>Subject: Bottle Query
>
>The company in question is probably some variant of Strauss & Gunst. Gunst
>is an old Richmond name and in fact the family is still doing things in
>the city. They operated in four different locations in Richmond from 1893
>to 1916 and were liquor wholesalers. The information is listed as Straus,
>Gunst & Co. in "Bottled in Richmond 1819-1920 by Vernon Grant, 1989. The
>book was published by a bottle collector who has some photos to wrench the
>archaeological psyche within it.
>
>Lyle Browning