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    A new find

    Hey Diginit, I've looked and looked and I just can't see any seams on this bottle. The bottom, though, is exacty what you describe and show--very deep--a kick up, you say? And the time period works. Could a bottle maker tool all the seams away? And would he bother to? I'm also intrigued by...
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    A new find

    Hello everyone. This is the latest bottle we've found. The glass looks black but is green in light. It appears that the shoulder of the bottle is different from the body--the body looks thicker and sort of bubbly or dimpled, while the shoulder looks clearer and thinner. There is no seam...
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    old bottles

    Applied, thanks for your response. It sounds like you are from St. Louis! I'm realizing that these bottles are quite common. We haven't found any from Lemp, but we do have a cool St. Louis Weiss Beer bottle--brown blob top. The lip has a chip, though. I have them all packed away at the...
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    old bottles

    Thierry, thank you. That time period fits perfectly with all of the other bottles we found. Unfortunately, there was no remain of the closure. One of the bottles is really pretty beat up, but . . . well, they are interesting and fun to find out about. In my looking around to find out about...
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    old bottles

    Hi Bryan. I didn't know that about milk bottles. I looked and all are from 1914 except one, which is from 1913. A couple of them don't have any numbers on the bottom. Does that tell me anything? They are all embossed. I didn't know milk bottles were ever painted. I'm guessing painted...
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    St. Louis Blob Soda and Beer Bottles

    I'm from St. Louis. I have some beer and soda bottles from St. Louis and Illinois. I don't think I want to part with any of them, but I'd love to talk about them with you as well as learn more about them? Janet
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    old bottles

    Thanks , Glopf.[:)] My husband's jobsite uncovered an old cistern back in January. We got a lot of old bottles at that time (a building is covering that site now), but they are still digging up some places. So, actually, my husband found these and brought them home the other day. The...
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    old bottles

    Thanks, Digger. I'll check that out. What do you know about milk bottles? I found a bunch of those as well. Janet
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    old jug

    Thanks for checking it out, Rich. I look forward to any info. I know cracks are never good. I'm going to keep it regardless, but it would be nice to know whatever I can about it. Janet
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    old jug

    Hello again, Enclosed is a picture of 905 jug. I know that 905 was a liquor store here in St. Louis when I was growing up in the 70's. I don't know if this is referring to that company or not. It says, "Trade 905 Mark." Any ideas of age etc.? I'm really excited by this jug because it is...
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    old bottles

    Hello everyone, I'm hoping someone can give me some info on these bottles. The bottles both say "H. Ackerman St. Louis, Mo" on the front. The hazy looking bottle on the left has no other marks aside from the "A" on the bottom with a dot under the cross mark of the letter A. The clearer...
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Dear Bill, Thanks for being such an informational source for all of us. I look forward to visiting your website. Thanks also for the link. I have learned so much just by reading the threads to all the queries and looking at pictures and listening to so many bottle experts. I don't know...
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Yeah, it's nice to think about the possibility of a bottle being worth some money, but I don't know . . . I think the trick for me is to just like the bottle for what it is. Although if someone wanted to give me a chunk of money for a bottle, I wouldn't be opposed . . .
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    Help--Bottle pictures to share

    Katsoo, Yep. I think it's great too, and absolutely I'll keep it. It's history. Janet
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Rich, Great information. I agree with Katsoo that I couldn't picture what tooling actually was, either. Now I can. Making a bottle looked quite labor intensive. It would be neat to see a glass worker today walk through all the different methods of bottle making before the ABM? janet
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Dear Rich, Far from being more information than I want--I LOVE hearing about these old bottles. You say it well that they offer a true sense of history and offer us a glance back at something that is gone. Sometimes I look at the windowsill where these bottles are sitting and I find it hard...
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Hi Rich, Well thanks for the info! I've never heard of the paste mold. Very interesting. Can you point me in the direction of where I can read more about this? Yes, so far I think this is my favorite bottle. Too bad their common. Too bad they aren't worth much, but you're very right--it IS...
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Here is a picture of the pontil (if that is the correct term . . .)
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Here is a picture of the lip.
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    Win bottle with no seams--

    Hi everyone. Another bottle from the cistern on my husband's jobsite. We think it's very old. It is green/black in color. There is no seam on the entire bottle. It has a very deep pontil or rod mark that goes about 2 1/4 inches into the bottom. The center of that deep pontil or rod has a...

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