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Happy Holidays
from the Western Bitters News Old worn bottle brushes make festive Christmas decorations Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us here at the WBN andTHANKS to all the contributors and visitors...
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John R. Williams Stockton Druggist
The Williams Balsamic Cream of Roses bottle is a tough one to acquire. It was blown at the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works circa late 1880's as shown in the following picture:It stands 5 1/4...
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San Jose Soda Wors, Cal.
Check out this crude and nasty San Jose Soda Wors, Cal. blob soda that showed up at the Roseville show. These are pretty tough to find as it is, but this example is totally full of bubbles, swirls, and...
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New Bottles for Sale Site
Jeff Wichmann over at American Bottle Auctions has opened a new Bottle Sale Site.You can find Jeff's site HERELots of interesting stuff over at Jeff's site but not sure if the prices are fixed or you...
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Best of 2014
 As we wind down the year, I have been reflecting on 2014 in regards to glass. It has been an amazing year with incredible bottles dug or discovered nationwide. My western bitters collection has seen...
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A Bottle Digger's Wishlist
Have you ever fixated on how special it would be to dig a certain bottle, or ever had trouble sleeping the night before a big dig because that dream bottle was keeping you awake? Have you ever thought...
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Kennel Club Whiskey
Interesting and informative post over at my old buddy Bruce Silva's Western Whiskey Gazette on Kennel Club WhiskeyCheck it out HEREÂ
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Dickey Pioneer Druggist - Redux-
A while back I wrote a post on the prolific San Francisco druggist Geo. S. Dickey. Even though I tried to gather all the information that I could on Dickey and his forty plus years of manufacturing one...
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The Online Bottle Store
American Bottle Auctions new online bottle store has sure started a flurry of comments and discussions. Over at the sale site ( http://www.americanbottle.com/store/ ) there is certainly nothing new or...
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That Beautiful Western Aqua
 I have collected western blown bottles for most of my life. I have just been attracted to the pristine, colored, and crude early western pieces most of all. No matter how rare or common...if it is...
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California Wine Depot A. M. Smith Salt Lake City Utah Western Whiskey Flask
Most western collectors have heard of the elusive Smith flask. Not sure how many collectors know that it's been found in aqua, green and various shades of amber. Can't recall how many years ago I heard...
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Dr Barnes Ess. of Jamaica Ginger
The picture of the Dr. Barnes R. Hall Jamaica Ginger in the previous post got me to thinking about Jamaica Ginger bottles again. I fumbled through my "Jake" box to see if I had an example of the R....
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A Few More Jamaica Ginger's
For some reason, I have been lucky enough to dig or acquire some pretty Jamaica Gingers. This product must have been pretty popular as they seem to be in most earlier holes I dig. Here are some of my...
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Another Western Star?
While I was checking out the various bottle related sites this morning I ran across this image on the Utah Antique Bottle Cliché. Sure looks like the western star that you see on some of the early...
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Steve Bird Passes
I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Steve Bird. Steve attended quite a few of the western bottle shows and I got to know Steve and his passion for collecting antique bottles. Steve always took...
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Fresh Out of the Ground
The early variant Circle Cutter with the plain reverse - appears to be near mint with no issuesAdded a couple of close up pictures of the Circle Cutter after washingClose up picture of the Circle...
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