A New Old Discovery

So in a few hours i will be on my way back home after a wonderful week with family. But i thought i would share my fun find that i acquired tonight before going to bed. My Aunt Alta is one of my favorite people. She is so sweet and fun to be around plus she has the best stories. I remember her coming up to me at a family get together a few years back around thanksgiving in order to tell me that i am special because i am the only Weddle daughter left because the rest of them are married (lol. she doesnt have to worry about that anytime soon). She is too funny, but anyway she has been going through old pictures and things in order to purge the excessive amount to a more manageable sum. In this process she is having a yard sale tomorrow (well i guess technically it is today now) and while visiting tonight she asked me if i wanted to look through everything and see if i wanted anything. I dont know how many people know this but i love antiques and glass. Any kind of glass that is colored, textured, antique, blown, painted, in a unique pattern; it can come in a vase, bottle, lamp, bowl, or whatever- i love it! So while going through the stuff last night i came upon this bottle that was in the shape of a cottage house and had an old warn label that said "Mary Wheaton's Pancake Syrup" and it sat there in its deep blue glory with paul revere on a horse on the back with the original cork in it. So as you can probably guess i was so excited to have my new old discovery that my Aunt Alta gave me. I cleaned it up and researched to find that it is a 1976 Mary Wheaton Syrup Bottle that was made for the bicentennial at the time when they were celebrating Paul Revere's ride, which makes the bottle 35 years old. I must say it is one of the coolest looking things i think so i thought i would share. Well enough about that i'm off to sleep a few hours so i can go home tomorrow.

The blue bottle in all its glory:
Original Label and Everything!1

Paul Revere riding on his horse
with the date 1775