Ambitious Project ~HELP~

[diggermeister]

Hey All, I know that most of us often find those "FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS..." bottles. I also know that many throw them back. Well I have started to collect them (the ones with embossed pictures and designs anyway). There seems to be many rather nice ones as well as a wide variety of shapes, colors etc.
So, I have decided to try to start cataloging these bottles. I know, I must be nuts!! I am interested in researching rarity, contents, design, manufacturer etc. etc.
Heres where I need your help. I'm looking to collect photos, discriptions and the like for as many of these I can. I am also wanting to get as many examples as possible. If you have any you wish to donate or sell (cheap) I will gladly pay postage and give credit to the collector if I am some day able to publish my findings.
Please post a photo, e-mail me or send a personal message to me through the forum.
I'll start things off with one of my favorites. THANK YOU, THANK YOU...

 

[Tony14]

I have a couple, but none nearly as fancy as that one[]. i have a couple that i will show you as soon as i get the camera working[]!!

 

[diggermeister]

Thanks Tony14, That's GREAT!! I don't care much about how "fancy" they are, just as long as they have some embossing on them in addition to "federal law forbids..." so I can compare and classify [8|]...

 

[Trying not to break it]

hi gary, i think there neat too, with all the embossing, i bought a couple myself. i posted a pic of one a couple of months ago, didn't get much response. it's a udl old rye whisky bottle. design pat date 1937, bottom marked d782, 14-8, b in a circle,brockway glass co. pa. when i get a chance i'll send some pics of other ones, rhona

 

[whiskeyman]

In the latest issue of the FOHBC's Bottles & Extras magazine, Cecil Munsey states he sees these as collectible bottles of the future....he 1st noted them in his book The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles back in 1970.

I started noting a trend a few years ago to collect specimens that still retained all their labels....and some collectors collect the cork-stoppered variations and ignore the screw caps....
Seems they're already establishing different categories....

 

[Andy4707]

I have a bottle that you might like
here is a picture of it, this is a close up it, here is the full picture of it

Picture reduced in size - please see Help - Using the Forum ---> Uploading a Picture - Admin

 

[Andy4707]

Here is the other picture of it

 

[diggermeister]

Thanks Andy4707, That's a good one. Are there any numbers embossed on the bottom?

 

[Tony14]

I have that same bottle in two different sizes, the 4/5 and full quart. Andy's is the 4/5 the numbers on the bottom of the 4/5 I have is.
d-2
40-51

 

[preditor]

here is one of mine i have a few more i can post later dont know if you can use it or not but there it is. on the side that says fed law forbids, near the bottom there is a tiny 5, the bottom has d-2 and 40-53
Preditor