Here are pictures of a clear glass leeching cup from the earlier part of the 19th century. It is 2-3/4″ tall and about 2″ in diameter. It’s a hand blown piece with folded rim and a polished pontil.
Category Archives: bottles
Byron Springs Discovery – 1848
I stumbled across a reference to the discovery of Byron Springs in New York State – in the December 30, 1848 edition of Scientific America: “A number of acid springs have been discovered in Byron, Genesee Co., NY. They are strongly impregnated with pure sulfur which increases in strength during a drought. The vegetable matter [...]
Bottle Makers and Their Marks
Bottle Makers and Their Marks is an important research project undertaken by Jullian Harrison Toulouse which he published in 1971. The book’s publisher, Thomas Nelson, Inc., responded to demand with a second printing a year later. It’s an encyclopedia of knowledge covering the marks found on vintage and antique bottles of the 19th and 20th [...]
Old Bitters in a New Bottle
I recently exchanged emails with John Keys after stumbling upon his bitters ingredients auctions on ebay. For about $10, you can recreate the 19th century experience of the bitters consumer – with great historical accuracy. His product line is called Wild West Bitters – you will receive the herbs and spices used in many of [...]
Posted in bottles Comments closed
Old Home Bitters
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 [...]
Also posted in bitters Comments closed
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 [...]
Also posted in medicine Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in bottles Comments closed
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 [...]
Posted in bottles Comments closed
New Hampshire Glassmakers symposium
I am off to the “New Hampshire Glassmakers: 1780-1886″ symposium this weekend – really looking forward to this. Visit the site for the exhibition
Posted in bottles Comments closed
Case Gin Bottles
Case gin bottles, also known as taper gins, were a common style used from the 17th through early 20th centuries. The body is square in cross section and in all cases will taper from a wide shoulder to a narrower cross-section at the base. This form is almost always found in olive green color ranging [...]
Posted in bottles Comments closed
