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I found some handblown union bottles on ebay,

they cost each something like 24 dollars or something.

My question is: Is this a good prise (fro the buyer) or are there sheaper ones somewhere??

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you can go to Jamestown Glasshouse and pick them up. 24 dollars isnt bad , are they green? also the Castillo De San Marcos Fort ,in St. Augustine Florida, their gift shop has them also, including case bottles too, they are under 20 dollars or so, not including shipping, eastern national gift shop number is 904-824-2615, ask for bruce dayle. they ship all over the United States, the gift shop gets a break (wholesale) from Jamestown Glasshouse, i have about 2 dozen of both styles.

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$20 - $30 seems pretty standard, really.

Hey QMJ, do you know of any decent sources for square-bottomed, corked bottles (other than Jamestown)?

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OH but Mission have you forgot about this fine shop www.etsy.com/shop/williewobble

Korisios, I'm suprised you havent seen my wrapped bottles posted here on the pub, although all my bottles are wrapped in rope,hemp ,netting , you may also look through my gallery of pictures , Willie Wobble

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$20 - $30 seems pretty standard, really.

Hey QMJ, do you know of any decent sources for square-bottomed, corked bottles (other than Jamestown)?

I'm not QMJ, but do you mean this? http://www.plimoth.com/reproductions/case-bottle.html

That isn't where I got mine, but it's the first I could find online looking for case bottle/bottles

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$20 - $30 seems pretty standard, really.

Hey QMJ, do you know of any decent sources for square-bottomed, corked bottles (other than Jamestown)?

I'm not QMJ, but do you mean this? http://www.plimoth.c...ase-bottle.html

That isn't where I got mine, but it's the first I could find online looking for case bottle/bottles

That's the only consistent source other than Jamestown of which I know.

Several sutlers resell the Jamestown bottles, so I am not counting them as different sources.

Personally, I like the Jamestown bottles best. Best price too.

Otherwise, keep a weather eye out on eBay and thrift stores.

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What I want is small (say holding a cup or less), matching, square-bottomed bottles with mouths for corks. I have some for my medicine chest, but they're all machine-made.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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What I want is small (say holding a cup or less), matching, square-bottomed bottles with mouths for corks. I have some for my medicine chest, but they're all machine-made.

This gentleman lists both Jamestown and another glasblower as making custom blown glassware. So you might want to contact them and find out if they'll do what you need. Sounds like most of the work is already done, just working out size and price with them.

http://www.livinghistoryshop.com/resources.html

For that matter, it might be worth googling other glassblowers to find out if they'll also do the work, or if a school could hand off the project to a student for a good price.

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What I want is small (say holding a cup or less), matching, square-bottomed bottles with mouths for corks. I have some for my medicine chest, but they're all machine-made.

Oh! My mistake, I thought you were speaking of case bottles.

So, are you now looking for handmade versions of what you already have?

If not, have you tried Specialty Bottle?

They offer this: http://www.specialty...PROD&ProdID=530

Aye! It's a little bigger than your specs, but...

Also, I've dealt with this company and can personally recommend them.

Now, curiosity being what it is, here are a few things I found on the web, this craft supply shop has some bottles you might like:

http://www.artfire.c...duct_id=2125609

http://www.artfire.c...duct_id=2125596

http://www.artfire.c...duct_id=2125603

http://www.artfire.c...duct_id=2125607

http://www.artfire.c...duct_id=2129464 <=== 6 oz corked square bottle!

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My God man! Do you know how long I've been looking for such things? And they come in varying sizes at fairly reasonable prices! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Hope is renewed for my surgeon's chest! Somehow I knew you held the key.

Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?"

John: "I don't know."

Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate."

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My God man! Do you know how long I've been looking for such things? And they come in varying sizes at fairly reasonable prices! Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! Hope is renewed for my surgeon's chest! Somehow I knew you held the key.

I never knew you were after some of these. I've had a load since before we even got talking about the chests. Just building a captains liquor chest with similar bottles in it based on one from 1756.

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...and then I discovered the wine...

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Back to toppic...:

When I see pictures of the genuine old bottles they appear black, but the replica's you guys pointed out to me are green and more transparant...

So have the old ones turned black and less transparant after all these years..?

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