New To My Collection (been a long time)

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Also, happened upon an estate sale yesterday here in Pittsburgh and found this nearly mint probably 1850's-70s era handled liquor bottle for only 25 bucks.

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Great bottles! Finding them is the most exciting part and that's what keeps us coming back for more. Well done.

 

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Forgot to post this one too. Still trying to replace my burned up former collection. This time around Im getting all my bottles insured so I don't just get completed effed if something like that happens again. Anyways, picked this one up in an antique store, love the label on Electric Bitters.

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Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr

Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr

 

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Are these examples of the handle differences?

 

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Those are the American ones I believe, from around the mid 1800's.

 

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Just got this sort of rare tonic in the mail today. Theres hardly any info online about it.

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Just got these in the mail today, two Pittsburgh flasks, one an Eagle Pittsburgh flask and the other a scroll flask made most likely on the Southside of Pittsburgh from 1840-1865 or thereabouts. Ive found smashed up bottles of scroll flasks in the Pittsburgh area while digging but never found a full non damaged sample.

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Found this torpedo for 9 bucks today at an estate sale. Most likely from about 1890 or so. Bridgwater is a town in Somerset, England. Most torpedoes were manufactured in west England, especially around Liverpool.

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Ever since I got my remaining bottles back they didn’t melt in the fire I’ve been trying to rebuy back all the bottles that got annihilated. I still have many to go to rebuild my collection to what it was. Luckily I had photos of every bottle I had so I know which ones to rebuy.

 

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Also, at the same sale I got this Wedgwood piece from about 1870, I usually don't buy such things, but this one was just so pretty.

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Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr

Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr

Untitled by photolitherland, on Flickr

 

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Found this fire grenade today in a flea market, couldn't believe it. Its a Hardens Fire Grenade; which I guess is sort of common but still. I had never seen one before that had its original contents or even one that didnt before. This bottle prob dates to around 1890 or so. They also had some target balls for hardly any money for ones that should be around 400 bucks or so, I plan on going back tomorrow.

 

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Was in Fredericksburg, TX visiting family and found this San Fran bottle for 5 bucks at a flea market today, the bottle prob dates from 1895 or so. This is the first veterinarian bottle I’ve got.