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original antique american turn of the century dark amber weiss beer bottle fabricated for chicago bottler john pforr.
  • original antique american turn of the century dark amber weiss beer bottle fabricated for chicago bottler john pforr.
original antique american turn of the century dark amber weiss beer bottle fabricated for chicago bottler john pforr.

original antique american turn of the century dark amber weiss beer bottle fabricated for chicago bottler john pforr.

SKU: UR-23005-15
original and intact c. 1890's dark amber st. louis weiss shaped beer bottle manufactured for john pforr in chicago, il. the wide body slopes into a tooled blob top finish. on the front body is a circular slug plate with deeply embossed lettering inside reading, "john pforr / 72&74 / perry st. / chicago". crudities and surface wear are typical of its age and date of manufacture. the base is smooth with seams that indicate it was made in a post bottom mold. pforr owned a weiss brewery at the turn of the century. city directories indicate he had been in the bottling business since at least 1876, at 66 perry street.

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