Minor update with a clandestine purpose. Over
14,300 bottles are now listed with the addition of over
300 new bottles. Added just over 40 new or improved photos. Added a new blue pontiled soda bottle from W. Losey of New York, NY. Add one new
pottery bottle supplier, Webster, Smith & Company of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and one new bottle manufacture, the
unidentified D. Glass Company for the United States.
Changed the return to search page to to be more responsive. Add Cape
Breton Island as a region in Nova Scotia.
12/7/2008
All primitive stoneware bottles starting
with "T," "U," and "V" are
loaded. Names starting with "A" through
"V" are now searchable and number 2,414
bottles. Some of these that were previously
unidentified have been matched to their city of
origin. A MAJOR MILESTONE was hit as over 14,000
bottles are now listed with the addition of over 350 new
bottles. Added just over 230 new or improved
photos. Added five new Codd bottles one from
R. Herscovice of Montreal, Quebec, a second from E. Gover
of New Rochelle New York, a No. 68, a No. 74, and a
License No. 7 from Codd & Company of New York
City. Add one new bottle supplier, Codd &
Company of New York City, New York, one new bottle
manufacture, the British Siphon Company, and two new
potteries Tyler & Company and the Israel Seymour's
Troy Factory, both from Troy, New York.
11/9/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "S" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "S"
are now searchable and number 2,287 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. Over 13,800 bottles are now listed with
the addition of over 200 new bottles. Added just
over 100 new or improved photos. Added a new pontiled soda
marked Beaumont & Company found in Kentucky and
a new Codd bottle from Thorpe & Co. Limited of Vancouver,
British Columbia. Added
four new potteries Day &
Smith of Norwalk, Connecticut, Burtis P. Soper of
Galesville, New York, Jacob Stier of Upper Mount Bethel
Township, Pennsylvania, and Jacob Swank & Company of
Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
10/17/2008
Added 210 new or improved pictures to the
site. That makes nearly 2,700 bottles pictured or
just under 1 in 5. Over 13,600 bottles are now listed with
the addition of over 100 new bottles. Added a new jobber
of bottles; Wittemann Brothers of New York and Buffalo,
New York. Added the "Syrup Dispenser
Shape" to the list of soda bottle shapes.
10/11/2008
With the permission of Bruce
& Vicki Waasdorp from Waasdorp, Inc. who run the
American Pottery Auction, photos of stoneware bottles will be
added to individual bottle
listings. Visit American Pottery Auctions at www.antiques-stoneware.com.
A BIG Sodas & Beers THANKS to Bruce and Vicki for
their contribution! 29 pictures from past auctions
were added to the site.
10/10/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "R" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "R"
are now searchable and number 1,995 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. 140 pictures of bottles were
added or upgraded.
Over 13,500
bottles are now
listed with the addition of 275 more bottles. 5 new pontiled soda bottles, a Meadows & Co. pony from
Saint Catharines Ontario, a Perrin pony bottle form London
Ontario and a R. Hall flavored beer from Toronto Ontario,
a J. Boardman & Co soda and a J. & A. Dearborn &
Co. soda,
both from New York, NY; two new Gravitating Stopper
bottles from S. C. Chumard of Muskegon., a C. L. Horsman
Codd from Campbellford, Ontario and a Roorbach stopper
bottle from Gillman of Poughkeepsie, New York were added.
Added three new glass manufacturers: Coshocton Glass
Company from Coshocton, Ohio (including a photo), Olean Glass Company of
Olean, New York and Samuel McKee & Company of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and two new potteries: Robinson-Merrill
Pottery Company of Akron, Ohio and Sidney Risley
of Norwich, Connecticut. Added two new pages on on
Pittsburgh glass works directory listing glass works and a
second for Pennsylvania glass works directory
listings. Both are accessible via the notes page for
manufacturer S. McKee & Co. Other site
improvements include making region a drop down pick list
as only a few are identified and adding bookmarks to each
of the manufactures sections so that they can be linked to
from internal pages or external sites.
9/1/2008
Expo updates continue! With the permission of
Rod Walck,
pictures from prior Galleria Auctions will be added to
individual bottle listings. Visit Galleria Auctions at
bottlemagazine.com.
A Big "coal cracker" THANKS Rod. 35 new or improved pictures from
a prior auction were added
to the site.
8/30/2008
With the permission of Jeff Wichmann,
pictures from prior American Bottle Auctions will be added to
individual bottle listings. Visit American Bottle Auctions at www.americanbottle.com. Big THANKS
Jeff. It was good to see you at the Expo! 83
new or improved pictures from the last auction were added
to the site.
8/28/2008
Updated the site with information obtained
at the National Expo in York Pennsylvania. Over
13,225
bottles are now
listed with the addition of 50 more bottles. 7 new pontiled soda bottles,
a blue Smith's Mineral &
Soda Waters from Charleston, SC, a green brown stout from George
Baker of Milton, PA, a light green F. C. Kuentzler porter from
Pottsville, a blue mineral water from B. & H., an aqua
Bakers Mineral Water Louisville with "Wholesale
Druggists" on the reverse, an aqua second variation
of Lauer & Brand with Louisville on the reverse and an
aqua G (Garrison) soda from Louisville, KY were added.
A new Roobach Patent soda from J. L. Jacobs of Cairo, NY
and a new Gravitating Stopper from Price & Feistel of
Louisville, KY were also added. Based on research,
information on the Kentucky Glass Works and the Kentucky
Glass Works Company was consolidated. These appear
to be the same firm.
8/23/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "P" and
"Q" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "Q"
are now searchable and number 1,860 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. Over 80 pictures of bottles were
added or upgraded.
Over 13,175
bottles are now
listed with the addition of 125 more bottles.
2 new pontiled soda bottles, a M. C. Wilber pony from New York
City and a new George W. Brandt soda from Carlisle, PA.,
were added.
8/3/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "N" and
"O" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "O"
are now searchable and number 1,732 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. 55 pictures of bottles were
added or upgraded.
Over 13,050
bottles are now
listed with the addition of 75 more bottles.
One new pontiled bottle, a Maick's porter from Reading, PA
and marked with Green Banks Glass Works was added. Added
one new glass manufacturer: Bottlers & Manufacturers
Supply Co. of Long Island City, NY and one new pottery:
The Athens Pottery of Nathan Clark Jr. of Athens, NY.
7/30/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "M" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "M"
are now searchable and number 1,627 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. 108 pictures of bottles were
added or upgraded.
Over 12,975
bottles are now
listed with the addition of 225 more bottles. Including 3
new pontiled bottles: a
beer from H. K. Madara of Battentown and two different beer
bottles from Smith & McGuire of Trenton all from New
Jersey. That makes 2,230 pontiled soda and beer bottles with over
3,000 variants. Added two new glass manufacturers:
Fairmount Glass Works of Indiana and the Lancaster
Co-operative Glass Works of New York, one new pottery: Thomas
D. Metcalf of Sunbury, PA, and one new bottle wholesaler:
Champion Stopper Manufacturing Company of Greenfield, MA.
7/6/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "L" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "L"
are now searchable and number 1,438 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched to
their city of origin. 216 pictures of bottles were added.
Over 12,750
bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 250 more bottles. Including
8 new Gravitating stopper bottles: a Burbridge & Co.
from Buffalo, an A. Jackson bottle from Sioux City, Iowa,
and 6 from Ontario, a Bain, Trebell & Co. from
London, a James Tune & Son from Simcoe, a James
Vivian from Goderich, and a James Matthews, a Hugh T.
Smith, and a Charles Wilson, all of Toronto. Also
added three new Canadian Codd Bottles: a Crystal Spring
Mineral Water Co., and a Excelsior Bottle & Beverage Works
Limited, both of Toronto and a T. Burdett of Montreal.
Added a new Floating Ball Stopper from I. L. Weil of
Williamsport, PA. Two new pontiled bottles: a
beer from J. Howard and a soda from H. Sproatt, both of
Toronto were added. Updated the Soda and Beer
history pages to give a time line of what the typical
bottle looked like each five years covering the years when pre-crown bottles were popular. Added
"Neck Embossing" as a new classification of embossing
and circle embossing as a new embossing pattern with
illustrations. Added "Canada-East" and "Canada-West"
and "Error" as subcategories for searching. Added
four new glass
manufacturers: Bagley & Company Limited of Knottingley,
Bright & Sons of Bridlington, Foster Brothers of Saint
Johns, Quebec, and Frederick Heitz of Saint Louis.
6/8/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "J" and
"K" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "K"
are now searchable and number 1,281 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. 2 new manufacturers of pottery
bottles, an unknown pottery in New Berlin, Ohio and the
Lawrence Krumeich pottery in Newark were documented.
85 pictures of bottles were added. Over 12,500
bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 100 more bottles.
5/31/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "H" and
"I" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "I"
are now searchable and number 1,158 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. 1 new manufacturer of pottery
bottles, an unknown pottery in New Haven was documented. 1 new
jobber of glass bottles, Dean, Foster & Dawley,
was documented. Over 12,400
bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 250 more bottles.
Included is a newly listed early open pontiled soda marked
only "C. A. S." that was found near Cincinnati,
Ohio.
5/18/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "G" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "G"
are now searchable and number 921 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. 4 new manufacturers of pottery
bottles, William Geiger, Henry Glazier, Goodwin & Webster,
and Gunther & Berns were documented. 1 new
manufacturer of glass bottles, De Stieger Glass Company,
was documented. Over 12,100
bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 150 more bottles.
Included is a newly listed pontiled pony from J. Roof
& Company of Hornellsville, New York.
5/07/2008
With the permission of Jim Hagenbuch,
pictures from prior Glass Works Auctions will be added to
individual bottle listings. Visit Glass Works at www.glswrk-auction.com. Big THANKS Jim. All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "E" and
"F" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "F"
are now searchable and number 795 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. 1 new manufacturer of pottery bottles;
Hill, Boss & Company was documented. Over 12,000
bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 100 more bottles.
5/03/2008
Sourcing of listed bottle's photographs has
been added to the site. All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "C" and
"D" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "D"
are now searchable and number 634 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. 5 new manufacturers of pottery bottles;
Cowden & Wilcox, Darrow & Sons, Dauffenbach, Stoeckert & Co.,
Dauffenbach & Giesecke and John Stoeckert are
documented. A new 1874 closure from Frederick
Schlich is listed. Over 11,900 bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 200 more bottles.
4/19/2008
All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "B" are loaded.
Names starting with "A" through "B"
are now searchable and number 310 bottles. Some of
these that were previously unidentified have been matched
to their city of origin. Over 11,700 bottles are now
listed with the addition of over 300 more bottles.
This includes 5 new North American Codd bottles submitted
by David Graci; 2 from New York City, 1 from Newport,
Rhode Island, 1 from Yonkers, New York and 1 from Boston Massachusetts.
3/31/2008
The site was updated with: All known sourcing information on
listed bottles. 3 new shapes; champagne ginger
beer, medicine, and salesman's sample. 4 new manufacturers
or wholesales of pottery bottles; Eichenlaub,
Govancroft
Potteries, Munderloh & Co., and Price. 1 new beer
bottle closure; Nicolay Fritzner.
Over 11,400 bottles are now listed with the addition of over 200 new bottles.
With the permission of David Graci, bottle listings of primitive
stoneware beer and soft drink bottles from his books American
Stoneware Bottles and More American Stoneware Bottles
will be recorded on the site. David THANKS for your
support. They will be loaded
alphabetically. All primitive
stoneware bottles starting with "A" are now loaded.
7 new North American Codd bottles; 4 from Long Island, 2
from Manhattan in New York City and 1 from Montreal. New
pages "What's New" and "Bottle Unlisted."
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