Multiplying Bottles by Rings ‘N’ Things Magic Co.

The Linking Rings were the product that gave Mike Brazill’s company it’s name. In 1969 Mike Brazill started making some beautiful Chinese Linking Ring sets in his basement in Jennings, Missouri – in his first year alone Mike and a helper turned out over a thousand sets of his “new design” Linking Rings.  The following year Mike teamed up with Harry Montieth and they designed a new set of metal Cups and Balls. Miss Sandy Byrne was also hired to take care of the Office while Mike ran the Plant, Sandy’s passion for keeping the orders flowing and the customers happy was only matched by Mike’s talent for metal craft. That year the organization produced nearly three thousand sets of rings, six hundred sets of cups and over a thousand dove pans. They were now making “Rings … and things.” By 1972 Mike Brazill incorporated the fledgling company and officially named it: Rings ‘N Things Magic Co.  (Jay Malbrough – Genii Magazine, November 1977)

This is an amazing set of Liquor Multiplying Bottles from the Original Rings ‘N’ Things and 47 years later they still look amazing after all these years.

The tubes are typical Rings ‘N Things quality with no seams to be found, rolled rims and accents, Mike Brazill’s exclusive epoxy-baked miracle finish, realistic labels, basically they’re perfectly made. You won’t find any passe passe bottles better than these.

The Liquor Bottles were more plentiful than the Bubble-Up (7-Up copies) but both sets are rare, meticulously made and are minor miracles. These bottles are pure perfection.

Notice: Although these nine bottles were purchased at the same time from Rings ‘N’ Things c. 1977, this set actually contains three bottles from the very first run (the bottles were a little darker and the line at the top was higher up) with six from the next run.  You’d never notice in performance of course and it took me a while to even realize there was a difference.  After a bit of research I confirmed it was true that the very first ones were darker as can be seen in the final photo.  There are some more visible rub marks on the largest darker bottle (see photo), but the others look great with only minor scuffs. Either way still some really beautiful bottles.

Effect: The magician shows a bottle and a glass and each is covered with an empty tube. They mysteriously change places. The effect is repeated, but to everyone’s surprise, another bottle appears, then another and another and so on until nine bottles have been produced but there is no sign of the glass. Two of the bottles are covered and are transformed into two glasses. Finally the tubes are lifted to reveal the two bottles. You can, if you wish, pour drinks out of three of the bottles.

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