WANTED Samuel Simes med with bulbous neck bugle

[stinger haut]

I dug one of these about a zillion years ago.
I literally spend well over 20 hours working on this bottle before it went into the tumbler. It came out really mint. I was very happy mainly because I meant to work on this one for over 20 years and finally in retirement got the time.
Well, two weeks ago it was stolen from a display at our local community center.
Anyone have one of these that they are wanting to sell or trade for?
Stinger

 

[GuntherHess]

Is that the SAMUEL SIMES PHARMACIEN CHESTNUT ST. PHILA bottle?
Its not super rare but its unique enough a thief would have a tough time unloading it in a non-obvious way. I see them sell at the major glass auctions every so often.

Where was it stolen so people can keep an eye out for it?

 

[stinger haut]

Hey Guntherhess,
I had pulled it out of the case to show someone the bottle. Got distracted by someone else and left it on a table. Well, by the time I remembered where I left it, it was MIA.
Probably, some young person just saw it and thought that it looked different (were in Hawaii) and walked off with it. I live on an outer island and a lot of the locals haven't ever seen a pontiled med. This one was very different in its shape, so a lot of people asked questions about it.
I don't think they 're going to try and sell it, its probably going in thier window.
The O/P meds that I had displayed were for the most part fairly common aqua bottles. I have never had a great O/P collection.
But this one, I had dug and it was the only O/P med we dug that day. I always thought it looked really nice.
Its just that I put a lot of work into restoring it and waiting so long to do it. I remember taking a piece of a dowel and carving it at just the right angle, so I could attach sandpaper to it to remove some heavy ice pick marks on the inside of the neck.
They're not very rare thats for sure, but I haven't seen one in any of the Glassworks or Heckler Auctions lately. I only buy bottles from a few sellers I know on ebay. They tend not to sell O/P meds.
I just thought I'd ask if someone might have one on the forum. If I can't find another one, its not the end of the world thats for sure.
Thanks for asking,
Stinger