Your "Holy Grail"

[Lordbud]

Probably a C. Hinkley citrate from SF or a pontiled Bovee & Co. spice bottle also from SF. They're out there but they always go for about twice as much as I can afford...a Bernard Mayer Mayfield, Cal dose glass is also on the list.

 

[texasdigger]

iron pontiled, gallon cylinder "Bailey Spring Water, Florence, Ala."

ORIGINAL: sandchip

Too many to say. To get it going though, I'd say the black glass, iron pontiled, gallon cylinder "Bailey Spring Water, Florence, Ala."

Do you have a pic of one of these bottles? Sounds like a killer! You have great taste in glass my friend.

Brad

 

[Wangan]

Thats a tough one.Top on the list would probably be the cobalt Bryants bitters but a black glass Onion or a Barrel bitters would rank right up there.A Colonial flask would be nice too.A nice Ruby piece would really add a splash of color.Oh well,dream a little dream.This place itself is a dream factory but its sometimes depressing for me to see something I want thats for sale that I cant have.Its like window shopping with no money. [&o]

 

[sandchip]

ORIGINAL: texasdigger

black glass, iron pontiled, gallon cylinder "Bailey Spring Water, Florence, Ala."

Do you have a pic of one of these bottles? Sounds like a killer! You have great taste in glass my friend.

Brad

I wish that I did. The only time I've seen it was in a display at the Birmingham, Ala. show years ago, and didn't have a camera. Seeing it once is all it took to ruin me for life.

While we're at it, an amber, open pontiled, applied seal "G. Harral, Druggist, Savannah, Ga." circa 1790. I have at least held this one, sitting on a carpeted floor, removed my wedding band, constantly wiping the sweat off my hands. It's as perfect as the day it was blown. I may be able to get a picture of it one day.

This thread's giving me ulcers.

 

[Oldtimer]

ORIGINAL: sandchip


While we're at it, an amber, open pontiled, applied seal "G. Harral, Druggist, Savannah, Ga." circa 1790.  I have at least held this one, sitting on a carpeted floor, removed my wedding band, constantly wiping the sweat off my hands.  It's as perfect as the day it was blown.  I may be able to get a picture of it one day.

Jimbo, what is this druggist worth, as a general opinion?

 

[Oldtimer]

Cobalt NH pharmacy.

 

[waskey]

A holy grail for me would be any bottles from Ellicott City that are older than 1870. I have never seen any and I don't think there are any known but Ellicott City does date back to the late 1700s and was always well populated. It is a fairly small town though. I think there should easily be a few squats and some early meds.

 

[Brains]

this should be fun as the thread is about your "holy grail"... but not necessarily limited to bottles.
I have many hobbies, and as a result, many grails...some of them holy.
For bottles: a big colorful fruit jar made somewhere in ohio would be nice.
for bricks: Obviously... the one brick all brick collectors look for: the worlds biggest brick.
for insulators: Well, i dont really have one, but my sister always tells people i'm looking for, "the golden insulator" thats made from solid gold. I tell her thats stuipd... gold is a conductor.

really though, for a while i did want an electric blue hemingray 19. I got one... it's not as exciting as i had hoped, but surely there must be more to life than that insulator, so something else should come along in a bit.
I also wanted a cobalt blue squat soda for a while... also not as exciing as I had hoped.

after looking at this absolutely awful picture i must apologize for the poor bottle image quality. If it makes it any better, atleast it's a beautiful day in the background.

 

[nailem63]

This my holy grail along with several other glop top whiskies and California beers.
Crossed one off my list found a aqua Gold Dust whisky in a old hole last week

 

[ktbi]

Found a good picture of my 'Holy Grail' - a Sparks Kidney Cure. I'll have to hit the lottery before I ever get this one. A big thank you to 'Pam' at http://www.myspace.com/pamhegedus/blog/526177184 for the picture....Ron