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Category Archives: History
Anti-Malarial Bitters, D. T. Everts & Company – Petersburg, Virginia
Anti-Malarial Bitters, D. T. Everts & Company – Petersburg, Virginia 29 September 2014 (R•093014) (R•100314) Tom Leveille sent me the below pictures of the only known example of the open pontil and triangular Anti-Malarial Bitters in a personal Facebook message … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged Anti-Malarial, bitters, chills, D.T. Everts, Hunter Cox, Petersburg, Tom Leveille, Virginia
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Herman Rosswinkle’s Crown Bitters – Cincinnati
Herman Rosswinkle’s Crown Bitters – Cincinnati 28 September 2014 Here is another great bitters that I picked up as a floor sale at the 2014 Lexington National Antique Bottle Show. The Rosswinkle’s Crown Bitters. I had been tracking this example … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant
Tagged bitters, Cincinnati, Herman, ohio, Rosswinkle
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So who made Burkhart’s Homestead Bitters?
So who made Burkhart’s Homestead Bitters? 27 September 2014 Sometimes you just have to throw something at the wall and see if it sticks. I picked up the extremely rare Burkhart’s Homestead Bitters back in June on eBay. Both pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged bitters, Burkhardt, Burkhart, Cincinnati, Dr. W. S. Burkhart, eBay, florida, Fond du Lac, Homestead, ohio, Wisconsin
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Dr. Swayne’s Bitter Catholicon – A Very Valuable Bitters
Dr. Swayne’s Bitter Catholicon – A Very Valuable Bitters 26 September 2014 Jeff Noordsy, up in Cornwall, Vermont, posted three pictures of an early, pontiled, aqua bitters saying “Yup, it’s cracked but how many of you have seen a “Swayne’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Catholicon, Chester, Huson, Noordsy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Swayne, William
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Dr. Gerrish and his Brazilian Concentrated Stomach Bitter(s)
Dr. Gerrish and his Brazilian Concentrated Stomach Bitter(s) and Lancaster Tonic Bitters 23 September 2014 (R•092514) Well, it looks like we can finally put to bed where the unlisted Lancaster Tonic Bitters was made (Read: Unlisted Lancaster Tonic Bitters Found). I have … Continue reading
Woodgate & Company – Club House Gin
Woodgate & Company – Club House Gin 18 September 2014 NO PLEASURE CAN EXCEED THE SMOKING OF THE WEED Ken Edward had this cool Woodgate & Co., Club House Gin bottle at the Downieville Bottle Show this past weekend. Ken let me … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Ephemera, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Tobacco, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Brandy, clubhouse, Downieville, Edward, Gin, New York, Roome, Wine, Woodgate
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The Great Comet of 1811 & Comet Wine
The Great Comet of 1811 & Comet Wine 17 September 2014 Ken Edward pulled me aside at the Downieville Bottle Show this past weekend and showed me what he called a “Halley’s Comet bottle” with an embossed comet seal and the date … Continue reading
Posted in History, Wine & Champagne
Tagged 1811, comet, Downieville, Halley, harvest, Ken Edward, Wine
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California Wine Bitters – From the vineyard of Kohler & Frohling
California Wine Bitters – From the vineyard of Kohler & Frohling 16 September 2014 (R•030615) Here, everything is not as it should be. The first example of the California Wine Bitters lady’s leg pictured below was spotted on a table at the … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Wine & Champagne
Tagged anaheim, bitters, california, Frohling, Kohler, lady's leg, Los Angeles, Prosch, Rennert, San Francisco, Wine
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An unlisted Dr. Abbott’s Bitters by C. A. Richards
An unlisted Dr. Abbott’s Bitters by C. A. Richards 15 September 2014 (R072719) Here is another labeled bitters that was presented to me by Jerry Forbes at the Downieville Bottle Show. With a label in rather poor shape, it is still … Continue reading
Hufeland Swiss Stomach Bitters
Hufeland Swiss Stomach Bitters 14 September 2014 (R•091814) Jerry Forbes brought a labeled Hufeland Swiss Stomach Bitters from the Downieville Bottle Show back to our cabin last night. I think he purchased it for $25. This joins some other exciting bitters that were … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, california, Fenkhausen, Forbes, Frisch, Hufeland, McGuire, San Francisco, Stomach, Swiss, Taylor, Van Bergen
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