Lordbud you got me thinking.

[RICKJJ59W]

Another sill

 

[Potlidboy]

bottlekid76.... There are few great California sodas: M.R. Sacrimento (miss-spelled Sacramento) A Swan's Brewery, Blk Glass Superior (Eagle & Shield), J.T.Elko (a Nevada bottle), a golden Golden Gate (one known), Merriams, Fountain & Talman, H. Kneible (turquois),William & Serverance, Kimbal, etc..... I'll try to post some fun pictures over the next months....Hey you're a soda guy....Love to see some stuff.

 

[cyberdigger]

Here's the most I can get in one shot.. yeah there's a scant bit of diversity, just loves me some old bottles..

 

[Potlidboy]

cyberdigger..........Great collection.......So you would be a "regional collector"....I can dig it....I find most people restrict their collections to their area, city, state, coast. Would a killer flask like Ricks pursuade you to branch out or have a "rogue bottle"....?

 

[Potlidboy]

meyersdiggers1998............I'm like you....I collect a bit of all catagories.....I really like the overall representation of history....So in my collection I have a Swan's Brewery (a killer soda-like beer) How could I not have it....very soda like....very not a soda....very Western....just "killa" ( I seldom go getto-- with the killa remark)... I would have several if luck would have it.

 

[madman]

YO CYB! WOW!

 

[Potlidboy]

cyberdigger............Your last photo is just a hoot! One can not (I repeat ) Not have too many bottles! Which one would you grab in a fire....you know after you saved the family, money, dogs......Hey i'm not putting "bad "juju" out there.....I guess another way of saying "What is your favorite bottle"?

 

[RED Matthews]

Fantastic displays!! Every one has different objectives. Mine are always centered on the mechanical different marks and forming evidence of how they were made. My dad worked as a machinist for the Morris Chain Works, and he would bring home pieces of their metal work that were scrap - and hand them to me and ask me how they were made. I would examine them and tell him how I thought they were made. He would laugh himself silly with my explanations. So when I retired from the glass industry work, I decided to read about how the bottles were made before 1900. Then I started collecting examples of the different products that were made. Especially the ones with the marks I was studying.

This is why I am always looking for glass pinched and mold repair "Half Leaf Marks". There have to be a lot of them in these glass display cases. Tell me about them, please.
RED Matthews

 

[Potlidboy]

RickJJ59W...............Ok...not that I'm gonna put on a ski mask & gloves....and without giving up the hiding place...Do you have a bottle (the flasK) that is soooooo good,that you keep it in a special place...you know...where it is "safe".....I know I do.....I have most bottles out for my pleasure, but on vacation they go into a 1000 lb fire safe. I have an alarm on my house...I'm not paranoid...I'm a realist.....Here in CALIF...we have earthquakes....I know friends who have lost bottles to earthquakes....I also have collector's insurance....but I'm here to tell you, I would be devestated & the money would barely soothe the pain.

 

[bottlekid76]

Mike,

When you get time i'd love to see pics of the black glass eagle. []

~Tim