My local collection

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I am not sure if this is a hutch or not. It's got some lip chipping, but nothing horrendous.

 

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This is the "& Son" quart blob. My example is over-tumbled, though the picture doesn't show it. I'm hoping to find a mint, un-tumbled example eventually.

 

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A 7 oz. Baltimore Loop blob with only "J.W. RANSLEY/ EAST ORANGE/ N.J.".

 

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A nice whittled tooled crown quart from Ransley. This one has the "& SON". Not tumbled, it just has weak embossing.

 

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This tooled crown quart is slightly different from the previous one. It has the "& SON" on the same line as "J.W. RANSLEY"

 

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This is similar to the others, but it doesn't have the "& SON". I concluded that this crown has to be before 1895-1896, because that is when the "& SON" was added to the name of the firm. All of them with the "& SON" are after this date.

 

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I also collect bottles from Orange. This one is a great quart hutch given to me by Greg, or bottle34nut. Thanks! I think it might be a rare one, and it's in mint condition. "BARRY & KRAHN/ ORANGE, N.J."

 

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This nice blob has to be related to the quart hutch. It says "HENRY KRAHN/ ORANGE, N.J."

 

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I've dug a couple examples of a blob from West Orange as well. Confused yet? There's four Oranges. This one says "JAMES J. GIBLIN/ REGISTERED/ WEST ORANGE, N.J.". I dug the matching Hutter stopper, so eventually I'll get some wires to attach it correctly.

And that concludes our program for today! Whenever I get any new locals, you can be sure to know about it.

 

[Jim]

Good stuff, Wheel. Local sodas, beers and medicines are what I love. Don't feel too bad about your citrate, mine is cracked from top to bottom. At least it's on the back and doesn't affect the slug plate, but it would look much better on a worthless slicker than on my citrate. It's also the only known example of any citrate bottle from my town, nobody even knew we had one until I dug that one.

I tried collecting local milks, but they don't hold my interest like the earlier bottles do. The embossing variations on sodas or beers from one particular bottler can be a small collection themselves. I have ten different bottles from one local bottler- hutches, blobs and BIM crowns in clear, aqua and amber, mug bases, lady's legs, you name it, they had it. Another thing I love about these bottles is how a prolific bottler can have a rare variant or two that most people have never seen. ~Jim