Comments on WESTERN GLOB TOP WHISKIES / WESTERN GLASS: MORE MCKENNAS

opps

2010-02-02T19:48:29.952-08:00

opps

Not a real good picture but you can tell it's ...

2010-02-02T19:36:54.180-08:00

Not a real good picture but you can tell it's not amber

Sole Agent; Just forwarded you an email with a ph...

2010-02-02T09:53:36.413-08:00

Sole Agent;

Just forwarded you an email with a photo. I think that I may have stumbled on the reason why we are seeing both variants out west.

Feel free to add to the post and to attach the photo. It quite possibly answers a lot of questions.

KG

There is a not too far away Sacramento Valley burg...

2010-02-02T07:36:16.127-08:00

There is a not too far away Sacramento Valley burg that is also "McKenna heavy", with at least a half dozen non-C&I examples found there, plus more that were broken. Hopefully, this year's digs will turn up a mint one.

M.E. Lot of questions about the origin and use of...

2010-02-01T20:56:58.347-08:00

M.E.
Lot of questions about the origin and use of these C&I bottles. I agree, they seem to be good quality western glass. I can believe that they are eastern molds shipped West for use in a San Francisco glass factory... I have a little problem with the top. Kinda different than we see on most all western globs. Tops are tops, lots of different tops so that might not mean anything.
As far as age, just a theory, we all know how hard it is to date bottles. My references are "Borax Town", big from 1873 to 1878. Plenty of Wilmerding stuff there, heavy on SHM's and very heavy McKennas town. No C&I's in there that I have ever seen. Ruby,NV..peaking 1878 to 1882. Both varieties in there. We find McKennas here in UT. Found several broken C&I's at a mill site that was in operation from 1879-1882. One thing for sure, the C&I's are scarce, probably just used for a short time, I'm thinking sometime during the longer run of the Western base examples.
Just theory...if there is one good thing about a theory...it might lead to more research.

I am no expert to be sure, but I have always wonde...

2010-02-01T19:20:16.690-08:00

I am no expert to be sure, but I have always wondered why the impression that the C&I McKenna's are later? I saw one dug in Gold Hill Nevada in 1996 that was in a early to mid 70s hole. If the non C&I mold comes tooled (from the exact mold), and the C&I version does not come tooled to my knowledge, why is it later? It has non curved Rs which just means it was blown in a Eastern mold shipped West right? Or was it indeed blown in the East? The one I saw came out of the ground sparkling and all the Eastern stuff was stained...just wondering.
M.E.