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compared to the right facing ones.

On the bottom of the last page are two of at least ten small Manhattan figures, many, the
lady included, in the shape of a Toby Jug. These contain 1 oz of cordial and were sold during
prohibition. The Manhattan Flamingo dates from the 1930’s and is one of the rarest of the
ceramic manhattans. So rare in fact that MBL only had a black and white picture until I
bought this one.

The Dutch lady is from
Wynand Fockink. The lady in
Grey is Goebel pottery from
Germany. It bears the Lewis
& Clark label but I am not
sure if this is genuine – does
anyone know for sure? The
Lady in the Moon is another
great bottle from Cava de
Oro of Mexico. See David
Spaid’s article for another
great variation of this.

I don’t actually collect give-
away bottles but I could not
resist buying the one on the
right for only US$15. It is mint
and complete with stopper.

On the left is a very limited
edition Blackfish Bourbon.
This was especially
commissioned by
Ron Gabbard, the
editor of the MMBC
newsletter, as a
‘thank you’ to all
those who submitted
articles over the
previous 12 months.
Again, not what I
normally collect but I have no intention of
parting with it. Ron is thinking about doing the
same next year – are you thinking about writing an article for one of the club newsletters?

The old Duck on Egg is from Pete Hagen and is the first of several figural glass minis I have
to show you. On the next page we start with a (very) old telephone from Dor of Argentina.
Even the mini is quite old, although I do not know when it was made. There are a number of
versions of this (see Miniature Bottle Library). There are lots of Certosa di Firenze minis but
this is the first Oil Lamp I have seen. Probably 1960’s or 70’s. The Calera Baseball bottle has
been around for a couple of years but the stand is new (I think). Strictly speaking this is not

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