show your buys from the Baltimore Bottle Show

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ORIGINAL: Wheelah23

Today was a great bottle show... but not for me. I had a hard time finding any NJ bottles at all, let alone bottles from the towns I'm looking for! I ended up finding one local I was looking for, and had to pay $20 for it. All in all, an astounding number of bottles there, just VERY few I was looking for. I think I'll stick to NJ shows only from now on...

The bottle I got is nice nonetheless. It's a 10.5 inch tall aqua blob top something. Could be a beer or soda. It's very whittled and crude, so I estimate it's from the 1870's. Not pontilled. It's a pretty large bottle. It has "J. W. RANSLEY & SON/ EAST ORANGE/ N.J." embossed in a tombstone slugplate. On the other side, it has "THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD".
I found from the website "sodasandbeers.com" that this bottle used Cunningham's Disk Stopper. According to the site, it was only used on 3 bottles, two of which were by the inventor's company itself. It was an unsuccessful closure type, which might make this rarer. Maybe... What do you think?

Great Bottle Wheelie, just realized I have another version of this bottle, it's a quart with the long neck like the one you have, it's yours if you want it, just let me know....Jim....the stopper will not be on the bottle, I need it for another one of my bottles...

 

[KBbottles]

Buffalo hunter, i live right on the border of kingston! Is that a blob your describing? Id be interested to see it!

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Yep it's a blob. I'd take a guess at 12oz., it's aqua, oval slugplate reads "THE PROPERTY OF / EMILIO GRANDI / KINGSTON / N.J. / REGISTERED / THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD". I'll try and post a picture tomorrow.

 

[Wheelah23]

KB has dibs on the Kingston bottle, it seems. He needs it more than I do. Apparently the Ransley company auctioned of all their property in 1916. I found a newspaper ad for the company from 1903. Gives an approximate idea of when this bottle may be from. I still think mine is much earlier, it really looks 1870's to me.

 

[KBbottles]

Thx Wheelah! Nice west orange bottle!! I think i have a half pint milk somewhere from the oranges id be happy to send your way some time if you want it.

Buffalo, i dug a broken one in town over the summer. Would love to see a pic and if ur interested in selling just let me know

 

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ORIGINAL: Wheelah23

KB has dibs on the Kingston bottle, it seems. He needs it more than I do. Apparently the Ransley company auctioned of all their property in 1916. I found a newspaper ad for the company from 1903. Gives an approximate idea of when this bottle may be from. I still think mine is much earlier, it really looks 1870's to me.

I agree Connor, that is some great whittle on your's...good luck on the Kingston Kenny....Jim

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Just as long as who ever gets it is cool, I did ask you first.

 

[KBbottles]

That is true. Wheelah, I apologize for jumping in on this one. If you need this one, it's all yours but I thought you were a north jersey collector. Your call buddy!

 

[imukdiver]

These are my goodies from the show. A really nice E.E. Sprenger hutch, and a flawless george reese blob. Had a great time , waiting for next year already. []

 

[imukdiver]

Oops forgot the pic. LOL