Page 16 - Microsoft Word - miniz-digest-104-109.docx

David's Bottles

I started David’s Bottles in miNiZ103 by saying “the pictured bottles are mainly new and mainly
available now” This is very far from the case this time.

The bottles shown, from John DeKuyper, Carioca, Delatour and others are recent acquisitions of
1930’s bottles from the collection of long time member, Adrian Carr. Adrian is currently slimming
down his collection of about 7000, which consists mainly of larger decanters but also contains a lot
of give-aways and, of course, older mini ceramics. I bought all 201 John DeKuyper ceramics and
there are very few that are the same as ones I already had – see miNiZ93. There must be at least
250 different ones in all. I also bought the Carioca bottles shown here. Another club member, Luis
Freytes from Puerto Rico, bought a ton of minis and at least 100 give-aways.

I will largely let the photos speak for themselves, starting with the
John DeKuyper bottles, many of which have not been shown
anywhere before.

- 15 -