Bottoms Up, Fabulous c. 1900 Mounted Photo of Three Generations in Tavern antique classroom I purchased these because I

I purchased these because I found the handwritten labels on their fronts and the pages and pages of careful hatchmark tallying inside very visually satisfying

which I've learned it what distinguishes true folk art bottle whimsies from more common ones

who has been long hoping for a letter

There are initials stamped on both the front and back of the brass caliper

which from what I understand was the generic sticker for glass made in Czechoslovakia

Bottoms Up, Fabulous c. 1900 Mounted Photo of Three Generations in Tavern antique classroom I purchased these because IThis is one of a few cabinet photos listed today (and a handful more coming) that I purchased on a visit to a picker near Albany last week each of them great to me for the convergence of specific people in specific places at specific times, and the layers of information, and also sense of atmosphere, captured in those moments. This looks to me like three generations of a family, perhaps extended, to whom this bar belongs, and who in turn belong to it.