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Epackage leaving the site....

I'm going to lose sleep.
- Rick
- Post #7
- Oct 24, 2010
- Forum: General Chat
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ST DRAKE 1860 PLANTATION BITTERS Dating

The bottles on the REPUBLIC are in a book called Bottles from the Deep. Just colored photos of the bottles, no pictures of the bases. Looks like we have the 6 logs down, any of the 4 log ones that are able to be pinned to down to a certain time?
- Rick
- Post #16
- Jul 10, 2007
- Forum: General Chat
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ST DRAKE 1860 PLANTATION BITTERS Dating

A book called The Bertrand Bottles has pictures of all the bottles along with line drawings of the sides and even the bottoms. If only all bottle books were like that. There were also 6 log Drakes on the Stamship Republic that went down off the coast of Georgia in 1865.
- Rick
- Post #10
- Jul 9, 2007
- Forum: General Chat
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ST DRAKE 1860 PLANTATION BITTERS Dating

Is there any way to properly date these bottles? Is there an age difference in the 4 log and 6 log versions? Thanks for any info.
- Rick
- Thread
- Jul 8, 2007
- Replies: 20
- Forum: General Chat
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Jenny Lind Flask Repro?

Finally!!! After a year I found a replacement for my broken one. Whiskeyman, this is what I was talking about earlier as mine was an aqua repro.
- Rick
- Post #14
- Mar 19, 2006
- Forum: Reproduction bottles and jars.
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Jenny Lind Flask Repro?

The one I have is a one piece (no applied top) and doesn't have a pontil. I'm pretty sure it was an early repro. I also have an Albany flask in the same exact color (actually I bought them both at the same time, from the same collector for about $10)
- Rick
- Post #9
- Sep 19, 2005
- Forum: Reproduction bottles and jars.
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Jenny Lind Flask Repro?

I had a nice AQUA (not blue) with debris in the glass. It looked like an original. The bad thing is, someone broke it. I'd love to find another in aqua, doubt I ever will.
- Rick
- Post #7
- Sep 14, 2005
- Forum: Reproduction bottles and jars.
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If you designed a repro...

I would make Civil War Period Bottles in AQUA so that reenactors could have some proper bottles to use. Scroll flasks, Jenny Linds, CORRECT peppersauce, fluted Ketchup bottles... etc. I almost bought the old Clevenger Brother Scroll flask mold a few months back off of Ebay, to have some blown...
- Rick
- Post #5
- Sep 14, 2005
- Forum: Reproduction bottles and jars.
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Kentucky diggers

I'm just a small time collector from Kentucky (Midway), never have done any digging and am new to the Forums.
- Rick
- Post #4
- Jun 14, 2004
- Forum: Digging and Finding