More river finds in Wisconsin

[tfredrich]

We dove again today in a sweet spot that has been throwing nice quart clay beers. In addition I pulled an unbelievably rare tiny town Wisconsin glass Co, hutch. The hutch was the real treat for me as this town is less than 20 miles away from my home and it has been on my top 5 want list for years! Here are a few pics!
Tom

 

[tfredrich]

Front side of the clay beers, 3 stamped GRAY (Janesville Wis.) and one J.D. VAIL&Co.?

 

[tfredrich]

Reverse sides of the clay beers, check out the fantastic cobalt crosses used as case markers on these!

 

[Michdigger]

That is a killer find there..Good luck finding more from that place if you hit it again..Love the Stonies especially.

 

[beendiggin]

Great finds!! What do you mean by "case markers" ? Never heard that term before.

 

[tfredrich]

The term case markers is used by many of the pottery beer collectors here in Wisconsin. The brewers had the potters mark their bottles with a special mark such as a blue cross, so when they came in for refill they would instantly know that they were their own bottles without having to pull out each bottle to check. I think these marks are what make the bottles so special. Hope that helps.
Tom

 

[akronmarbles]

Nice stoneware bottles. They were all made in Akron, Ohio by E.H. Merrill.

 

[beendiggin]

I have seen a lot of different pottery beers, only just debossed with names for ID but never a blue cross ...interesting. Thanks!

 

[pabottles]

I don't post much here been more of a lurker but had to tell ya AWESOME FINDS! Keep up the good work . Kudos .

 

[KentOhio]

I like those GRAY bottles, especially because it's my last name.