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Dark Green John Clarke Mineral Water Bottle

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Bottles & Insulators Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 400.00 USD
Dark Green John Clarke Mineral Water Bottle
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250.00USDto i***********w+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2017 Oct 20 @ 14:52UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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John Clarke was a soda fountain owner in New York City. He saw the potential of the area's pure water and purchased land with partner Thomas Lynch in 1823. In 1825 both men started bottling water.



Saratoga Springs was the home to 122 natural springs and renowned for the therapeutic mineral water. The Iroquois Indians called the High Rock Spring the " Medicine Springs of the Great Spirit".



The first bottles produced were from the Mt. Vernon Glass Works. The bottles were embossed LYNCH & CLARKE until 1833. This was the year Thomas Lynch would die. Then the Bottles were embossed John Clarke." From bottle pickers.com. No visible chips or cracks except as noted. JOHN CLARKE/ NEW YORK. Pontil bottom scar. Unknown variety. Saratoga mineral water bottle from the Shamberger collection. City: New York City State: New York Date: HWAC# 50139