tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842291092692051858.post3145231775939263160..comments2024-03-10T16:18:44.220-07:00Comments on Western Bottle News: A PAIR OF SQUARESRick Simihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08482738207230371864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842291092692051858.post-7213515138526859822009-12-27T22:16:39.458-08:002009-12-27T22:16:39.458-08:00looks like the one with the large drip i dug in a ...looks like the one with the large drip i dug in a pontiled age hole in the 1970s,the drip hung down and barely touched the neck.open pontiled and smooth bases ,and a dickey that had the long neck ,and a dr adolfas anti rhumaitic cordial s.f.very early.a whole green old sacham was half way down,but the first 10 ft was solid brick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842291092692051858.post-67888702690359949832009-07-06T17:30:59.507-07:002009-07-06T17:30:59.507-07:00Since you have two..... can you "spare a squa...Since you have two..... can you "spare a square" ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842291092692051858.post-41451460624639947312009-06-29T19:59:31.463-07:002009-06-29T19:59:31.463-07:00G.O.Blake,
I believe the Lyons bottles were manu...G.O.Blake,<br /> I believe the Lyons bottles were manufactured at the Pacific Glass Works. A stereoscopic view card by photographer Carlton Watkins taken of PGW's glassware display at the 1869 S.F. Mechanics Institute Fair shows what appears to be an exact shaped square with the same characteristics of a Lyons bottle in their display. The Lyons bottle is distinct in its size capacity, sharp beveled shoulders, large diameter neck and rather longish, with a straight stove-pipe collared mouth. Nothing quite looks like it.<br /><br />I am quite sure that the Lacour's and Cassin's bottles are a product of SFGW. Several strong pieces of evidence point to this conclusion, however recently an example of a Lacour's Bitters in flint glass (clear/white)is known, this seems to be conclusive evidence as PGW did not blow any flint glass during their operations prior to the sale of the works to SFGW in the summer of 1875.Warren Friedrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175276008602674129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6842291092692051858.post-39623679563008979692009-06-29T15:13:11.868-07:002009-06-29T15:13:11.868-07:00Warren,
What has always interested me in the Lyon...Warren, <br />What has always interested me in the Lyons (besides it being an early San Francisco blown square) is the difference between one bottle & another. Some Lyons are neatly made and have hardly any crudity to them at all. Other Lyons (as the examples pictured in the post) are so crude they look like a child made them. Highly whittled glass, necks leaning, globby letering and over size out of round tops make the crude examples look like they were manufactured at another glass house. It is hard to imagine that the Lyons bottle was made at the same place that the extremely elegant Cassin's & Lacour's were produced. Or were they?<br />g.o.Rick Simihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482738207230371864noreply@blogger.com