Weird Liquor Bottle with Man on Keg of Beer! Could be Wheaton?

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FreeBirdTim

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Picked this bottle off the trash a few months back after someone's yard sale. They also had a few Wheaton bottles in the trash, so I'm thinking it may be a Wheaton, but there's no markings on it. It depicts a man on a keg of beer! Fairly large in size. I placed a maple syrup bottle next to it to give you an idea on the size. Any help as to who made it, as well as age and value would be appreciated.
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Could you post a picture of the base and the lip as well? I assume it's probably a reproduction but it looks like a BIM bottle at least, so higher quality than the typical Wheaton. Not sure what's going on with that frosting on the lip.
 

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You see the clear ones with Bino Vermouth (Italian) labels on them (distributed by John Gross out of Baltimore), but I am not sure I've ever seen the colored ones with a label, so they may have just been decorative. Quite common regardless.
 

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Thank you, nhpharm! I never would have known it was a Bino vermouth bottle! Couldn't find mine on eBay or with a Google search, but it probably is common.
 

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CanadianBottles, I'll try to get a picture of the lip later tonight or tomorrow morning. It looks like a ground lip to me, similar to what you'd see with older mason jars with zinc lids. Probably not old, though. Maybe 1970's?
 

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