Tag Archives: Willington

The Rushton & Aspinwall Compound Chlorine Toothwash – New York

The Rushton & Aspinwall Compound Chlorine Toothwash New York 25 March 2014 Sandor Fuss (Denver) tipped me off to watch an incredible bottle that is making hay in the latest Norman C. Heckler Auction 108 that is currently on line … Continue reading

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Norman C. Heckler & Company’s Auction #106

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Norman Heckler, (860) 974-1634, info@hecklerauction.com Norman C. Heckler & Company’s Auction #106 – “A Premier Absentee Auction of Early Glass, Bottles & Flasks” – will be held November 4th-13th 152 rare antique bottles will be sold … Continue reading

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The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass

The latest from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass 31 March 2013 The following post reports on the latest news from the The Museum of Connecticut Glass and has been developed with cooperation and coordination with Noel Tomas. Historical Synopsis of the … Continue reading

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“In keeping with the Dr. Townsend’s theme started by others”

Looks like we have some really nice dialog and pictures of older Dr. Townsend’s Sarsaparilla’s over at Early American Glass on facebook from the usual suspects like Rick Ciralli, Mark Yates, Jeff Noordsy, Woody Douglas, Matt Greig, Michael George, Taylor … Continue reading

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Eagle embossed flasks for Independence Day

The boys and girls are really letting the eagles fly over on Early American Glass on facebook. Look at these GREAT pictures. I will continue to add pictures throughout the day as I suspect more will leave their perches. Have … Continue reading

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The Charles & Jane Aprill Blue Gallery

The Charles & Jane Aprill Blue Gallery 01 June 2012 (R•030817) You can be sure of two things when you come across a picture from the collection of Charles and Jane Aprill from New Orleans. The first is that the … Continue reading

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Toppin’ it off with a few Glasshouse Hat Whimsies

There has been some interesting dialog over at Early American Glass on facebook prompted by a posting by Jeff Noordsy (visit Jeff and Holly Noordsy) of a rather nice Hat Whimsey (see green example that Jeff picked up at the … Continue reading

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The Amber Willington Cathedral Pickle Jar

The Amber Willington Cathedral Pickle Jar 02 May 2012 (R•042519 – Heckler Aprill example, top of post) Many of the early American pickle bottles and jars were made in the 1850s and 1860s. As would be expected, the earlier examples … Continue reading

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Cathedral Pickle Picture Page

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers and Posted it on The Peachridge Cathedral Pickle Picture Page It was really a great experience to see the Cathedral Pickle display at the FOHBC York Show (was it York or Wilmington?)…I … Continue reading

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