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Vicksburg bottle ID

Tanks Taz! That explains alot. I was wondering why there was no patina on the shot. Would tumbling also explain the waxy texture? David
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- Mar 23, 2006
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Vicksburg bottle ID

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- Mar 23, 2006
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Vicksburg bottle ID

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- Mar 23, 2006
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- Mar 23, 2006
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Vicksburg bottle ID

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- Post #11
- Mar 23, 2006
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Vicksburg bottle ID

Warrren and Robert Hopefully here are the pics I promised. As you can see this is not a Hutchinson type bottle. Check out the inclusion! It's a copper ball or shot about the size of a #8 shotgun shot. The whittling has no sharp edges so I think this happened during manufacture. God, I love...
- tomcat4u
- Post #10
- Mar 23, 2006
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Vicksburg bottle ID

Warren I only BUY on EBAY. All my hobbies cost money! Really, I read constantly and I am a classically trained anthropologist, what the heck am I doing in Public Works? I collect anything old and unusual, and I love knowlege for knowlege sake. My wife says I'm a depository for useless...
- tomcat4u
- Post #3
- Mar 21, 2006
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Vicksburg bottle ID

Just picked up this bottle at a yard sale! Not a collector per se but collect things OLD! This appears to be a soda bottle, 81/8" tall and 21/4" in diameter. Circle seam on smooth bottom connected to vertical seams stopping below lip. Color is very light aqua green, almost clear. Crown top and...
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- Mar 21, 2006
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