Very not bottle, that would have been an expensive bottle to buy with the 10sides and all of the embossing. Great colour as well, have you tumbled it or was it found that nice.
Google bellarmine and select images, there are lots that are three dimensional and quite detailed. Not all are repos, it just looks and feels right, been collecting for 50 years.
I found this at our local market, Southworks in Cambridge Ont. I have been collecting for 50 years and this is the first one I have found to buy. It was described as a face vase but in fact it is a Bellarmine or Bartmann Jug from Germany. These jugs were used from 1650's to the mid 1700's. It is...
Hi all, I am looking for a bottle from Dundas Ontario. I believe it only came in a machine made version of which there are pints and quarts. It has a full elk on it and Dominion Soda Water, Dundas Ontario.
Bruce w. Thurston
I believe that the glass one is definitely a salt shaker, the porcelain one could be a sander. Back in the day they would sprinkle sand on the wet ink to help it dry. But more than likely it to is a salt shaker.
Your 100% correct Marty, there are not many young people interested in old stuff, they all want to buy from Ikea, use it and throw it away. I have a lot of stuff mostly old being I have collected for almost 50 years. The good stuff is never hard to sell, so my advice to any aspiring collector is...
I have eight Canadian quart Sodas, 5 are blob top, 3 are handmade crown top.
3 - blob top Pilgrim Bros. from Hamilton all different.
1 - R.S. Dunlop from Brantford, blob top
1 - Hamilton Bros. Galt Ontario
1 - J. J. McLaughlin hygea waters Toronto
1 - York Springs, blob top
1 - Cummer & Sons...
The newest offering from Maple Leaf Auction started today and is over on May 2nd at 6:00 pm. www.mapleleafauctions.com . There is some really nice items up for auction. Scott runs a good sale and is on line only.
Bruce
QUOTE="Catcat16, post: 724927, member: 28751"]
Blueing? I’m not familiar with that term.
Hi cat bluing was used to make your laundry whites whiter. Your mother may have used it. My mother did, she would just wave the bar of bluing in the wash tub.
Bruce