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[marjorie040]

I'll try another view..
Marjorie

 

[Calico]

That last one is a BEAUTY !

I'm thinking soda...am I wrong ?

 

[Calico]

Reggie Lynch has one listed with some history.

http://www.ipass.net/rlynch/bottles/saratoga.html

 

[Calico]

Oops, Mineral Water...and rare.
I love the color !
I think I can safely assume you are making us drool.

http://www.jeffnholantiquebottles.com/webpages/Item2993.html

 

[kungfufighter]

Yet another great bottle Marjorie. The Lynch and Clarke is the earliest of the Saratoga-type mineral water bottles, dating to the 1830s. Your pint-sized example is probably the most common of the numerous variations but it still carries a value of hundreds of dollars. Although almost certainly blown at the Mount Vernon Glass Works in Central NY (near Utica), Lynch and Clarke bottles are found by privy diggers with some regularity in the Charelston area.

If you are interested, I have copied a link to our website where there is a brief discussion of this type of bottle:

http://www.jeffnholantiquebottles.com/webpages/ChapterFifteen.html

 

[deepwoods]

Marjorie, Its a mineral water, and a nice early one. If you look at the color closely in good light, it probobly has some olive mixed with that amber. Could be late 1840s to 60; somewhere in that time frame.

 

[marjorie040]

Holy Cow!!
I checked all the links and can't believe this bottle has been buried almost 175 years!! I'm thrilled that we brought it back to daylight!
Another naive question.....is mineral water REALLY mineral water? I thought modern folks were rather silly paying for bottled water...were our ancestors just as silly? or does "mineral water" actually something else?
When we found all the SC Dispensary bottles, I thought they were medicine bottles.....research told me they were actually booze!! So I need to ask rather than remain ignorant!! Thanks, Thanks Thanks all!!

 

[epgorge]

The first one, Marj, looks like an Oval whiskey flask and the is a saratoga, I believe. Stronger minds may prevail.

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[epgorge]

Around these parts, most H2O is mineral water.

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[epgorge]

In fact, Marjorie, most mineral waters were considered a medicine. The springs were considered health springs and bragged about curing some of the most ridiculous things. The rich and famous took part in the cures and the summer long vacations at the 'Health Springs".

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