Cannon’s and McKeever’s Bitters – Meyer Collection
Cannon’s and McKeever’s Bitters – The Royal American Couple
27 April 2011 (Rª051814)
With the Royal Wedding in the news, I am reminded of one of my royal couples, the handsome Cannon’s Dyspeptic Bitters and the beautiful McKeever’s Army Bitters. Cannons, Drums, Cannon Balls, and Swords adorn these magnificent early American Bitters paying homage to the Civil War. The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:
C 33 CANNON’S DYSPEPTIC BITTERS, Circa 1853 – 1880,
Cannon’s Non-Alcoholic Bitters, The Great Dyspepsia Remedy, W. M. Cannon & Co., 925 LA. Ave. N.W. Washington D.C.
Prepared only by the W. M. Cannon, Proprietary Medicine Company, No. 925 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C.,
10 x 2 7/8 (6 1/4) 1/2,
Square with embossed cannons, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, Extremely rare,
The Charleston Mercury: The best bitters for Southern climates. The ad mentions Cannon’s Compound Vegetable or Blood Purifying Bitters. Newspaper advertisement 1853: Purifies the blood and nearly resembles saliva in decomposing food. Identity questionable. It may well be the cannon bottle, label example of which remains undiscovered.
Cannons Dyspeptic Bitters – Meyer Collection
Cannons Dyspeptic Bitters – Bitters Bottles Supplement
M 58 McKEEVER’S ARMY BITTERS, Circa 1865 – 1875
// u // McKEEVER’S ARMY // BITTERS //
10 1/2 x 3 3/8 (4)
Round drum, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, Scarce
McKeever’s Army Bitters – Meyer Collection
