AvoidingWork
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Hey all. I was just thinking, --what would be the most prized bottle-find?
What would be the 'holy grail' of bottle finds?
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BRIAN S.
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Well avoiding work that would greatly depend on what type of bottle you like or collect !
Myself personally , I like the Bitters ! So my " holy grail " of bottles would probably be one of these Legendary Bitters ! I can dream can't I ?????????
Or if it was a bottle not yet known my holy grail would be a Cobalt blue Kelly's Cabin or a Cobalt Aromatic Orange Semi cabin from Nashville !!!! Whew ...... I'm getting the shakes and sweats here just talking about it !!!!! LOL Brian
Myself personally , I like the Bitters ! So my " holy grail " of bottles would probably be one of these Legendary Bitters ! I can dream can't I ?????????
Or if it was a bottle not yet known my holy grail would be a Cobalt blue Kelly's Cabin or a Cobalt Aromatic Orange Semi cabin from Nashville !!!! Whew ...... I'm getting the shakes and sweats here just talking about it !!!!! LOL Brian
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IRISH
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I agree with Brian that it just depends on what you like, for me it would be the cobalt blue hotel Codd from Cossack WA (don't know if there is a complete one known) or the cobalt John Johnson Roebourne Codd with the writing down the back.
Unknown would be a cobalt Codd-torpedo hybrid from Australia [
] , we get a blue lip one so you never know [] .
Unknown would be a cobalt Codd-torpedo hybrid from Australia [
] , we get a blue lip one so you never know [] .Oldtimer
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Oh my......Mine would be a 12 or 14 or 16 paneled pontiled embossed Emerald green or Cobalt master ink...I want to dig this bottle please...
AvoidingWork
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Neat. Sounds like it is a subject thas crossed a few minds ....Speaking of incomplete bottles--is it ever worth it to keep broken bottles? I glued a few back together, but i'm running out of room in the window sills to display them. ---Also, i found a "wyeth & Bro Philada" the other day. I've seen this term before--what exactly was 'philada'?
Oldtimer
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Philadelphia PA.
Wyeth is a common name to see on a bottle. A bottle would have to be very rare to have value if it is glued together.
Harry Pristis
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"Philada'" is usually written "Philad'a", an abbreviation for Philadelphia. As in:
in McKearin/Wilson in Illustration 78,
Blue-aquamarine, long rectangular body, fluted corners, long cylindrical neck, narrow round collar,; inscribed lengthwise on one side: "GENUINE ESSENCE"; paper label on the other side: "From FREDERICK KLETT & CO's / ESS. PEPPERMINT. / Drug and Chemical Warehouse. N.E. Cor. Callowhill / and Second Streets, Philad'a." 1843-58 address.
------Harry Pristis
in McKearin/Wilson in Illustration 78,
Blue-aquamarine, long rectangular body, fluted corners, long cylindrical neck, narrow round collar,; inscribed lengthwise on one side: "GENUINE ESSENCE"; paper label on the other side: "From FREDERICK KLETT & CO's / ESS. PEPPERMINT. / Drug and Chemical Warehouse. N.E. Cor. Callowhill / and Second Streets, Philad'a." 1843-58 address.
------Harry Pristis
AvoidingWork
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Thanks. The thought that Philada might be a shortform for the city had occurred to me, but i thought..too easy!
amblypygi
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True, but I did once see a tiffany-style lamp sell for $300+ on ebay that was made of glass from broken bottles. It was very cool, lots of Stoddard ambers, Lockport greens and recognizable embossing. Very neat idea. I can't do stained glass myself, but I have been saving the nicer-colored shards for quite a while now, maybe I'll learn.
Sean
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