C.ALFS SODA WATER CHARLESTON SC EXTREMLY RARE

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C.ALFS SODA WATER CHARLESTON SC   LIGHT SAPPHIRE BLUE EXTREMELY RARE.
EXTREMELY RARE DATE CIRC 1840  IRON PONTIL 8 SIDE LIGHT SAPPHIRE BLUE TEE PEE SHAPE AND MEASURES APPROX 8 1/2 H AND 3 AT BASE.
THERE ARE NO CRACKS OR REPAIRS. THE BOTTLE FEATURES SOME AIR BUBBLES IN THE GLASS WITH SOME STRONG WHITTLE AND HEAVY EMBOSSING.
THERE IS SOME  DAMAGED TO THE TOP AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURES, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 30%   THIS BOTTLE WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR REPAIR    IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO,
I HAVE PUT SOME LIGHT COOKING OIL ON THE BOTTLE TO SHOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE CLEANED, NO HARM DONE AND THIS WOULD WASH OFF.
THE BOTTLE COMES WITH AN EXTRA C.ALFS BROKEN BOTTLE WITH GOOD NECK AND TOP FOR THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE IT REPAIRED.
IM NOT SURE IF A PERFECT ONE OF THESE EXIST?  BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS I KNOW A EX COLLECTOR WHO PAID 15 K FOR HIS AND THAT ONE MAY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED  AND THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.  BELOW IS WHAT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS BOTTLE AND IS HERE FOR YOU TO SEE.
SPECIAL NOTE PLEASE CONTACT ME ON THE SHIPPING AS I DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE AND THE RATES ALL ARE DIFFERENT AND THIS ITEM MUST BE INSURED.   I WILL ONLY CHARGE ACTUAL SHIPPING COST BUT IM NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL BE.
C. ALFS / SODA WATER / CHARLESTON
C. Alf was a druggist on North King Street in Charleston SC in 1840. He is considered by many to be the first soda water bottler in North America. He learned his technique from Paris druggists who were pioneers in carbonated beverage bottling. The first type of bottle was the pyramid shape which had a defect in design with the neck being too thin. This defect along with the fact that he was only a bottler for one and a half years has made the pyramid the rarest of the colored sodas. The newer design (see example below) was a shorter reinforced thicker glass bottle that was more compact
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