Update: I noticed some traffic from antique-bottles.net in my shop, so I thought I'd update this thread. I couldn't bear looking at the hole in the bottom, so filled and faired it with epoxy resin. I happen to have some antique surgical tools left over from an auction, one of which is...
I agree, John. It's a great bottle and the hole just hurts to see. For what it's worth, I had the bottle for two days before I even noticed the hole was there, which is weird because I looked right at the July 11, 1922 date and that's where it is.
Hi everyone. I'm brand new here, so I apologize in advance if I make a forum etiquette mistakes. I buy and sell antiques and last week, I picked up a one gallon Smile Orange Syrup counter display bottle. I know many of these displays were entirely orange, but this one is clear. I wanted to know...