What's your favorite bottle from pre 1900 look like ?

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sandchip

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I guess this one would have to be my favorite.

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I don't think I could choose an all time "Favorite Bottle" but this is my favorite from my personal collection.
 
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That's a nice Gravitating stopper bottle. I thought nobody was even living in Key West way back in 1870's? LEON.
 

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That's what I always thought, but some great Fla bottles are out there, In fact one of my top five is a Florida Poison I bought in rural Pennsylvania (far right in photo).
Another top five type for me is the center bottle, a GREEN California Poison (bought the same day)
Luck = two very rare bottles in one day.
 

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BTW sandchip, that one leaves me nearly speechless.
So delicate, whittled, the flared lip, pontil mark, COLOR.
Just a fantastic bottle, one I could hold in my hands and rub for a while.
Thanks for posting that.

Coldwater diver, not sure if I am more envious of the inks or the flask.
Well, on second thought, those inks are very special.
 

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That's a nice Gravitating stopper bottle. I thought nobody was even living in Key West way back in 1870's? LEON.

D.T. Sweeny was the first bottler in Key West, I believe he moved to the island in 1874.
 

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Great bottles everyone! Interesting question .! Tough to chose favorite,this is one of mine.Sloans Ointment ,pontiled .Hard to make out embossing in pic , definitely crude,personal find with bunch of heart breakers. Posted quite sometime ago,consensus was different Sloan's than newer one with label.
Rick
 

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Wow Sandchip! Thats a work of art, its got it all.Where do you suppose it was blown? Did you find that one? Thanks RJ2, Its hard to pick favorites as each is unique and I think thats
part of the allure to collecting.

I really don't have a clue but I'd would guess it would have to be one of the early New England glasshouses. It dates to the 1830s. And no, I didn't find this one. I'd fall over dead if I did!
 

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