Examples from the local area either embossed ‘Bermuda’ or closely associated with our island’s history have always been a collector’s favorite. Please make arrangements to view my entire selection, the result of decades of diligent search.

 

 

An immaculate Masonic Flask
      found in local waters. c1820. $2,500

Soda bottles designed to lie horizontally so that the cork remains moist and swelled, thus helping the tying wire to keep the fizz in the liquid:
     A pointed shaped hamilton embossed Charles C Keane, Hamilton, Bermuda. c1860. $350

Round bottom sodas similarly designed:
     M S T. c1890 Somerset. $175
     W.S.Tankard. c1895. $175

Curiously constructed hybrids using the torpedo shape but also containing a marble for closure.
     J E Lightbourn & Co Bermuda (embossed in oval). c1910. $300
     J E Lightbourn & Co Bermuda (horizontal). c1900. $300
     J E Lightbourn & Co Hamilton Bermuda. c1905. $300


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