Miscellaneous

130 entries in Bottle / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Locked and Corded Box "Washerwoman's Bottle" to steal handkerchief stuffed in opaque bottle, reappears in box or nest of boxes or elsewhere
 		1876 Modern Magic 241
Unknown The Reversible Canister bottle with two compartments to switch handkerchief or something else
 		1876 Modern Magic 245
Unknown The Inexhaustible Bottle tin bottle with several compartments
 		1876 Modern Magic 373
Unknown The Bottle and Ribbons dry ribbons of named colors produced from filled bottle
 		1876 Modern Magic 376
Unknown The Bran Bottle bottle covered, vanishes and leaves a heap of bran
 		1876 Modern Magic 382
Unknown Das Vexir-Fläschchen small bottle, when spectator opens it the liquid runs out the bottom all over him, gag
Also published here Jan. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 13
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Kobold in der Flasche card jumps out of bottle
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 199
Carl Willmann Die mysterieuse Weinkaraffe clear bottle empties itself into secret compartment in cigar box on which it is placed
Related to Aug. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 8) 121
Carl Willmann Einsatz für Taubenflaschen wine poured out of bottle, then dove appears out of bottle when it is crushed
 		Sep. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 9) 139
Carl Willmann Briefkasten answering letters, serpentine dance inventor Loie Fuller, removing the bottom of a bottle, becoming a professional, hypnotism,
 		Oct. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10) 159
H. F. C. Suhr Der wandernde Rotwein glass bottle with wine placed on tray and covered, wine appears from paper cone and is poured into glass, bottle shown empty and silk is now inside that previously was placed into paper cone, patter bei Conradi
 		May 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 9) 134
Unknown The Card Appearing On The Bottle card appears on top of unprepared bottle, two methods
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 112
H. F. C. Suhr Das wandernde Licht oder Verschwinden und Erscheinen candle wrapped in paper, crumpled up, candle rises out of bottle, then ignites by itself, wine poured from bottle
 		Jan. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 5) 70
H. F. C. Suhr Die verschwindende Flasche bottle wrapped in paper vanishes
 		Mar. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 102
Eduard Hensel Diminutiv - 1. Die Verkleinerungsflasche bottle shrinks two times when covered with tube
Related to June 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 11) 167
Unknown Der Glaseinsatz "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
tube gimmick to load a silk into a bottle
Related to July 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1) 2
Carl Willmann Tuch und Karaffe tube gimmick to load a silk into a bottle
Related to Mar. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 3) 42
Antonio Molini Der widerspenstige Korken blowing a cork in the bottle
 		Jan. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 1) 14
Fortuné Hechinger Wie man den Inhalt einer Weinflasche verschwinden lassen kann "How to vanish the content of a wine bottle", content runs out into cigar box underneath
 		July 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7) 104
Unknown Der wandernde Wein No. 6, bottle emptied into two glasses, bottle put into spectator's pocket, performer and spectator drink the glasses, bottle is full again
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 123
Unknown Ein Vexierfläschchen No. 7, small gag bottle, liquids runs out of it as soon as top is opened
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 160
Carl Willmann Der präparierte Flaschenstöpsel hollow glass cork that can release liquid
 		Oct. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 10) 150
Unknown A Bottle Cannon and Seidlitz Powder non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 290
Unknown An Egg and Bottle Trick non-magical science experiment
Also published here 1902 The Modern Conjurer 297
Unknown Brute Force Useless blowing cork in bottle, puzzle
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 303
Unknown A Cheap Sprayer non-magical tip
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 305
Unknown Objects Suspended Without any Support vacuum, non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 307
Unknown To Empty a Glassful of Water with a Bottle also Full of Water non-magical science experiment
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 315
Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 49
Unknown Change (or Load) from Back of Assistant bottle switch application
 		1903 Later Magic 77
Unknown The "Eau de Cologne Bottle" Vanisher
1903 Later Magic 275
Carl Willmann Die bezauberte Weinflasche wine poured from bottle, then vanishes silk is removed from bottle in dry condition, more wine poured out, bottle put in case, silk vanishes again, in case is now only silk and some production items
 		Dec. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 12) 184
Unknown Die Verirflasche gag with perfume bottle which leaks onto spectator's hand when he opens it
Also published here Sep. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 9) 141
Joseph Michael Hartz Contrivances for "Passing Off" getting borrowed items behind stage
  • The Hartz Bottle
  • The Hartz Matchbox
Also published here 1911 Magical Titbits 202
Tom Sellers Matter Through Matter lapel travels inside bottle
 		1935 Quick Tricks 22
Franklin M. Chapman Disintegrosphere bottle with small steel ball in it vanishes from under handkerchief, rattle of ball can be heard until last moment
 		1938 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 5) 1
Quong Yen Cig in Bottle bar stunt, paper circle on bottle, cigarette balancing on top
 		1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 4) 4
Jean Hugard The Rising Cards and Glass Bottle deck placed in cut-open glass bottle, selections rise one by one while bottle is held by spectator
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 22
Laurie Ireland The Coca Cola Bottle and Nipple Effect liquid from bottle is filled in tiny baby bottle nipple
 		1940 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940) 5
Art Lyle One Drop More bar bet
 		1941 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 146) 816
Tom Sellers Bottle, Glass an Discs discs, bottle and glass change places under tubes
 		1941 Condensed Conjuring 15
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betcha
  • drinking from a sealed bottled without opening it
  • moving a coin without touching it
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 20) 85
Tom Sellers Note in Beer Bottle
1943 Magical Mixture 14
Unknown Rising and Falling Match match floats up and down in filled bottle
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 71
Bill Salisbury Bottle of Smoke whisky bottle filled with smoke, smoke has to be removed without touching the bottle
 		1944 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944) 25
Walter B. Gibson The Poor Man's Anti-Gravico hydrostatic bottle
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 63) 257
Ben Fineson A Routine with Liquids combination of the Lota Bowl, water funnel and Anti Gravico
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 63) 259
Rudolf Rieth Das Verschwindenlassen eines Glases mit Inhalt ohne Zuhilfenahme eines Fallochs oder einer Servante glass filled with wine from bottle, glass vanishes under handkerchief, hollow bottle
 		1944 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 1) 6
Laurie Ireland Betchas collection of bar bets, several reprints of the Phoenix
 		1945 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945) 6
R. M. Jamison Milko milk vanishes, building a milk pitcher out of a bottle
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 85) 346
Louis Tannen Wine Go principle for vanishing liquid, pouring out two different liquids from a bottle
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 88) 356
Hans-Paul Wipf Die Wunderflasche liquid and silks from empty bottle, then bottle penetrates ribbon à la Malocco cube
Also published here 1945 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 3) 3
John Isley Isley's "Anti-Gravico" hydrostatic bottle, gimmick with hole to put matches trough
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 36
Hen Fetsch Rice Silks or Beer milk is poured in bottle changes into rice silks or beer
 		1946 Milk Pitcher Magic 8
Unknown Briefkasten how to make a fake bottle
Also published here 1946 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 4) 19
Carlton King The New and Improved Ink, Handkerchief and Turnip Trick ink vanishes from glass and appears back in bottle, handkerchief vanishes and appears in turnip
 		1947 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947) 5
Robert Emerico Do You Drink? bottle is ripped in half, joke
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 16
Unknown, Jerry Lukins Mike and Ike matches in bottle with water sink and come back up again
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 13
Unknown Vanishing Smoke removing smoke from empty whisky bottle
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 27
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther Tip for Anti Gravico lighted match, hydrostatic bottle
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 6
Jack Yeager Chinese Pop Bottle Chinese Prayer Vase done with bottle and straw
Also published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
 1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 11
Eddie Joseph The Flame in the Bottle match is placed inside empty spirit bottle and flame and sound is produced, performer can repeat it but spectator will fail
 		1954 A Magician Goes to Dinner 4
Charles Weller Vanishing Beer using latex bottle, two phases
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 126
Don Alan Sneaky Half Dollar in Bottle coin in bottle combined with Anti-Gravico gimmick
 		1956 Pretty Sneaky 32
Unknown Neue Ideen aus magischer Literatur brief notes
  • gag with tie
  • idea by D'Hotel, glass behind bottle ?
  • stain on card becomes smaller, multiple transformation of cards
 		1956 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 2) 432
Eugene Boyd Anti-Gravico Idea hydrostatic bottle
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 35
Dick Johnson The Spirit Speaks thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum
Related to 1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 29
Eugene Bernstein The Fun Bottle gag item, bottle is squeezed and string jumps out to
 		1964 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1963-64) 74
Karl Fulves, Aaron Wainer Three Bottles
  • tobacco and paper dropped in bottle and shake, transforms into cigarette
  • cork pops off second bottle after moving up and down (a la Zombie)
  • whistling in third bottle, bottle whistles by itself afterwards, see p. 308 for reference
Related to Dec. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 2) 303
Aaron Wainer Floating Match in Bottle lighted match floats in bottle
 		Dec. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 2) 308
Val Andrews The Curse of Scotland No. 10, miniature bottle of scotch from card case, miniature card inside
 		1970 (ca.) The Idiot at the Card Table 6
Marvyn Roy Spook Light small flash light is dropped in a bottle, starts to move
 		1971 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 14) 68
Tieneblas Mystery of the Feathered Serpent feather moves in bottle
 		1973 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 73) 363
Unknown, Alex Elmsley, Tony Faro, Ed Schuman Festive Fun a coin puzzle by Alex Elmsley and by Tony Faro, logic puzzles, making smoke powder by burning a striking surface, match problems by Tony Faro, medium card revelation, a number puzzle by Ed Schuman and how to stick a bottle on a wall

 		Dec. 1975 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4) 192
Francis Carlyle Notes
  • folding coin and bottle through table
  • loading coin on dentist dam
  • spectator sits on card
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 109
Al Mann Suspended Animation thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum, different bottles, with threads of different lengths
Related toAlso published here 1976 Mental-Ettes 22
Eric Mason A Pound With A Bottle coin in bottle, forming a cone with a bill
 		May 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 574
Al Mann, Bobby Hughes Bottle BanG-G-G! thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum, different bottles, with threads of different lengths
Related to
  • David Abbott "Behind the Scenes with the Mediums", 1907
Also published here 		1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 206) 1029
Gene Cosnoski Beer Bottle Polka bottle vanishes underneath napkin
 		Sep. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 251
Karl Fulves The Talking Card Box on Marvin Berger card box with plastic strip that generates sentence when clicked with finger nail, bottle application
Related to 1979 Interlocutor (Issue 28) 108
Unknown The Devil's Flask Bologna Flask, no method
 		1981 The Shattered Chalice 7
Unknown The Great Bottle Mystery No. 36, cigarette balanced on a paper ring which stand on a bottle, ring has to be taken away so cigarette falls into bottle
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 47
Thomas Alan Waters (P)ocean amulet in water bottle with names held behind, sinks and rests in front of the dead name
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 257
Al Mann The Genii in the Bottle something written on paper and put into a bottle, performer divines thought
 		1982 Cero-Mentics 13
Unknown The Rice and Liquid Combination rice in cylinder transposes with water in bottle, Foo Can
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 81
Steve Beam Coins in Bottle 57 cents produced from a Heinz 57 Sauce bottle, see Addendum for additional ideas
Related to 1983 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 2) 34
Jerry Huckaby Fountain Top Mountain Dew used to have a card printed in the bottle cap, selection is reveald
 		1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7) 117
Tim Harkelroad Bottlefed gag with balloon and Nielsen bottle
 		1986 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 15) 255
Karrell Fox "Woofle" Bottle squeaking plastic bottle
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 170
Eugene Burger Spirit Candle in the Bottle wand in the bottle with a candle
 		1987 The Performance of Close-Up Magic 83
Karl Fulves Growing Bottle small bottle with penny placed in handkerchief grows larger, posed as problem
 		1987 Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part Two 49
Thomas Hierling Maggi! routine with small Maggi bottle and handkerchief, big bottle appears as finale
Inspired by 1987 New Wave Close-Up 103
Michael Ammar Bottle Vanish with silk, topit
 		1990 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic) 42
Karrell Fox One Beer - To Go bottle travels from paper bag to paper bag, rubber beer bottle (Norm Nielson)
 		1991 Goodies 100
Michael Weber Match Cutie Gizmo match put in bottle and covered with a bill and a matchbook, bottle can be lifted and bill removed, bottle clings to matchbook
Related to
  • Al O'Hagan's "Al-Levito"
 1992 The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3) 10
Unknown The Lie Detector coin jumps up and down in vase, then vase crashes
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 285
Karl Fulves, Norm Cummins Three Bottles bottle whistles by itself
Related to 1993 Verbatim (Issue 9) 102
Doug Edwards Half Empty-Half Full coke is poured in paper and disappears
Also published here June 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 6) 2512
Karl Norman Coin in the Bottle
1995 40 Years at the Forks 36
Scott Wells Can't Ketchup Ketchup bottle put on table and covered with napkin, then it shrinks to a miniature bottle
 		1995 The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 2) 4
Karl Fulves Truth in Labeling No. 42, four bottles on table, spectator drinks of one, then blindfolded medium comes into room and divines the bottle
 		1995 Easy Magic 60
Don Tanner, Paul Harris The Twinkie Bottle pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 43
Paul Harris Twinkie Too pen drops through hole in washer into bottle
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 44
Harry Eng Eng's Bottles impossible objects:
  • Deck in Bottle
  • Ping (ping-pong ball in bottle)
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Astonishing Friends) 303
Alexander de Cova Heinz Ketchup?! bottle vanish, with switch of real for latex Nielsen bottle
 		1997 Seminarunterlagen 1997 13
Doug Edwards Half Empty - Half Full Coca cola poured into paper cone, liquid vanishes
Also published here 1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 17
Karl Fulves Hic! balloon in plastic bottle with opening over bottle opening, inflated, it stays inflated, stick jumps out
Related toVariations 1997 Underworld (Issue 5) 65
Karl Fulves Air Force plastic bottle whistle, spectator hears sound when mouth of bottle is held to his ear, repeated with higher sound
Related to 1997 Underworld (Issue 6) 78
Alexander de Cova Heinz Ketchup?? bottle vanish, with switch of real for latex Nielsen bottle
 		1998 Secrets No. 2 39
Unknown Niffinflasche
  • paper streamer from bottle
  • using Niffin bottle for Multum in Reverse
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 68
Erich Tauer-Turmi Die Rätselhafte Weinflasche bottle, wine poured out alternated with ribbons that are pulled out
  • Varianten
 		2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2) 69
Karl Seikel Herstellung einer Flasche (Glas) "ohne Boden" making a bottomless bottle
 		2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2) 71
David Berglas The Press Club Prediction prediction of an object, a word and a number, plus a knocked over bottle by a spectator and a dried up pen
 		2002 The Mind & Magic of David Berglas 297
Unknown Egg Balanced on the Rim of a Bottle non-magical science experiment
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 97
Unknown Egg to Canary - Second Method: The Japanese Version eggs put into bottle, bottle broken and bird flies out
Also published here
  • "Instantaneous Incubation" (The Magician Monthly, Vol. 10 No. 10, Sept. 1914, p. 157)
 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 229
Unknown Latch Bottle Bar Bet
Also published here
  • The Boy Mechanic (1915)
 2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 328
David Acer Coke Induced Coke bottle placed in paper bag, bottlecap changes into Coors, bottle then changes to Coors bottle
 		2004 Random Acts of Magic 201
Patrik Kuffs Bottle Royale three paper bags, performer slaps down on two chosen by spectators, third one is shown to have beer bottle with top broken off
  • Dangerous Monte
 		2004 Seven By Patrik Kuffs 15
David Kaye Vanishing Coke Baba Coke bottle shrinks, then transforms into baby milk bottle
 		2005 Seriously Silly 86
Karl Fulves Crushed filling plastic bottle with hot water, emptying it and capping it, it deforms, variation with special brand
 		2005 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10) 398
Oliver Meech Spin The Bottle Performer predicts who the bottle will point to in a game of Spin the Bottle
 		2009 The Plot Thickens 50
David Williamson Bottle Cap Prediction bottle as prediction, final gag
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 17) 309
Roberto Giobbi Which Wine Would You Like? forcing wine with Roy Baker's PATEO Force
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 26) 319
Oliver Meech Pop In Coin appears in sealed Snapple bottle, teaches method to reseal the bottle
 		2010 Plot Twists 38
Unknown Jinn Fizz uncarbonated bottle opened, it fizzes, then brass token into bottle
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 460
Tom Stone Bottled Thoughts ideas and sequences for the "Multiplying Bottles" plot
- Stirring up the Still
- Don't Stare at my Bottom
- Glasswhere?
- Glass-Bottle-Can
- Multiplying Glasses
- Redneck Remedy
 		2011 Maelstrom 47
Jan Logemann Wine-Note (Scheinbar)
bill with corner torn off travels into wine bottle
 		2013 Stand-Up Fantasies 11
Henry Harrius Refill Vanishing bottle routine with empty bottle in paper bag, end with bottle magically filled with liquid and sealed
Also published here 2016 Pure 18
Henry Harrius Refill Vanishing bottle routine with empty bottle in paper bag, end with bottle magically filled with liquid and sealed
Also published here 2016 The Ace Assembly All-Star Lecture Notes 10
G Merlot (梅洛) Vanishing wine bottle
 		2016 Emotion 3
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