how hard will a 50 state hutch project be

[bottlekid76]

They are the toughest. Hey Will what is your Missouri?

~Tim

 

[PA Will]

It's the Schramm & Schramm with the Horseshoe n two hutches. I gather it's one of the commoner ones but it's neat that it actually has hutches embossed on it.

 

[bottlekid76]

That's a nice pictoral one to have in there Will. Good luck on finishing it up! []

~Tim

 

[sodapops]

I have a St Joe, Miss hutch, a chicago, West Virginia and a Key West Florida if anyone is interested.

 

[bottlekid76]

Will,

You might want to consider this as a filler for Rhode Island which will be the toughest true hutch to get. Most folks have to settle for the gravitating stopper example putting a 50 state collection together because there just isn't enough of the hutches around and the demand is pretty high for them. Best of luck []

~Tim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Providence-RI-Hutch-Hutchinson-type-Soda-Rhode-Island-Mattews-pattent-stopper-/300768620065?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460734ee21

 

[epackage]

That's out of Dean's collection, it's his son selling some of his bottles. There was some nice stuff sold so far...

 

[sodapops]

This might be a good place to look for hutches, http://www.americanbottle.com/?x=29&y=14

 

[RIBottleguy]

The Hawaii hutches are getting pretty easy to find for $30-70 if they're common. If you go on youtube you can see some diggers pulling out dozens of them with backhoes and such. Hawaii was never dug much until now. I live in RI so I can personally vouch for the rarity of those hutches. There are four known RI bottlers that used hutches, and I've seen the "common" one (roughly 10 examples of the Sullivan Bros.) asking $1,200 and up. The McManus & Meade looks a lot nicer and goes for $2000+, and the Boyden and McCreedy are probably unique examples.

 

[bottlekid76]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2y-0UN9khQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1

 

[twowheelfan]

i have one of those. im not convinced that that excelsior is a hutch. the guys from baltimore call them steamers and are kind of an exclusive ginger ale type of blob. i found mine with about 30 other of the same shape. maybe it was a universal type of form that could use either? i found only one bottle with the stopper in it and it was definately shaped a little different than the others. will post pisc of mine if interested sitting next to a bottle with a hutch stopper in it to compare.