UNUSUAL 1880's HAND ETCHED SCHWARTZ GINGER ALE CO. SELTZER BOTTLE SAN FRANCISCO

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I GUARANTEE THAT THE ETCHING WAS DONE WELL OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
DON'T MISS OUT  ON THIS GREAT RARE GLASS SELTZER BOTTLE FROM MY COLLECTION. YOU MAY NEVER SEE ANOTHER HAND ETCHED GINGER ALE SELTZER BOTTLE LIKE THIS ONE AGAIN! BEAUTIFUL TOP AS WELL. NO DAMAGE. THERE IS A LINE OF STAINING ON THE INSIDE. I FOUND THIS 18 YEARS AGO IN THE GIANT STORAGE LOCKER SELTZER FIND. A MASSIVE LOAD OF APPROX 20,000 SELTZERS. EVEN JAYNE MANSFIELD'S SON & MARISKA HARGITAY'S BROTHER.. ZOLTAN HARGITAY... HELPED ME SORT THE BOTTLES FOR A WHILE.
WATCH FOR MANY MORE COMING OVER THE NEXT MONTHS. IN CASE OF MULTIPLE WINS...ONE BOTTLE SHIPPED PER BOX. STAY SAFE !
DESCRIPTION OF THIS AUCTION:
WHAT A RARITY!! A VERY HARD TO FIND SELTZER BOTTLE. VERY THICK GLASS WITH A BEAUTIFUL FOOTED BOTTOM MARKED MADE IN AUSTRIA ON UNDER BOTTOM WITH REGAL CROWNED INSIGNIA. THIS BABY REEKS OF AGE. I'D SAY ABOUT 1885. NO DAMAGE WHICH IS AMAZING CONSIDERING ALL THE DELIVERIES AND RECYCLING! BEFORE THEY HAD ACL LABELING...BEFORE THEY HAD SILK SCREEN LABELS...BEFORE THEY HAD EMBOSSED LABELS...I GUESS THERE WERE
SOME EARLY BOTTLERS WHO JUST SCRATCHED OR HAND ETCHED THEIR COMPANY LOGO INTO THE GLASS BOTTLE FREE HAND!
WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE. FREE HAND ETCHED ONTO THIS BEAUTY IS "
SCHWARTZ GINGER ALE CO. S.F."
THE SPOUT IS ALSO AMAZING. GREAT PATINA ON THIS PEWTER RELIC WHICH HAS 2 ETCHINGS ON IT. ONE SAYS "L.A. INDUSTRIAL" AND THE OTHER IS THE MAKER MARK FOR "BRITISH SYPHON MFG. LONDON". GOOD ACTION ON THE WORKING TRIGGER. NO GLASS TUBE INSIDE THIS ONE. CONDITION IS FABULOUS. SMOOTH AS A BABY'S BUTT ALL AROUND. THAT CIRCULAR FOOTED BOTTOM IS JUST PERFECT WHEREAS THEY USUALLY TOOK A PUNISHING. I WOULD GLADLY KEEP THIS EPIC RELIC IF I DIDN'T NEED THE MONEY. $$. BUT HERE'S YOUR CHANCE. THESE HAND ETCHED ONES ALMOST NEVER SURFACE. AND THIS ONE IS A SCHWARTZ GINGER ALE!! IF YOU LIKE SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY THIS ONE HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT.
THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE 1 SELTZER BOTTLE ONLY SHOWN IN THE 1ST 6 PHOTOS. OTHER PHOTOS ARE REFERENCE PHOTOS FROM MY COLLECTION.~~~~~~
A BEAUTIFUL & RARE & SELTZER BOTTLE OR SYPHON.
SIZE IS ABOUT 38-40  OUNCES.
12" HIGH.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I'VE SEEN LIKE THIS AND IT'S EVEN BETTER LOOKING IN PERSON.
WE HAVE DOWNSIZED OUR LIVING SPACE AND I AM STARTING TO PART WITH MUCH OF MY SELTZER BOTTLE COLLECTION. I AM A LONG TIME COLLECTOR OF THINGS RELATED TO SELTZER AND I STARTED COLLECTING BEFORE IT BECAME A "THING".  NOW WITH THE CRAZE OF "SELTZER BEER" & "HARD SELTZER" AND THE WHOLE RECYCLING AWARENESS, THESE ANTIQUE SELTZER BOTTLES HAVE VERY MUCH COME INTO VOGUE. I WOULD SAY SELTZER DELIVERY WAS THE INCEPTION OF THE IDEA OF RECYCLING AS THESE BOTTLES WERE USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND, BY THE WAY, OFTEN GOT SEPARATED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL HEADS.
MY COLLECTION WAS FEATURED IN THE MADE FOR TELEVISION SHOW "INCREDIBLE COLLECTIBLES". SEE THE PHOTO ABOVE. THAT SHOW WAS PRODUCED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORIGINAL WILLIE WONKER & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY MOVIE... MEL STUART WHO DIED IN 2012. BUT HE CAME ROARING INTO MY HOUSE WITH HIS CREW TO DOCUMENT MY COLLECTION TOWARD THE END OF HIS LIFE. YOU CAN FIND THE VIDEO ON YOU TUBE. SEARCH FOR TITLE  "THE COLORFUL SELTZER BOTTLE COLLECTION OF RICHARD STRELL".
ALSO A GREAT BOOK BY BARRY JOSEPH CALLED "SELTZERTOPIA" WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED ON THE HISTORY OF SELTZER BOTTLES. A SECTION IN THE BOOK CALLED "THE ACCIDENTAL COLLECTOR" IS A STORY ABOUT HOW I FOUND A BIG CACHE OF THESE OLD COLLECTIBLE BOTTLES. BARRY'S BOOK CAN BE FOUND AT AMAZON ETC.
I SOLD OFF MOST OF THE BIG FIND WHOLESALE TO COLLECTORS AND ALSO PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO ARE STILL KEEPING THE OLD TRADITION ALIVE.
THERE USED TO BE 1000'S OF SELTZER FACTORIES AND NOW THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEY NEEDED VINTAGE BOTTLES. MANY OF OUR PRECIOUS OLD SELTZER BOTTLES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OVER TO EUROPE IN BULK. VERY HARD TO FIND LARGE AMOUNTS NOWADAYS.
NOW I AM SELLING THE CREAM OF THE CROP THAT I KEPT. I SEARCHED THROUGH 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF SELTZERS IN MY LIFE LOOKING FOR THE GEMS.
SEE ABOVE FOR A PHOTO OF THE SECTION OF THE "SELTZERTOPIA" BOOK.
THIS SELTZER BOTTLE IS AN HISTORICAL EPIC RELIC! CONDITION IS GOOD. PRETTY AMAZING CONSIDERING THE 100'S OF RECYCLES. THIS ONE HOWEVER HELD UP OK.  THIS WEIGHS ABOUT 5  POUNDS AND
SHIPPING IS .50
DOMESTICALLY VIA PRIORITY MAIL.  IF YOU HAVE WON MORE THAN ONE OF MY BOTTLES WE MAY USE MULTIPLE SHIPPINGS KEEPING ONE BOTTLE PER BOX. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING .
NO RESERVE. GOOD LUCK! WATCH MY EBAY PAGE FOR MORE INTERESTING SELTZER BOTTLES FROM CALIFORNIA AND ELSEWHERE. SIPHON, SYPHON.
BEEN SELLING ON EBAY SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN THE MID 1990'S SO YOU CAN TRUST MY EXPERTISE AND DILIGENCE. MY FEEDBACK IS 100% PERFECT.
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