This exceptionally large square cabin-shaped bitters bottle is modern. It was made in the 1970s for a North Carolina furniture company for use as a lamp. Most are found with a hole drilled in the base. They are usually seen in amber but also occasionally green. The bottle reads DOC DUNNING / OLD HOME BITTERS [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
I’m sure Mrs. Charlotte Winslow would be a popular woman in any era – who wouldn’t be if they were famous for dispensing a morphine laden medication that was sure to soothe…and get you entirely stoned in the process. You will find plenty of discussion of opiate addiction in the 19th century – thanks to [...]
The McKearin Historical Flask Groups
Group I – Portrait Flasks Numbers 1 through 61 are Washington Flasks Numbers 62 through 79a cover Adams, Harrison, Jackson and Taylor Numbers 80 through 93 are Lafayette Numbers 94 through 98 are Franklin Numbers 99 through 107a are Jenny Lind Other portrait flasks are listed in molds 111 through 131 Group II – American [...]
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Dr. Rogers Liverwort, Tar and Canchalagua
Dr. Rogers and His Bottles For bottle collectors, this one is something of an oddity thanks first to the odd word “Canchalagua” but also to its shape. Sizewise, the body of the bottle is a bit larger than most rectagular patent medicines and to the trained eye it will stand out from the crowd. The [...]
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Square Bitters Bottles
So what exactly is a SQUARE bottle? Quite simply, it is one with a body which has a square cross-section, or, in other words, it appears to be square when looking down on it from immediately above. The square shape was adopted by many manufacturers of bitters. Perhaps it was precisely because of the great [...]
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