2344 Joined: 4/11/2009 Status: offline How about a history lesson?----i am not familiar with that piece------But i like it--thanks Fred. _____________________________ Ah! Yesterday when i was young!!. (in reply to bubbas dad) Post #: 3

RE: my new pig - 6/21/2010 11:52:59 PM    Penn Digger Posts: 1669 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: PA woods Status: offline Very bizzare.  Who would want to drink out of a pig's arse?  What was in the bottle?  I too am not familiar with the bottle and would enjoy a little history. PD (in reply to mr.fred) Post #: 4

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 12:02:08 AM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9278 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Tom,..If I'm not disremembering,..I think  it was based on a political slogan,....(The concept of this bottle,) It seems there might have been a bitters and a whiskey pig,...but I'll see if I can find some info and refresh my memory.            Joe _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 5

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 12:22:53 AM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9278 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Found this....             http://www.glswrk-auction.com/014.htm and this.... WHISKEY & BITTER PIGS Pigs were a sign of prosperity during the 1870's-1890's. The pigs were fed corn and corn was also used in the distilling of whiskey. The critters were cute and popular with the public so the distillers capitalized on these figurals as a marketable tool. The pig also represented the evils of drink. Using the cork to seal the contents at the rear allowed crude and rude jokes or slogans to enhance the product, for example "Something Good in a Hog's - - > (with the arrow pointing to the rear). Beside glass these pigs appear in pottery form. Anna Pottery from Anna, Illinois produced the famous Railroad Pig that goes for top dollar. The Kirkpatrick brothers who worked in Anna summed up their feelings in an article in the Jonesboro, Indiana Weekly Gazette in 1869: "It is rather a hoggish propensity to be guzling whiskey, and if the habit is indulged in, will son reduce a man below the level of the hog, and cause him to wallow in the gutter. Some of the popular pig designs include : 2 Bitters - Berkshire Bitters, and Sulfolk bitters both in amber, a "prototype clear blank suffolk bitters, pottery spongewear pigs, yelloware pigs, Amber and clear glass pigs with slogans "drink while it lasts form this hogs", "something good in a hogs -->", "Good old Bourbon in a hogs", "pure old corn" (pottery), "compliments of the Theodore Netter Distilling Co", Louisville Crescent Moon Whiskey pigs and railroad Annas, along with a number of local tavern and unembossed pottery pigs, make up a good selection to comprise a collection. The most common pigs (3 or 4) can be found in the $55-100 range, but then the jump is considerable being in the $250.00-$2000 range, this is a collection that someone could go "Hog Wild" over. < Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 6/22/2010 12:26:35 AM > _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 6

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 7:27:24 AM    mr.fred Posts: 2344 Joined: 4/11/2009 Status: offline Thanks Joe!--------Fred. _____________________________ Ah! Yesterday when i was young!!. (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 7

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 12:25:33 PM    Chuck1188   Posts: 199 Joined: 11/8/2009 From: Tyler, TX Status: offline Excellent piece. I have always admired the pigs. Maybe thats why I like the bitters so much, because of their many shapes they come in. _____________________________ Looking for any and all bitters, pontiled sodas, and Texas meds. "We can't stop here, it's bat country" "Do right and fear no man" (in reply to mr.fred) Post #: 8

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 9:46:08 PM    KBbottles Posts: 1403 Joined: 2/24/2010 From: South Brunswick, NJ Status: offline That is absolutely awesome! Wow I've never seen them before. I imagine something like this could be a great investment piece. And an enjoyable piece of history to look at while it appreciates over the years. I want one. (in reply to Chuck1188) Post #: 9

RE: my new pig - 6/22/2010 11:24:51 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 3876 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline great bottle - something everyone would hope to dig one day! _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to KBbottles) Post #: 10

RE: my new pig - 6/23/2010 1:32:34 AM    Penn Digger Posts: 1669 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: PA woods Status: offline Thanks for the history lesson Professor Joe.  I would still feel uncomfortable drinking anything out of a pig's arse. As for pigs being a sign of prosperity, is that like the old paintings with the half nude  fat women (Venus De Milo???) being seen as desirable because they were well fed? Most likely came from money and had a dowery attached?  When I have visted the Louvre in Paris or the Met in NYC I can't recall any "great master's" paintings of women with six pack abs and tiny waistes.  My, how desirable women have changed? PD < Message edited by Penn Digger -- 6/23/2010 1:36:08 AM > (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 11

RE: my new pig - 6/23/2010 1:37:04 AM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9278 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Good observations,....Philosopher Tom ....Interesting points to ponder as well.....         Joe    _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 12

RE: my new pig - 6/23/2010 8:57:48 AM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2795 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Mighty fine pig you got there.. First big I saw was on Antiques Roadshow in pottery form. < Message edited by Poison_Us -- 6/23/2010 8:58:25 AM > _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 13

RE: my new pig - 6/23/2010 11:32:36 PM    div2roty   Posts: 1437 Joined: 12/23/2008 From: DC with a Delaware Antique Store Status: offline quote: Excellent piece. I have always admired the pigs. Maybe thats why I like the bitters so much, because of their many shapes they come in I like the fact that you can look at a figural bitters from 20-30 feet away and know exactly what it is. Whereas a nice soda, med or flask you usually have to pick up to really read the embossing and see what it is. _____________________________ Collector of Delaware Bottles, figural bitters, early freeblown. Ebay Antique Store (in reply to Chuck1188) Post #: 14

RE: my new pig - 6/23/2010 11:35:05 PM    div2roty   Posts: 1437 Joined: 12/23/2008 From: DC with a Delaware Antique Store Status: offline The anna pottery pigs are nice. The plain ones cost about 2k, but the more decorated ones can go for 10-20k. _____________________________ Collector of Delaware Bottles, figural bitters, early freeblown. Ebay Antique Store (in reply to div2roty) Post #: 15

RE: my new pig - 6/24/2010 5:20:25 PM    glass man Posts: 7554 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline BEAUTIFUL!!!! _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to div2roty) Post #: 16

RE: my new pig - 6/24/2010 5:30:44 PM    nhpicker   Posts: 223 Joined: 2/25/2010 Status: offline NICE PIG! I won't even ask what it took to get that one! (in reply to glass man) Post #: 17

RE: my new pig - 6/24/2010 5:54:54 PM    potstone   Posts: 428 Joined: 12/11/2007 From: South Eastern PA Status: offline Very nice color, should display great. Good Going!!! (in reply to div2roty) Post #: 18

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