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keshasmom

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I have spent a couple weeks trying to id this bottle. Sorry it hasn't been cleaned yet but the metal cap is very rusted and I am hesitant at this point to try to remove it. Here is what I do know about the bottle:

--Cap/bottle has two threads
--Keystone makers mark with nothing inside the keystone
--Alcohol bottle-has "Federal law forbids sale or reuse of this bottle" This would put it between 1934-1964
--There are "fingerprints" embossed on the side in exactly the same position that one would use to hold the bottle.

Any ideas?

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Welcome to the forum, it's a cool piece indeed. Here's another without the label, hopefully someone will find who put it out....Jim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Vtg-1-2-Gallon-Liquor-Bottle-w-Finger-Indentations-1950s-DIY-LAMP-Man-Cave-/170887853929?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c9b5b769
 

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It seems that it may be an Old Mr. Boston bottle from this blurb I found on another forum...

A right handed whiskey bottle: An Old Mr. Boston design with finger and thumb indentations in the bottle for a firm grip. The U.D. archive has the wooden dummy for the bottle, but no glass.
 

keshasmom

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Thank you epackage. The ebay listing looks exactly like my bottle. In response to your second post, would you have any idea of what or where the U.D. archive is?
 

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I don't but I think it might stand United Distillers or something like that...
 

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Just dig this same bottle. Not sure of the bottom marks but that’s why I lobe this forum. Wasted plenty of time on the plain ol’ web when I should have just came right here! Also pulled a nice 1pint 7Up and 2 Hires!
 

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