William Bosse


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  William Bosse, 428 4½ St West (1858)

Notes:
 The only directory listing I could find for William Bosse is in 1858. He must have been a bottler for at least a few years, because besides the stoneware bottle shown below there are 3 different glass bottles with his name on them listed in the book2. The 1860 Census lists a Willaim Bosse in DC (b. 1830 in Hanover), but his occupation is listed as "wheelwright", so I don't know if that's the same guy.

Bottles:

bosse (enlarge) This is a 9.6" stoneware bottle imprinted with:
front: WILLIAM BOSSE
back: SUPERIOR MEAD


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Antique Bottles from the Washington DC Area by Potomac Bottle Collectors, 4th edition




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