A trick used by the 'greats' in magic. A favourite trick of the late Tommy Cooper and many others. Two tubes stand on the table. One tube is lifted to reveal a bottle. The other tube is lifted to reveal a glass. The performer now commences to cover the bottle and glass and commands them to change places. Which they do time after time. Suddenly the performer appears to be confused anddiscovers an extra bottle. He places it to oneside and carries on with the routine. But onceagain he finds an extra bottle. This is placed to one side. The routine begins again and of course another extra bottle is found, then another and another until a total of EIGHT BOTTLES have appeared from nowhere. At this point the performer calls 'TIME AND GOODNIGHT' and makes his exit. The trick is quite easy to perform and has a tremendous effect onthe audience. The bottles used are the popular Martini style bottles and the two metal tubes are nicely decorated with a dragon design.
The Multiplying Bottles has become one of the classics of magic and is a strong stage filling climax to any magic act.