Here is a really interesting piece of cookbook history lost. It is a book called "Papa Stahl's Wild Stuff Cookbook" and it talks of using rarely though of ingredients such as daylilly tubers, sassafras, cattail, acorn flour, and other items. The book has 39 pages, paperbound and stapled. I have a feeling that this item is a very rare example of this fascinating book. I have found a little bit of information about Papa Stahl on the internet but I haven't really run across much about this book. If anyone has any hints, I would welcome them.

I dug this little beauty up the other day. I've tried to find a price estimate, but have not found anything referring to the Hot Shot bottle. This and the fact that these bottles probably often got busted and almost always were thrown away. It has no lid, and has one small fracture chip on the lid. Otherwise, it is in great condition. Height of this bottle is about 8 1/4". Any feedback would be appreciated.

This is a strange item. At first I thought it was a target ball, then a lightning rod ball, now I have no idea. The whole ball stands about 3 1/4" tall. On the top is a rusted lid, which is about an inch in diameter. On the bottom is an interesting little node. It is round and then flat on the bottom. It extrudes about a quarter of an inch and has some screw thread wrapped around. The bottom is closed, and the top lid has a small hole in it and as stated before, is in rusted condition. The color is a nice sort of teal blue and it catches the light fantastically. If anyone can help me identify this strange little piece, I would really appreciate it.

This is a normal ball and claw amethyst bottle except when you look closer at the lettering on the side. Instead of "ball and claw", the bottle is imprinted with "ball amd claw" with the word and being mispelled. This looks to be a genuine ball and claw bitters bottle to me, just with a misspelling. Could someone please tell me if this is a genuine error or some sort of repro? Also, if it is an error, can you tell me how many are known to exist? The bottle is 8" tall and says "ball amd claw bitters" on BOTH sides of the bottle. On the bottom of the bottle it says "made in taiwan".

This is a Speas one quart original U Savit Jar. I've heard some things about Speas being collectible but am not sure of its exact value. It is seven inches tall and clear.

This is a really stunning piece. It is a beautiful amber coloring one quart bottle for Thatcher's Dairy Co. On the front is a cow being milked and the words "Absolutely Pure Milk". On the back it has "Thatcher's Dairy Bottle Patent 1884 one quart". On the bottom it says it was made in Italy, I think the company name is crownford china. About 10 1/2" tall. Original lid included.