Dr. Wood’s Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters
07 April 2014 (R•11.12.15)
Here is a nice and early, aqua, Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters from New York City. For the most part, the brand was sold throughout New York State from around 1844 to 1851 or so. Some of the advertisements said, “Put up and sold in large bottles, a $1, by Wyatt & Ketcham, Wholesale and Retail Agents, at retail, 192 Broadway; 311 Bleecker street, N.Y; J.W. Smith, corner Fulton and Cranberry streets, Brooklyn, and by Druggists generally throughout the United States.
The Carlyn Ring & W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:
W 151 DR WOOD’S SARSAPARILLA & WILD CHERRY BITTERS
DR WOOD’S / SARSAPARILLA / & / WILD CHERRY / BITTERS // f // f // f
9 x 3 x 2 (6) 3/4
Rectangular, Aqua, LTC, Applied mouth, Rough pontil mark, Scarce
Lettering begins and ends on bevel
Lettering reads base to shoulder and counter clock-wise
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – Schenectady, NY Cabinet, 1845
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – New York Daily Tribune, December 22, 1845
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – Albany, New York, 1845
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – New York Daily Tribune, March 19, 1846
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – New-York Daily Tribune, November 10, 1846
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – Cortland NY Democrat 1846
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters advertisement – New York Tribune 1847
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters – Meyer Collection
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters – Meyer Collection
Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters – Meyer Collection
“Dr. Woods/Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry/Bitters” Bottle, Ring W-151, aqua rectangular with wide beveled edges, pontil, (inner haze, whittled, crude, bubbly), ht. 8 3/4 in. – Skinner Auctions
“DR WOOD’S – SARSAPARILLA / & / WILD CHERRY – BITTERS”, America, 1845 – 1855. Aquamarine, rectangular with wide beveled corners, applied sloping collar – blowpipe pontil scar, ht. 8 ¾”; (a touch of very light exterior wear, otherwise virtually attic mint). R/H #W151. A scarce pontiled bitters, nicely whittled, clean, excellent condition. Note; this example has an early collector tag on the neck, likely from the Gardner collection. – American Glass Gallery | Auction 15
Dr. E. Easterly selling Dr. Woods Sarsaparilla & Wild Cherry Bitters – United States Commercial Register, 1851
