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KatharineC…
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These old jugs were in my basement filled with "homemade wine"..made by our Grandfather who passed away in 1940's. We moved into the house in 1989 ..so the wine was past its prime but the bottles are just wonderful old things. I am not sure what they were used for originally.
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BottlesAntique 19th and early 20th century bottles have long attracted collectors,…
What do the embossments say - numbers or logos on bottom?
I had never looked before but here is the info: the short round one reads :meyers and company Dist's pure Fulton Whiskey Pat AP Covington KY U.S.A. About 9" tall.
The one with the handle reads: The Nivison Weiskopf Co Cin. O around the bottom edge of the jug and has 46 on the bottom. About 11" tall.
The smaller (2) has no markings and (1) has the word "ROOT" I think..bad vision. these are identical jugs but with slight variance of color on the one "Root". about 10" tall.
The Fulton Whiskey bottle looks to be from around the 1890's - probably a 2 gallon size. It used to have a metal holder and wood handle but few of those survived. - Still checking on the others.
Nivison-Weiskopf was a glass company that made different glass bottles for a few distilleries and liquor sale companies back in the late 1800's & early 1900's.
Worth more with the handle intact so don't remove it.
The Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana, was one of Coca-Cola's bottle suppliers. It was Earl R. Dean, Root Glass Company's bottle designer, who designed the famous contour Coca-Cola bottle. In the mid 1930s Root Glass Company was sold to Owens-Illinois Glass Company.
Thanks so much for the information...will enjoy knowing that these are worth "moving about in the family"..will make a nice display with the "copper still"..