This Weekend

               

 

 

 

Where: Seven Feathers Resort & Casino Canyonville Oregon

 

When: Friday October 3rd & Saturday October 4th

 

Bottles, Insulators and related Collectables

 

On site live auction, Free Appraisals

 

 

Show Hosts Bruce & Deb Silva

 

Hope to see you in Canyonville this weekend

 

 

 

Peruvian Bitters

Here's a fantastic run of Peruvian Bitters sent in by proud owner Dale Santos

Wow! Love the clear and red hammered whittled examples and the light amber is also a beauty.

 

Looks like fall is happening in the foothills...Come on rain and soften that ground

 

Thanks for the pictures Dale and see you in Canyonville this coming weekend - rs -

 

Can You Say...P P PICKLES!

Last night the 49er HBA members got a special treat at our monthly meeting. Probably the best pickle display on the West Coast. Put together by two really great guys in our hobby.

 

 

 

We would like to thank Gregg and Gary for sharing their passion and love of beautiful glass.

This is one of the great things about being part of the 49er HBA, our member support.

A Recent Acquistion

Wow! look at this beauty that just came out of the ground

No info on this anonymous contribution

- rs -

All cleaned up and ready to display

Its Time for Canyonville

Canyonville 2014

With just eleven days to go, A final update on the Canyonville Bottle Show

 

Beautiful drive through Oregon, attendants' to pump your gas, gambling, old bottles, insulators and good friends  One of my favorite destination Bottle Shows..........

Anyone bringing gold rush soda's or western meds to sell?

 Can't wait for Canyonville  - rs -

Sales Tables

We've added a couple of extra spaces this year. That's the good news.

Problem is, it's probably not enough, and we're out of room; (and nearly out of tables too)

We only have six sales spaces remaining - if you're a procrastinator, it's time to get it in gear!

Table Linens

Seven Feathers has removed all white linens from their inventory. You are welcome to bring your own table coverings and place it over their linens if you'd prefer something other than black.

 

Card Tables etc. in back of Sales Tables

 

This is a repeat, but needs to be restated. No additional tables, in back of the table that Seven Feathers provides, are allowed. This is a Fire Safety Code issue. No exceptions.

 

Displays

We have three spaces remaining. It doesn't need to be fancy, but we'd love to fill these spaces as well. Remember, we provide a $30~ cash gratuity to each person who sets up a display!

 

Weather

All right, we can't control everything. But, if you believe the long term forecast, the weekend of the show is supposed to be in the 70's and mostly sunny.

Sunny in the Oregon? - rs -

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If you have any questions, or special needs; please don't hesitate to contact Bruce Silva

Here's a link to the show website;

http://www.ecandm.com/canyonville/

Downieville Soda Display

Here's the link to Dwayne Anthony's video of the Downieville Bottle Show Display

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbOw64J3p8

 

All you Gold Rush, Western and Napa Soda lover enjoy!  - rs -

Transposed London Jockey Club Huose Gin Bottle

Dale Santos has been kind enough to send photos of the London Jockey Club House Gin bottle he just acquired a few weeks ago

As far as we know there are only two known examples of this bottle with the other example being damaged.

Thanks Dale for sending in the pictures of the incredible bottle - rs -

Downieville Bear in the Pizza Parlor

As if enough isn't going on during the Downieville Bottle Show a hungry bear bulking up for winter broke into the Pizza Parlor here in town and had his way with the contents.

Western insulator and bottle collector Dwayne Anthony was Johnny on the spot and captured the bear as it escaped from the building.

Watch the video on the link below
http://youtu.be/sjXgM4lQJqw    

   
Thanks Dwayne for the video and fast footwork to get out of the way of the bear as he made his escape from the building

We will have some reports on the Downieville Show coming your way in the next day or so
- rs -

Texan's Headed to Downieville

Ferdinand Meyer, president of the FOHBC, and his sidekick Coco (pictured below) on their way to Downieville

 

 September 13, 2014 (Saturday) Downieville, California – Downieville Bottle Show

 

 Friday September 12th, 5:00 pm Dealer BBQ and Wine Tasting Event

 

Saturday, September 13th, Dealer set-up 7:00 am to 8:00 am

 

Early lookers 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Free admission 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

 

(Thanks for the PLUG Ferdinand!)

- rs -

Today's Favorite Picture

Some crude western glass

From the Utah Bottle Collectors site

Downieville 2014

The bottle display at this years Downieville Show will feature Gold Rush, Western and Napa Soda bottles.

Fellow collector Mike Henness has been lobbying for part of this years display to include the prolific Napa Soda. There are dozens of variants of the Napa Soda and I think this would be a great addition to this years display.

So... don't be shy or bashful. Open that bottle cabinet and bring your interesting or unusual Napa's to this years show to display!

 

  Downieville's displays are non competitive, no awards presented just great bottles for all attending to enjoy.

See you in Downieville on September 13th

Don't forget to bring your Napa's!

New Comment Procedures on the Western Bitters News

Because of the hundreds of spam comments we have been getting here on the Western Bitters News I have had to change the settings for the comment procedure.

You will have to have a google account and sign into it before you can comment on the posts. I hate to have to do this because I believe that everyone has the right to speak their mind without restrictions. But as always there are those that abuse our rights.

I am sorry about the change but I don't have the time to wade through hundreds of comments that try to lure you into opening a link that can infect your computer.

Rick

The Spinning Cone

Check out the spinning Bryant's cone over at Peachridge Glass

Not sure about how you folks feel but when I want my bottles spinning I get into the tequila bottle.

Take a spin here: http://www.wisantique.com/antiqueAdvertisingSpinners/Bryants-Stomach-Bitters

Downieville Bottle Show

Just a reminder that the Downieville Antique Bottles & Collectibles Show and Sale is Saturday September 13th, 2014

This years display will feature Gold Rush and western soda and mineral water bottles.

We are looking for folks to bring their sodas to display in our secure display cabinets for everyone attending the show to enjoy.

We are also looking for Benicia effect soda's to enhance this years display. If you would like to participate in this years display contact Rick at ricksimi@att.net

Come on now....Grab a few of your favorite sodas and bring on up to Downieville for everyone to enjoy.

This is a non competitive display. No judging - no awards - just cabinets full of beautiful sodas for everyone to enjoy

 

 

See you in Downieville!

Found One!

For a while now I have been searching for a Turner Dairy bottle from Sierra County. I finally located one a few weeks ago and was happy to have acquired it.

 Its not  rare or even a desirable bottle unless you happen to live or collect things from Sierra County. Like most collectors I have a soft spot for the area in which I live and do try to acquire collectables from Sierra County

The Turner Family  have been in the ranching business since at least the 1880's and a quote from the Sinnott book "Downieville - Gold Town on the Yuba" confirms that "In the 1880's H.K. Turner of Sierra Valley was supplying Sierra City and Downieville with fresh butter" Today the Turner family raise cattle in the sleepy little area of the Sierra Valley known as Sattley. Sattley has probably a couple dozen or three folks living in the general area of what was once a thriving community. 

The embossing on this quart size milk bottle reads: Turner Dairy Sattley and Goodyears Bar Sierra County Calif
and on the reverse: Forty Miles of Year Round Service. Also on the reverse of the bottle is a ( sort of ) map with the names of Goodyears Bar, Downieville, Sierra City, the Lakes Region,
Yuba Pass and Sattley.

An interesting sidelight to this bottle is the reference to Camp Pioneer on the reverse side of the bottle with the map.
Below is a picture of Camp Pioneer, or as it was also called, Pioneer Lodge from the 1960's

Pioneer Lodge was located about 10 miles above Sierra City on highway 49 and run by an old codger by the name of Fred Simi.

Its always nice to acquire something from the area that you call home
- rs -

C.C.G. Co. Flask

I have been going through an old collection which was all dug in San Francisco, and Nevada. While going through boxes of flasks, I came across this seemingly western little half pint with an applied top. The base embossing on this one was a bit of a surprise as I have not seen the initials "C.C.G. Co." before. Maybe I just have not looked but I was hoping someone could shed some light on this glass house.
 Thanks,
 Dale M.

Anyone Seen This One?

Here's a recent find that just surfaced

 

 

Embossing reads Weaver and Wentz

Pharmacists

Gilroy Cal.

 

 

Anyone have any information on this pharmacy?

One Million

Thanks to all of our readers and contributors that made it possible to reach one million page views.

 

Lots more articles and posts on the bottle collecting hobby to come on the Western Bitters News!

- rs -

B.B. Thayer Apothecaries, San Francisco.

Here is a recent find, that I thought I would post today. There have been a few postings on the B.B. Thayer company, and his prattware containers. This is the first one I have seen with it's original lid. This one has gold stenciling on the pot and lid. Anyone out there who can date this piece? I also have a small size pot without the lid. These are great pieces of San Francisco history. Dale M.

 

 

Shown below is the small B.B. Thayer pot

Western Dr. Renz on ebay

I just noticed a very nice example of the first variant of the Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters up for auction on ebay.

This example of the earliest Renz is a beautiful yellow green and described as being in "near mint" condition.

If you are looking for a prime example of the Renz bitters to add to your collection take a look at this ebay auction
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Early-Western-Bitters-Dr-Renzs-Herb-Bitters-/400754191867?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d4ecfadfb

Downieville Soda Works

Quite a few years ago my old digging buddy Bob Kaiser and I stumbled across a few turn of the century soda bottles next to a building that once housed the Downieville Soda Works. I say stumbled but what we really did was dig beneath  and beside a building that I was working on.

If memory serves we found some embossed hutch style bottles from other cities and even a Truckee hutch but nothing that was embossed Downieville.

During the rain this week I took a walk over to the old soda works building and happened to spy a piece of glass peaking through the surface. A quick 10 minutes of scratching uncovered a few more soda bottles. First a weird shaped 10 pin, then a California Soda Works hutch and finally something that got my attention, a Pioneer Soda Water Co. S.F. with the "hairy bear" embossed on it

All in all nothing to write home about but a fun few bottles to find and a pleasant morning surprise.

Downieville Soda Works in back of, you guessed it, a Saloon

Seems like Downieville, during the 1890's to 1930's, was a poor over the hill mining town. Heck, merchants in town couldn't afford to have a bottle manufactured to bottle their soda in so they gathered what soda bottles they could get their hands on. filled em' up, slapped a paper label over the embossing and peddled them to the locals. 

These few bottles and the old soda works spot sure brought back some  memory's of the good old days digging in the Downieville area with Bob and the gang.
- rs -

Western or Eastern Cutter

I picked these pictures off of another blog site and was intrigued by the overall stain on a supposed western manufactured bottle. Seems I remember a lot of the comments on western vs. eastern was the overall majority of folks believed you could tell a western piece of glass by the pristine condition of the glass after being buried for years.

Now I'm not the kind of guy that grabs a tiger by the tail but..... If this bottle is western it sure doesn't look pristine to me!

Getting Ready for Downieville

Where: Downieville California

 

 

When: September 13th, 2014

 

 

Show and Sale opens at 7am Saturday September 13 for dealers

Early lookers 8am to 10am $10 entry fee

!0am to 3pm Free Admission 

 

Breakfast and lunch will be available at the show

 

 

Time to plan your trip to Downieville 

 

This years display will include Gold Rush and Western Soda bottles

 

Don't Forget to Bring Your western soda's to display

 

Friday Night Sept. 12th Dealers Wine Tasting and BBQ Event starts at 5pm

We still have a few sales tables available

Info: Rick or Cherry Simi 530 289-3659

ricksimi@att.net

Hope to See You in Downieville!