Todays additions.

[surfaceone]

Hey Drew.

Nice acquisitions for sure. I especially like the Matthews. Did you check out Sodas and Beers? I think you got a goody transitional bottle with a very short window of use and a narrow field of distribution.

"Matthews 1872 Closure, circ: 1872-1878, Occurs on 16 bottles,
Invented by: Joseph Connor,
Improvement by: John Matthews,
American Patent: June 11, 1872, Number: 127,851,
American Patent: January 25, 1876, Number: 172,757,
This was a form of cork fastener, with a modification by John Matthews that used a rubber and metal stopper. These were used on lager beer bottles. It was used only in the metro New York and Philadelphia areas. Bottles usually have the Matthews name and the patent date embossed on the base and can be identified by the unique bulge in the neck just below the lip. It was replaced by the Lightning stopper." Thanks to Sodas and Beers.

I am guessing that that bottle pre-anticipated your migration from Philadelphia to Illinois.

 

[ancientdigger69]

as usual, i tip my hat to your research. you are very valuable to any forum you belong to. now talk about a migration, heres one i dug in illinois that i cant stop posting pics about. it has become top ten in the collection.

 

[capsoda]

The bubble necked bottle used the Joseph Conner top. Patent #127,851 June 11, 1872. It was further improved by Matthews and re-patented. Patent # 172,757 on Jan. 25 1876.
Conner Patent
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=D0RAAAAAEBAJ&dq=127,851
Matthew Patent
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=02JPAAAAEBAJ&dq=172,757