B.R. Lippincott soda?

brlippin · Mar 17, 2004

Hello all out there,
Does anyone out here in the wide internet world have any information about a soda bottle embossed with B. R. Lippincott from about 1850 or so? It's from Stockton California and is also embossed with Superior Mineral Water and Union Glass Works on the reverse.

Maine Digger · Mar 17, 2004

You're on target with your date; Union Glass Works operated in Philly PA in from 1845 -1860. The Superior water was distributed in their bottles. What color is your bottle? It's not blue and pontiled by any chance?

brlippin · Mar 17, 2004

Hey Norm,
It is blue and has a pontiled base.

brlippin · Mar 17, 2004

It is blue and has a pontiled base.
-Ben Lippincott

crozet86 · Mar 17, 2004

Hi,
If it is a graphite pontil,10 sided , blue,Kovell's listed it in their 12th edition for 880.00.I would do some more checking because i might be wrong.But,either way it is a very nice bottle.

Maine Digger · Mar 17, 2004

I did a quick search when I saw your post. There's a company called heckler auctions that has one listed for $300 - $600. I'm not sure if you use google, that's how I found it. at hecklerauction.com It's auction #60 on line. If that's the bottle you have, it's a beauty!

Maine Digger · Mar 17, 2004

Hey Eddie, you beat me to the punch! but just barely lol I usually hit the search engines when I see these posts, but I guess the book would have been quicker. By the way, the heckler site has very good photos of the bottles they have. Getting any digging in down there? I was just talking with my son on line in Athens WV, he said it had been fairly warm the past couple of weeks.

brlippin · Mar 17, 2004

Thanks to one and all of you!! I find it extraordinary that this bottle has my same initials.
-Ben Lippincott

Maine Digger · Mar 17, 2004

That's too funny. lol - I had a very good friend named Dave Lippincott out here in Maine some years ago he just kind of drifted away...he was a left over from the flower child days. lol Not any relation to you is he.

Gunsmoke47 · Mar 17, 2004

Polak's 3rd Edition lists this bottle from $800.00 to $2000.00, but a lot of people believe his price guide runs on the high side. So there you have it . $300.00 to $2000.00! Any way you look at it though, it's a nice bottle![

] Kelley

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