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Was out for some 34 degree C dives the other day with a good buddy. I found a few things, but he scored big! Found this nearly-mint "Morris's Electric Fluid" - Peterborough medicine. Those in the know around here say they've never seen one with a top like it has. Needless to say, my buddy is thrilled! And me? Why, I have first dibs on it's sale! Wahoo! I should mention this bottle is also embossed with "CW" - meaning "Canada West", so it was produced prior to 1867. Anything marked CW or CE ( Canada East ) is much coveted by collectors up this way.
 

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Was out for some 34 degree C dives the other day with a good buddy. I found a few things, but he scored big! Found this nearly-mint "Morris's Electric Fluid" - Peterborough medicine. Those in the know around here say they've never seen one with a top like it has. Needless to say, my buddy is thrilled! And me? Why, I have first dibs on it's sale! Wahoo! I should mention this bottle is also embossed with "CW" - meaning "Canada West", so it was produced prior to 1867. Anything marked CW or CE ( Canada East ) is much coveted by collectors up this way.

seems way too cold to dive here , most of the lakes are frozen over

your picture is hard to view its saved as a file , would seem to be old if its marked CW , haven't seen that bottle before but haven't seen a lot of the older Peterborough bottles
 

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seems way too cold to dive here , most of the lakes are frozen over

your picture is hard to view its saved as a file , would seem to be old if its marked CW , haven't seen that bottle before but haven't seen a lot of the older Peterborough bottles

Yes indeed, the water is chilly. We only have a few faster rivers we can dive through the winter, as they never freeze. I'll ask him to send me some better pics - that one was taken at the dive site, for a quick share.
 

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Yes indeed, the water is chilly. We only have a few faster rivers we can dive through the winter, as they never freeze. I'll ask him to send me some better pics - that one was taken at the dive site, for a quick share.

how do they know it was a medicine bottle ? say electric fluid ? but would assume some type of quak medicine which was sold back then which cured something

hard to view cause its wants to download in adobe reader , not on site itself

is a picture of a similar bottle on google posted by a peteborough collector , not sure if i''ve seen one before myself
 

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how do they know it was a medicine bottle ? say electric fluid ? but would assume some type of quak medicine which was sold back then which cured something

hard to view cause its wants to download in adobe reader , not on site itself

is a picture of a similar bottle on google posted by a peteborough collector , not sure if i''ve seen one before myself

My buddy just told me there's only one other known example of this bottle's particular top.
 

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Nice find! Looks like an unusually late bottle to be marked CW, I figure it was probably just them taking a while to switch over to calling it Ontario because that looks like an 1880s or 90s bottle, I have a hard time imagining it's from the pontil era.
 

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Dan, 34 C converts to 93.2 F . . . were you diving next to a volcano? :D
Hah! At 62 I’m still struggling with my confusion with C vs. F! Canada switched to metric in the early 70’s, but I still think in Imperial.
 

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Nice find! Looks like an unusually late bottle to be marked CW, I figure it was probably just them taking a while to switch over to calling it Ontario because that looks like an 1880s or 90s bottle, I have a hard time imagining it's from the pontil era.

Now that you mention it, it does look newer; it has a shape similar to the Northrop & Lyman from Newcastle, though the comparison pictured here has an unusual top as well.
NR&L Newcastle C.W. Variant.jpg
 

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