Yeah it is a cool website to browse and learn. Another neat thing to see is the inside of the bottle. If you shine light you can make out were the potter started forming the bottle.
I wish I had found it, but it was a purchased bottle from the Baltimore Bottle Show. I normal only find a lot of glass pieces and bottles from the Chesapeake when I go down canoeing along the Choptank.
I believe your bottle to be Victor Butshke of Baltimore, Maryland. It is pretty cool that it was found while oystering. I happen to have a stoneware beer bottle from Maryland that has two clam shells stuck inside. If you are will to part with the bottle, I would give you a generous offer for...
Yep, I found the Collingwood this past October while walking around an outside antique flea market in Philadelphia. [:)] When I came across the bottle I almost could not believe my eyes that it was a Collingwood. The funny thing was that when I gave it to my girlfriend's father at Christmas...
Nope, I am not a Sandkuhler. However, I happen to be acquaint with the Sandkuhler family very well. Long story short, I am dating one of the Sandkuhler descendants. [;)] Despite that, the bottles are very unique in form and variety. There is something about stoneware Baltimore Weiss Beer...