Hi- From what I can make out from the few letters, I believe the language is Hebrew. But since I am not literate in Hebrew, I must leave it to others more familiar with the language to reply if my guess is correct.
Hello all, Ginger Ale collector (aka Ken) here. Recently we had an interesting thread on the "Before 1900, what is it?" forum. It is about a identifying a round bottom bottle from just a few remnants of the label. https://www.antique-bottles.net/threads/blob-top-bottle-partial-label.699924/ In...
Hi CanadianBottles, you are right, there are not many intact examples of labels on round bottom bottles. The labels either deteriorated or were washed off to reuse the bottle. When I get a chance, I will get some pics of the ones in my collection and post them. Thanks for your kind remarks.
Ken P.
Hi Hank, you're welcome. Thanks for posting the "puzzle." It was fun to do, and frankly, when I started on it, I doubted it would be possible to come up with anything at all. Determination and quite a bit of luck helps.
Ken P.
Hello all, Ginger ale Collector here. I was intrigued by Hladnopivo’s (Hank) partial label on a round bottom bottle. Somehow the traces of the label were familiar to me. So, with a little detective work and browsing my collection of round bottom ginger ales, we might have a pretty good...
Hi Andy- I probably was at the 1994 Balto show. I set up there as a dealer for over 25 years starting in 1989. Will send PM to see if I have such a bottle!
Ken
Hello bottlecrazy, Ginger Ale Collector here, otherwise known as Ken. You have found what I think is a quite rare ginger ale bottle! While I haven't gone and searched the business records for 1885 in New York, I can add a twist to the Fitzsimons story. First, in all of my years collecting ginger...
Hey New Jersey soda bottle collectors- check this out! Heckler's auction is offering a smooth-based G & B Hackettstown N.J. in a very rare, "smokey" blue color. https://www.hecklerauction.com Note, the auction opens 6/23 but there is no preview, it just goes live. Thought you'd like to know...
Hi RobbyBobby,
Very interesting thread. You might find this little article interesting.
Ken
https://www.peachridgeglass.com/2014/07/electric-bitters-and-electrified-ginger-ale-were-they-really-zapped-or-was-it-just-more-quackery/
Hello all. Ginger Ale Collector here. Having studied the round bottom bottle for a number of years I found that this site (link at end of post) has the most complete and well-documented information on the subject. (The site is also excellent for all kinds of information on old bottles.)
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Hey judu4- thanks for replying! Never knew where it was from. I am interested, but of course it depends on what "just a bit of damage" means. . . :-). And the real important part is how strong and clean the embossing is. Let me know, either here or in a private message. Thanks. Ken.
Hello everyone,
I haven't been real active over the last few years in ABN as other demands in life have taken priority. I was going through ABN looking for things about ginger ale that I might have missed.
I found a ginger ale in a post that I need to replace. In the post here it is...
Duh. Somehow I missed the obvious fact that the Gold Seal Ginger Ale bottle had already been posted and an ad as well. Dunno how I missed that, but I did. In any case, I will say that in the years I have been collecting ginger ales, I've only seen a few of these, so it is rare in my experience...
Hello all- just picked up this post- and yes I remember being shown the Sunnyside Ginger ale bottle from Narragansett. And I have not seen another, and yes, they most certainly made ginger ale during prohibition. While the bottle may date from 1920, the label may be later. The graphics and...
Hi Kevin, I never took the time to research the bottle, and mine is buried in a box somewhere, so your addition of the marks is helpful to be sure. At the time I was wondering about the origin of the bottle, we did not have the luxury and benefit of David Whitten's extraordinary website on...