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    1896 McKinley Presidential Slogan Drinking glass/bottle

    Last year I found a homestead that was abandoned in 1942 after the US Army bought all the surrounding lands for a gunnery range. At this homestead there was a visible bottle dump behind it in the woods. One of the recoveries I made was this broken glass or bottle with the base embossed with a bust of McKinley, and when I googled the slogan it is in fact a Presidential slogan bottle.

    I know not of what it was when intact, but since it is such a nice piece of history I would love to have something done with the jagged edges so it can be properly displayed. Any ideas?

    There is about 1.5 to almost 3 inches of glass left above the base where the embossing is and I was thinking of either making a coaster out of it or get it cut even with the lowest broken point, thus making it a shallow cup like display. However, not sure if I can cut with one of those regular glass cutting tools or not. Looking for suggestions......

    Don in South Jersey
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails 1896 McKinley Presidential Slogan Drinking glass/bottle-protection-plenty-presidential.jpg  
    "The mantra has always been don't clean a (copper) coin or it will lose value.
    For undug coins this is true.  For dug coins this is untrue.
    The value will increase with judicious cleaning."

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    Oct 2004
    Oxford,Alabama
    696

    Re: 1896 McKinley Presidential Slogan Drinking glass/bottle

    You could have it cut down to about 1/4 inch from bottom and make a coaster out of it or cut it flush with the bottom and put it in a shadow box.It would be a neat display!
    CZ-5
    Oxford,Al
        or
    Lickskillet,Al

 

 

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