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newbie here? PICS - 1/2/2005 4:21:33 PM    dukedigsbottles   Posts: 22 Joined: 1/2/2005 Status: offline I recently found about 100 old bottles. Some with raised lettering. All with glass stoppers. As far as I can tell they are from the early 1900's and earlier. Some are marked pat. March 25 1879 Whitall-Tatum Co. My question is how to clean them without breaking/ruining them. And how to get some of the glass stoppers out that are stuck. I have soaked them in warm tap water and then putting cold water on the stopper and that got most of them loose. My final question is how to aquire a tumbler or how to build one. I am new to the antique bottle world so I would appreciate any feedback!! Thanks In Advance! Casey H. SW MI Attachment (1) < Message edited by dukedigsbottles -- 1/3/2005 1:37:06 PM > Post #: 1

RE: old chemist bottles*pic added - 1/2/2005 6:31:33 PM    dukedigsbottles   Posts: 22 Joined: 1/2/2005 Status: offline here is another picture its most of my bottles Attachment (1) < Message edited by dukedigsbottles -- 1/2/2005 6:31:37 PM > (in reply to dukedigsbottles) Post #: 2

RE: old chemist bottles*pic added - 1/4/2005 1:54:37 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Hey Duke... Welcome to the forum...nice collection of bottles...look mostly like meds and apocrophy(sp.) bottles...but I was told recently that each glass stopper is ground to fit the particular bottle it was in....??? You may have decreased the value of your bottles by mixing them up...am I right fellow forum members? (Please correct me if I'm wrong in my observation.) And be careful if they have any contents...age may have caused a chemical reaction that could be fatal...caution is advised... Happy hunting... The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to dukedigsbottles) Post #: 3

RE: newbie here? PICS - 1/4/2005 6:52:42 AM    dukedigsbottles   Posts: 22 Joined: 1/2/2005 Status: offline Hey Doc Thanks for the info how should I go about cleaning them. Cause top openings are so small,help anyone. And the stoppers I marked the ones that were in the bottles the other ones were just laying in a box so yhat might take awhile to match them up hehe. Should I buy a tumbler? Anyone from SW MI. THE Duke (in reply to dukedigsbottles) Post #: 4

RE: newbie here? PICS - 1/4/2005 10:10:26 PM    diggerjeff Posts: 555 Joined: 7/4/2004 From: central illinois Status: offline unless those bottles came from the ground there would be no reason to tumble. being that they have strong embossing, ground stoppers ( which buy the way each stopper is individually fitted to a certian bottle, hope you didnt mix yours up!) and no doubt some are acid etched . tumbling would do more harm than good i think! try some strong lime scale removers or CLR on one and play with that for a while. _____________________________ diggerjeff I DIG, THEREFORE I AM. (in reply to dukedigsbottles) Post #: 5

RE: newbie here? PICS - 1/22/2005 11:48:00 AM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline LOve the bottles "I collect mainly med/cure" bottles,and these ones you have I would say came from a old Pharmacy........the ones that are acid eteched do not tumble!!!!!!!! Awsome!!! The stoppers are ascool,,,, Where did you find these>,,,,,,u need more apothacary types?.. _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to dukedigsbottles) Post #: 6

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