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Who's this guy?

Hi swizzle. Your little guy is a mustard jar, and he has two "brothers". There are three different faces: one smiling, one frowning, and one in between, and they corresponded to how spicey the mustard was. I don't remember the name of the company. I can't remember if I got this info from...
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- Post #16
- May 10, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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Bottle???

Hiya Andy4707. How tall is your bottle? It looks like one of the old style food coloring bottles, which were only 2 to 3" tall.
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- Post #9
- May 10, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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Coal tar?

Hiya. Try sudsy ammonia solution. You can find it in the grocery store in the cleaning products section. It works wonders with those brown/black tar-like substances. You will need to let it soak though, sometimes for a couple of weeks. A friend of mine says he had to soak something for a...
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- Post #3
- Apr 25, 2005
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Milk glass snuff?? 2nd pic

RE: Milk glass snuff?? Hi digginbot247, and welcome to the forum. Your bottle was made for a doll, so the little girls could "feed" their baby.
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- Post #3
- Apr 22, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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2 more balt. beers

Hiya Rhona. I have an older book at home, somwhere, that focuses on Baltimore beers and gives date ranges. I will bring it to the meeting this Friday. If you can't make it to the meeting, I will bring the book to work and try to help you out when the boss isn't looking. [;)]
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- Post #3
- Apr 7, 2005
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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BLACKENED MAPLE SYRUP BOTTLE? HELP!

Hello s3iinc. Looking at the area of the break, your bottle appears to be a dark olive green in color. Is that glue I'm seeing, or is light getting under the edge of the break to give us a hint of the color?
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- Post #15
- Apr 6, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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old beer bottles

Hi Rhona. I hate to tell ya, but those are very common in the Baltimore area. Only worth a buck or two, if that. Of course, that only goes for the ones I can see. Can you post pictures of the others? If you don't get a chance, maybe you could bring them to the meeting this Friday. [:)]
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- Post #4
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Bottle in a bottle?

Hello glassnob, and welcome to the forum. I'm fairly certain your bottle was for perfume. It appears to have very thick glass, and this in turn makes it appear to be a "bottle in a bottle"
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- Post #2
- Apr 4, 2005
- Forum: Displaying and Photographing
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KIRIN Beer Bottle

Hi Northern1, and welcome to the forum. The only thing I can tell you about your bottle is that the "dragon/horse" is from Japanese mythology and is actually called a Kirin.
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- Post #2
- Apr 1, 2005
- Forum: Unanswered Questions
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Harkness Fire destroyer whats in it?

Hi NoThreat. First of all, beautiful bottle! Second, for everyone who is concerned about carbon tetrachloride in these grenades, the chemical wasn't synthesized until 1918, (see this site: www.firehouse.com/news/2002/5/9_Pextinguish.html ) so you needn't worry about the older grenades. In...
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- Post #5
- Apr 1, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Pot Lids

Hello, and welcome to the forum. The folks over here definitely find pot lids, though I suspect not in the numbers found in the UK. If you scroll down a bit, you will find a section about pot lids on this site.
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- Post #2
- Mar 8, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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E. G. Booz -- Original or Repro?

Hi Lisa. Yes, people collect the reproductions. The newer ones for decorative purposes (bright greens, blues and yellows), the older ones because they can look so much like an original. Log in and go to the search option, which is in the same line as the log in at the top of the page. Do a...
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- Post #6
- Mar 4, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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E. G. Booz -- Original or Repro?

Right time, right place. [:)] We recently had quite a thread with another Booze that was more difficult to authenticate. If you are interested in determining more about your bottle, I think you can search the thread. If you can't find it, I will be glad to help you. Some of the early...
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- Post #4
- Mar 4, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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E. G. Booz -- Original or Repro?

Hello Lisa, and welcome to the forum. If your bottle says "Booze Bottle" on the bottom, then it is a repro. [:(] Even the repros look good in a window though.
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- Post #2
- Mar 4, 2005
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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What is it?

Hi Ad. Your initial description makes me wonder if the article was mistaken about the use of these objects. Try doing a search for antique glass Victorian Christmas lights. I know it sounds crazy, but give it a shot and see if they look like the pictures in the article. I vaguely remember...
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- Post #6
- Mar 4, 2005
- Forum: Unanswered Questions