Pictured below is a pretty scarce graphite pontiled soda found in Sacramento, California back in the 1970's....Man, that's a long time ago..... The bottle is embossed on the front J. Boardman & Co New York and on the reverse Mineral Waters "B" This bottle is never sold. I've seen any number of puce J. Boardmans...they range from a lite puce to this near chocolate puce (is there such a description as chocolate- puce)....well there is now...This bottle has a brownish cast to the lite reddish color. Personally the lighter puce colors allow more light through the bottle and display better. Still I like this bottle immensely. I have found through the years two other puce Boardmans all with major damage. One of those bottles has been repaired and resides in a good friends collection.
This New York soda traveled a long way across the United States back in the day of ardous travel...my guess, by sailing ship "around the horn". The whole concept of Eastern goods being shipped to gold rush California just boggles the mind.
The bottle is pictured for your enjoyment.
Just curious, How common are puce Boardman's on the East Coast?
This New York soda traveled a long way across the United States back in the day of ardous travel...my guess, by sailing ship "around the horn". The whole concept of Eastern goods being shipped to gold rush California just boggles the mind.
The bottle is pictured for your enjoyment.
Just curious, How common are puce Boardman's on the East Coast?
] Great bottle!! Thanks for sharing the photo. Looks like a beauty. Like Jimbo mentioned seeing that one in More Pop too put it on my list for quite some time. John O'dell shows a few that have sold in the past.
