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Historical Background
The bottle is associated with The Herancourt Brewing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, a brewery that operated during Cincinnati's world-famous brewing era. During the late nineteenth century, Cincinnati ranked among the leading brewing centers in the United States, with dozens of breweries producing lager beer influenced by the city's large German-American population.
This embossed amber beer bottle features an applied blob top and hand-blown construction with attractive bubbles, waviness, and other manufacturing characteristics prized by collectors of early American glass. The relatively low mold seam and hand-finished lip suggest production during the late 1800s, likely around the 1880s to early 1900s.
Original embossed bottles from Cincinnati breweries are increasingly difficult to find and remain highly desirable among collectors of breweriana, Ohio bottles, pre-Prohibition advertising, and antique beer memorabilia. This example represents a tangible piece of Cincinnati's rich brewing heritage and the golden age of American lager beer.
Condition
Overall good condition for its age.
- Rich amber color
- Strong, well-defined embossing
- Attractive bubbles, waviness, and other hand-blown glass characteristics
- No cracks visible
- No chips visible
- Some interior and exterior staining consistent with age and long-term storage
- Typical surface wear from age and handling
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