I like it when I hear from someone who has been looking at a topic on the Peachridge Glass site. In this case it is in regards to my comments to Rick DeMarsh and his fine Robert Portner Brewing Co. – Alexandria, Virginia page over at RicksBottleRoom.com. This creates dialogue and interaction. Rick has given new life to a bottle and put a story with the glass. Others have connected with it.
Email and pictures from Jack Stecher in Rochester, New York.
Hi Ferd.
I continue to enjoy all your postings. Wonderful forum and interesting group of subjects, as always. Thanks for all you do.
Your recent post on the Robt. Portner Brewing Co., Alexandria, Va. and a great history post by Rick DeMarsh got me thinking. At the Rochester bottle show last April, I traded a couple local souvenir booklets at the for a “green” beer bottle. I hadn’t paid much attention to the name, but thought it might be an interesting bottle to a collector from Va. We don’t see many “green” glass beers up this way.
I put it out for sale at the Mansfield show last May, but I don’t think anyone even bothered to look at it, probably because it wasn’t local? Anyway, I just retrieved it from the sale box, and lo and behold it’s a Portner bottle. I don’t collect “beers” or Va. bottles, but thought someone of your readers might be interested. I have attached photos. The “bail” type stopper is still attached, but somewhat rusty. The bottle is overall nice and clean, with only minor scratches, etc. I find it interesting too that the reverse is embossed “this bottle not to be sold” so it could be reused, I assume.
Rick’s bottle room is also an interesting and informative site. Thanks for the reference.
Jack
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