Mudbug
Active Member
Hey all,
Been a while since I've posted, I've been kinda busy working and digging, more work than digging.
Any way, I've dug up a bottle that I'd like some information on.
I've been all over the internet and am only finding Hartwig Kantorwicz, Der Lachs bottles and similar.
My bottle is mostly square, like an early paddled bottle, mostly aqua with maybe a hint of green, a stringy lip, an open tubular pontil scar and a seal that has what looks to be a Star of David with a fish under it and I W L embossed into the seal.
Some of my reading has produced the info that the I W L are initials for Isaac Witwe (or Wed) Ling who was possibly the proprietor or maker of the concoction in the bottle.
The bottle is really nice and it has numerous air bubbles with some distinct flaws in manufacturing.
No mold lines so I'm sure it was hand blown and squared up using the old methods.
I've enclosed some pictures of it in hopes maybe someone can tell me more about it, provide some links to it's origin or any more information on it.
Someday I may want to trade for it or sell it,but right now I like it too much to do anything but find out more about I W L, who he was,what was in the bottle and when it is dated from...... oh and it was dug in New Orleans,LA which is a pretty old city.
Been a while since I've posted, I've been kinda busy working and digging, more work than digging.
Any way, I've dug up a bottle that I'd like some information on.
I've been all over the internet and am only finding Hartwig Kantorwicz, Der Lachs bottles and similar.
My bottle is mostly square, like an early paddled bottle, mostly aqua with maybe a hint of green, a stringy lip, an open tubular pontil scar and a seal that has what looks to be a Star of David with a fish under it and I W L embossed into the seal.
Some of my reading has produced the info that the I W L are initials for Isaac Witwe (or Wed) Ling who was possibly the proprietor or maker of the concoction in the bottle.
The bottle is really nice and it has numerous air bubbles with some distinct flaws in manufacturing.
No mold lines so I'm sure it was hand blown and squared up using the old methods.
I've enclosed some pictures of it in hopes maybe someone can tell me more about it, provide some links to it's origin or any more information on it.
Someday I may want to trade for it or sell it,but right now I like it too much to do anything but find out more about I W L, who he was,what was in the bottle and when it is dated from...... oh and it was dug in New Orleans,LA which is a pretty old city.
