Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle vintage carving but not to the lid

but not to the lid

as if Kosarek wanted to capture both the face and back of the head at once

25" wide x 2" deep

with chip to the toe on one side

Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle vintage carving but not to the lidA second example today of just the sort of antique American stoneware that makes me happy this a c. 1860s beer bottle stamped RK & Co Knickerbocker, which I've learned was a brewery at 130 W. 18th Street, NYC, with the RK standing for Robert Kennedy. To me it's the crooked neck that really makes it none too common to find in such a pronounced way, and just perfect for a beer bottle, making it look like an absolute embodiment of drunkeness, and as if