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C.P. Pollard "Maysville"
Hi Rick,Here is my related Marysville medicine from your previous post. Note Marysville is mis-spelled "Maysville. It is an early smooth base and must be a little later than the Kelly. C.P. Pollard is...
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Another "Close but no Cigar"
Here is a photo of a recently dug shard sent to me by a western digger. All I can disclose is that this one was found in California. Most of the bottle was in the hole and it is in the process of being...
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Interesting Post From Bruce Silva
Here's a link to a interesting post on some Goldfield Nevada items over at Bruce Silva's Western Whiskey Gazette ... http://www.westernwhiskeytooltopgazette.com/Check it out at the Western Whiskey...
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Downieville Antique Bottle and Collectible Show and Sale
Entering Downieville California from Highway 49 Saturday September 12, 2015 brings the 24th annual Downieville Antique Bottle and Collectible Show and Sale. The Show opens at 8:00 am for early lookers...
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Countdown to Canyonville With just a couple of weeks to go 'till the doors open, we figured an update is in order. The weather has cooled off and we've actually had a day or two of light rain to...
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Golden Plantation
Recently I was going through boxes of bottles which I have taken out of my cabinets until the massive oak tree hanging over my bottle room is eliminated. It is funny how one actually forgets what's in...
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Spicing it Up!
What better way to spend the day than old friends getting together to try and spice up a late summer day while discussing the finer points of mold variations and what the rainy season might hold in...
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Take a look at this recent discovery in the high country of Sierra County WOW! I have to apologize for the lack of posts lately. I upgraded to windows 10 and it totally scrambled my files and...
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Just in from Andrew K.
Rick, what's new ? Here is a photo of my spice run for the blog. Any digging in Gold Country ? Beautiful color run of western blown spices Andrew. Not much new up this way - the ground is like concrete...
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a couple more SF spice bottles
I wasn't able to see a Hudson nor any labeled examples in the Western spice bottle posts. I have a Hudson featuring an applied lip with a pouring spout. Perhaps contained coffee extract or mustard....
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Western Embossed Spices
Left to right G. Venard, H.C. Hudson & Co, and CHS BernardNotice that the Venard has what appears to a stylized curved R and the Benard a straight leg R. Kind of makes you wonder which bottle was...
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D. Ghirardelli & Co.
I found this example at an estate sale in Mountain View back in the late 1980s. Very nice color. Haven't seen too many other green examples. These don't seem to come up too often on ebay.
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From Cal49er
Probably a pacific glass works blown bottle and sometimes seen with an open pontil over the star base. MAX
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Hi Rick, I thought you might like to see this demijohn with a glass seal. Quite rare to find a demijohn like this in any part of the USA, only the third I know about.This one stands about 12 1/5 inches...
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AAA Old Valley
The AAA Old Valley Whiskey flask is one of the most beautiful of the western flasks. These flasks have been found throughout the west and while not rare by any means, exhibit characteristics...
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Crystal Soda Water
Hi Rick - I am hoping to get a little help when it comes to actual examples and rarity of the Crystal Soda Water bottles. I have always liked them due to the different shapes, bases, crudity, colors,...
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Upcoming Bottle & Collectible Shows
November 6th, 7th 2015 (Friday & Saturday) Tulare, California– 47th Annual Tulare Collectible Show & Sale at the Tulare Veteran’s Building, 1771 East Tulare Avenue, Tulare, California 93274,...
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Lets Bring it Back!
There has been some talk among collectors to try and recover the lost posts on the Western Glob Top Whiskies site. I, for one am all for this. Lets lobby Roger to try and transfer some of theses great...
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