Indian Queen Bitters ???

[whiskeyman]

(sheesh..I needta open my eyes. I didn't even see your post up there MEECH...I made that last one of mine & then left...)

MEECH...thanks for the offer to paint it...LOL
I didn't bid on it...
And, I see it didn't make the Reserve at $165 either...(I wouldn't have bid that high anyways).[&:]

Thanks WOODY...I didn't know that.

IRISH...you care to move this thread to the Reproduction section? Thanks.

 

[whiskeyman]

BRIAN...thanks for that info. I wasn't aware an Italian repo had been made but did know about the Stopper type variant. Didn't know it was an "error" bottle though.

 

[BRIAN S.]

It is believed that some if not all the Indian Queen's (Brown's) came painted . It is believed that the paint was removed by owners and collectors over the years. The paint traces on several examples is multi colored and not just Gold paint.
Here's a pic of one of my Queens with paint traces.

 

[BRIAN S.]

The original Brown's came with two different lip treatments , Ground and Rolled lip.
Here's is a pic of a ground lip on a Brown's for anyone that doesn't know what they look like.

 

[whiskeyman]

WOW...great bottle.[8D]

Whataya mean by , "one of?" []

 

[BRIAN S.]

And finally here's a pic of the Rolled lip on a Brown's .

 

[whiskeyman]

I was once informed that on examples with the small rolled lip...when the lip was extremely chipped...individual collectors had the mouth ground flat.[]

Anything's possible...I guess.

 

[whiskeyman]

Thats a beaut of a Queen...for sure.
I almost owned one with some tiny lip chips...sent it back to the seller...(shoulda kept it).

I did own another one...it had a tiny hole drilled into the front center (for some reason). I traded it off to a friend who in turn traded it to Rick Cogdill...

 

[BRIAN S.]

Charlie , I would say that is possible . I wouldn't want to attempt it myself .... these Queens are very thin and fragile .
Brian

 

[BRIAN S.]

Almost all the ground lip examples have some chipping from manufacture . And a lot of the rolled lip examples have chipping .... especially on the inside. It is quite common on the rolled lips ..... people chipped them when prying the corks out. Perfect rolled lips are highly sought after. Brian