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Article: `Pyro' or `cop top,' it's still a bottle; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Stock certificate: Los Angeles Real Estate Co., 1886: $25. Beverage bottle: Ritz 12-ounce, green, white painted-on logo of man in a top hat, St. Louis: $45. Figurine: Hedi Schoop, peasant lady, ruffled dress, white bonnet, drawstring purse, 10 inches: $85. Eating utensils: Tiffany & Co. sterling serving spoon and fork, geometric handles, gold wash, 61 4 inches: $115. Girl Scout uniform: three merit badges on sleeve, 1920s: $225. William & Mary walnut joint stool: semicircular seat on three chamfered legs, England, 15 by 7 by 9 inches: $250. Glass mug: Moser, topaz crackle glass, gold handle and base, four applied insects in polychrome design, 5 inches: $345. Barbie doll: blond ponytail, red jersey swimsuit, high heels, pearl earrings, 1962, Mattel: $375. Mexican silver figural pin: woman with a basket, marked, Fredrick Davis, 2 inches: $460. Singer Sewing Machines porcelain sign: seamstress logo, white lettering, stars on red "S," green ground, 1920s, 12 by 19 inches: $950.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 14, 1997
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If you go to a bottle show, you might hear collectors and dealers
mention "pyros," "umbrellas," "cop tops" and other unfamiliar terms.
Over the years, collectors have given different types of bottles
nicknames.
"Pyro" is short for "pyroglaze," colored enameled lettering.
Pyros are soda bottles or milk bottles made after the 1930s.
"Cop tops" are milk bottles made about 1930 with an unusual neck.
In the days before homogenized milk, the cream was separate from the
milk, and a bubble top held the cream. The glass of some bubble
tops was molded to look like a policeman's head. Similar bottles
are known as "baby faces."
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