W. F. WILLIAMS MACON MO.
WILLIAMS & FOWLER MACON MO.
Mineral water bottles.
These bottles were HAND MADE and are Macon's oldest embossed glass bottles circa 1870's maybe earlier.
*The BLOB TOP bottle on the left is commonly called a SQUAT, it is about 7-¾" tall.
The wire on top is called a PUTNAM CLOSURE and would have held in place a cork.
There is no other embossing on this bottle.
It was found at a St. Louis bottle show.
*Also a BLOB TOP the bottle in the center is called a GRAVITATING STOPPER bottle, it is about 6-¾" tall.
The bottom of the bottle has "MADE BY ALBERTSON'S STOPPER // JOHN MATTHEWS // OCT. 11 // 1864 // NEW YORK", embossed on it.
It was found in Kansas by my friend Boone Jeffers who brought it to me at a St. Louis bottle show.
*Also a BLOB TOP the bottle on the right is called a GRAVITATING STOPPER bottle, it is about 6-¾" tall.
The bottom of the bottle has "MADE BY ALBERTSON'S STOPPER // JOHN MATTHEWS // OCT. 11 // 1864 // NEW YORK", embossed on it.
This bottle came from my good friend Arlin Cargill.
