Post a pic of the best bottle you own or have ever owned

[Blackglass]

This is my most valuble so far. Its a nice handled chestnut with a hand-painted scene of the ocean, some boats, and the rocky shore. Not very valuble, but certainly one of a kind.

 

[deacon_frost]

thanks for the replys on my gator bottle guys..i dug it locally in boonville mo and after talking to several local diggers and collectors mine and the one my dig partner has are the only two that have ever been seen so far..the story behind the logo is dan wooldridge ran a drug store in boonville between 1877 and 1910 and was kinda famous for his museum he had in his drug store...it contained items like indian relics, items from the mexican,mormon and civil wars, cabinets made of gold and silver,fish and other animals but most importantly a pet alligator that was rumored only dan himself could handle(he had a sign by the cage that read dont devil the alligator) and thats where the logo on his drug store bottle came from.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Okay. Here is one of the best bottles I have ever found. It was not previously known in this color. A second example turned up later (without a blob). Someone from the forum donated a blob to my buddy who then had it repaired. This is the only whole example known in this color. Enjoy!

 

[JOETHECROW]

ORIGINAL: deacon_frost

thanks for the replys on my gator bottle guys..i dug it locally in boonville mo and after talking to several local diggers and collectors mine and the one my dig partner has are the only two that have ever been seen so far..the story behind the logo is dan wooldridge ran a drug store in boonville between 1877 and 1910 and was kinda famous for his museum he had in his drug store...it contained items like indian relics, items from the mexican,mormon and civil wars, cabinets made of gold and silver,fish and other animals but most importantly a pet alligator that was rumored only dan himself could handle(he had a sign by the cage that read dont devil the alligator) and thats where the logo on his drug store bottle came from.

It's SO weird when you've never heard of something,...then in two diff. totally unrelated ways it comes up....Case in point,...I was recently reading an out of circulation library book and there was a story about Dan Wooldridge and his museum.....Then I just happened on this post by Deacon_frost ...Cool bottle and story. Joe

 

[deacon_frost]

joethecrow i was just wondering what book you were reading? i would love to see the article

 

[texasdigger]

Man I love this thread. I have looked at this one from front to back more than any thread on the internet. Awesome bottles guys! I have posted this one before, but what the heck. It has been in a collection forever, and acquired it this year. It is the only known example, and it is my pride and joy. I know of a dump that 2a busted one was dug, but we cannot get permission to dig in it again. They let a diggin buddy in for a week or so, and then backed out. Not because he did anything wrong. The reverend of the church that owned the land said it is "Gods Dirt and we don't need to dig in it". I dream about that place often! We have offered everything under the sun to try to get back in it, but alas no go. One day though we will dig that dump!

Brad

 

[blade]

The best bottle I've dug was with Digger Don. Don pulled the bottle from behind the wall of woodliner. We sold the bottle in a Glassworks Auction. I would love to know who bought the bottle and see if they got it tumbled. We would have gotten it tumbled but the glass was so thin that we didn't want to take a chance that it would break.

 

[blade]

Oh, buy the way if you guys haven't met Digger Don, I've enclosed this photo of him with Digger Ry. Digger Don is the guy on the right.

 

[riverdiver]

DR. SWETT'S PANACEA EXETER, NH I found this while river diving, still the best bottle ever to be held or owned by me.

 

[Kilroy]

Awesome bottles everyone, from just about every category.

The bottle below is my favorite. I won it at Glass Works in March of 1997 and in the Antique Bottle Auction Price Results, this is the only non-aqua GI-103 sold at auction to date. I guess this mold is rare in color or other colored examples are in collections firmly planted. This one is a medium lavendar blue, definitely has a nice purple cast to it. I tried to take a better pic of it but the color didn't match as well as this picture.