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    One of a kind Texas whiskey bottle

    Strap sided flasks are rare from most southern states. Add an anchor the the reverse and the "wow factor" go way up. I am the proud owner of an aqua quart size strap sided flask embossed ROGERS, MARTYN & COMPANY/ ORLANDO, FLA. It is embossed using a round slug plate and has an applied top...
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    What is the most valuable bottle that you own or have sold?

    Not exactly an answer to original question but the most expensive two bottles (one is a jug) I have in my collection is; (1) the bottle is olive shaded green like a lot of Saratoga type bottles and the same shape. What makes this bottle different and extremely rare is the embossing, it is...
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    What is the most valuable bottle that you own or have sold?

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    Hutchinson sample bottle for sale

    In the 1880’s Hutchinson stopper bottles were offered to interested bottlers as a sales promotion for free or a nominal charge. In that respect these are sample bottles and made by several different glass companies. These bottles are not as common as a lot of embossed hutches but not rare in my...
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    Ponce DeLeon Spring Water

    Also there is a related crock jug stenciled “WHITNEY’S PONCE DE LEON SPRING/FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH/TONIC WATER/No. 1513 ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. I am interested in buying this piece as well. Thanks for your time
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    Pensacola FL bottles

    I have one I can sell or trade. If you have an interest in buying or trading, please text me at three eight six Eight zero four fifty five ten. I’ll send you pictures. the bottle is in great condition. Thanks for your time
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    Another Pensacola bottle question

    Yes, the entire top portion of the bottle is shaped different
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    I am looking for an example of the William Hudson English Codd bottle. I have two variants of...

    I am looking for an example of the William Hudson English Codd bottle. I have two variants of the American made Codd but recently found out there is also an embossed English made variant. I am also looking for a James McHugh lightning stopper and a Rauch and Pfieffer gravitating stopper...
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    Another Pensacola bottle question

    William Hudson used a Codd closure when he first stated in the soda water business because Carre (Mobile) had the rights to the Mathew's gravitating stopper in Pensacola. There exists at least 3 styles of the Codd bottle he used embossed with his name. One variant appears to be English made...
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    Ponce DeLeon Spring Water

    I would like to purchase a bottle from St Augustine, FLa. It is a mineral water shaped bottle made in the 1890's that has a monogram on the front of the bottle. The monogram is a F with an H over the F. I believe this monogram is a logo for the Flagler Hotel that opened in the late 1880's...
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    Pensacola FL bottles

    El Capitan, What is a fair price for a WILLIAM HUDSON/PENSACOLA, FLa. aqua, tall lightning stopper in near mint condition sell for these days? Do you have a RAUSCH & PFEIFFER/PENSACOLA, FLA. gravitating stopper for sale?
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    Pensacola bottle Collectors Question

    I collect patented stopper soda water bottles from Florida. I found a really nice WILLIAM HUDSON/PENSACOLA, FLA. aqua, tall lightning stopper. On the reverse is is embossed THIS BOTTLE TO BE RETURNED. I have seen one, maybe two of these but don't know if the price he is asking is reasonable...
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    wanted St. Augustine bottle

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I am looking for a bottle from the late 1800's from St. Augustine Fla. The bottle is similar to the usual Saratoga mineral water bottles, and exists in various shades of olive green glass. It is embossed Ponce DeLeon Springs/Water/St. Augustine, Fla. It has a smooth base...
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    D T Sweeney bottles

    I would like to contact folks that have one or more of the cobalt blue sodas or ale used by DT Sweeney prior to him moving to Key West. I would like to get a picture of the pony style soda with just his name embossed on it. I would also be interested in purchasing/trading for that bottle. I...
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    wanted Florida sodas

    I am looking for a Fort Pierce Bottling Works/Ft. Pierce, Fla. Hutchinson stopper, a Charles Demont/Sanford, Fla. gravitating stopper, a James McHugh/Pensacola, Fla. lightning stopper, a D.T. Sweeny/Key West, Fla. blob top pony, a 1/2 pint and pint Rogers, Martyn & Co./Orlando, Fla. strap sided...
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