Lots of new goodies!

[texasdigger]

downeast thanks a bunch. I like the cinci flask a lot as well. It was very neat to see come out of the ground.

Paddla I bought the Kennedy's off of the bay for a very fair price. It is cruder than any pontiled bottle I have owned. Crazy amounts of whittle, potstones, black trash in the glass, creases, bubbles and a gnarly top. I will post some better pics tomorrow when I get some better light.

I have not seen any of the other Lion bottles, but I belive this has to be one of the earlier variants. The Lion Brewery was opened in 1882 so this bottle can't be too far off of that date. Have you ever witnessed any of them sale? I would love to know the realtive value of this bottles as well.

As for any of the bottles I posted if anyone has any info. on them please speak up. I love to learn.

-B

 

[idigjars]

Brad, great looking bottles and display cab full. Congrats on your new bottles. Paul

 

[Lordbud]

That is a nice sampling of local druggists, those type are among the favorites in my collection.
Even after all these years a previously unknown local druggist is often discovered either in an old
collection, or by some lucky digger who hits the right hole or local dump.
Seems every city block could support their own drugstore back in those days.

 

[LC]

Hello texasdigger, you are right about the Lion Brewery, its a great beer from Cincinnati, has fantastic embossing. I sold one of these about six years ago at a antique show for forty dollars, is it a better or lesser bottle than that I can not say. I sold it, but have never seen another of them sold by anyone else. I do not know what one would bring at a bottle show, being I have only been to one, and that was in the 1970s. The one I sold was a bit newer than yours and the one I am posting, it had the later blob top on it.
The Cincinnati Flask is a nice piece of glass too , at least so in my opinion. I am not famalier with the name at all, and can not give you any insight into its value at all. It could be a pretty decent bottle as for price as well. Best I can do for you. Hope this helped you some, Lou

 

[LC]

I am following up with two postings of two Cincinnati Beers I have that I have never been able to find out any info as for age or price, If anyone knows, I would appreciate an answer. I believe they are both from the 1870s, but I could be wrong. This one is embossed B. Lager Beer Cincinnati, embossed rooster on the shoulder.

 

[LC]

And this one is embossed Jos. Neihause & Co., Cincinnati, O. . Three piece mold, 11 1/2" tall - Cinningham & Ishman glass mark on the bottom. I really like these two beer pertaining to Cincy as well.

 

[texasdigger]

Hey LC thanks for the info. I have searched high and low for where one of these has sold, but have not found one. I belive you are right that mine is bit older, but the lion in the amber bottle you posted is much bolder. The one I have is very very crude. I will post some better pictures of the blob when I get a chance. The color is also quite nice. It is more of a honey amber than straight amber. The dump that is producing this stuff is very old by most Texas dumps 1880-1900. It is fairly large, and we are the first to ever dig in it. Water has been a constant issue because it is in a swampy area, but things are begining to dry up. There has been only one dry day to dig in it, and 70 keeper bottles came home. Hundreds were dug that day. There is not a lot of sickeness in the bottles, and most of them are whole. Even the really large bottles. A count thus far we have dug 4 hutches, 10 drug stores including a indian territory, 5 bitters and 5-10 patent meds. When we really get to dig it will be a bonanza of bottles. I will keep everyone posted on our finds.
-B

 

[dollarbill]

Hey texasdigger
Like I was saying I 've dug several of the lions beers in aqua and amber blob and crown top that did not have the lions head or the brewers name . Went out Sunday after posting to you and dug a whole one.Thought that was pretty cool .I'd say LC is real close on price to .Maybe a bit more as that would be inline with other rarer beer of that age from cincinnati from what I can find. Heres a pic of the embossing

 

[dollarbill]

Another pic so you can see its a blob top .Its has SB@G CO. on the bottom .I belive its 1890s as have been most the bottle that have come out around it .I really like the one you and LC have as this one is rather plain in compairason but was glad to get it
. There were 100s of brewers in Cincinnati in the 1800s from what I read .Lot of thirst men there killen and butchen all those hogs uh.
bill

 

[LC]

From the sound of it Texasdigger, you have a great dig to look forward to with that dump, wish you the best with it. Maybe a lot of the stain will be only lime deposites and will clean up fairly easy. The too, if you find a motherload, you would be ahead of the game to build or purchase a Bottle tumbler for cleaning them !
By the way, your bottle display is fantastic, if you had a bit more light to light it up better, it would be a real killer !
The bottle bug took hold here in my town around 1969. Three or four guys pretty well dug up everything in site by the time I got out of the service. Wish I had a dump like that to dig here.

Bill, I have one of those somewhere out in the garage, no lion, but still a decent bottle. I believe I may have one of them in aqua as well. Hopefully you will find you one with the lion embossed on it in the near future.