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On my recent trip to the US I spent quite a bit of time scouring antique malls for bottles for
myself and frogs for Rosie’s collection. I believe I did rather well.

The first two are Japanese give-away bottles (given away in the US). I have a few of these
but it is not my core collection, although I do pick the odd one up now and again if it is
cheap. I could not leave these behind at US$5 each.

The dog cocking it’s leg and the lobster flask are German give-
aways - US$5 for the dog and US$6 for the lobster. The dog is
unmarked, except to say Germany, on the bottom. I have
included close-up shots of the markings on the lobster.

I may have shown you this head before as I
bought it several years ago. He is also a
German give-away, one I have been able to
date accurately. I have included a picture of
the label on the bottom. W. A. Harper & Sons
owned the Texas Saloon in San Angelo, Texas in 1906 &
1907. I don’t know now what I paid but it came from dealer,
Harry Goetz, so it would not have been a lot.

On my travels this time I came across three more heads, in
three different antique malls in three different states. Two of
these are shown on the next page. I remember that I paid
US$10 for the first one and US$18 for the other. Plus tax of course. I really hate the US
system of adding tax at this till, rather than including it in the price as almost every other

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