If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Posted 3 years ago
BOTTLEMAN
(2 items)
A 6OZ EMBOSSED COKE BOTTLE, DEC 25 1923 INCASED IN A VARNISHED WOODEN CABINET, WITH THE REAR OF THE CABINET LINED WITH RED FELT. A SAILBOAT'S PORTHOLE COVERS THE FRONT OPENING . A LIGHTBULB IS ALSO INSIDE THE CABINET TO MAKE THE DESPLAY INTO A NIGHT LIGHT. THERE IS ALSO BRASS STRIPPING AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE CABINET. THE BOTTLE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE BOTTOM OF LAKE MICHIGAN, AND THE CABINET WAS HAND MADE. THE PORTHOLE IS ALSO FROM A SUNKEN SAILBOAT THAT WAS SALVAGED FROM THE LAKE.
Coca Cola BottlesAs impossible as it may seem today, Coca-Cola did not originally intend to …
Nice way to display a Christmas Coke !
this is really cool!
Embossed 1923, What?! Bottom of Lake Michigan, Hand made, Porthole from sunken sailboat. What?! Give me a break!!!!
Beautiful!! Gotta Love it!
Protect..... like you would your brother or sister. Shoot! Sell one of them before
you do this.
Great piece,Thanks for sharing.
678.