Dug some inks & a bitters at the TOC today

[beendiggin]

Thanks for the replies...

Red- Thanks, I am happy.

Robert- Six bucks is a good price for a bitters, so.. nice grab. Could you post a pic of your bottle? Also, I would recommend you not use that Kovel book as a price guide because they are generally not accurate.

Bram- Do you know if anyone has ever listed all the varients of the Atwood's? I know it's not that interesting as far as Bitters go, but that product stood the test of time. They go from pontils to screw caps.

 

[beendiggin]

Found this link to the Condal bottle. Interesting stuff on table waters. Apparently Rubinat is from Spain.

http://books.google.com/books?id=sEdHI9oHQmgC&pg=PP8&lpg=PP8&dq=agua+de+rubinat&source=bl&ots=Gq-o2mdjO8&sig=psXdYFM1NLa8xswNVo7z7LDQr_M&hl=en&ei=pvjTTM_mIoP6lweN1OzpBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=agua%20de%20rubinat&f=false

 

[cowseatmaize]

What's different from the A115 beside the lip.
See A129, Atwoods Quinine Tonic. I have 3 and have seen 30+ but it wasn't until this Sept that I finally saw one with the flat tooled in the book instead of the double collar. I wish I had the money for it.
I don't count lip finish any more, seen too many different ones on the same mold with various bottles.

 

[beendiggin]

What's different from the A115 beside the lip.

The A115 is listed as pontilled. However, the listing also cites four different drug catalogs from the post pontil era, so I guess it is inferred that it comes in smooth base also. My bottle also has the panels on the shoulder, though they're somewhat weakly embossed. It seems to be between a 115 and a 116.

 

[RIBottleguy]

I'm not a bitters expert but I'm pretty familiar with Atwoods. That one is the newest BIM style before they went ABM, so 1890s-1910s. I swore I dug up one exactly like it this summer and left it at my site. The only ones I see worth bringing home are the square collar lip ones, particularly the version with octagon shaped Os.

 

[beendiggin]

I'm not a bitters expert but I'm pretty familiar with Atwoods. That one is the newest BIM style before they went ABM, so 1890s-1910s.

That date range makes perfect sense based on the other bottles I've been getting from this dump. 99% tooled or applied tops, some blobs, tooled crowns, and just a couple of early abms. Lots of slick wines, round bottom waters and tooled beers. Thanks!

 

[cyberdigger]

While we're talking Atwoods.. does anyone know when they added the "Formerly.." to the embossing?

..I love that whisky, Paul!!

 

[cowseatmaize]

A case went to court over that in 1883. I don't know when it was finalized. They may have been faster back then as compared to the 10 years they drag stuff out now.

 

[cobaltbot]

Hey Paul a few years ago Peter Samuelson (sp?) had a pretty good article in ABGC about those Jone's whisky bottles.

 

[beendiggin]

Hey Paul a few years ago Peter Samuelson (sp?) had a pretty good article in ABGC about those Jone's whisky bottles.

I don't subscribe to that mag anymore, but I will try to find it online at their website. Thanks.