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WASHINGTON

Bay View Brg. C. green quart - click for larger image

"Bay View / Brewing Co. / Seattle, Wash." embossed on a sparkling, moss green, quart.
Excellent cond.  $345

Bohemian Bock Beer, stubby bottle from Spokane - click to enlarge image.


"Bohemian Bock Beer" from Bohemian Breweries Inc., Spokane, WA, c.1947 [IRTP on label]. Very scarce long-neck, has wrinkle on neck label but label intact. Excellent condition. $25
 

Golden Age picnic beer, Spokane, WA - click to enlarge image Golden Age label - click to enlarge image


1934-1948,  picnic, amber figural beer, embossed:  GOLDEN AGE / BEER / brewed by / Golden Age Breweries / Spokane, Washington" and on reverse: "half gallon" The base marking indicates mfg. in either 1935 or '45. Bottle is in Excellent to near Mint cond. $50
The label (thumbnail at right) would have been on the back of this bottle - shown for info only.
This bottle, and the Globe from SF
(below) are the only two barrel, figural, picnic beers known.

Bohemian Club Bock, stubby beer bottle from Spokane - image "Bohemian Club - Bock" from the Bohemian Breweries Inc., Spokane, WA, 11 oz. "stubby" c.1958. Excellent cond. $18
Pioneer Beer, stubby bottle from Walla Walla - click to enlarge image "Pioneer - Beer" from the Pioneer Brewing Co., Walla Walla, WA [operated from 1945 to 1952]. This 11 oz. "stubby" is c. 1948 [IRTP on label]. Excellent cond. $20
Boundary Bay Brewing Co. growler - click for larger image "Boundary Bay Brewing Co., Bellingham, WA" - 64oz. "Growler". Mint cond. $5

CALIFORNIA

Globe picnic size beer bottle - click to enlarge image Globe Beer label - click to enlarge image

1933-1938, picnic, amber figural beer, embossed: "Half Gallon" on shoulder - "Globe Beer" on Globe logo - Internal Revenue Tax Paid on left side, and "Permit Calif U-1116" on right side - c.1935. This is the only embossed bottle with a U-Permit number. Excellent cond. no dings on the embossing! $60
Label for info only - it's not included! Click for larger image.

Fredericksburg Beer bottle - click for larger image

Pre-pro, green, blob quart, embossed: "FREDERICKSBURG - BOTTLING CO. S.F. - this bottle not to be sold" - some interior staining with stains and rubbing on exterior, one small ding on base at front (see image) - no chips or cracks. Overall very good condition - displays very nicely! $75

Eldorado Brg. embossed beer bottle, Stockton, CA - click to enlarge image

Pre-pro, amber, blob pint, embossed:  "ELDORADO BREWING CO / EDBCo monogram / STOCKTON, CAL" - Some minor rubs on reverse side, has orig. stopper with replaced bail just to keep stopper in place. Embossing is flawless - overall condition is Excellent.  $28

Grace Bros. half pt. blob top beer - click for larger image

"GRACE BROS BREWING CO. - SANTA ROSA, CAL" surrounding the GBCO logo - at bottom:  "this bottle not to be sold" -  half pint, amber, blob top  - Excellent cond.  SOLD

Grace Brothers qt. blob top beer - click for larger image

"GRACE BROS BREWING CO. / GBCO monogram / SANTA ROSA, CAL" at bottom:  "this bottle not to be sold" -  quart amber blob top  - Excellent cond.  $45

Anchor Steam 1987 Christmas beer bottle - click to enlarge image

Special Christmas Ale - 1987 - Anchor Brewing Co.,  San Francisco, CA.   Excellent cond. $6

PENNSYLVANIA

Otto Layer embossed bottle, Phila. - click to enlarge image

"OTTER & LAYER / PHILADa" - same on reverse, 7⅛", deeper green than in image. Firm of Geo. W. Otto and John Layer at 518/520 Locust St. from 1874-1882. Could use a polish - one tiny burst bubble on bottom edge, but scarce bottle and in excellent condition overall. $75

 

 

MARYLAND

Old Export, 5oz. ACL bottle from Cumberland, MD - click to enlarge image

"Old Export - Premium Pilsner - Beer" applied (ACL) pyro-glaze label on a 6½" tall 5oz. bottle - from the Cumberland Brewing Co. of Cumberland, MD. Small ding on label. Excellent cond. $10

Old German, 7oz. ACL bottle from Queen City Brg. Co. - click to enlarge image

"Old German Premium Lager" applied (ACL) pyro-glaze label on a 7" tall 7oz. bottle - from the Queen City Brewing Co. of Cumberland, MD. Excellent cond. $10

Old German, 5oz. ACL bottle from Queen City Brg. Co. - click to enlarge image

"Old German Premium Lager" applied (ACL) pyro-glaze label on a 6½" tall 5oz. bottle - from the Queen City Brewing Co. of Cumberland, MD. Small ding on label. Very good cond. $9

MICHIGAN

 

 

NEW YORK

Alexander's Excelsior Beer - click for larger image

"Alexander's Excelsior Beer" with the words trade mark written vertically, one word on each side, and "must be returned" around base. On Reverse: an "AR" monogram over "Kinderhook, NY" and "registered" around base. Nice, 7" tall, half-pint, blob. Some etching or pitting from manufacture. Unusual beer, in very good to excellent cond. $28

Hoxsie embossed beer bottle from Albany, NY c.1865 - click to enlarge image

"G.W. HOXSIE / PREMIUM / BEER" - very scarce, early beer from Albany, NY. c.1861-1867. Excellent cond. with only minor scratches and rubbing. Bottle hasn't been tumbled, but a light tumble or polishing would make this appear mint!  $150

MASSACHUSETTS

 

 

MINNESOTA

Hamm's Bear beer decanter by Ceremarte, c. 1972 - click to enlarge image

1972 Hamm's Bear decanter from the Theodore Hamm Brewing Company of St Paul, MN. This 11" tall decanter was made in Brazil by Ceramarte. Features the Hamm's Bear holding a Hamm's beer label and is dated 1972 on the base. No chips or cracks - Excellent cond. $45

Birkhoffer half-pint beer bottle from Minneapolis - image

Pre-Pro, aqua, blob top, half-pint (a.k.a. split) from "C. Birkhofer  Brewing Co., Minneapolis, Minn." c. 1895. Excellent cond. $28  ON HOLD

TENNESSEE

"Old Jug Lager" stoneware pint from Moerlein-Gerst of Nashville - click to enlarge image

Pre-pro, stoneware, 8¾" tall pint, with blue transfer:  "The Moerlein-Gerst Brewing Co. / Old Jug Lager / Ultes Krug Bier / Nashville, Tenn. U.S.A." - circa 1891-1893;  minor ⅛" ding [see image], otherwise Excellent condition. A beautifully detailed and flawless transfer, with the Agriculture Commerce shield rather than the more common Rooster logo. Tough bottle to find. Excellent cond.   $135

OHIO

Old Jug, stoneware pint bottle from Cinci. - click to enlarge image

Pre-pro, stoneware, 8¾" tall pint, with beautifully detailed black transfer:  "Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. Cincinnati, O / Moerlein's Old Jug Lager / Krug Beer" c.1880; crazing - primarily on reverse -  no chips or cracks. Near Mint condition.  $60

Old Jug, stoneware quart bottle from Cinci. - click to enlarge image

Pre-pro, stoneware, 10½" tall quart, with beautifully detailed dark blue transfer:  "Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. Cincinnati, O / Moerlein's Old Jug Lager / Krug Beer" c.1880; crazing - primarily on reverse -  no chips or cracks. Near Mint condition.  $75


REFERENCE BOOKS

"The Bottle King" by Chessman & Abbott

 

"Edward Hamlin Everett - The Bottle King" by Wallace G. Chessman & Curtis W. Abbott, pub. 1991 by The Robbins Hunter Museum, Granville, OH.
From the Newark Star Glass Works to the American Bottle Co. Hardbound, 109 pages. Excellent cond. $25

"Antique Blob Top Bottles" by Lincoln

"Antique Blob Top Bottles - Central & Southern New England" by Gerald David Lincoln. Well illustrated, 128 pages. pub. 1970. Used cond. with some notations. $18

 


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