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Oh man what a pretty green citrate! I know of a couple local colored ones but there is no way I could afford them! Thank you for posting NYCFlasks!
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[attachment=IMG_0880.JPG] Went to an auction today in East Peoria and there were thousands of bottles. Unfortunately all the big time bottle guys were there walking around. There was a local citrate there. Sure wish I could have seen what it went for but I couldn't stay so I left before it started. Just wanted to see what was there. Here is a pic I took of it.
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Oh nice! It has a nice monogram on it! That is a really attractive bottle. Why are they so rare in New Hampshire? That is a nice looking citrate man!
I have no idea...most of the pharmacies were very small, so maybe that was the cause. This is actually the only example of the Benjamin Green ones I have seen, so even his citrates are rare and he was a big pharmacy.
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That's pretty cool that you have one then! I bet it is a bummer that there aren't more considering they are an awesome looking bottle. Wish I could afford the ones from Illinois. Thank you for posting!
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Well I have two of them - but one is still in hiding, and may be in Florida. The one here will be relocating to FL. when we return. This one is a clear glass straight sided cylinder with curved shoulders to a two inch neck. that has a straight two inch neck with the top being a tooled straight finish. The big thing is that it has a wire pull down glass stopper with a round knob and a hole through the ball for the clamping wire. It also has a formed gasket for the sealing feature. Low on the bottle there is a big long formed fancy tilted shield with leafed plant stems above and below the elaborate embossing of "CITRATE" over "/OF" over "/MAGNESIA". On the bottom there is a large horizontal raised edge diamond shape with the number "/1" in the center, and the number "/4" below that. It is a feature bottle in a paper on bottle closures, I am trying to put t0gether. RED Matthews
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Hello all of you Citrate of Magnesia collectors. I have a neat one with a Wire pull down Glaswsw stopper with a hole through the round top knob. It is a pint size straight body cylinder and low on the bottle is a very neat shield embossed with decorative leafs and berries on long stemsm and the words on a right side up - covering the peoduct "/ Citrate " over '/ OF " over "/ MAGNESIA " T;he bottom has a double diamond line form with a "/ 1 ' in it and a number "/ 4 " under that; The fbottle also has an off center punty roe ircular scar from the hand blown days. The finish is a straight applied and tooled 3/4" band of glass. There is a little 1/8" dia. break off on the bottom tip of the stopper ,molded glass.As far as I am considered, the bottle condition us perfect. RED Matthews
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Well I have a neat one I wrote about on the forum = but I didn't see it again for comments.RED Matthews
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