I remember using those ink bottles when I was a kid in elementry school , back in the early sixties . We wern't allowed to use ballpoint pens in school . I haven't checked but they might still be selling ink in those kind of bottles . [;)]
Not all construction guys . I'm a construction guy who collects bottles .[:D] Most of the jobs I go to don't have any bottles , but once in a while I find one that does . That's how I got started collecting bottles . I would say most contruction guys don't give a hoot about old bottles , I came...
Hi TNTBI , the post you read about the Read's bottle was probably mine . I found mine in Anne Arundel county , Maryland . My bottle is identical to yours , except mine is 5-5/8" tall . The only thing I can tell you is , Read's was a drug store chain , and judging from the bottles I found with...
Welcome to the forum , mollymawk . Although your bottles don't have much monetary value , they're still nice bottles . You cleaned them up really nice , display them in your home somewhere , they're nothing to be ashamed of . For me , bottle collecting isn't about how much or how little my...
Hi Mike , it's nice to know I'm not the only person collecting "twentieth century junk" . The ladies leg doesn't have a kickup , but I think you might be right about the dump dating from the '30s - early '40s , it is located +/- 75 yards from the foundation at the top of a ravine . It was full...
I finally got on a job that has a spot where I might find some half decent bottles . I found some trash dumps from the 1950's (?) that were full of "federal law forbids..." liquor bottles and old pre-poptop beer cans . I rumaged through these dumps and found two liquor bottles I liked , one is a...
Shane , the 4 dots on the bottom of your bottle are probably from vent holes in the mould . Clean it up real good , it should be a nice dark green and will look good with light shining through it .
Welcome to the forum , dshaneb . As best as I can tell from your pic , your bottle is not pontiled . Open pontils are jagged , because they are broken off the blowpipe , and iron pontils usually have a graphite residue on them . I have a bottle like yours , and it is not pontiled . I bought mine...
Shawnd11 , welcome to the forum . I have a bottle almost identical to yours , except there are no words embossed on mine and the neck is shaped differently . The rest of the embossing is basicly the same as yours . My bottle has the Owen's trade mark on the base , an "O" over a diamond . I wish...
Hey whosyerdaddy , I welcome you too . It seems all the bottles I really like , start at $200 and go up from there . Unfortunetly , I have rich man's tastes and a poor man's pocket [:D] . Tbecton , welcome to the fourm , sorry to hear you got a speeding ticket , I've gotten 1 or 2 myself [:D] ...
...and I had a great time . I was looking for a colored pontiled medicine for $100 or less (yes I know , keep dreaming) . I found a dark green one , but most of the neck was gone and the embossing was very weak . The seller was asking $60 , I would have paid $20 but because 80% of the neck was...
Dittos on the cool ! I'll have to keep an eye out for whiskey tops at the Baltimore show this Sunday . I got a "kick" out of the one that says "The Pure Food Liquor House" [:D] . I never knew about whiskey tops , until I saw this thread . [:)]
I found a nice ACL soda at work , a few years back . I cleaned it as soon as I got home with it , and the label washed right off [:@] . I didn't know you had to let them harden back up before you cleaned them . Thank you for the advice , I think I'll start picking them up and taking them home ...
That giraffe certainly does look different Madman , it looks like a cross between an ostrich and a giraffe [:D] . I wonder if it could be a rare variant ?