bottlekid76
Well-Known Member
Well we got to the Belleville IL show yesterday around the time it opened, it was a long day! I got up a little after 3am and drove up to my friends house to pick him up. After that headed across the state to St. Louis and over into IL to the show. We arrived just after the show opened and started our "hunt". Usually alot of great stuff gets snagged up the day before during setup like at most shows. I looked around for some nice sodas or ales to add to my collection but the pickens was very limited for my category. Still yet some nice bottles & jars was there in all categories. Some friends was set up and the sales was good I believe. I actually didn't think I was going to find anything to add to my collection until I spotted this little beauty in a display case.
The seller specialized in Louisville KY items and we talked for a bit. He told me this was the only one of these he knew of, and it came from his personal collection. Originally found in an antique mall in Louisville. I got my phone out and was doing some limited searching online to see what I could find out about this little gem. I did see a reference/listing for it on Tod's site, but that was all I could come up with. Weber & Elble must have been a short lived partnership. The Louis Weber quart ales can be found from time to time but the squatty little porter is a tough one. This little crude squat porter Weber & Elble i've sure never seen or heard of. A really cool crude little feller, that's hammer whittled and some great drip off the double collar. I really loved this bottle when I picked it up and started to look it over. [
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It started raining here this morning but I wanted to go outside and take a few photos, hope you like them.
~Tim
The seller specialized in Louisville KY items and we talked for a bit. He told me this was the only one of these he knew of, and it came from his personal collection. Originally found in an antique mall in Louisville. I got my phone out and was doing some limited searching online to see what I could find out about this little gem. I did see a reference/listing for it on Tod's site, but that was all I could come up with. Weber & Elble must have been a short lived partnership. The Louis Weber quart ales can be found from time to time but the squatty little porter is a tough one. This little crude squat porter Weber & Elble i've sure never seen or heard of. A really cool crude little feller, that's hammer whittled and some great drip off the double collar. I really loved this bottle when I picked it up and started to look it over. [
]It started raining here this morning but I wanted to go outside and take a few photos, hope you like them.
~Tim
