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Today I turned 18, and had got a Mathew West CD, an amusing little do-it-yourself sailboat (wood toy) for the pond, balloons (always loved anything that could defy gravity,) and this bottle, embossed on the front: "JACKSON'S / NAPA / SODA / SPRING'S" Embossed on the back" NATURAL / MINERAL WATER" It has a amber (looks yellow in the photo) streak on the mouth's back side, and very strong embossing. The bottle is a deeper aqua than the photo shows. There's a star on the base, and the glass has plenty of character. The "U" in "NATURAL" has some damage, but otherwise the bottle is in excellent shape. The mouth might look damaged, but it's not.The embossing is not too even, more crude edges than smooth, giving it more character, and the two apostrophes on it aren't correct-- gotta take one out to be grammatically correct, but they put two in. Lol.
 

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The real color of the streak isn't fluorescent like on my screen, but more of a bright amber.
 

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I picked it out on Ebay as mom had asked me to pick a bottle. It was shipped all the way from California to Michigan. [:D]
 

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It was much smaller than how it looked in the photo originally, but I like it better this way. Won't take up much room, especially with the turtles now released (that tank made me put away some bottles temporary-like.) I have as of yet to do research, but will get back to you all with information soon
 

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Happy Birthday Robert !!!!!! That's a nice bottle ! Love that amber streak ! Let us know when you find more info. Mitch

P.S. I found you a bottle you can't pass up ! I will post pics in a minute, have to resize them !
 

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The bottle is common, except in Cobalt or Green-- mint condition in those colors will bring a couple hundred at least. One without the star-base, otherwise identical, went for over $90. Others, with the star, these have gone for $10-$20. 1870s-1880s with mine, I do believe. The company had a long run, since the 1870s, and has bottled its product in many beautiful bottles like this. They are also common with an amber swirl in it. The company started in 1872. Yesterday was the 114th anniversary of Colonel Jackson's death-- Interesting little tidbit. The company was gone by the 1960s. Napa Springs, taken from the Natives, was a very popular resort. Some violent history pertaining to its water rights...
Thank you, Goodman. It was better than could be expected.... Since my dog's death a few years ago, I never have liked my birthday. At where I volunteer, though... they didn't listen to us when we told them Crystal, a wolf-dog mix, was suffering and needed to be put down-- last week we told them, but they didn't listen; she died two days ago.
 

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Happy Birthday. Sorry to hear about your dog, My Pug died a few years ago so I got another one. Now she's not doing to good. LEON.
 

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I'm sorry to hear that, Leon. Sometimes dogs will live 15 years, sometimes they'll live only 2... I pray she'll be alright soon.
 

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Thanks. :) I find the people on this site more awesome, though, as we're all God's creation. The bottle is just really pretty antique glass made by humans for one purpose to eventually be discarded and then once more found.
 

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