Picked up these at the Pompton Lakes NJ Bottle Show 11/14/2021

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Thanks for the show list. The Manville NJ one is 1.5 hours from me the NY one is almost 3. I will have to check out the Manville one. Let me know if you are going.

Oh yeah.
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[jwpevahouse]

Would you place the age in the 1870's? Yours are nice too. I like that huge bubble. It gives the bottle lots of character.

Brent

The style of bottle suggests 1870s but it's easy to be fooled. I have a Cunningham, Phila of the same style with 1893 embossed on the bottom which is surely the date and surprise to me.

 

[BrentC]

The style of bottle suggests 1870s but it's easy to be fooled. I have a Cunningham, Phila of the same style with 1893 embossed on the bottom which is surely the date and surprise to me.

That is interesting. I have heard of some bottle manufacturers using an older style top.

Brent

 

[jwpevahouse]

That is interesting. I have heard of some bottle manufacturers using an older style top.

Brent

I like knowing the age of my bottles. Some styles reveal their age but there are exceptions. The porter style usually called a "squat" by collectors was common in the early years but lost it's popularity after 1880 replaced by the higher capacity 9 inch "champagne beer" style. But around the turn of the century the porter "squat" style regained popularity with bottlers, there are even crown top versions of the early 1900s. I suspect it was nostalgia for the good old days, a marketing tool.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I like knowing the age of my bottles. Some styles reveal their age but there are exceptions. The porter style usually called a "squat" by collectors was common in the early years but lost it's popularity after 1880 replaced by the higher capacity 9 inch "champagne beer" style. But around the turn of the century the porter "squat" style regained popularity with bottlers, there are even crown top versions of the early 1900s. I suspect it was nostalgia for the good old days, a marketing tool.

Exception to every rule, not surprised. Thanks for that information. Makes sense.
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