there is another up on the bay but with an 1887 date.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GEO-SPREITZER-CO-PATERSON-NJ-1887-/250727230199?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a6081eaf7
Charlie what were we all thinking that bottles not missing glass, I would ask Red if that is a half leaf weld repair gone bad that would explain it huh[8D].Just Kidding Red.Charlie I will call you tommorrow.
I tried making a chip (flake) like that on a few cheap hutches I have here and I have determined it is impossible for modern man to create a perfect flake like that.
Only the early Fulsom point making America Natives could produce a flake of that quality.
You should keep that bottle as it may be evidence that there is still a 'lost' fulsom culture existing somewhere in the USA.
That thing is nasty, Chuck. Sorry to hear of your misfortune. If that is "fair condition", then "poor condition" would have to mean pulverized into sand.
The giant flea pic made me chuckle. A guy that I used to buy bottles from (but no longer will) is famous for under-describing damage. I told him once that I NEVER wanted to encounter the flea that made that "fleabite", as it could probably bite off my head. Another of his classics is the "flash". None of his bottles are ever cracked, it's just a "flash". Like a three-inch "flash" with rust staining inside of it [&:] ~Jim