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A Bridging Occurrence at Owl Creek Bottle
It started at Shupp’s Grove Bottle Show in 2010. I chanced upon a half pint bottle in a unique and unusual style, a coffin flask with an applied string lip top finish. An early Pittsburgh area example dating to 1860-70. I had never seen one quite like … Continue reading
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