Category Archives: Apothecary

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic!

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic! Dundas Dick & Co. – New York 15 January 2019 I have an amber rectangular embossed Congress Bitters bottle in my collection (pictured at the top of post) that I know nothing about. … Continue reading →

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Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Rose’s Drug Store, Westminster, Maryland

Posted on 4 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Rose’s Drug Store Westminster, Maryland 04 January 2019 (R•041019) Here is an advertisement below for a possibly unlisted Excelsior Stomach Bitters that I came across during research for the Excelsior Stomach Bitters post from St. John, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged A. H. Huber, Antique, Baltimore, bitters, Bottle, butcher, Carroll, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Excelsior, fountain, Huber and Royer, John J. Rose, Main, maryland, Randolph Wehler, Soda, Stomach, store, Street, Westminster | Leave a comment

Dr. Thomas A. Hurley’s Stomach Bitters – Louisville

Posted on 29 December 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Thomas A. Hurley’s Stomach Bitters – Louisville 29 December 2018 The Hurley’s Stomach Bitters bottle is rated extremely rare and is from Louisville, Kentucky. My example is pictured at the top of this post. There is actually a variant … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Sarsaparilla | Tagged advertising, Antique, Apothecary, bitters, Bottle, card, Doctor, Druggist & Drugstore, J. Walker Seaton, James Ruddle, Joe Gourd, Kentucky, Louisville, maryland, Medicine, Patent, physician, Sarsaparilla, Stomach, Susan M. Rogers, Tennessee, Thomas A. Hurley, trade, unlisted | Leave a comment

Pond’s Bitters “Makes You Go Some”

Posted on 28 November 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Pond’s Bitters “Makes You Go Some” 28 November 2018 (R•120418) The story here is about three related Chicago-sold bitters. The first is Lash’s Bitters from California which inspired Rex Bitters and Pond’s Bitters, the subject of this post. Pond’s Bitters was … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Antique, bitters, Bottle, chicago, Fulton, George Morgan Pond, History, illinois, Joe Gourd, John Joseph Spieker, judge, kidney, Lash, law, Laxative, Liver, manager, Medicine, New York, Pond, Pond's, Prohibition, Rex, risque, San Francisco, sex, Steve Ketcham, Vermo | Leave a comment

Buck’s Aromatic Bitters – a First Rate Tonic & Remedy

Posted on 14 November 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Buck’s Aromatic Bitters – a First Rate Tonic & Remedy 14 November 2018 (R•012919) I came across some newspaper advertising for Buck’s Aromatic Bitters and was curious about the brand. It looks like the proprietors were Captain John Thomas Buck and Dr. Pinckney … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged Aromatic, bitters, Buck, Buck's, Captain John Thomas Buck, Doctor, Dr. Pinckney T. Baley, Druggist & Drugstore, Finucane, Henry William Yandell, Jackson, lemonade, Mississippi, physician, Remedy, Robert Luther Buck, Southern, Stomach, Tonic, Yandell | Leave a comment

Life Everlasting Bitters – Atlanta, Georgia

Posted on 1 November 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Life Everlasting Bitters – Atlanta, Georgia 01 November 2018 Here is a great bitters square that John Pastor had in his recent American Glass Gallery Auction #21 which closed earlier in the week. The picture at the top of the post … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged amber, American Glass Gallery, atlanta, auction, bitters, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Everlasting, Georgia, Heinitsh, life, rare, square | Leave a comment

Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes

Posted on 26 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes 26 October 2017 (R•102717) As most of us know, Hercules is a Roman hero and god. He was the equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Auction News, Bitters, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Apothecary, bitter, bitters, Brooklyn, Corey Stock, Edward Caverly, German, God, Hercules, Herkules, Hungary, Jeff Wichmann, Joe Gourd, Joseph C. Street, monogram, New York, pint, quart, Roman, unlisted | Leave a comment

A Haven’s Tonic Bitters I recently picked up from an Arkansas collector

Posted on 7 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Haven’s Tonic Bitters I recently picked up from an Arkansas collector 07 October 2017 Here is an email and bottle images below from fellow bitters collector and friend Gary Beatty down central Florida way. I’m a bit suspicious that … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Apothecary, bitters, Cross, Gary Beatty, Haven's, Lowell, Massachusetts, Tonic, Willie | Leave a comment

Paine’s Celery Compound – Makes People Well

Posted on 31 October 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Paine’s Celery Compound – Makes People Well 31 October 2015 (R•110115) I think many bottle collectors and diggers start out with an amber Paine’s Celery Compound in their collection. It actually looks just like a bitters bottle. I know when I was first … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Article Publications, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged Boston, celery, Colonel, Compound, Cure, Edward E. Phelps, Eric Richter, George M. Stone, Gerard Dauphinais, Glen C. Phillips, John Antonez, M. K. Paine, Massachusetts, Medicine, Milton Kendall Paine, Paine, Paine's, Tonic, Vermont, Wells & Richardson Company, Windsor | Leave a comment

C.G. Pendleton’s Tonic, The World-Renowned Stomach Bitters

Posted on 6 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

C.G. Pendleton’s Tonic, The World-Renowned Stomach Bitters … and Baseball 06 May 2015 (R•050715) While working on the Curtis’ Little Giant Bitters post from Bridgeport, Connecticut, I came across this advertisement below for C. G. Pendleton’s Tonic, The World-Renowned Stomach Bitters in … Continue reading →