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Old bottles, rare books and other aged goodies on display

Delmarva Antique Bottle Club hosts annual show May 15 at Ellendale Fire Hall
The Delmarva Antique Bottle Club hosted its annual show recently. Among the more interesting local containers was this Rehoboth By The Sea Dairy bottle. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
May 21, 2022

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Ellendale Volunteer Fire Department
302 Main Street
Ellendale, DE 19941
United States

The Delmarva Antique Bottle Club hosted its annual show May 15 at the Ellendale Fire Hall. Dozens of tables were set up with thousands of antique bottles, old books, well-used tools and other valuable memorabilia from years ago.

All the antiques on the tables were for sale, and the vendors knew the history of any item that sparked a conversation. Vendors also spent an equal amount of time showing off new old items to old friends – the club has been around for decades.

Kathy Moon, club president, thanked the Ellendale Volunteer Fire Company for providing them a place to hold the event and for contributing to the club’s student scholarship fund. There were six students for two scholarships, which are available to high school seniors from Sussex County, said Moon.

For more information on the Delmarva Antique Bottle Club, go to the club’s Facebook page or call 302-684-8138.

 

There were lots of old bottles for sale, including these nearly 200-year-old light blue bottles.
This decanter is a nice example of the ruby-flashed glassmaking process.
According to vendor Paul Nasca, a glass cane like this would be described as a whimsy, which was used to show a glassblower’s skill.
This book of canneries on the Eastern Shore was being sold for $250.
It wasn’t just old bottles and books. Here is a collection of old yard sticks.
These old time boxes are constructed better than a lot of furniture that’s made today.
This decorative decoy was made by Russ Tyndall from Stockley.
The bottom of the decoy with maker’s information provided.
These are fine examples of milk glass.
What did a person have to line the molding with to get the popsicles out?
A bundle of old hunting and trapping guides from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Looking to keep old bottle collecting going into the future, the folks from the club were offering free bottles to kids under 16.
This is described as an eclectic collection of stuff.
Old oyster cans are a favorite of anyone looking to decorate their home in traditional Eastern Shore decor.
A container of glass stoppers for that decanter missing one.
These red clay pipes are from a factory in Ohio and made in the 1870s.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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