MATTHEWS GRAVITATING STOPPER PAT.1864 BOTTOM EMB BLOB TOP SODA BOTTLE

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An early 1864 dated Gravitating Stopper soda bottle that is unfortunately, missing the internal stopper.....
GRAVITATING STOPPER MADE BY JOHN MATTHEWS NEW YORK PAT.OCT.11 1864
boldly emb on bottom.....hand blown in mold, bimal....applied blob ring collar....aqua....7 1/4"tall....Good condition with no chips or damage. Some inside haze. Dug from an 1860s Illinois privy so was probably used by some Illinois soda bottler
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