Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle dutch sampler It is signed on the

It is signed on the underside but I can't quite decipher the signature

I'm forever looking for unusual early motto dishes with this manner of lettering--pre-dating the c

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large enough to read as a sign

Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle dutch sampler It is signed on theA 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