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Comment on The bottles I ordered from Dogriver came today by Station2

Station2 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:37:25 +0000

I’m looking at the embossing and comparing it to the real ones I have and I can see some obvious differences. The “D”, in old, looks crooked and poorly formed. The “S”, in Sachem is short on the bottom edge. The “T” s, in Bitters, look very sloppy and not well formed as in the originals. It also looks like the words, Wigwam and Tonic are very close the the bottom set of rings. My originals have a wider gap than it looks like in your photo, about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom of the “T” to the top of the ring. Anybody else see any other differences? Thanks for keeping us posted! Marty p.s. I wish I could see one in person. Where could I get my hands on one?

Comment on Corn for the World Historical Flasks by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:28:35 +0000

Two examples added from the Glass Works Auctions | Auction #98. Peacock Blue and Olive Yellow.

Comment on Terrible and Sad News – Tom Doligale RIP by Froggy

Froggy — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:45:49 +0000

Thanks Ferdinand for such a fine tribute to the loss of this wonderful Spirit. May we all carry on Tom’s joy, zest and enthusiasm in our bottle collecting!

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by Station2

Station2 — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:51:42 +0000

Hi Ferd, My son tried to buy me a Drakes and Sachems repro from Dog River for a birthday present for me last March. The guy from Dog River said he would only sell his repros to Civil War reenactors and that you needed to be a member in a valid reenactor group in order to purchase anything from him. At that time he said he had sold 6 of the Drakes and he knew who had each one. He also said that he did not put any identifying marks on his repros and that all of them were made in old molds. Also, he only had amber ones for sales in March. Hopefully, you can get these repros and hopefully, there will be identifying marks on them so people will easily be able to tell the repros apart from old ones. I’m sure you will keep us posted. Thanks for all the great info. Marty

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by BittersCollector

BittersCollector — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:04:44 +0000

I sent an email to the site Feed has listed
It says the Drake’s are ” out of stock ” on the site.
I will post an answer to my email here when I receive.
Brian

Comment on More on Reproductions from Jim Bender and Bruce Silva by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:08:12 +0000

Additional information posted at the bottom by Bruce Silva.

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by trellcott

trellcott — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:43:02 +0000

I posted the original reproduction alert to Ferdinand. As noted, I found both the olive St Drakes and the repro aqua cathedral pickle at a recent Civil War reenactment in Spotsylvania County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. One of the sutlers was selling these and some other repros, including pint aqua scroll flasks and some others which I don’t really remember. When I questioned the sutler about the bottles , he said that he had a glass blower that made these for him especially. Dummie me! I should have asked him more about the bottles and the exact maker, or at least get his trading card.
I would guess that he does other Civil War events. These years are the sesquecentennial of the war and my bet is that he would be easy to find at one of these events.
Setting the repro St. Drakes beside a bonafide, original one, I see some very subtle differences. Most obvious are the sizes of the label spaces; the repro has smaller space, about 2/3 the size of the original. The repro has indented, or concave sides along with the logs on all 4 sides. The embossings are very similar on both bottles.

I do not own an original cathedral pickle, so I can’t compare it easily. My repro is 12″ high and 3 1/2″ square. Without question, both are definitely BIMAL, and super clean.
I paid $24 each for them and was shocked at such low prices.
I guess that I could send Ferdinand some other pix of the St Drakes, with an original next to it, so you all could assess the differences in more detail.

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:19:29 +0000

Hey Ferd,

I just saw on your web site about the repro Drakes. This guy has made repro Pickles, USA Hosp. Bottles, US Navy, clear umbrella inks, black glass ales and Pontiled Mustard bottles for some time now. I bought my first bottles he made about 8 or 9 years ago. I ran into a nice looking Olive green pint Pickle bottle bottle at the Brimfield Mass flea market. I new it was not old but it sure is nice. I then got a teal one and aqua one. He claims to have made cobalt blue ones but I have yet to find one. The USA Hospital bottles come in Amber, Aqua, Teal and Cobalt. I have one of each. You can tell they are not old. However I see them on ebay along with the other bottles they produce being sold as old. The clear umbrella ink is so good it can be pasted as old. It has a smooth base, the other bottles are all pontiled. The US Navy bottles are all over the shows here in the Northeast. I have even seen people put dirt in them as if they are dug. The Black Glass ales are great repros and are very hard to tell from old unless you are a blackglass guy. I heard a few weeks back he was making Drakes and Robacks barrells but I had not seen one surface until now. I have the guys name and number here somewhere and I will see if I can find it. I have not spoke to him in years. They make them in Virgina somewhere at a glass house if I remember right. He puts a solid glass pontil rod on them not a tube which he claims marks it as a fake. He told me years ago he was making the stuff for Civil War actors and not to fake collectors out. I believed it at the time because I offered to buy at a good price a Cobalt Blue Pickle if he would put a tube pontll on it and he would not. He did tell me he had made a few Cabin bottles in Blue. I have never seen or heard of one showing up yet. I collect fakes and repros and have for years. I have a pair of Washington Taylors pints in Amber and Cobalt which I know are not old but can not find out where they came from. Maybe him ??? I am sure if he wants to he can make killer fakes.

Jim Bender

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by Froggy

Froggy — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:01:49 +0000

Yes, someone get an example into the hands of an experienced Bitters collector. I’m sure there are lots of tell-tale differences.

Comment on Drake’s Plantation Bitters and other Reproductions out in the market by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:57:41 +0000

Let’s try to get an example ASAP. Maybe there is a MADE IN TAIWAN embossing on the base but I doubt it.