Bottles
Fishing related bottles come in all shapes and sizes and contain many different potions. Some more obvious contents of fishing related bottles are reel oil, rod varnish and dry fly oil. But, there are also bottles that contain things as unexpected as casting line! The earliest bottles have cork stoppers and some have their makers mark in raised glass lettering rather than on a paper label. I am always looking to add tough/early bottles to this collection …so please keep me in mind.
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- E. vom Hofe Dry Fly Oil, Kristaline Lacquer And Reel Oil. Note The Reel Oil Bottle Is Sealed With Thread And Wax And Has Never Been Opened.
- E. vom Hofe Dry Fly Oil, Kristaline Lacquer And Reel Oil. Note The Reel Oil Bottle Is Sealed With Thread And Wax And Has Never Been Opened.
- Four Early Bottles With Cork Stoppers: VL&A Rod Varnish, Abbey & Imbrie Silk Color Preserver, Shakespeare Dry Fly Oil Bottle (Note The Raised Glass “Skakespeare” Signature), And My Favorite Of This Bunch, The Kelso “DRIFLI” Oil Bottle …Which Has A Glass Application Paddle.
- Two Early Bottles Of Dry Fly Oil. Note The Threaded Cap Of The Bottle On The Right
- Two Hewitt Bottles, One As Sold By Farlow Of London
- Dry Fly Oil Bottles. The “Floatane” Bottle Is Particularly Hard To Find.
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An Early, Hand Blown Dry Fly Oil Bottle And A Rare Bottle Of Casting Line
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An Early, Hand Blown Dry Fly Oil Bottle And A Rare Bottle Of Casting Line
- A Bottle Of Hardy Bros. “Sunshine” Dry Fly Oil
- Hardy’s “Anti Midge” Was An Insect Repellent. I Don’t Collect “Skeeter” Bottles …But Will Always Make An Exception For The Hardy Brothers. Circa 1921.
- A Family Portrait
