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    What was in these bottles?

    Left bottle is blown in mold with no embossing, right one is machine made with a Whitall Tatum mark on the bottom (inverted triangle with W over T, and a "B" below the triangle). Both bottles have an identical size (4" tall) and shape. Can anyone tell me what these bottles held?
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    Question about a ceramic stopper

    This ceramic stopper has an odd shape. The open area on the bottom (where it's dirty) prevents it from fitting snugly to a blob-top bottle, yet is too small to fit over a crown-top bottle. Can anybody explain to me how it fit onto a bottle, and what type of bottle it fit onto?Was there a cork...
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    Etching vs. ACL

    I've got various old shot glasses to go with my beer bottle collection, and I'm wrestling with whether or not some of them are "etched", or just painted on (also known as Applied Color Label or ACL). I assume if the writing on the glasses has colors other than white, they are painted. But...
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    backwards C L G CO

    I recently got a "MILLER & RHOADS / RICHMOND VA" drugstore bottle, and I noticed that the embossing on the base is backwards. Photo shows two MILLER & RHOADS bottles. The one on the left has normal "C L G CO" embossing on the base, but the one on the right has it backwards. How unusual is...
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    W for Washington?

    Fellow bottle collectors in the Washington DC area have told me that Pabst beer bottles that have a "W" on the bottom were from the Washington DC bottling branch. But none of them have ever been able to tell me how they determined that. Can anybody confirm or deny this? I know that Pabst had...
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    Orange Crush with wrong patent date?

    Someone contacted me through my website and said they have an Orange Crush bottle with a patent date that says "July 28, 1920". Normally the date would be "July 20, 1920", but he said his clearly said "28" and not "20". Photo is attached, but it's pretty fuzzy. I did a google search, and...
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    Too wide to fit in my tumbler

    I'm unable to tumble a bitters bottle because it's base is too wide to fit into my finger stopple. But I just had a crazy idea, and I wanna get some feedback on what my chances of success are. The crazy idea will be in the next post...
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    Mistake Bottles

    I'm thinking about writing an article for my local bottle club newsletter (Potomac Pontil) about mistake bottles. I have about a half-dozen local bottles that have mistakes in the embossing. Below is an example of one. It's a Crowley & Coleman squat blob top from Washington DC. The "H" in...
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    torpedo shelf

    I just modified a wall shelf to make it into a torpedo shelf. I'm trying to decide if I should use it purely for torpedos, or if I should put bottles on top as well. Here's a photo with just torpedos.
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    Broken Stopple

    My 3-finger stopple broke on me mid-tumble. When it broke, the rubber part (that maintains the seal) loosened, so the black foam started spewing all over my tumbler and floor. I don't think it was like that very long, because I noticed it was making a funny noise so I checked on it before it...
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    Cleaning Paper Labels

    Is there a good, safe way to clean paper labels on bottles? I saw there was a thread on this a while back, but I didn't see any good answers. I've tried rubbing labels lightly with a wet sponge. So far that hasn't damaged any labels, but it also doesn't remove much dirt. I've been afraid...
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    Removing paint from a stoneware bottle

    I recently bought this nice stoneware bottle debossed "ARNY & SHINN, SUPERIOR MEADE" (circa 1860 from Washington DC). The only bad thing is, somebody had painted it green with red flowers. Only the top part of the bottle still has the paint on it. I'm wondering what I can do to remove the...
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    Confused about Christmas Coke

    I recently bought this Christmas Coke bottle (i.e. the patent date embossed on it is Christmas day, December 25th 1923). I collect Washington DC bottles, and it has "WASHINGTON DC" embossed on the bottom. So I was thinking it was an old bottle, from the 1920's or 1930's. It still has the...
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    copper stuck in a bubble

    I just tumbled this bottle, and now it's got a piece of copper stuck inside of a bubble. The bubble is near the bottom of the bottle, and the copper pellet seems lodged in pretty tight. I made an attempt to get it out with a coat hanger, but didn't have any luck. Anybody have any ideas on...
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    Double-stamped base

    I recently bought a blown crown top bottle, and I noticed that the embossing on the base (bottom) of the bottle was "double stamped". That is, the embossing shows up twice, once strongly and once weakly at about a 30 degree angle. But the embossing on the rest of the bottle is normal. Can...
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    Can I tumble a glued bottle?

    I've got a sick bottle that I'd like to tumble, but the blob has been repaired. A chunk of the blob has been glued back on (see photo). It was like that when I purchased it, so I don't know what kind of glue was used or how sturdy it is. Anyway - if I try to tumble this bottle, is that...
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    My Neato Torpedo

    My McKeon and McGrann torpedo from Washington DC. Cost me a small fortune, but it's definitely my most prized possesion.

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