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1908 Gem for sale

The 1908 Gem was made by the Sydenham Glass Company of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. It was replaced by the New Gem, and on some New Gems you can see 1908 peened out.
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- Post #5
- Jun 14, 2010
- Forum: Jars General discussion
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HOW TO GET THROUGH THIS dump!

Never give up and work through it steadily. I remember digging in this old dump in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada in the early 1980s (man, that's nearly 30 years ago!). The dump was in an old underground storage tank about 25 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep, and was filled with all sorts of what...
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- Post #17
- Jun 12, 2010
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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RIGO?

Thanks for posting the pic, which is of one of my bottles. As a point of interest, Richards Glass Company also distributed several styles of prescription bottle marked RIGO on the base. They are, by far, the most common artifact from this company.
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- Post #8
- May 2, 2010
- Forum: Poisons
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RIGO?

Yes, RIchards Glass COmpany, which was established in 1912 as a jobber of glassware and bottles to pharmacists. Richards made only its own tubeware. Other products, such as poison bottles and prescription bottles, were primarily made by Dominon Glass Company plants in Toronto, Montreal, and...
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- Post #6
- Apr 28, 2010
- Forum: Poisons
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Large (16oz.) J.F.Hartz Poison

The J.F. Hartz Co., Ltd. was established in Toronto in the late 1890s and stayed in business for several decades. It was a medical supply company and had three basic sizes of these kinds of bottles: 4 oz, 8 oz, 16 oz. Colours include cobalt, amber, and clear. All variants of these bottles have...
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- Post #9
- Apr 25, 2010
- Forum: Poisons