Rare Poland Springs Moses Bottle

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Ultra Rare Handblown Poland Springs Liquor Quart. The original Moses Poland Springs bottle were made in South Jersey at the Salem Glass Works in 1876 - Salem eventually became Anchor Hocking Glass and after prohibition they made Moses liquor bottles.All of these liquor bottles were machine made. Offered for action is believed to be the only handblown version of the Moses Hiram Ricker liquor bottle. Clevenger Glass Works would sometimes make special order handblown pieces. One of Clevenger regular customers was Anchor Hocking, usually making commemorative & retirement bottles. But on one occassion Anchor Hocking asked Clevenger to make a handblown version of the Moses quart liquor bottle. They loaned the Moses mold to Clevenger and these were made in very limited numbers and were never sold to the public. 11" height - hand tooled neck and rough pontil. Aqua blueish/green. T is a small chip on the lip. On the top rear in an arch are the words: FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE" & along the rear bottom is:"FAC-SIMILE OF FIRST POLAND WATER BOTTLE HIRAM RICKER & SONS, INC" T are production marks embossed on the bottom along with the rough pontil - the pontil covered some of the marks so t're not fully readable. On the bottom is" R-61, 9 -? - 41, 4". Clevenger was the last of the old time South Jersey Glasshouses read more

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