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Gold Dust, pre-1874 ?

Is the John Van Bergen gold dust 5th earlier than 1874 ? John Van Bergen did not advertise his Gold Dust agency until September of 1873, but I always though they were in the 1871 or 1872 range. Wilson states in his book that Barkhouse Brothers were not formed until 1874. Take a look at the two below ads, both before 1874, and the city directory listings. This new evidence points towards the John Van Bergen bottle being either 1872 or 1873 at the absolute oldest. The last pit to produce any Gold Dusts also contained Empire sodas, Bay Cities, and a blue Ghirardelli soda as well as a early variant circle Cutter and a busted OK Castle Fifth.

What do you guys who have seen horses in the ground think ?

September 1873 Ad

September 1872 Ad

1872 Directory

1871 Directory

How about this, would have made a great looking embossed 5th:

This blog is a tremendous asset to the hobby, glad to see it back. And while I’m at it, a couple of stray horses recently stopped by for a drink..........

It is still here !

Yes, you are seeing the old whiskey blog.

Green Whittled Sixth

Nice Green Sixth, Heavy on the Whittle, from the West.

J.F. Cutter

Here is my current little family of J. F. Cutter fifths.    I have three of the old variant 1 (type a) bottles.  Otherwise known by various names... stovepipe top, barrel top, fat boy.    The fat boy on the left was my obsession for a few years,  and yes it is quite green.   The center example will be closer to the one in the ABA auction,  I think. 

They are close in color for sure,  but the stovepipes fall just a bit short on the green o meter to a few examples of the (type b) tapered tops that I have seen over the years.   Lance has a great example!

My old (type b) in a similar color to Lance's is resting comfortably with a collector that posts here on occasion.   Maybe he will chime in...      It was dug high in the mtns. above Salt Lake City.               It needs to come back home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Colored Cutters

Merry Christmas to all, from the Cutter Family!