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    Flint glass US Turlington's

    Recently acquired the little Turlington's Balsam on the right of this picture. American made, flint glass with a distinct grey tint, inward rolled lip, OP. Alongside a more typical aqua American example. Both very light, thinly blown bottles. Not often you see a colorless glass pontilled US...
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    WANTED: Hand lettered ointment pots

    I'm looking for hand lettered British ointment pots in a similar style to the ones in this picture. They are very different from the transfer printed types such as Holloways. Quite a few have turned up in the eastern US over the years. There are dozens of different names known, dating from...
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    This should fly .... !

    Lot 522 in the upcoming Glassworks auction is one to watch. Bears Grease pot lid from Liverpool.
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    WANTED: Greer collection catalogue

    I'm looking for a good copy of the Greer collection auction catalogue, if anyone has one they'd be prepared to sell me. Also, does anyone have a list of prices realised for the auction? Thanks Jerry
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    There's pontils and there's pontils

    An early pontiled and late pontiled Henry's // Calcined // Magnesia // Manchester side by side. Quite a difference.
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    Dalby's Carminative

    I'll post a few pics of various British Dalby's bottles here over the next day or three. Starting off with the one in this picture: A Gell's Dalby's Carminative. One of the most common of British pontilled medicines, although the one in this picture is the relatively scarce early type, with...
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    A good day at a bottle show

    Three small early meds picked up at a show on Sunday. It's not often that I add three pontil meds to the collection in a day. The clear cylinder on the right is one of the more common English pontils, and was for Powells Balsam of Aniseed. Later versions of this bottle are very common, right...
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    One worth watching

    This Daffy's is going a bit crazy. It's rare but by no means unique, and there are some much nicer examples known. It's the 'Doct Daffy' embossing that makes it a sought after type, but it's already gone higher than I'd rate it. Maybe because the non-collector seller has mis-described the color...
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    Dark green addition

    A swap opportunity came along recently that meant parting with a non-medicine bottle, peripheral to my main collecting area, would add this dark green Daffy's to my shelves. I didn't have to think too long about it, and the bottle on the left of this group of three came home with me last...
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    Early torps

    I never intended to collect early torpedos but a few have come along recently that I've ended up acquiring. The black one in the first pic was bought with the idea of using it as a high end swap, or maybe selling it on for a small profit. When it arrived I realised it would be a hard one to part...
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    US pontil meds available as swaps

    I have 3 interesting American pontil meds (see the photo) available as swaps for British embossed pontils. Preferably medicines, but others always considered. The US bottles are: - Dark olive green / black Swaims Panacea. Sand type pontil. VGC (one tiny flea bite to top outside edge of...
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    Colored pontilled Daffy's Elixir

    I listed this colored pontilled Daffy's Elixir on ebay UK a few days ago. A really nice looking example, but slightly damaged so likely to be relatively affordable for a green example, if anyone's interested. I messed up when doing the listing, so it's only on ebay UK, and doesn't show up on...
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    Does anyone know or have contact details for this Canadian collector?

    Does anyone here know a Canadian collector called Paul Hanrahan? I'd like to get in touch with him, but have not been able to track him down. Any info, please pm me. Thanks Jerry
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    Cobalt Prices with US druggists label

    I've just listed this pontiled and labelled Prices bottle on ebay UK. Condition is mint, with 95% of a label from a Brooklyn druggist who must have re-used the bottle for his own product. The British registration diamond in the embossing is dated 4th December 1853 (the date the design was...
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    Church's Cough Drops, London and New York

    London and New York? Sort of ... Flint glass, British style pontil and embossing, looks English, and is embossed "Church's // Improved // Cough Drops // London. But the label is for Church's Dispensary at 188 Bowery. Label looks as though it was originally part of a pamphlet or advertising...
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    Oldridges Balm of Columbia

    A pic of a couple of British-made examples. Both embossed "Oldridge's / Balm of / Columbia // For Restoring / Hair / Philadelphia". The larger one also embossed around the base "Enlarg'd 1826". Quite a few British collectors think all Oldridge's bottles are American. But Mr Oldridge was only...
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    Pontiled torpedo, London

    Had a good day at a bottle show today. Picked up several nice pieces of glass, but sold enough stoneware that the glass 'cost' me nothing. This dark green torpedo from the 1820s was a surprise towards the end of the show. Not really mint due to a matt surface and some scratches, but no chips or...
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    WANTED - Butlers Magneisan Aperient, London

    I'm looking for a flint glass Butlers Effervescent Magnesian Aperient, London, with pontil. Let my example go in a swap deal (too good an offer to refuse) and would like to replace it. Good $$$ paid. Thanks Jerry
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    Might liven things up a little

    I hope this will be OK with the admin / moderators. If not, then please just close this thread down ..... .... I thought it might be good, in these times of economic adversity and general doom and gloom, to give folks an opportunity to add a new bottle to their collection for free and without...
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    Best book on US pontil meds?

    Is there any recent or not-so-recent publication out there to rival Odells pontil medicine encyclopedia as a general reference about American pontilled meds? I've got an old copy of Odell, and will probably get the newer version soon, but would be interested to know what US diggers /...

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