How do I interpret the notations used for the embossing on bottles?
The conventions used on this website to denote the pattern of embossing on a bottle follow that used by most collector books and by many archaeological publications. The embossed lettering itself is usually noted in italics. A slash mark ( /) is used to denote that the embossing shifts to a different line on the same side of the bottle. For example “H. Weinhard / Portland, OR.” indicates that the embossing is on two separate lines; click H. Weinhard beer bottle to see the actual embossing. Dash (-) marks indicate that the embossing is on another side of the bottle. An example is Udolpho Wolfe’s – Schiedam – Aromatic / Schnapps where the Udolpho Wolfe’s, the Schiedam, and Aromatic Schnapps are all embossed on separate sides of this square bottle; click Wolfe’s Schnapps bottle to view a picture that shows two sides of this bottle. In addition, the Aromatic Schnapps in split onto two lines of embossing as indicated by the slash, i.e., Aromatic / Schnapps (this is slightly visible in the l
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