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A great place to see and sell insulators is Pole Top Discoveries. I believe it’s an Ohio based outfit. I once bought an ink on their auction site but insulators are their real forte. The folks there are also a great resource for identifying your insulators.
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- Post #4
- Dec 12, 2022
- Forum: Insulators
Need help

Thanks for the information. Amazed how you found this! Great informative article.
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- Post #3
- Apr 10, 2022
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Need help

Picked this up at a show today. Marked at $20.00, I traded a cracked hutch from New Orleans for it. Both the dealer and I were skeptical on real age and use. It’s 5 1/2”H, is pretty thin glass, and will fit in my hand. It is as crude as it gets. The mouth looks like the slot or opening was...
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- Thread
- Apr 9, 2022
- Replies: 4
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
WANTED: BEER CANS

I like your disease.
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- Post #630
- Jan 22, 2022
- Forum: Bottles for Sale or Trade (WTS, WTT)
Diving for bottles

I do a lot of open water diving. If you had trouble with clearing at 10’, it was not the system issue. Might have been a temporary thing (ear or sinus problem) or no proper instruction on clearing procedures. That’s one of the many things SCUBA certification helps with. I suggest anyone using a...
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- Post #12
- Jan 21, 2022
- Forum: Introductions
Friday Five

Five teakettles. All “straight eights”. Three blown, two cut glass. Happy Friday.
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- Thread
- Jan 21, 2022
- Replies: 0
- Forum: General Chat
Glass egg- Most unusual find

Never have seen one of those. Very nice find!
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- Post #2
- Jan 17, 2022
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
Never seen this one

I grew up in Laurel and still don’t know what that W means. If it is associated with the distributor, I believe the local Watkins family may have been owners at one time but as I don’t collect coke bottles, it may have something to to with the manufacturing process or a factory designation for...
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- Post #5
- Jan 17, 2022
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Odd open pontiled bottle.

Sorry, it’s 9.5” h.
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- Post #12
- Jan 17, 2022
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Odd open pontiled bottle.

Here’s an example I got from a New Orleans digger. He called it a truffle oil bottle. I haven’t any personal knowledge of the use.
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- Post #11
- Jan 17, 2022
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Bottles turning purple?

This is why I love this site. I can’t imagine having resources like this during most of my bottle collecting days. Just ask and someone out there can help. Here’s my contribution. A 1/2 pint uServo milk. I did not apply any contrast to see the embossing, just white light to show color with no...
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- Post #24
- Dec 17, 2021
- Forum: Unanswered Questions
Cobalt inks?

Concur. Twentieth century machine made inks. About 3-5 dollars for decorative value if in very good condition with no chips or cracks.
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- Post #4
- Oct 10, 2021
- Forum: Digging and Finding
Stone axe

That’s as good a guess as any. The experts say possum, deer, turtle, or alligator. The artist was a bit of a impressionist.
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- Post #15
- Oct 1, 2021
- Forum: General Chat
Very unique Medusa Bottle

The seal is missing but looks like a mid to late twentieth century absinthe bottle. Maybe brandy but weird.
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- Post #3
- Sep 26, 2021
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
Just in from France

Very good hand painting on this one for sure.
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- Post #3
- Sep 24, 2021
- Forum: New to the Collection