Page 19 - Microsoft Word - miniz-digest-119-122.docx

Guess what the tile of this article is? I love skulls, particulally the one on top of my neck, I
don’t know what I would do without it!

I have 19 different skulls in my collection but there are more than 60 on Miniature Bottle
Library. Quite a number of them use the same bottle and you do have to be careful when
looking for these as there are a lot of 200ml skulls arround in the same shape as the green
one to the left of the central skull bottle above. 350ml skulls are also fairly common,
although the capping usually gives these away.

We will start with the only skulls that have been available in NZ (and there are still some in
the bottle stores if you search for them).

Crystal Head is probably the best known skull.
This is filled with (terrible) vodka by Globefill of
Canada. Elements Spirits makes the three
coloured skulls filled with Kah Tequila. These
were originally filled in the US but may now be
filled in Mexico. The painting varies
considerably as does the capping. There are at

least three sets of three, two made of
glass and one of ceramic. The easiest
way to tell is if you turn them over. Both
glass and ceramic are shown – see MBL
to find out which is which and to see five
more.

The blue and gold skulls are from
Campeny of Spain. These are part of a
set of 8 with different contents. The
middle skull at the top of the page is an
older Campeny bottle, as is the skull with

- 18 -