Wilson's " squirrel " art deco bottle Toronto Ont

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had been meaning to post this bottle as I had recently acquired it , had first learned of it a couple years ago when I saw one for sale online locally but sale fell thru and I forgot about it . the same seller relisted the bottle for sale this spring and we finally meet and agreed on a price


don't know a lot about it , believe its listed in the Toronto bottle book as rare . personally haven't seen any others for sale online or anywhere . but Wilson's was a major bottler in Toronto , mostly did ginger ale , personally doubt this bottle was for ginger ale but rather one of there other products like an orange drink or tonic water even ? and likely used for short period in the 30's


embossed on the bottle "Wilson's " Chas Wilson limited , bottle not sold deposit charged to ensure return , contents 6 oz , design regd 1929 and a dominion triangle

4 squirrels are embossed on the bottle , common animal here , is red , black , grey and flying squirrels that live in our immediate area , although Wilson's seemed to be only bottled to use them as part of design


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Cool! I've never seen that one either, I see Wilson's bottles quite a lot but never that one.
 

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Cool! I've never seen that one either, I see Wilson's bottles quite a lot but never that one.

its an unusual Wilson's bottle for sure , there is older one's with squirrel's embossed on them but there much older and mostly aqua/blue in colour like from before the 20's or earlier

some collectors I talked to in years past did not believe there even has a Wilson's art deco from this period , when I mentioned to them I had seen one for sale


might try and get a picture of it full as I still have some pop for that purpose
 

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some attempts at "orange " may try again when its nicer out , more sun expected this weekend

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Always liked those bottles, I only have cans in my collection from that brand.
 

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Those are cool! I like the squirrels! Wow! still a lot of snow where you are. It is still chilly here in lower Mi.
 

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Those are cool! I like the squirrels! Wow! still a lot of snow where you are. It is still chilly here in lower Mi.

its weird last week at this time there was a big patch of grass visible in the back but it snowed this weekend and covered it back up again , but sounds like it will melt this weekend

I haven't been able to do much exploring and zero digging so far this april , been a write off
 

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Always liked those bottles, I only have cans in my collection from that brand.

have found and seen a lot of Wilson's bottles over the years but never anything like this one before , the common ones to find here are the green ginger ale bottles , it was one of Toronto's largest and most successful bottlers for a number of years

seen Wilson cans before but not sure if I've found one , at least not in good enough condition to keep
 

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Yikes, that snow looks nasty. It's almost all gone here, at least in the city. It was still snowing today though, hopefully that's the last until next winter.
 

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