Another oddity

[cannibalfromhannibal]

So today I finished out the pit with the St. Louis Myers shards, and only bottle left is this one. I'm Familiar with the Reed & Carnrick and their variants as well as the earlier partners. Seems Carnrick first appears (at least on bottles) as a partner in 1868 with Reed and Andrus, and later with Reed & Edwards, but no mention of Carnrick by himself, except in an obituary mentioning he started in the drug business in 1861. This came from a layer with mid 1860's or a tad earlier, so am thinking it could be one of his earliest? If anyone has any more info or ideas I'd like to hear them....Thanks. Jack

 

[cannibalfromhannibal]

Forgot to mention, it has an applied top and a key mold.

 

[sandchip]

Way cool, Jack. You be tearing it up.

 

[cannibalfromhannibal]

Way cool, Jack. You be tearing it up.

If you mean by "tearing it up" slingin' dirt, you be correct. If you mean finding lots 'o glass, not so much! HA! Tearing could be the other pronunciation, which would be correct! Last hole the really good stuff was all busted up! The list includes the broken pontiled St. Louis Myers, a pontiled un-embossed green bitters, a green smooth based cathedral pickle, an early Hoofland's Bitters, early JR Nichols, and those were just the identifiable ones! Boo-hoo! I gotta always believe next one will be loaded! Jack