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Dr. Harter’s Wild Cherry Bitters and the Bottle Gods

Dr. Harter’s Wild Cherry Bitters and the Bottle Gods 10 June 2012 (R•021514 Playing Cards added) (R•032214 Marriage Puzzle Card added) (R•111817 Top image added from AGG) (R•101018) (R•060320-H 51) Dennis Humphrey posted the following pictures over on the Peachridge … Continue reading

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The Crookes’s Neck

The Crookes’s Neck Crookes’s Invigorating Aromatic Vegetable Stomach Bitters 07 June 2012 (R•120314) Posted on eBay now you will see a wonderful example of a Crookes’s Stomach Bitters from New Orleans. The seller, who has provided some nice pictures, is turnitup38 … Continue reading

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Cocamoke Bitter Co. – Hartford, Conn.

Cocamoke Bitter Co. – Hartford, Conn. 29 May 2012 (R•042614) Early American Glass collector and authority, Rich Ciralli (Bristol, Connecticut) contacted me Saturday about a Bitters bottle that he recently obtained. I didn’t have an example so this is always … Continue reading

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Schnerr’s Wild Cherry Tonic Compound Bitters on eBay

Schnerr’s Wild Cherry Tonic Compound Bitters on eBay 24 May 2012 (R•041117) Watching this oddball on eBay. I cleaned the pictures up as the background was a bit competitive with the nice bottle. With about 1 day left in the … Continue reading

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Information on the Drake’s Plantation Bitters Variants

Information on the Drake’s Plantation Bitters Variants 19 May 2012 Drakes authority Brian Shultis recently commented on facebook: “There has been a lot of talk about Drake’s mold variants on here. I will post up a few comparison shots for … Continue reading

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Figural Pig Series | Suffolk Bitters

SUFFOLK BITTERS | PHILBROOK & TUCKER | BOSTON Figural Pig Series | Suffolk Bitters 13 May 2012 (R•090614) (R•090218) A popular and favorite figural bitters to many collectors is the Suffolk Bitters put out by Philbrook & Tucker in Boston, Massachusetts. Perfectly … Continue reading

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Dr. I. Newton’s Anti-Bilious Bitters – Norwich, Vermont

Dr. I. Newton’s Anti-Bilious Bitters – Norwich, Vermont Israel Newton (1763 – 1856) 12 May 2012 (R•092818) Michael George posted a really nice picture (see above) of a Dr. I. Newton’s Anti-Bilious Bitters package directions with an I. Newton’s Panacea Purifier … Continue reading

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N. Jenkins N.O Rheumatism & Gout Annihilator

N.O means New Orleans Tim Henson forwarded me an email and pictures of an interesting bottle that I have not seen before. I love the ‘Rheumatism & Gout Annihilator’ part. New Orleans bottles are always fun to look at. There … Continue reading

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A Coca-Cola Hutch story from Alabama

Sometimes I get emails and posts on my Peachridge Glass facebook page with little more than just a photograph, which happened in this case. It parked for a day or so until I really looked at the rather nice photograph … Continue reading

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Both Blue Fish Together Again – at least online!

It is kind of a gray-blue rainy day here in Newport News, Virginia. What a nice time to post some blue fish bottles. Charles Aprill posted his blue fish last night on facebook. We talked three or so years ago … Continue reading

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