My Neato Torpedo

[chosi]

My McKeon and McGrann torpedo from Washington DC.
Cost me a small fortune, but it's definitely my most prized possesion.

 

[BRIAN S.]

Nice ! Thanks for sharing !
I have always liked Torps .

 

[aridice53]

Hi Mike, and Welcome.
That is one beautiful bottle!! Thanks for sharing!!

Char

 

[Jim]

Welcome to the forum, Mike. That is a rare and beautiful torp! ~Jim

 

[baltbottles]

Great bottle I used to have one in a weird greyish blue green color also had a Henke & Maack Dc torpedo too Traded them for Baltimore sodas i didn't have. Did you get this one from American Bottle auction recently? Its a very nice piece of early Baltimore made glass.

Chris

 

[LC]

Super nice bottle as well as color chosi. Thanks for posting the picture of it, do you know what period of time it dates to ? I love the torpedoes, I usually most always see them from other countries, its always a treat for me to see them from the good old U. S. OF A. !

 

[chosi]

Yup, that's where I got it.
I'd of loved to have gotten that Henke & Maack. I collect DC beers and sodas, and it's so hard to find the really old ones.

 

[chosi]

I've searched through all the old Washington DC city directories, and I've never found McKeon & McGrann as a team. I found McKeon alone in the 1853 directory, and my guess is that this bottle pre-dates that.

I put up all the information I know about each of my bottles on my website. The info on this bottle is at:
http://www.chosi.org/bottles/mckeon/mckeon.htm

 

[RedGinger]

Gorgeous!

 

[baltbottles]

Here's pics of the Mckeon and McGrann torpedeo I used to have.