824-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14, 2003 Couple Captures Piece Of Dairy History With Milk Bottle Collection (Continued from Page 823) and gallons, advertisements, milk boxes for milk drop-offs, and even a milk man’s money bag. But, it is the bottle set that en courages people to buy anthracite coal that Margin appreciates for its reflection of the city’s coal his tory and its impact on the Scran ton economy. Besides collecting bottles for their look and design, the Stouts also enjoy learning the history from these farms. Using several avenues such as fellow collectors, members of the National Associa- rSSSS3SSSSSBSSS§SSSSSBS^SSSSSSSSSBBSSSSgSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSgSaSSS§SBSSSB^SgSSSSSSSSSBS®S^ Who are the auctioneers that fill the pages of Lancaster | I Farming? You can find out who they are and what they do In | i the June 21 premier issue of the 2003 Lancaster Farming i I Auctioneer Guide. Scheduled for the booklet will be i i auctioneer listings, frequently asked questions f I and answers regarding auctions, and feature I articles and photos. Don’t miss iti Check Out This Week's Featured Recipe On Our Website! www.iancasterfarming.com ANTIQUE AUCTION Jennie Rittner Beale Estate Sat., June 21, 2003 - 9*.00 a.m. Auction located at 601 Main Street, Port Royal, Juniata County, PA - just off Route 322 midway between Harrisburg and State College at the Port Royal (Route 75) exit. Signs sale day. Antique Furniture: Eastlake 6’ walnut glass-door comer cupboard w/plate rail; walnut square-nail drop-leaf table w/maple inlaid ends, dovetailed fold-out & top drop; walnut/hardwood combination 8’ decorated hall mirror w/marble pedestal base; oak serpentine front open claw-foot server; Waterbury 8-day spring-driven clock w/mahogany OG frame; 1920 s oak-framed wall case spring clock; 1920’s mahogany veneered bedroom suit w/apphed carvings, twin sleigh beds, vanity w/bench, wardrobe, night stand, chair, large dresser; highly decorated bowed front sideboard w/gingerbread doors, lions heads & beveled mirror; walnut china closet w/empire feet; one-drawer farm table w/tumed legs; 1810 tiger maple splayed leg stand, finely dovetailed & pinned, orig; grain-painted step-back cupboard; 1820 mustard comer cupboard base, skirted, nice; Sheraton drop-leaf table; 1840- 1860 cherry one-drawer night stand w/tumed legs; oak-veneered decorated round pedestal table w/several leaves; 6 oak slat-back side chairs w/leather seat; walnut Penbrook table w/tiger maple skirt; 2- Victorian spool rope beds; high-back brass bed w/iron rails; highly decorated pressed back solid seat oak rocker w/cut-out; early original paint & stencil plank-bottom 5-rung nursing rocker; mahogany bentwood solid-arm 4-rung w/center slat rocker; mahogany double rung bentwood solid seat rocker; plank-bottom nursing rocker; bentwood cottage rocker; original child’s Windsor rocker & side chair; Victrola Talking Machine Co victrola, very nice in orig mahogany cabinet w/many records; bird’s eye maple veneer dresser w/mirror; poplar grain-painted blanket chest w/straight comer foot; small grain-painted 1860 blanket chest w/strap hinges; dovetailed poplar blanket chest; 4- cane-seat Victorian chairs w/orig paint; 2- boot-jack plank-bottom chairs; much, much more very nice old furniture; Antiques, Collectibles & Household: stained-glass highly-decorated electrified Tiffany lamp, very nice; blue butter crock; blue & white stoneware milk pitcher decorated with swastikas; yellow stoneware beer stein; stoneware jar; stoneware w/chocolate glazed crock; chocolate pot; other crocks; clay glazed mixing bowl & pie plate; blue stoneware glazed pastel canisters; Port Royal Dairy quart milk bottle; Port Royal Dairy A pint bottle with Gilson lid; several 'A pint store bottles; lots of old medicine bottles; glass-lidded quart jars; amber whiskey bottle marked Dickel Tennessee; red wooden washtub; dough box lid bread board; nice little clock shelf; early 19th century clock shelves; iron shelf brackets; wood en Humpty Dumpty egg boxes; John A Seeds Jr cardboard egg cartons; early wooden & brass door chimes; lots and lots of early glassware including some very early Fiesta and other nests of bowls, 2 full sets of Fiesta dinnerware and much much more. Toys & Games: 2- antique sleds w/iron runners; early dominoes, checkers; 4-5-6 Pickup Sticks, nib; early tin cricket clickers; tube-type whistles; 4-in-l puzzle set; The Bug House puzzle; Flinch cards; early miniature bagatelle; new jigsaw type puzzle, Rexall Drug Stores; Stratford Jig Picture Puzzle; Akru Agates marbles in orig box; Nu-Art jigsaw puzzle; Kiddy Kandy Puzzler; Gem Magic Bubbler; early Halloween mask; Chinese checkerboard; small comhusk dolls. Books, Magazines & Paper: The Good Earth, Dragon Seed, The Patriot, Kinfolk, The Exile all by Pearl S. Buck; 1950 s Wellesley Almanac; 1940 s Audobon magazines; 1940’s Coronet magazines; 1950 s Philadelphia Inquirer; many more old books and maga zines, some very early local postcards and photos. So much more to sell we can’t mention it all. For a complete listing you may e-mail ‘beckys4@pa.net’ or call 717-527-2449 and leave your address. Bryan D. Imes & Sons, Auctioneers R R 1 Box 902 Port Royal, PA 17082 717-527-2449 AU-001656-L tion of Milk Bottle Collectors, and a publication called “The Milk Route” have helped Margin and Ellie unlock the history of a bottle. Unfortunately, as Margin notes, “There are some bottles that we know nothing about, and the history is lost.” For the Stouts, their collection is a constant work in progress. In addition to collecting bottles they enjoy attending shows and buy ing and selling bottles to help others in their quest to build their own perfect collection. Each year the Stouts attend five different shows to buy and sell bottles, in Jennie Rlttner Beale Estate Laura Beale Toy, Owner 601 Main St, Port Royal, PA 17082 215-877-4775 Tent if inclement weather Terms: Cash or good PA check cluding the All-American Dairy Antiques and Collectables Show in Harrisburg and the National Association of Milk Bottle Collec tors Convention in Hershey. It is these shows that provide them invaluable opportunities to continue their search for a specif ic bottle, interact with other col lectors, and learn more about the bottles they collect. Programs such as eßay have also helped the Stouts in their collecting through the use of on line auctioning. The added bene fit is that it brings an added awareness to the hobby around the world. BRIGGS I 'V,V, u l N i,'.v f AUCTION DETAILS Monday, June 23 rd , 2003 LOCATION Briggs Auction Showroom Rt 491 at 261, Booths Corner/ Boothwyn, PA 19061 START TIME 5 30pm PREVIEW Sunday, June 22 nd , 7-9 pm Monday, June 23 rd , 12pm on TERMS Cash/Approved Check/Visa/MC 10% Buyer’s Premium FOR MORE INFORMATION 610-566-3138 (Office) 610-485-0412 (Showroom) W.J. Briggs/J.H. Turner, Auctioneers • AU-00098-L www.briggsauction.com For More Details, Photographs, and Driving Directions COUNTRY ACCESSORIES 2 FA Dutch hand-colored Frakturs, dated 1797 & 1815, 2 Pine Blanket Chests, Spinning Wheel, Copper & Brass Kitchenware, Enterpnse Coffee Mill, Early Bottles; Oil Lamps, Wood & Tin Foot Warmer, Wooden Butter Chum, Stoneware Jug, “FJ. Caibb Huntington”, Quilts & Coverlets, Hide-covered Boxes; Tole Trays, etc. ACCESSORIES • ARTWORK • ORIENTAL CARPETS 2 Framed Samplers, dated 1789 and 1834; Mah Chippendale Wall Mirrors; Empire Mah Mirrors; Fr. pr. Neoclassical Silhouettes, Viet. Wal. Role Screen w/Tapestry Panel, 2 Carved Dartmouth Umv. Autographed Walking Sticks, Double Brass Student Lamp; Amencan Indian Pottery, 2 Cast Iron Fire Plaques, etc. Artwork: 3 17 th C Dutch genre-scene Oils; 2 19 <h C. Landscape/River Scene Oils, O/C Portraits; Watercolors, Prints, etc. The Internet has helped to bring collectors together, said Margin. And eßay has increased the value of milk bottles, definite ly- As the dairy industry has turned to the use of cheaper packaging materials in the bot tling of milk, there still remains a fondness for the milk bottles of yesterday and today. From the very simple to the very elaborate, each bottle can tell a single story or provide a milepost into the passage of time, or present the most intricate design all in a way to celebrate our culture, our his tory, and dairy industry. DATE ANTIQUE FURNITURE Visit BRIGGS AUCTION, INC. PRESENTS A SPECIAL ESTATE ANTIQUE AUCTION MONDAY, JUNE 23 rd , s:3opm FEATURING ITEMS FROM LOCAL DELAWARE VALLEY ESTATES AND COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING ELIZABETH WARD, Swarthmore, PA PHYLLIS PRAY BOBER, Ardmore. PA FREDERICA OLDACH, Haverford, PA CARL H. HILL, Gladwyne, PA This Fine Collection Of Estate Antique Furnishings, Fine Art, Porcelain, Pottery, Jewelry, Samplers, Silver, Collectibles, Oriental Carpets, and More will be sold at Absolute Auction w/o Minimums or Reserves HIGHLIGHTS TO INCLUDE /Am Fed 2-pc Comer Ctipbds, 'henry New England II Chest on Ogee iracket feet, Chippend Cherry New England II Chest. Fed. Wal 4- ; Chest, Wal dimm Irop-leaf QA Table; /al & Cherry tilt-top Table, Antique :abmet, French w/hand-pamted lolu tnm, Heavily- China Cab. w/daw ip-leaf Pembroke isole, New England ■top tables; Viet uph ’ine Dough Box; Bench Table, Spindle-back Windsor Rocker; Primitive Bench, Pine . on Bracket ft.; Maple 4-post Canopy Rope Bed; Country Pine Ass’t Antique one- & two-dr. Stands, Ass’t Antique Chairs, etc. SILVER • CHINA • COLLECTIBLES • ESTATE JEWELRY Sterling, Com, & Plated Silver, mcl. Flatware, Serving Sets & Pcs, Holloware, etc; Early China, Porcelain & Glassware, Pr. 20” Euro Classical- form Vases, 4 sets Staffordshire Dmnerware, Set English Delft Dmnerware; Set Minton “Buffalo” China; Copper Lustre Pitchers, Mugs, etc., Lg. Col. "Sawtooth” Pattern Glass & other Pattern Glass, Spatterware; Stemware; Pr 15” Amber glass Vases w/applied Salamanders, Glass Witch’s Balls, Staff. Plar Plates, et Collect, ol Dogs & Fi mcl Mlnial Trinket Br Ivory-inlai Writing Bi Pewter Teapot, Victonan Castor Set, Quality Victonan k Jewelry, Cameos, Ned&es , etc But for the Stouts, they contin ue to add to their collection for the thrill of the hunt and the an ticipation of their next discovery. “That is truly the rarity (of milk bottle collecting). When there is something that you would really like to have and come across it, whether it be for a dollar or $50,” said Ellie. “You are so happy that you found something more to add to your collection. It’s something spe cial.” a
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