This has become a pretty cool thread!....Thanks for posting those Dean...very nice bottles....(And speaking of pretty cool,) []...Please check out this Star bottle from epackage Jim,...It came today and is really cool in it's embossing, the cool old stopper, and the patina it still has from where ever it had been living out it's days..Thanks very much Jim,..I really like it.
My pleasure Joe, happy it arrived safe and sound....This and 5 or 6 others like it were part of 6 cases that I bought with all old crowns with original porcelain stoppers. Was lucky enough to sell the wooden cases for more than I paid for the whole lot of bottles and I'm happy to add another STAR to your collection. That debossing sticks out further than any other I have ever seen on a bottle.....enjoy....JIm
The guy who I got them from told me his grandfather and great uncle drank the 6 cases before heading off to World War I and when I found them in one of his 13 sheds on the property it was the first time they have seen the light of day since then. Sadly his grandfather and uncle never made it back home, this old timer was just looking to make some room because all the sheds were pqcked floor to ceiling with old stuff that Grandpa never tossed out, he was the original hoarder from what I saw..
Jim,...great story about them drinking all those bottles...It just adds to the coolness factor. I'll box up your hock wine this weekend....Again, Thanks Jim![]