Posted 13 years ago
jclayjim
(11 items)
I'm not having any luck at finding out anything about this bottle. Was it a gin, a wine, a tonic? Who was the mother company? Dates of manufacture? Have any been found outside the Panama Canal Zone? Value?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim
hi jc i remember seeing one of these before and if i remember right it is a gin bottle from the 1880s and i believe it sold for close to 80.00 hopes this help some.
Thank you.
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SOCIEDAD VINICOLA........GERMANY......JAN/11/10...AUG/23/10
TRADE / PICTORIAL ROOSTER RIDING A BICYCLE / MARK ON BASE: SOCIEDAD VINICOLA / HAMBURG
RED OVAL FLASK TYPE, CORKER, 28 OZ., 8 5/8" OR 22 CM. HIGH.
SAME BOTTLE FOUND IN THE PANAMA. THAT'S ALL I CAN FIND OUT. ROOSTER IS DEPICTED AS RIDING A "HIGH WHEELER" BICYCLE, WHICH WAS FAZED OUT BY 1893. RECENTLY (JULY, 2010) FOUND OUT THIS BOTTLE CONTAINED GIN. A COLLECTOR IN FLORIDA PURCHASED IT FROM ME.
http://www.theouthouse.ca/m_50.asp?g_id=%7B0F87CFFA-CD5E-4254-9832-729EE0736422%7D
Sold For: $ 102.50
Sold Date: 12/03/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass
Vinicola Gin or Liquor bottle circa 1890. This bottle has the Vinicola rooster riding a bicycle Trade Mark. The bottom of the bottle reads Sociedad Vinicola Hamburg. The bottle is approx. 8 1/2 inches tall and 2 5/8 inches thick. There are some light blemishes and surface scuffs with slight hazing to the inside of the bottle but overall it is in good condition with no dings or cracks. Dug or found in Panama.