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« on: August 20, 2017, 07:10:25 am »

Joey,
That was an interesting and informative response. My sister has the bottle and I like the coarse texture emulating many centuries of wind blown patina and colors.

The earliest it could have been purchased was in 1929 when my grandfather ended his African trip in Egypt. After attending an international geological conference, he drove a car all the way from CapeTown to Cairo (he said he was the third to complete the journey).  He had picked up a few bottles on his journeys before marrying my grandmother. One bottle he gave to her 9 years before they were married in 1936! But, in reality, the bottle could have been picked up anywhere, anytime.

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