ALTER BRONFELD JUDAICA SELTZER BOTTLE STAR DAVID DOLLAR SIGN WITH MACHING TOPS

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ALTER BRONFELD JUDAICA SELTZER BOTTLE STAR DAVID DOLLAR SIGN WITH MACHING TOPS:
$50.00

The array of etchings and personalizations on seltzer bottles are varied and fascinating.They reflect their times.They encapsulate a time unique to their historical perspective and embody an era gone but never forgotten.

Back in the last century there were men and women who dispensed seltzer to waiting clients.For some especially in some larger metropolitan areas these purveyors of liquid pleasure chose etchings on their bottles that reflected both their heritage and their religious devotion.Offered today are bottles that capture that feeling, and reflect this commitment to their traditions.These are icons of HISTORY.

I was recently delighted to receive a book in the mail that was totally a suprise.Tsadik Kaplan who is a recognized authority in the field of antique Judaica not only as a collector but as a consultant and appraiser authored this book entitled Jewish Antiques From Menorahs To Seltzer Bottles,and honored me and my wife by sending an autographed copy to us.Years ago he was a major purchaser of many of my now dwindling collection of Judaica seltzer bottles and my wife and I were delighted to meet with him and lend some of our expertise in the field.He had expressed his desire to write this book and we were delighted to have the pleasure to read and own With his permission I have included part of this book:

During the early 20th century in New York, soda water became known as seltzer. What had previously been called a \"soda siphon bottle\" was now a seltzer bottle. The word seltzer comes from the German words selterser wasser, meaning mineral water from Nieder Seltzers, a village in Germany. Immigrants from Europe used the word seltzer when referring to soda water, and it quickly became part of the American vernacular.

A possible reason for the enormous following seltzer had with Jews is that it went well with the meat – heavy and starch-laden foods typically found in the Ashkenazic Jewish diet of the early 20th century. Drinking seltzer aided digestion. Even today, the ever – dwindling numbers of elderly Jews who grew up in New York neighborhoods such as the lower East side can still remember when this seltzer was called grepsvasser or belchvasser(Yiddish terms, meaning\"belch water\') by their parents and grandparents.

There is always been a connection between seltzer and Jews in America. The vast majority of seltzer delivery men(Shleppers) where Jewish, however their customers, but not exclusively Jews; other clientele included Poles, Italians, and the Thick and heavy glass bottles from Austria and Czechoslovakia were imported to hold what was lovingly called \"Jewish champagne\". Many Jewish vendors of seltzer had their bottles etched with their name and location, and some of them, proud of their heritage, would have a star of David included in the Drinking seltzer from seltzer bottles was widespread in 1920s and 30s New York, but because of the rise of sealed bottled carbonated beverages and that the structure in Europe during World War II, of many of the plants where the seltzer bottles had been manufactured, there was a sharp decline in the popularity of seltzer during the post world war era.

Typically, the Jewish immigrants who became seltzer vendors in America, while proud of their heritage, would be eager to \"fit in\" as well, perhaps changing their first name Yitzchak to Isidore, or from Mordechai to Max. In order to scrape together a living, many would also drop a cornerstone of their religious upbringing and work on Saturday as well.

These Jews made a living in the land where \"the streets are paved with gold.\" Their \"gold\" was AM PLEASED TO OFFER THIS WONDERFUL SELTZER BOTTLE FROM ALTER BRONFELD OF NEW YORK.IT FEATURES A MASSIVE AND IMPRESSIVE STAR OF DAVID.THE TOP SAYS A. ROSENBERG.

KEEP IN MIND-IF YOU SEE ME DELIVERING IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK I WILL SAY HELLO AND SHOW YOU MY BOTTLES.I DON\'T SELL ANY BOTTLES. THESE sales BELONG TO MY WIFE.

You can combine shipping on up to three seltzer bottles in one box for the same shipping costs of $18.00.

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