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Bottled in Richmond 1819 - 1930 Directory of Antique Bottles Stoneware Richmond, Virginia A local book that's extremely rare to be offered for sale! This is an extra copy from our library and purchased from the author's collection at auction. The official title: Bottled in Richmond 1819 - 1930 A Directory of the Antique Bottles and Stoneware of Richmond, Virginia and the Businesses That Produced Them by Vernon Grant. It was signed by the author (now covered with a blank slip of glued paper). It was printed in February 2004 and is 'Number 49' Revision 8. This is the Second Edition blue hardbound book with 344 pages. Very few of these were printed then and most were preordered via friends, etc. It's printed in full color too! It is in excellent, almost unread condition. This book is loaded with photos and it's a must for any Virginia antique bottle collector, bottle digger, medicine collector, etc. An out-of-print book filled with dates, company history, glass houses, advertisements, dealers, saloons, digging stories and sites, and so on. The sections are: Beer, Brewers and Dealers, Bitters, Bottling Companies, Distillers, Druggists, Glass Houses, Household and Food, Liquor, Dealers and Saloons, Mineral Water Dealers, Patent Medicines, Soda & Porter Dealers and Digging Some Old Richmond Dumps. This has it all and is the ultimate central Virginia bottle book and an absolute must-have for anyone who loves local history. We collect antique bottle books from all over the country, and this is by far the best put together book we have ever seen. Collectors hold onto these books, so you may never see another offered. It is 8 3/8" by 11" by 1 1/4"..... SOLD
Christian MOERLEIN Cincinnati Ohio Jug Lager Krug Bier A brown and white stoneware bottle with black lettering or transfer under glaze. Clean, clear and highly decorated with wheat, grain hops, leaves cherubs and more, it also has the words: Trade Mark The Christian Moerlein Brewing Co Cincinnati O (with a crown and a M) Moerlein's Old Jug-Lager Krug-Bier ...in ribbons, Exhilarating Stimulating Rejuvenating Wholesome Delicious & Pure. It is damage free, but has one blemish. It has a match head size glaze pop in the word Stimulating. This was done in the manufacturing of this pottery bottle and not an impact or ding. These come with different transfers and in two sizes. This is the smaller variant, standing 8 3/4" tall...... SOLD
WESTERN ELECTRIC Co New York Telephone Battery Jar An aquamarine telephone battery jar with a circle slug area with: WESTERN ELECTRIC Co / NEW YORK. The base has a number 2. It is round with shoulders and a pour spout. It is in great condition. Full of bubbles and crudity it has a ground top - opening. There are four larger and a few super tiny chips around the edge... many were probably done in the making and they do not detract. It also has one tiny fleabite (ding) on the back the size of a pinpoint. It displays beautifully. This would have had some sort of lid and insert combination (usually always missing) and water was also added. There is no fill line embossed. These were place and used inside the box area in old wall mounted candlestick telephones as a power source. It stands 6 1/8" tall...... SOLD
FRIEDBERG'S CUT RATE... NORFOLK, VA. --- A nice clear (amethyst hint) whiskey cylinder embossed: FRIEDBERG'S in an arc over CUT RATE / MAIL ORDER / LIQUOR HOUSE / 80 & 82 / COMMERICIAL PLACE over NORFOLK, VA. in a reverse arc. Above this, on the shoulder is embossed: 32 FL. OUNCES. This appears to be undug and in excellent condition, but it does have some contents stain that can be removed with a good cleaning. Another great and hard to find Virginia bottle standing 11 5/8" tall and 3 3/8" wide..... SOLD
G.V. DeMOTT with Five Stars - Reverse Side - Click Here --- A medium teal blob top embossed in 5/8" open block fonts: G.V. DeMOTT in an arc over five embossed stars. The centered star is larger than the outside four. The reverse has 1 1/4" open block fonts embossed: D M with a small E in between. The base is smooth. It's a dug bottle, with typical stain (will clean-up nicer) and a small scratch here and there (nothing major). It has typical case wear on the base edge from use/service. There is one tiny (1/8") shallow flake from the lip on the back and is very hidden and hard to locate. There is an early tapered top soda from DeMott and Owen, Cincinnati, OH. There is also a DeMott's early soda from Hudson County, N.J. A beautiful bottle, standing 7 1/4" tall..... SOLD
DIET BARQ'S - 16 oz. --- A hard-to-find red and white ACL marked with DIET BARQ'S IT'S GOOD. This dietetic beverage is marked on the back with ingredients and bottled by Barq Bottling Co., Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio 45223. It has very light case wear and no damage at all. A tall OH soda bottle, standing 11" tall..... SOLD
Drugstore Collectibles by Patricia McDaniel --- This 1994 book presents a revealing portrait of medical practice in pre-1960 America. Strange medicines, and historical apothecary equipment (jars, measures, mortars, and funnels) have found new life decorating homes, offices, and restaurants. They appeal to medical and pharmaceutical collectors; advertising, packaging, and container collectors; as well as those interested in things weird and wonderful. It has 136 pages with many pictures/listings of bottles tins and the like. It is officially used, but is a like new book. It measures 9" by 6"..... SOLD
BOTTLE HUNT - Bottle Digging Board Game --- Here's the perfect thing for those days when you can't make it out to hunt for glass. This listing, we offer a very scarce board game. Made in 1974 by Camcar Family Enterprises, there is no other game quite like this. From the start, you'll pass places (spaces) such as the Abandoned House, Abandoned Outhouse, Town Dump, Swamp, Construction Site, and Trails End to name a few. It was produced by Cal Industries and seems to be complete, including a spinner, rules sheet, four game pieces which are tiny bottles, scorecards and the board itself. It even comes with its original box. It's in great shape for it's age. Someone has placed small pieces of tape on the corners of the box to make it stronger and a couple of the original scorecards have been used, but overall it's in great condition. These must have been made in a very limited number, because we've never seen another offered in recent years. Size is 20" by 11 1/4"..... SOLD
FEIND & HAIN (in script) / NEWARK, N.J. --- A clear druggist bottle embossed the same as the listing title with a mortar and pestle before it, all inside a tombstone shaped slug area. The base is hard to read, but looks like C.L.G. CO. over a number. It's a dug bottle with typical light interior stain (some cleanable), and on the back one tiny open bubble and a tiny fisheye ding. A small New Jersey medicine bottle, standing 3 9/16" tall..... SOLD
DAZZLEINE --- A brilliant blue three sided bottle embossed the same as the listing title on one side. There are some very faint numbers embossed on the bottom. It is in excellent condition, with some light cleanable interior stain. A hair product (maybe) and neat triangular bottle, standing 6 - 3/8" tall..... SOLD
RICHMOND DAIRY / MILK FOR HEALTH --- This listing is for a red pyroglaze (ACL) cream top square quart milk. In red pyro is RICHMOND DAIRY / MILK FOR HEALTH with a baby on the picture of a milk bottle & cows on the sides... only on one side. One shoulder is embossed: CREAM TOP over REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. The base has PAT. APPLIED FOR then E 4 5. The heel is embossed with typical markings: ONE QUART and so on. It's in excellent condition, with only a tiny bit of interior stain in the very bottom and a scratch here and there (mentioned for accuracy), standing 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
KLONDIKE FARM / ELKIN, N.C. --- A round quart milk bottle with dark green pyroglaze: KLONDIKE FARM - ELKIN, N.C. - ONE QUART LIQUID. The opposite has: KLONDIKE FARM - GOLDEN GUERNSEY - TRADE MARK - GOLDEN GUERNSEY INC. - ELKIN, N.C. with a handled milk pitcher in the center. The heel is embossed: One Quart Liquid - MLK-595 - Reg. Sealed (symbol) A. The base has: 9 50 then an X, Duraglas. This milk bottle is in great condition with only some light scratching and a small amount of dirt inside (very easy clean-up). A North Carolina dairy bottle, measuring 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
Turquoise Double Ended Scent --- A beautiful and early turquoise double ended scent bottle with an almost hexagon center. It is in excellent condition, with only some cleanable light interior contents. Both ends are tooled and ground smooth. This is how they were produced. A hard-to-find smelling bottle or scent that is 3" long..... SOLD
SALT CITY BOTTLING CO. / SYRACUSE, N.Y. / BEST BREWED GINGER BEER --- A tan and white stoneware, tapered blob, printed in an oval with a double diamond centered, all in black transfer (see pics). Stoneware ginger beer bottles are normally found from Canada and the UK, but this is American and from one of the few companies that put these out then. It still has some rust from the bail and should clean up a bit more (looks great now). To be accurate, I see only three small and very shallow flakes, that are very difficult to detect. Two are approximately 1/8" and the other is 3/8" X 7/16" (at heel on back). The right photo shows the back and what looks like a crack. It assure you that this is under the glaze and not damage. A neat, heavy and sturdy vessel, standing 6 5/8"" tall..... SOLD
GII-72b Eagle Cornucopia Flask - Reverse View - Click Here --- We proudly offer, an olive amber (more on amber side) historical flask with an eagle, with head turned to the right, and shield with five vertical bars on breast (obverse side). The reverse has a large cornucopia coiled to the left and filled with produce. A tilted 'X' above the curve of cornucopia, tip is approx. 1 1/2" above base. This is listed as 'Rare' with a 'Keyed base' complete with a pontil mark. Click Here to see a photo of the base. Looking it over very carefully, it is in excellent condition. There is a very tiny open bubble in the neck (not damage) and a large near the surface bubble on the right reverse side making this a crudely made and unique example. It also has some typical and normal light highpoint wear, mainly on the base. We collect early historical flasks and hate parting with this, but this is a (near) double in our collection, so we offer this for your display. It stands 7" tall..... SOLD
Stoneware bottle - 12 Sided --- For your consideration, a gray with brown/tan salt glaze twelve sided stoneware bottle. These were typically used for Root Beer, Sarsaparilla or other and Dr. Cronk's used them exclusively. This is not marked. It is in excellent condition. The neck is a bit bent and crude and there is a small in-the-making (firing process) split in the side of the blob top (not damage, just more crudeness). This great bottle stands 9 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RIKER / NEW YORK --- A yellow green bottle embossed the same as the listing title and slanted. It is in excellent condition, with some cleanable interior stain. This is a thick and gorgeous hair bottle, standing 4 - 1/2" tall..... SOLD
KELLER'S Tincture Iodine - Carr-Owens & Company, Baltimore, MD. --- A red and white label only clear Maryland poison. We cleaned up the shelf dirt on this one, but it still contains some flakes of interior contents that remain corked tight. It also has a super tiny tear on the bottom right corner of the label. Rescued for your shelf, it stands 5 1/2" tall..... SOLD
A.L.I. AMERICAN LABORATORIES INCORPORATED RICHMOND, VA. - CARBOLIC ACID POISON - Click here to view the ANTIDOTE label side --- A machine made clear label only poison with two labels. First side in gray, red and white : A.L.I. next to Trade Mark, CARBOLIC ACID, POISON then ANTIDOTE Give large quantities of milk, flour and water or soap suds. Keep out of reach of children. Prepared and guaranteed by American Laboratories Incorporated Richmond, Va. U.S.A. Opposite label: CARBOLIC ACID ANTIDOTE - External - Flood with water, bathe with dilute alcohol, whisky, or a b-d oil (olive, cottonseed, linseed). Internal - Give milk, raw egg white, mucilage, gruel, or cornstarch paste, and follow with an emetic (tablespoonful of mustard in a tumbler of warm water). Call physician. This is in excellent condition with only a spot or two of cleanable shelf dirt and/or contents. How many of these have survived? It stands 5 1/8" tall..... SOLD
NE Amber Demijohn An early New England area beautiful rich amber demijohn..... SOLD
GLYCO - HEROIN / SMITH amber cylinder with MARTIN H. SMITH CO. / CHEMISTS / NEW YORK on base..... SOLD
Early aquamarine cylinder with a big nasty pontil scar, tapered top and olive streak in neck..... SOLD
VALENTINE'S MEAT JUICE Richmond Virginia Dose Glass --- A clear shot glass or more likely, a dose glass embossed: VALENTINE'S MEAT - JUICE / WILL NOURISH WHEN OTHER FOODS FAIL. The opposite side has TABLE and TEA spoon measurement lines. Valentine's Meat Juice is a product from the 1800s and from the ever popular and collectible amber egg shaped bottles of the time. This company was located in Richmond, Virginia. These glasses are quite scarce and very hard-to-find. It is in excellent condition and stands 1 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Early Long COLOGNE Olive Green --- An early olive green lay down pontiled cologne bottle with bubbles throughout. It is very crudely made and again, it has tons of seed shaped bubbles. This would have had a label or two placed around the neck and midsection. We have also seen these used for toilet water too. It is in great condition, with only some interior residue and cleanable dirt/contents. The sheared lip is somewhat jagged and typical for this sort of glass-making and not damaged... just the way it was cut-off when made. This beautiful old cologne is 9 7/8" long..... SOLD
The PADLOCK COLLECTOR A Price Guide by Franklin M. Arnall --- THE book of all types padlocks and related. The official title: The PADLOCK COLLECTOR Illustrations and Prices of 1800 Padlocks of the Past 100 Years by Franklin M. Arnall. The inside states that this is Fifth Edition, June 1988. The ISBN: 0-914638-04-1. It is a softbound book with 191 pages. It is in great undamaged condition. This book is loaded with photos in black and white. Some sections in the table of contents include: Restoration, Reproductions, Lock Companies, Pin Tumbler, Combination, Iron Lever, Express, Railroad, Winchester and Cut-a-way to name a few. It also lists prices for the photos featured. It is 8 1/4" by 5 1/2". This item qualifies for Media Mail shipping and can be picked up locally... please contact us, if interested in using these methods..... SOLD
L.F. MARSHALL'S Adonine - No. 3 - More photos click here --- A clear triangular - three sided bottle that at first appears to be a veterinary medicine, but may be a hair dye from the little bit of information available online. One side is embossed with a pair of dog heads with TRADEMARK underneath. The next side has: L.F. MARSHALL'S / ADONINE. The third has a number 3 embossed in a circle. It also has a tiny and stuck stopper that may pull free with some force. The interior has some sort of clear liquid remains, as well as some dirt/residue. It is in great condition, with only an open bubble on one corner... not damage. Just an unusual bottle, that is 4" long with the stopper..... SOLD
NEW ORLEANS Druggist Williams' Pharmacy --- This listing is for a clear large rectangular medicine embossed in a tombstone shaped slug area: WILLIAMS' / PHARMACY / NEW ORLEANS with OPEN ALL NIGHT above. The base has: W.T. CO. over E over U.S.A. It is damage free, but it has overall staining that should respond well to a professional cleaning. Don't miss this nice southern Louisiana drug store bottle that stands 6 1/4" tall..... SOLD
KATZ & BESTHOFF Pharmacists New Orleans --- A very small clear Louisiana druggist bottle embossed: KATZ & BESTHOFF / PHARMACISTS / NEW ORLEANS. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - K&B (Katz and Besthoff) was a drug store chain headquartered in New Orleans. Founded in 1905, it expanded to have stores in the United States Gulf Coast region until it was purchased by Rite Aid in 1997... please see Wikipedia for more. Fresh from a collection with many other druggists to offer from all over the US. This has some cleanable dirt/stain, but no damage. A crudely made tiny (shown next to a penny size token, not included) druggist that stands 2 1/2" tall..... SOLD
POISONS Lot of 4 --- This is a lot of four poison bottles. From the left: an amber Sharp & Dohme KH-26 and not really considered a poison, despite the label on this. Next is a yellow green 2 OZ. NOT TO BE TAKEN hexagon poison. Next is a dark cobalt blue 1 OZ. irregular hexagon poison embossed POISON / USE WITH CAUTION. Lastly is an amber KO-1B lattice and diamond poison with base embossing: SHARPE & DOHME / BALTIMORE, MD. The amber ones have some dullness and haze. All have some stain and cleanable dirt. The yellow green one has a 1/2" lip bruise on the front and the KO-1B has a tiny scuff on the label side. All is mentioned for accuracy. This is a great and beautiful group of poisons. They stand 2 1/2", 4 1/4", 3 1/4" and 3" tall..... SOLD
SOUTHERN MAID INC. / BRISTOL, VA. TENN. --- A round clear 1/2 pint milk with slug area embossed: SOUTHERN MAID INC. PASTEURIZED MILK HOME OFFICE BRISTOL, VA. TENN. It has a bit of wear from use and reuse and a tiny fisheye like blemish on the inside of the lip and very hard to see. This listing is for the bottle pictured on the far right only. The others are listed separately. A neat two state milk bottle, standing 5 3/8" tall..... SOLD
LADY GREY / PERF'Y CO. / BOSTON, MASS. --- Another from our collection... a hard-to-find teal blue/green smelling salts bottle embossed the same as the listing title in three lines. It is in great condition. This salts bottle may have been dug, as it still retains some cleanable dirt and has some scuffing, light scratching or rubs on the back label side... that are hard to see. The mouth or throat is ground to accept a stopper, usually clear or amethyst, but missing on this one. Very rarely offered, this stands 2 - 5/8" tall..... SOLD
CHERO-COLA / MORRISTOWN, TENN. A straight sided soda, embossed and slanted on both sides: CHERO-COLA ----- 6 1/2 FL. OZ. Around the heel is: MORRISTOWN, TENN. / THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD. The base or bottom has: CHERO-COLA. It is in great condition, with some light interior stain and a couple of tiny fleabites/case wear from use, the largest is a well hidden shallow flake on the heel. A light teal or a light yellow green, machine made bottle, standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
MONARCH embossed Battery - Telephone Jar - Click here for a photo showing the top of the jar --- This listing, we offer a very scarce battery jar or telephone jar, embossed and complete with its guts/inside parts. The container or jar is very bubbly aqua glass and on one side is embossed MONARCH. The other side has an embossed line with the words WATER LINE underneath. The insert or guts of this jar is a black cylinder with two slits on opposite sides. On the top is a terminal of sorts with two bolts and in the center a white circular insert with a cross shaped void. This all rests on top of the glass jar. Embossed on the top of this is: HOLTZER'S PATENT then MONARCH. In between this is TRADE over a lion's head then MARK. This unusual jar is in remarkable condition. Mentioned for accuracy, it has a very small flake off of the inside lip of the jar, along with some cleanable interior residue. The insert has a 1/2" chip off of the white portion in the center. You'll really have to search to see any of the previous mentioned. It displays better than most jars of this type and probably saw very little use or was protected well. The jar size is 6 1/2" tall by 4 1/4" wide and 4 1/4" deep..... SOLD
DEMIJOHN - Amber, small kidney shaped --- First of all, let us mention, these are very hard to find. We collect these and this is a double from our collection. This textured and crude orange amber demijohn is in the what's called 'kidney shaped' form, and some call them 'apple shaped', but you be the judge. It just missed having a pontil scarred base, but it appears to come from a two piece or hinge mold. It has an applied tapered top. There is one small area that still retains some light inside contents that will definately clean up better, and a very hard to locate pinhead size fleabite on the side of the tapered top. A remarkable find that stands 8 1/4" tall and is 6" at it's widest point..... SOLD
GREENLUND'S / CALDWELL, IDAHO ~ Set of Two! --- That's right... two clear druggists embossed the same as the listing title in a tombstone shaped slug area. The small druggist's base has W.T.CO. over A over U.S.A. embossed. The large druggist's base has W.T.CO. over E over U.S.A. embossed. Idaho bottles, like most western bottles are few and far between, making these two quite scarce. Just the larger one by itself is quite impressive. These are damage free and in excellent clean and shiny condition. Only a very picky mention of a few small areas of cleanable spots of dirt. They are 4" and a (wow size) 9 1/4" tall, both for one price..... SOLD
Unusual Yellow Amber INVERTED JAR - Pharmacy Apothecary Druggist Counter Display --- We proudly offer a set (sold separately) of scarce and unusual inverted jars. Inverted jars can be a bit hard-to-find at times, but these are in shades of amber, making them more unusual. Through our many years of buying, selling and collecting, we have seen these inverted jars in a range of colors, but they are very rarely offered on the open market. As a whole, they are normally found under 5 inches too. In our collection, we have a large (9 3/8 inches tall) clear inverted jar that we use for displaying marbles. According to the book "The Pill Rollers..." by Charles G. & Lillian C. Richardson, these were also used at exhibitions and trade fairs, plus were also given as premiums to selected customers. Paper labels were usually applied to the midsection and the lower neck area to describe each contents. This listing is for the jar on the RIGHT ONLY. The one on the left has been sold. This taller jar is a good bit lighter than the other, a gorgeous light yellow amber. These both have corks, but we have no idea if they are original. They appear to be original. It is in excellent condition with only a touch of cleanable dirt/dust and all is mentioned for accuracy... no damage. Both jars are a bit crude. They were made by the turn mold process and do not have mold lines. The jar is 8" tall by 2 5/8" wide..... SOLD
KREB'S (in script) REXALL / DRUG STORE --- A thick clear druggist or pharmacy bottle. The base has: T.C.W. CO. over N.J. U.S.A. We're not sure where this pharmacy was located, but above the name Krebs is a monogram that contains an H and a K, but appears to have a small J centered. Although it came out of a collection of NY and PA area druggists, research shows a listing for a Hermann Krebs Druggist 2740 W. 25th St. Cleveland Ohio... Any relation? More research shows that it may be from Mahanoy City, PA. or the vicinity. A very clean druggist bottle with only a light spot of stain, here and there, you will have to search for a while to see. It is 4 5/16" tall..... SOLD
RICHMOND DAIRY Cream top --- A square clear quart milk embossed on the bulbous top on each side in large letters. Light wear from use and no damage... 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
TURLINGTON'S BALSAM --- A clear or colorless balsam embossed on one sunken panel: TUR / LING / TON'S / BALSAM. It is 3" tall, blown and violin shaped (sort of). A damage free later variation of a classic..... SOLD
JOSEPH WITKOWSKI / PHILA. --- This listing is for a light aquamarine Philadelphia hutch. On one side is embossed: JOSEPH WITKOWSKI in an arc over PHILA. over REGISTERED. The back has a large J interlocked with a thicker W. The base is embossed with a large J.W. A very clean (non-dug maybe) PA. bottle with great bubbles throughout. It does have some light highpoint normal wear on a few letters of the embossing, because it was used. You won't be disappointed with this one. A sharp looking Pennsylvania bottle, that is 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
German pitcher Westerwald, with blue decoration..... SOLD
THREE KEYS STRAIGHT WHISKEY --- This listing, we proudly offer a wonderful back bar bottle etched and accented with gold leaf/paint as the listing title, below an image of a set of what else, three keys and tied together. Have a look at this close-up picture... just Click Here. It has a fluted neck (9 total) and a ground throat to accept a stopper. At the widest point are 16 cut ovals. Condition wise, it has some very light inside stain, light base wear, some mild paint loss and a few very tiny pinpoint size nicks, but nothing to worry about. The stopper or top fits well, but probably isn't original. It still works well, plus looks good, but the hidden bottom of it is chipped off. A vessel that was probably used in a saloon or prominent home, standing 9 1/4" tall without the stopper and 11 1/2" with it..... SOLD
CONCORD BOTTLING Co. / CONCORD, NH --- An ice blue / aquamarine Hutchinson embossed: CONCORD BOTTLING Co. / CONCORD, NH in a tombstone shaped slug. The base is smooth and it's a very clean hutch that probably saw very little use. I only see two extremely tiny fleabites on this and you'll have to search to locate them. A nice old New Hampshire bottle standing 6 5/8" tall..... SOLD
THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS BOTTLING COMPANY LURAY, VA. --- This listing, we offer a light aqua crowntop straight sided bottle embossed in a slug area as: THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS in an arc over LURAY / VIRGINIA over BOTTLING COMPANY INC. in a reverse arc. Over this is: CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL. OZS. over THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD. The base is smooth - unembossed. The rear heel has: D.O.C. 122-4. This appears to be a dug bottle, with cleanable light dirt here and there and a few tiny fleabites/wear. We're very picky. This early machine made sturdy bottle is in great condition. It stands 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
ROONEY'S MALT WHISKEY --- This listing is for a sun colored amethyst (SCA) cylinder whiskey embossed the same as the listing title, in script within a large tombstone shaped slug area. It has a smooth unembossed base. A dug bottle, with no damage, only some typical interior stain, a scratch here and there and a couple of really tiny fleabites. All mentioned to be completely accurate. It will clean up nicer too. A product of STRAUS, GUNST & CO. of Richmond, Virginia, standing 12 1/8" tall..... SOLD
STRAUS, GUNST & CO. / SOLE PROPRIETORS / RICHMOND, VA. --- Embossed the same as the listing title to the left, we offer a clear rectangular whiskey. This appears to be a non-dug flask. It's just so clean and damage free. You'll have a hard time finding a nicer example. A super central Virginia bottle and a great price, standing 7 1/4" tall and 3 1/4" wide..... SOLD
CARTER'S - Six Sided - Small Clover Ink --- A beautiful rich cobalt blue, hexagon shaped inkwell. It has a four leaf clover design on five of the six sides. The base is embossed: CARTER'S in an arc over 6 over G-104 in a reverse arc. This is the smallest size of the Carter's cathedral ink series. It is damage free and in excellent condition, shiny and clean, plus appears non-dug, standing 2 3/4" tall..... SOLD
W & H WALKER / PERFUMERS / LAVENDER SALTS / PITTSBURG, U.S.A. --- A teal blue/green fancy salts bottle embossed the same as the listing title in four lines. A previously unknown salts that has been recently discovered. It is in excellent condition, with only some cleanable light dirt and contents stain... nothing major. The throat (inside neck area) is ground to accept a stopper (missing). A very rare smelling salts bottle that stands 3 - 1/4" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a straight sided RI1 (Ayer's book) Pepsi bottle. Inside a round or oval slug is embossed: PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. in an arc over INC. over PEPSI:COLA in script over RICHMOND, VA. in a reverse arc. The rear heel has REGISTERED embossed. The base is embossed: A.G.W. (American Glass Works) over the number 51. This is a dug bottle in super condition. It has light normal wear, with a light scratch or two, very light interior contents stain and a couple of tiny fleabites. The largest one is the size of a small match head and well hidden on the back... all mentioned for accuracy. It stands 8 5/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI-COLA / MELCHOR on neck - ORANGE CRUSH BOTT.CO. / NORFOLK, VA. --- This listing, we offer an aqua-green No. NO9 (Pg. 87 in AYERS book) Pepsi bottle. This machine made crowntop is from 1936. It starts with a texured - frosted neck with PEPSI-COLA in block letters and MELCHOR (opposite side) between two bands. The base is embossed: ORANGE CRUSH BOTT. CO. in an arc over NORFOLK, VA. with 2 over LGW over 4-36 in the very center. This bottle is in great condition with typical wear from use. A nice Pepsi combined with Orange Crush that's perfect for both collections, standing 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / PETERSBURG, VA. --- We proudly offer a (clear with light yellowish/green tint) straight sided Pepsi bottle that is listed as a 'No. PET3' in the first James C. Ayers' book. On both shoulders is embossed: PEPSI:COLA in large and small block letters. One side near the heel has: PEPSI:COLA in script over BOTTLING CO. over PETERSBURG, VA. The opposite heel has: CAP. 6 1/2 OZ. The base is smooth. Click Here for a picture of the back. A dug bottle in great/super condition for a dug bottle. Of course, this bottle was used, so there is some a small amount of wear. There are several tiny fleabites throuhout the bottle and some light scratching, to be accurate, but not distracting at all. There is a very small area on the lip that first appears as two small chips. Upon closer inspection, these are only thin open bubbles and part of the crudeness and making, not damage. By the way, I have only seen two others of this variant, and both had damage. This is listed a machine made bottle, but I've never seen a machined bottle this crude. It is crazy crude. It has bubbles, swirls, deep waves in the glass and so on. This Pepsi, as told by other diggers from this area, is the hardest of the local Pepsis to dig or locate. It is also listed as a Rarity: 4 (out of 5 = rarest), so grab it while you can to give your Pepsi collection a huge boost. It dates from 1918-1922 and stands 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / RICHMOND, VA. Eight Sided --- This listing we offer a light celery green or light aqua eight sided Pepsi bottle. On four sides is embossed: PEPSI:COLA in script. One shoulder has REGISTERED with PEPSI COLA CORP. over RICHMOND, VA. near the heel. The opposite heel has: CONTENTS 6 1/2 OZ.. The base has: PAT. APPLIED FOR. A dug bottle in great/super condition for a dug bottle. Of course, this bottle was used, so there is a small amount of wear. Just a few very tiny fleabites and a scratch or two, to be accurate, but not distracting at all. This is in remarkable condition for a dug bottle. These are usually found with some sort of damage. A must for any Pepsi collector, it stands 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a straight sided Pepsi bottle that is unlisted in both Ayers' books. It is similiar to the No. RI4 and the No. RI10, but this one is clear, rather than pale aqua and it lacks the CONTENTS over 7 FLUID OZS. embossment. On the shoulder is embossed: PEPSI:COLA in script over RICHMOND, VA. in a thin slug area. The rear shoulder has REGISTERED embossed in an arc. The base is embossed: PEPSI:COLA in script. A dug bottle in great condition with typical cleanable interior stain and a small hidden fisheye in the thick part of the bottom. A nice Pepsi, standing 8 1/2" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a straight sided Pepsi bottle that lists in the Ayers' book as No. RI3 on page 96. It is SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst), and was found under an old house. Near the heel on one side is embossed: THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD over PEPSI:COLA in early script over RICHMOND, VA.. The rear heel has REGISTERED. The base is embossed: AGW over 60. A beautiful bottle in great condition with typical very light cleanable interior stain and a small tear shaped open bubble (not damage) on the right shoulder. You'll have a hard time finding a better one. A nice early Pepsi bottle full of bubbles, standing 8 5/8" tall..... SOLD
TUCKAHOE LITHIA SPRINGS WATER / NORTHUMBERLAND, PA. - Click here for an overall view --- Here we offer a tall clear, highly embossed, water bottle with a crowntop. On one side only is embossed: TUCKAHOE MINERAL SPRINGS in an arc over CO., then HEALTH over a leafy wreath, over TUCKAHOE / LITHIA SPRINGS / WATER, with TRADE MARK at the bottom of the wreath, to the right of this is a hand holding a torch like object, and NORTHUMBERLAND, PA. at the heel. It appears to be nondug and has no issues at all. A blown lithia water bottle, that is 10" tall..... SOLD
KRUEGER BEER Flat Top Beer Can - Grain Stalks --- We offer another steel flat top beer can that is bottom opened, empty and 12 fluid ounces. It has a 2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. The bottom is super shiny. KRUEGER A Real Premium BEER is on the front and on both sides of the seam. Near the almost mint seam on the back is: BREWED & PACKED BY G. KRUEGER BREWING CO., NEWARK, N.J. On the opposite side of the seam is: MAGNIFICENT TASTE AND FLAVOR - FAMOUS SINCE 1858. This can is unusual because it has a flesh colored shadow on all the front images only. The golden stalks of wheat, barley or grain shows it best. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with hardly a scratch to mention. You'll have an extremely hard time finding an example in better condition. This New Jersey beer can is near mint, hence attic find. It stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
Amber BUDWELL'S EMULSION OF NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL PREPARED BY BUDWELL PHARMACAL CO. LYNCHBURG, VA..... SOLD
TURF OIL DOVE & Co. / RICHMOND, Va. --- A hard to find light aqua three sided - triangle shaped medicine bottle embossed the same as the listing title. The base is not embossed. It's a dug undamaged bottle, with typical haze and some light cleanable dirt. A crude and early Virginia bottle that sits well on its side, making it 4 3/4" long..... SOLD
ALFRED WRIGHT PERFUMER ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- A cylinder dresser type bottle, embossed in an oval in three lines. It has a ground throat and stopper, that is stuck at the moment, but should pull off with a little work. It has probably been stuck since its last use, because it still retains a white powder inside. The stopper has a large embossed 'W' on both sides. It is in great condition with only a tiny (1/32") open bubble or chip (Can't tell) on the back. A cosmetic bottle that will look good in any perfume, cologne or bathroom display. It stands 6 1/4 in. tall without the stopper and 7 7/16 in. with it..... SOLD
POISON / POISON KV-1 --- An amber poison embossed on two sides and with warning ribs on each corner. The back rounded side is smooth and blank and was used at one time for a label. The base has some numbers, etc., but were smeared when made. This is in great condition, but may have been in the ground in the past. It has some very light and possibly cleanable stain here and there, but nothing bad or severe. It's damage free and a bold looking poison. These were made in several sizes and it's fun to collect them all. This one is 4 7/8" tall..... SOLD
CHERRY TOOTH PASTE PATRONIZED BY THE QUEEN ...JOHN GOSNELL & CO. LONDON --- A popular white with black transfer pot lid from London, England. This pot lid also comes with its base, that has an unmarked bottom and is a bit smaller in diameter than the lid, so I'm not sure if it's original... it did come from a collection with this lid. Please see the photo for all the wording on this lid. It is loaded and has a woman pictured and facing to the left. It is in great condition, with a few tiny spots of cleanable dirt. It also has two small chips on the bottom rim, one of which that someone tried to fill with a spot of white paint or similar. This is very much hidden and displays very well... mentioned for accuracy. It is 1 5/8" (4 cm) tall with the base and 3 1/4" (8+ cm) wide..... SOLD
NELSON RYE - J.C. OSWALD & CO. --- We proudly offer another great back bar bottle etched and accented with gold leaf/paint as the listing title. Here's a close-up picture... just Click Here. From the top down, this has some intricate features. The outside of the lip is faceted as well as the neck, which has hexagons interlocking and finishes in longer flutes. The number 48 is etched in the center of the base and was probably done when this bottle was finished. Condition wise, it has some very light inside stain, light base wear, and a mention of light paint loss to the gold lettering. The ground stopper fits well, but probably isn't original. It works well, plus looks good, and it's in excellent condition. A utility piece that was probably used in a saloon, tavern or prominent home, standing 9 1/4" tall without the stopper and 12 1/4" with it..... SOLD
POISON / POISON KO-1 - Skull and Crossbones - Click here to view label side --- A light golden amber oval poison embossed with a skull and crossbones centered between two 5 point stars flanked with the word POISON on each side. The base is embossed with a S & D over 231. The obverse has two labels. The thin neck label has a storage warning, with a loose tear in it, but complete. The larger red, white and blue label is 95% complete. This is in excellent condition and hard-to-find with cork and labels. A very desirable skull poison bottle, standing 4 11/16" tall..... SOLD
KC-137 ZIRASOAP - Photo of opposite side --- Embossed with square protrusions around the shoulder and base; Front: ANTISEPTIC over ZIRASOAP (slanted) LUBRICANT over BRISTOL-MYERS CO. over NEWYORK. Back: 5 FLUID OUNCES over WET THE HANDS BEFORE USING in two lines. Amber that varies from top to bottom, this blown-in-mold (BIM) bottle is quite scarce. An overlooked bottle that is considered a poison in great condition (one pinpoint size super tiny mark on lip), standing 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RICHMOND / PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is an aqua/blue straight sided RI2-V1 (page 96, Ayer's book) Pepsi bottle. Inside a round or oval slug is embossed: RICHMOND over PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. in an arc over INC. over PEPSI:COLA in early script over RICHMOND, VA. in a reverse arc. The base is embossed with a good luck cross. This is a dug bottle in super condition. It has a light scratch or two, light typical interior contents stain and a tiny fleabite... all mentioned for accuracy. One neat crude feature is, on the back shoulder, it has two long raised and curved extra strings of glass on the inside. Click Here for a picture of the back shoulder. In person, this looks like a great bonus feature for this bottle, making it unique. In photos, they resemble cracks. They are not cracks and more importantly, this is not damage. A super double dash Pepsi that will enhance your shelf and collection. It's from 1910 and stands 8 5/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI:COLA / RICHMOND, VA. No. RI8-V1. This is 7 1/2" tall..... SOLD
JOS. HIRSCHFELD AND SON over a horseshoe LONG BRANCH N.J. --- An aquamarine hutch with intact closure is embossed in a tombstone shaped slug, the same as the listing title. This is a dug bottle with typical light staining and dirt. It will clean up much nicer. There is a small open bubble (not damage) on the front heel, beside a small flake. This is hardly noticable and mentioned for accuracy. A great New Jersey hutch that stands 6 1/2" tall..... SOLD
Pair of Dresser Bottles with Gold --- A listing for two square dresser bottles or bottles used to display in some bathrooms. They both are decorated near the tops with gold stripes and the words: PEROXIDE and BORIC-ACID. The Peroxide one is in excellent condition, but the Boric-Acid has a stable crack hidden in the ground throat area, and as long as the stopper is in it, it remains hidden. Each is 3 1/2" tall... 4 1/8" tall with the stopper..... SOLD
HARMONY OF BOSTON Smelling Salts --- This listing is for an emerald green smelling salts bottle embossed: HARMONY over OF (coat of arms or monogram with crossed swords and crown) over BOSTON. It is in excellent condition with some cleanable dirt hidden in the corners and the smallest of scuffs, too small to photograph, hidden on the lip and side of stopper (really not worth mentioning). It is 2 7/8" tall... 3 7/8" tall with the stopper..... SOLD
KI-2 Yellow green irregular hexagon poison 4 oz. --- Want to add some color to your poison collection? Here we offer a yellow green, with embossed ribs on three sides. The back sides are smooth and made to accept a label. The base has: 4 (ounces) over C. L. G. CO. (Carr-Lowrey Glass Company - Baltimore, Maryland) over PATENT APPLIED FOR. An absolutely gorgeous poison in excellent condition, standing 4 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Drugstore Tins and Their Prices by Al Bergevin --- This 1990 paperback book is loaded with large pictures on just about every page of collectible tins of all sorts. There is also an eight page section in full color. Here's a look at one of the perfumed talcum tins in the color page section --- CLICK HERE for #2. This is a must have book for any drugstore tin collector. It has 284 pages and is officially used, but it's a like new - unread book. It measures 9" by 6"..... SOLD
Stoneware bottle - Bold and Tan --- For your consideration, a tan/light brown stoneware bottle. This one is not marked. It is in excellent condition. This is thick and bold and fun to hold and imagine someone drinking or pouring a beer/ale from this vessel. This heavy bottle stands 10 1/8" tall..... SOLD
HANS JURGENSEN / PHARMACIST / 135 / FLUSHING AVE. / ASTORIA, N.Y. --- An aquamarine (leaning on the side of ice blue) citrate bottle embossed the same as the listing title at left in a circle slug area. Above this is a lot more embossing and as follows: Solution, Citrate of Magnesia, Dose for Adults, One half to one full bottle, Children, in proportion to age. The base is embossed: W.T. CO. / U.S.A. This appears to be a dug bottle and it's in super condition. I didn't clean it, so it still has a small amount of inside contents stain, which should clean up nice and a trace of rust from the bail on the closure. All of this can be removed easily and is typical with dug bottles. Don't miss out on this heavily embossed pharmacy or druggist bottle from a small New York apothecary, standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
BALLOU & SMITH ALLIANCE, O. --- A tall aquamarine quart blob with closure embossed the same as the listing title in a slug area. The base has: M.G.W. It's in super condition, with only some light interior contents stain and some light cleanable dirt, mainly around the closure... nothing major, at all. This variant is not listed in our Ohio bottle book. It also has beautiful bubbles all over. A big boy that stands 11 3/8" tall without the closure...... SOLD
POISON / POISON KT-2 - Hard to Find Turquoise --- Very rarely offered and embossed with POISON and cross stitching on two sides, we offer this triangular poison in the color of turquoise. The base is unembossed. This is in excellent condition with some faint light haze to the outside and will clean up with some cleaning. This is mentioned for accuracy. It is perfectly fine the way it is and it displays perfect. It is pictured next to a cobalt blue variant (not for sale) for comparison. This listing is for the bottle pictured on the left only. A very desirable and sought after poison bottle in this color, standing 5 1/4" tall, not including the cork..... SOLD
Early fancy cologne - floral spray --- For your consideration ... We offer a light bluish aquamarine early (ca. 1830-60s) figured cologne bottle embossed with flowers above a horizontal embossed band with a label panel below. The base is oblong and is not pontil scarred, which is the common for these, making this variant quite unsuual. A mold seam runs through the center of the base, left to right, at its widest, meaning this was blown using a hinge mold. The obverse has longer stemmed flowers and bound. The edges and neck are decorated with oval beads. This beauty has a rolled lip. It is in excellent condition, with only a trace of cloudiness inside and some very cleanable sticker residue on the label area. Click here - for another photo. A labeled example of this cologne is pictured in plate 109 #4 in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson. This one stands well on display and even has some traces of olive green glass in the neck and lip. It's 4 3/8" tall X 2 1/2" at widest point..... SOLD
EUREKA MILK / COMPANY / CANAL WINCHESTER, O. --- A clear round half pint size milk bottle embossed inside a slug area, the same as the listing title. Above the slug area is HALF PINT over LIQUID. The back heel has: SEALED 48 and around the rest of the heel is embossed: M-53 3 ...BB 48. It is in super condition with only a couple of very light scratches and some light cleanable haze at the top and bottom... all mentioned for accuracy. A very hard to find Ohio milk bottle that is not listed in the Ohio bottle books. There are larger pyro variants listed, but there aren't any 1/2 pt. slug milks from this company listed. It stands 5 1/2" tall..... SOLD
JOHANN BECHER / KuK. HOFuKAMMER-LIEFERANT / GEGR. 1807 - Another photo - Click Here --- An olive green banded early variant of a Czech bitters embossed with a handled drinking vessel over JOHANN BECHER in an arc over a winged shield of some sort over KuK. HOFuKAMMER-LIEFERANT over GEGR. 1807. The base has: GESETZL. GESCH. It's in super condition and shiny despite the photo that has a reflection on it. You will be pleased with this crude and beautiful bottle. A great and hard-to-find medicinal tonic that stands 6 5/8" tall...... SOLD
PLEASANT WALK DAIRY / WILLIAMSBURG, VA. - Two for one price! - Second Milk - Round Orange Pyro --- This lot is for two very hard-to-find Williamsburg VA milk bottles. The first of the two is square with dark red pyroglaze and a very interesting image of a carridge. The second is round with orange pyro with PLEASANT WALK DAIRY slanted over WILLIAMSBURG, VA. on one side. The other side has SERVING THE PUBLIC over SAFETY AND HEALTH centered in a wreath. Both are quart milks. The square quart is in super condition with only a mention of a fleabite size abrasion to the lip and light normal case wear. The round milk, the glass itself is great, but although the pyro is still strong and solid, is missing lightly on the front (right side only), but the back only retains half of what it should. See this photo (CLICK HERE to see the back). What a find ...two Williamsburg milk bottles together in one lot! Both stand 8 5/8" tall..... SOLD
The HOMESTEAD DAIRY HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA - A picture of the opposite side --- A clear round pint size milk bottle with green pyroglaze on two sides. One side has: The HOMESTEAD DAIRY HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. The other has: Virginia Hot Springs in a ribbon below a crest or shield that features a water fountain or the springs itself. A hard to find milk in an unusual size from the Shenandoah Valley near Warm Springs, Virginia. It stands 7 1/4" tall..... SOLD
VIRGINIA DAIRY Milk Bottle ~ Another photo of the back --- A dark orange pyro (pyroglazed) one quart milk from VA. It is embossed around the neck: First is a large wavy line (grip?), then on the front side: VIRGINIA / DAIRY / THE HOME OF BETTER MILK. The reverse has: THE / HOME OF / BETTER MILK / SEALED / II. One of the heels has: ONE QUART LIQUID. The bottom/base has a large V centered, with the number 42 to the left of it, then circling around it is: VIRGINIA DAIRY CO. RICHMOND, VA. In ACL or pyro is: Virginia Dairy - The Home of Better Milk. The back has: A graphic of a set of scales balancing food vs. milk. Under that is: Milk is a food ...Well balanced ..The right things in the right proportions 100% edible - 98% digestible. It's a damage free milk with great pyro with tons of wording and comes with milk (styrofoam beads), standing 9 5/8" tall..... SOLD
Richmond Dairy two sided Pyro creamtop quart..... excellent condition..... SOLD
Richmond Dairy two sided Pyro with circle 'R' quart. Dolly Madison on other side .... excellent condition..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / RICHMOND, VA. / INDIAN ROCK GINGER ALE --- We proudly offer a tenpin Pepsi bottle that is very desirable, quite scarce and a must for any Pepsi Cola collection. This is the SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst) variant, embossed: (in script) INDIAN ROCK in an arc over GINGER ALE. In a circle slug area is: RICHMOND over PEPSI:COLA CO. (logo in script) over RICHMOND over VA. over 7 FLUID OZS. on the heel. The base is embossed: A.G.W. over 249. A dug bottle in excellent condition for a dug bottle of this age. Another neat factor to mention is, that the light amethyst tint is darker at the top and fades towards the middle. This bowling pin Pepsi stands 7 3/4" tall..... SOLD
STRAUS, GUNST & CO. - RICHMOND, VA. --- This is a BIM grocer style whiskey. Unfortunately, this one has a little damage. This is a dug bottle, which means light scratching, very light stain and a couple of extremely small fleabites. Also, with very close inspection, I count three freeze (stable) cracks. One is in the large lip (3/8"), the other two are in the back of the bottle (3/16" and a curved one - 7/8") and completely out of sight when displayed. A harder to find bottle with the embossment in script standing 6" tall and 2 5/8" wide.... SOLD
Scent bottle - Horn shape --- This listing is for a horn or bent sloping tubular shaped scent or perfume bottle. It is clear or colorless glass with a screw top closure. The surface of the glass has a connected diamond shaped pattern. It is in great condition with the exception of a pinpoint size flake off of the glass lip. A true beauty at 4" long..... SOLD
Gigantic rectangle OWL DRUG CO. with large embossed owl, 32 oz. 9 3/4" tall..... SOLD
Light apple green tapered blob top beer - soda - mineral water --- This listing is for an attractive light apple green unembossed blob beer, soda or mineral water bottle. The base has a pontil scar that still retains some iron residue, meaning it's iron pontiled or IP for short. Please see this photo of the base - bottle is on the right Click Here. This piece has lots of bubbles and some thin olive colored streaks. It is damage free, and appears to be an undug blob, with only a few light scratches. It's just beautiful and shiny, like it was just made yesterday. It stands 7 1/8" tall and is crude, plus it leans a little. A real handsome bottle..... SOLD
ATWOOD'S / JAUNDICE BITTERS / MOSES ATWOOD / GEORGETOWN / MASS. --- A light aqua 12 sided bottle embossed the same as the listing title on five of it's sides. The base is smooth. It's in super condition, with only some light interior contents stain and some light cleanable dirt. It has an open bubble in the neck that is crudely part of a fold in the glass... not damage. I'd also like to mention, it appears at first glance to have a tiny flake on the top of the lip, but when magnified, it looks as if it is the beginning of yet another crude fold in the glass. A crude and popular tonic, that when displayed, shouts antique bottle. It stands 6 1/4" tall...... SOLD
SAMPLE / SHILOH'S CURE --- A bluish aqua small sample bottle embossed in two lines. It's a smooth base bottle with no embossing. Only a trace of inside content stain and damage free. A nice sample cure bottle, standing 4 3/16" tall x 1 1/4" wide..... SOLD
HEMOGLOBINE / DESCHIENS --- A blue blood medicine with some contents (hardened) and embossed the same as the listing title on two sides. The base has DEPOSE / FR 811 embossed. This bottle is in super condition, with bubbles throughout. It stands 8 1/8" tall..... SOLD
HUTCHINSON - COTTER / DRUG CO. / TAMPA --- A clear - light SCA druggist embossed the same as the listing title in an indented tombstone shaped panel. The base has W.T.CO. over A over U.S.A. embossed. This dug bottle is damage free with only some typical interior haze, nothing major. It stands 4 7/16" tall..... SOLD
BROWN & CO'S / PHARMACY / ANN ARBOR, MICH --- A very tiny, sample size druggist type bottle in clear glass embossed on a tombstone shaped side. Base marking and embossment has been smeared before it cooled and is hard to make out it's true identity. There are two pinhead sized chips and one flake on the lip, but displays great. One of those harder and harder to find local bottles, standing ONLY 2 1/2" tall..... SOLD
MURRAY'S / 1519-7'' ST.N.W. / WASHINGTON, DC --- A SCA strap-sided flask with a round slug area embossed the same as the listing title. The base has 267 embossed. It is in great condition for a dug flask, with only one tiny shallow flake on the right strap side and typical interior haze. The front heel and base are very crude and have a look as if plastic wrap was used when blown... just crudeness from using a 'cold mold' during manufacture. The amethyst is natural and much lighter than pictured. A nice pint size District of Columbia flask, standing 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
The Samuel J. Greer Collection of Important Early American Medicine Bottles --- This 1988-89 Harmer Rooke Galleries auction catalog is an important reference for any antique bottle collector. The collection is said to cover over seventy percent of all known pontiled medicines and these thick catalogs are very hard to find. Included, it also has the prices realized sheets (3). It's a used catalog, so condition wise, it has a couple of tiny cover tears and wrinkles. The first few pages have all the colored medicines in color plates. The rest are pictured in black and white. This covers three auctions of 1820 lots! We are only selling this because it is a double in our collection. It measures 8 1/2" x 11"..... SOLD
SHARON DAIRY / INC. / C. THOMPSON --- A 1/2 pint milk embossed the same as the listing title at left over 324 - B - ST. S. W. over BB48. Centered on the base is a large SD over the number 29. The other side is embossed: HALF PINT / LIQUID / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. There are 8 vertical ribs or embossed grips at the top of the neck. This is a dug bottle in great/clean condition, with a couple of pinhead size fleabites, that are hardly worth mentioning, they are so tiny. A wonderful 1/2 pt. milk with tons of embossing, standing 5 1/2" tall..... SOLD
THE PALM (in script) / PHARMACY / MIAMI, FLA. --- A clear - light amethyst druggist pharmacy bottle embossed the same as the listing title. The base is smooth. It's undamaged with a tiny open bubble on the back heel, and a very clean bottle. Just a neat name for a druggist and stands 3 1/4" tall..... SOLD
C. W. BURR / RICHMOND, VA. --- A bluish aquamarine blob with part of it's original closure. It is embossed the same as the listing title with a CWB monogram centered. Charles Burr was in business for a short time at two locations on Broad Street, 1884-94. He was a bottler and dealer in beer, ale, porter, soda, sarsaparilla, ginger ale and mineral water. The base has C24 embossed. This was dug a long time ago, and has some typical wear and stain, but no serious damage. Only a mention of a few very tiny fleabites and a spot on the lip (1/8") that at first glance looks like a crack, but it is more like a slice, with a void in the glass... again, not damage and it was dug this way. CLICK HERE for a picture of this crudeness. A Virginia bottle that doesn't come up for sale often, it stands 7 3/8" tall..... SOLD
CARTER'S INK in shield --- A clear square shaped ink. Embossed in a shield is CARTER'S INK. I dug this many years ago, so it has light typical stain. It has a match head size fisheye on the top of the left arch as pictured and a pinpoint size flake on the right side bottom heel... both are very well hidden and mentioned for accuracy. A cool and crude (lip mostly) ink. It is 2 3/4" tall..... SOLD
C. R. HARTSON / COOPERSTOWN / N.Y. --- A light to medium orange amber blob beer (?) bottle embossed the same as the listing title in a circle slug area. The back has big block letters embossed: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD. The base is embossed with lots of light unreadable letters (XVIII N K HUTTER - maybe) in two lines over N.Y. A dug damage free bottle, with only a few deeper scratches, some wear and typical stain. This would respond well to a professional cleaning. Also, near the C's on the left side is an open bubble (3/8") and a tiny one on the back... neither is damage. It seems to be the older variant, standing 9 3/8" tall..... SOLD
JOHNNY BULL - GINGER BEER --- The photo shows the front and back of this true green ABM (squat shaped) ginger beer. One side has an embossed head and shoulders of a man dressed well complete with hat, probably Mr. Bull himself. The back shoulder is embossed: CONTENTS 7 1/2 FL. OZ. The base is embossed: REGISTERED over 1930 then on base rim is 3 O N 1. It is approximately 7 3/8" tall, has a few pin head size fleabites and overall case wear. A good looking bottle based on color alone..... SOLD
WM. CANNON / 1225-7th ST. N.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C. --- This listing is for a clear half pint strap sided flask. My Washington D.C. books do not have this size listed with this address. Below an arched ribbon embossed HONEST MEASURE, is embossed FULL 1/2 PINT, then a round slug area embossed the same as listing title. In large fonts is S.C.R. on the base. A damage free flask with bubbles and in dug condition, with some etching and stain. This will clean up better. It is 6 3/4" tall..... SOLD TO THE CANNON FAMILY
Dark Blue Cone Ink --- Here we offer a dark blue dug ink, with typical staining and a tiny inside the lip flake. It doesn't have any base markings and it's quite crude, but machine made. It is 2 3/8" tall..... SOLD
Umbrella Ink --- An aqua eight sided umbrella ink with rolled lip. It is formed with wavy glass and very crude. This inkwell has a smooth base and just escaped from being 'pontil' scarred and the punty rod. It's a dug ink with no damage or issues, just the typical light haze or cloudiness you find with most dug bottles. It stands 2 1/2" tall by 2 1/2" wide..... SOLD
CLARK & ROBERTS (monogram) BOSTON / MASS. --- A very light green (aqua) blob top soda, water, or beer embossed in a round or oval slug, over REGISTERED. The base is smooth and overall it's very clean. There are a few light scratches near the front shoulder, that you'll have a hard time locating, but I want to be completely accurate. This is a beautiful (thick) blob and a bottle that is truly appreciated in person. You won't be disappointed with this one. It stands 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
Amber Blob Whiskey - Demijohn --- Here we offer a beautiful orange amber whiskey or spirits bottle. There is a nipple about 1" down from the bottom of the blob top, which was used to show the glassblower where to attach the handle. The handle was not applied on this one. There is also a tiny nipple at the edge of the heel. Wicker was originally on this, but it was so tattered that it had to be removed. The only condition issue is an extremely tiny sliver or shallow flake from the lip. We didn't even realize it was there until this was listed. It's full of whittle and stands 9 3/8" tall and 4" at widest point..... SOLD
CITRATO EFFERVESCENTE / FRATELLI CORA / MILANO / ITALIA --- This listing is for a cobalt blue cylinder medicine bottle embossed the same as at left. A blown and dug bottle with typical inside light content stain, measuring 5 7/8" tall. It's a damage free bottle, you don't see everyday and it's loaded with large bubbles (ie. next to the letter M)..... SOLD
DENSLOW'S / PHARMACY / NEXT TO POST OFFICE --- A clear with a hint of amethyst druggist medicine bottle embossed the same as the listing title in three lines. The base has C.L.G. Co. Not sure where this pharmacy was located, but this came from a south Florida collection. It's a damage free bottle with a small amount of interior stain that should clean-up better. It stands 3 1/2" tall..... SOLD
S. ORANGE / 18 / CONGRESS ST. / BRADFORD / PA. --- is embossed on one side of this very unusual ball shaped amethyst bottle. I'm not sure what type of product was in this spherical bottle, but it has a large opening. Probably a dug bottle with only a long scratch from 'Congress' to 'PA' (It looks worse in pic), but it's clean and crude. As you can see, the neck leans a good bit. Bradford is a small town in northern Pennsylvania, near the New york border, just south of Buffalo. A blown bottle standing 3 3/4" tall and 3 1/4" wide..... SOLD
LACTOPEPTINE // THE NEW YORK / PHARMACAL ASSOCIATION --- This listing we offer a stunning and rich blue medicine embossed the same as the listing title on two sides, then THE BEST / REMEDIAL AGENT IN ALL / DIGESTIVE DISORDERS on another side. The base and the fourth side are unembossed. This is truly a beautiful bottle, that I hate to see leave our collection. A real shiner... it is in excellent condition. You'll have a hard time finding a better example. It measures 7 3/4" tall by 2 5/8" wide (square)..... SOLD
KI-7 USAGE EXTERNE - 2 OZ. --- Blue irregular hexagon embossed: USAGE EXTERNE // 2 OZ. over NOT TO BE TAKEN // USE WITH CAUTION; RICO on base; Somewhat scarce with this particular embossing. POISON is embossed on the rear shoulder. A blown bottle, in great condition (one pinpoint size open bubble on edge - not damage), standing 4 1/4" tall..... SOLD
Straight sided COCA-COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a celery or light green (aqua) straight sided Richmond Coca-Cola. Embossed in script on shoulder COCA-COLA over TRADEMARK REGISTERED over RICHMOND, VA. on heel. On the back shoulder is the same except under TRADEMARK REGISTERED is CONTENTS 6 1/2 FLUID OUNCES. The heel has: PROPERTY OF COCA-COLA / BOTTLING WORKS over 1841A then ROOT then 15. The base has: COCA-COLA in script. This is a dug bottle, but it's very clean and has very little wear (you'll have to look hard to see any). Being very picky, there's a pinhead size flake on back C of COLA and another on heel near seam. It stands 7 5/8" tall.......... SOLD
CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO. / SARATOGA,N.Y. --- Offered here is a deep emerald green mineral water bottle embossed on one side the same as listing title, and centered is a large block letter C. The opposite side Click here to see the back is embossed: CONGRESS in an arc over WATER -. The base/bottom is embossed with an outline of a square. A super crude, dug bottle with some scratches and rubs. The tapered - collared top has dips and rub marks, which were there when I got this, all typical marks from a dug water of this mold. I looked it over pretty well and only found one tiny open bubble that is 1/8" in size and in the large C on the front...hard to see. This one is a pint and stands 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
Aqua three sided RICHMOND PICKLE CO. / RICHMOND,VA..... SOLD
Blue KS-2 POISON // POISON..... SOLD
Pair of CHAS. B. MATHIS / MAIN ST. / TOMS RIVER, N.J..... SOLD
MOUNTAIN DEW / FILLED BY / NICKY & PAUL --- An ACL hillbilly Mt. Dew, marked FILLED BY / NICKY & PAUL. The small box next to the pig reads: Made from flavors specially blended in the traditional hillbilly style. The neck and back hillbillys are in white ACL. The back reads: It'll tickle yore innards! Content 10 fluid ounces. U.S. certified color added, 1/10 of 1% benzoate of soda added. It has some light fading and caseware. Great graphics on this one, with the barefoot hillbilly shooting at man near outhouse and moon, standing 9 3/4" tall..... SOLD
THE LIMKO CO. / PHOEBUS, VA. BRANCH --- A light SCA crowntop soda, embossed: THE LIMKO (in script) CO. over THIS BOTTLE over NOT TO BE SOLD. The back heel has: REGISTERED over PHOEBUS, VA. over BRANCH. The base is unembossed. This is a dug soda bottle and it has typical inside contents stain, and a small amount of case wear, with only one tiny (1/8") flake on the base. A tough Virginia soda to find, standing 8" tall..... SOLD
MELVIN & BADGER / APOTHECARIES / BOSTON, MASS. --- A gradient blue KI-2 irregular hexagon poison embossed on one panel the same as the listing title. The base has: 3 (ounce size) over C.L.G. CO. over PATENT APPLIED FOR. It is a dug bottle with stain, etching and irredescence, with the possiblity that some can be removed or cleaned. It also sports a bent and crude neck and stands 4 5/8" tall..... SOLD
Pattern-Molded Ribbed Smelling Bottle - Colorless --- An early (ca. 18th-early 19 century) ribbed smelling bottle or pungent scent bottle in a colorless glass. It is a flattened ovoid form that tapers to the base. It has a lot of ribs (too many to count) swirled from the pontil scarred base to its sheared and finished mouth. Similiar smelling bottles are pictured in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson in plate 103 & 104. It is in excellent condition with a small amount of cleanable interior contents and very light wear. A super addition to any early glass collection. It's 2 - 7/8 in. tall X 1 - 1/8 in. greatest width..... SOLD
AMERICAN GARDEN / ATLANTIC CITY --- This listing is for a hotel sample whiskey bottle, embossed with the same as at left. This blown miniature whisky is problem free and has a fluted (eight) neck. It has a hint of amethyst (SCA) and is a bit taller than most hotel samples, standing 3 1/4" tall and 2" at widest point. A hard to find give away from New Jersey..... SOLD
DEMIJOHN - Aqua with wicker --- For your consideration, an aqua demijohn in the what's called 'kidney shaped' form, and some call them 'apple shaped'. The same as another listing above in amber. It's hard to tell, with the wicker, if the base has a pontil scar. It has a small amount of interior dirt/contents that will definately clean up better, and appears to be missing one of the wicker handles on the side. The remainder of the wicker is strong with only some shelf dirt/dust. Tough to find with wicker like this, standing 8 1/8" tall..... SOLD
GOOCH'S / EXTRACT OF / SARSAPARILLA / CINCINNATI, O. --- This big thick bottle is embossed the same as the listing title on three sides. We cleaned the contents from this, so it has to be non-dug. It's in remarkable condition, with only a hint of inside stain, but you'll have to look very hard to see it. This is easily one of the best examples of this bottle. Again, this is a big thick and heavy bottle and stands 9 3/8" tall by 3 7/8" wide..... SOLD
Venetin Scent Italian Black Glass Bottle - Opposite Side of Bottle - Pic Two --- For your consideration, we offer a round shaped scent or perfume bottle with it's cork lined glass stopper that is also attached by a tiny chain. The unique blue green coloring makes each of these a work of art. The neck has a gold colored texture. It is in excellent condition. We see tiny 'Venetian' bottles like this listed in English auctions, but these rounder ones seem to be the ones to locate, if you can. This desirable and very sought after scent is only 1 - 1/2 in. long without the stopper by 7/8 in. greatest width..... SOLD
Pattern-Molded Ribbed Smelling Bottle - Blue --- An early (ca. 18th-early 19 century) ribbed smelling bottle or pungent scent bottle in a deep blue (sometimes dark violet) glass. It is a flattened ovoid form that tapers to the base. It has 20 ribs swirled from the sheared base to its sheared and finished mouth. Similiar smelling bottles are pictured in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson in plate 103 & 104. It is in excellent condition with some light typical wear on the highpoints of the shoulder ribs. Very beautiful and a must for any early glass collection, collector of early perfumes, scents or pungent bottles. It's 3 in. tall X 1 - 3/16 in. greatest width..... SOLD
KRUEGER BEER - Traditionally in Good Taste --- Another steel flat top beer can that is top opened, empty and 12 fluid ounces. It has a 2 1/2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. The back has the K man in a small red circle, next to a gold circle that says SINCE 1858. The bottom is unmarked, shiny and clean. Near the seam on the back is: BREWED BY G. KRUEGER BREWING CO., CRANSTON, R.I. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with only a small scratch or two and a few small spots of paint loss (example: one on the B in Beer on front). There is also some fading to the white portion of this can and a tiny dent near the back heel. With all this being said, it's in great condition. This Rhode Island made can stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RICHBRAU Premium Beer Flat Top Beer Can - Gold --- This listing we offer a steel flat top beer can from Virginia. This is top opened, empty and 12 FL.OZ. It has a 2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. Near the bottom on both sides is printed: BREWED AND PACKAGED BY HOME BREWING COMPANY, INC. RICHMOND, VA. The bottom is unmarked and super shiny. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with only a few light faint tiny scratches and hardly worth mentioning. You'll have an extremely hard time finding an example in better condition. The photo has a price tag string on it's top, so it will be available at our next show, if necessary. It stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RICHBRAU Premium Beer Flat Top Beer Can - Silver --- This listing we offer another steel flat top beer can from Virginia. This is top opened, empty and 12 FL.OZ. It has a 2 1/2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. Near the bottom on both sides is printed: BREWED AND PACKAGED BY HOME BREWING COMPANY, INC. RICHMOND, VA. The bottom is unmarked and super shiny. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with only a few light faint tiny scratches, and pinhead size spots (being picky) of wear, hardly worth mentioning. You'll have an extremely hard time finding an example in better condition. The photo has a price tag string on it's top, so it will be available at our next show, if necessary. It stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
KRUEGER BEER Flat Top Beer Can --- Here we offer a steel flat top beer can that is top opened, empty and 12 fluid ounces. It has a 2 1/2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. Near the bottom is the K man in a dark green circle, flanked by SINCE 1858. The bottom is unmarked and super shiny. Near the almost mint seam on the back is: BREWED BY G. KRUEGER BREWING CO., CRANSTON, R.I., U.S.A. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with hardly a scratch to mention. You'll have an extremely hard time finding an example in better condition. This Rhode Island made can is near mint, hence attic find. It stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
ROONEYS MALT WHISKEY / STRAUS, GUNST & CO. --- This sun colored amethyst (SCA) oval half pint whiskey is embossed: ROONEYS MALT / WHISKEY / STRAUS, GUNST & CO. / RICHMOND, VA. in an arched top rectangular slug area. It has a smooth unembossed base. A dug bottle, with no damage, that appears to have been professionally cleaned, but still retains a light haze at the top, and a small scratch or two. All mentioned to be completely accurate. It is clean and ready for any shelf. A super Virginia flask, standing 6 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RICHMOND DAIRY pyro toothache creamtop quart milk - View of the other side - CLICK HERE --- Offered here is an orange or red pyroglazed quart milk with the toothache creamtop. They are called toothaches because the bulbous top is swollen or larger on one side for cream separating, resembling a bottle with a toothache. Very few toothaches were made and most are from Virginia. Pyro toothaches are even more scarce and rarely offered. One side has a large R then Richmond Dairy in a banner then a milk bottle flanked by two cow heads then 'Milk For Health'. The opposite side has a woman's silhouette, then 'Dolly Madison Ice Cream - A Master product of Richmond Dairy'. The toothache section is embossed: TOP and the base is embossed: RICHER - POURER in arc over BOTTLE INC. over E 63 over PATENT NO. 2,644,599. The heel is embossed with typical markings: ONE QUART and so on. Try digging a bottle like this. I'm only selling this, because I already have one in my collection and it took a long time to locate it. It's in excellent condition, with only a tiny bit of interior stain, standing 9 7/8" tall..... SOLD
WM. HUNT & CO. / PHILADELPIA // CONCINNARE - CONCINNARE side Click Here --- A milkglass cosmetic bottle (of sorts) embossed the same as the listing title on opposite sides. The base is smooth, but has tiny small and faint backwards letters, when magnified appears to be CHASYO (???). The Latin word concinnare (make up, construct, concoct; prepare, make ready; repair) and is derived from the Latin word concinnus (set in order, neatly arranged, made). It is in excellent condition with some interior cleanable residue. A very scarce square milk glass bottle, standing 4 3/8" tall, without the cork..... SOLD
BARNES' MAGNOLIA WATER / NUEVA YORK / P.H. DRAKE Y Cia --- A milkglass cosmetic bottle embossed the same as the listing title crudely within and around two oval lines on one side. The base is smooth. It is in excellent condition with some interior cleanable residue and a small open bubble on the front as shown (not damage). A scarce very crudely made milk glass dresser bottle, standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
MOYER'S / QUAKERTOWN, PA --- A clear with areas of amethyst (SCA) druggist embossed: MOYER'S over MODERN DRUG STORE over THE REXALL STORE over QUAKERTOWN, PA. in a tombstone shaped panel. The base has W.T.CO. over F over U.S.A. embossed. Not your average druggist, because the sides and back have 13 other sides, with each approx. 3/8"... very neat and quite different. A damage free bottle with only some light interior contents stain, that should clean up well. A nice local Pennsylvania medicine that stands 5 1/8" tall..... SOLD
1923 Christmas Coke - Coca-cola from NEWPORT NEWS, VA..... SOLD
FOUNTAIN DAIRY FARM / J.C. CHARVAT / HOPEWELL, VA. --- Embossed ONE PINT / LIQUID then the same as the listing title. The back heel has SEALED BB 4 (sideways) 8 over M21 then 77. A great local milk bottle in nice condition, with a few tiny (less than pinhead size) fleabites and scratches. Actually, it's in remarkable shape for a milk that probably saw a lot of use at one time. It stands 7 3/8" tall..... SOLD
SOLON PALMER // PERFUMER with Stopper --- For your consideration, we offer an emerald (almost a teal - blue green) cologne or perfume bottle embossed the same as the listing title. The base is oval and has the number 1 embossed in the center. Surprisingly, it still has it's cork lined stopper. It is in great condition, with only a mention of interior contents that should clean up well. There are a few typical light scratches too and a small mold flaw at the heel/base of the bottle on one side - not damage. This beautiful green bottle is 5 3/8" tall, including the stopper.......... SOLD
HOLLAND BRAND PREMIUM BEER Flat Top Beer Can --- Here we offer a steel flat top beer can that is bottom opened, empty and 12 fluid ounces. It has a 2 1/2 cents Virginia tax paid stamp on the top in gold/yellow. The bottom is unmarked and super shiny (same as the top). Near the almost mint seam on the back is: BREWED AND PACKAGED BY EASTERN BREWING CORP., HAMMONTON, NEW JERSEY. We normally do not sell beer cans so please use the photo to judge it's condition. This was an attic find of ours and one of the last we have to offer of the cans we kept from an amazing discovery many years ago. It is rust and damage free, with hardly a scratch to mention. As pictured, there is the smallest of dents at the top (above right of shield) and hardly worth mentioning. You'll have a hard time finding an example in better condition. This NJ made beer can stands 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
Lot of small cylinder master inks --- As pictured, this listing includes two small cylinder master inks. One is blue with a pour spout and embossed 8 OUNCES over S.S. STAFFORD'S INKS over MADE IN U.S.A. in a rectangle. The base is embossed with the number 3. It is very crudely blown with two small stable 'freeze' or in-the-making hidden cracks in the neck just below the blue ink stained cork. There is also an open interior bubble on the shoulder (not damage) and some contents stain that should clean-up much better. The second is aquamarine with a sloping collar and very clean. It is damage free and without embossing. Both for one price, the blue stands 5 7/8" tall and the aqua is 6 1/4" tall..... SOLD
KC-1 LATTICE and DIAMOND Poison - 3 3/4" --- A small dark blue cylinder, embossed from the shoulder to the heel with a cross hatch or lattice and diamond pattern. Half of one side is smooth to accept a label. Sorry, but no stopper for this one. Some of these were never offered with a glass stopper and had a cork closure. A blown non-dug smooth base and damage free poison bottle standing 3 3/4" tall..... SOLD
KC-1 LATTICE and DIAMOND Poison - 4 3/4" --- A blue cylinder, embossed from the shoulder to the heel with a cross hatch or lattice and diamond pattern. Half of one side is smooth to accept a label. Sorry, but no stopper for this poison and a section of a cork is in the opening. It can be easily removed if necessary. Size is very important with these and this one is a bit larger than your average of this type, making it more desirable. A blown non-dug smooth base and damage free poison bottle standing 4 3/4" tall..... SOLD
NOT TO BE TAKEN Hexagonal Poison 20 oz. --- A light moss green hexagonal poison bottle. It looks like a KH-29, but only for a moment. The ribs on the two panels seem to be debossed rather than raised or embossed. On the NTBT panel are the same vertical ribs above and below the wording. It is the large 20 oz. size and appears to be unlisted (a KH-29 is not illustrated with the ribs near the embossing). The other sides are blank and smooth. The base is embossed with 20 OZ. over 1971. A clean machine made poison. It stands 9" tall..... SOLD
KT-9 Triangular TRILOIDS // POISON --- A cobalt blue triangular poison embossed TRILOIDS // POISON on two sides. The other side is blank and smooth for applying a label. Each edge or corner (3) has eight warning bumps. The base is embossed lightly with a blurred number circled. An extremely crude machine made poison with a hint of contents in the very bottom. It is in super condition and loaded with bubbles, dips and waves. A non-dug classic poison bottle, standing 3 3/8" tall..... SOLD
Amber Straight sided COCA-COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- This listing, we offer an amber straight sided Richmond Virginia Coke. Embossed in script on the heel is COCA-COLA with REGISTERED above it. On the opposite side is embossed: RICHMOND, VA. on the heel, over O B CO. On the base is: 1292 over 2. This bottle is in great condition. It stands 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
SAGAR DRUG CO. / THE REXALL STORE / AUBURN, N.Y. --- A SCA clear druggist embossed the same as the listing title. The base is embossed with a blurry patent date over S. BROS. It's a very clean undamaged bottle. Auburn, NY is between Rochester and Syracuse in the Finger Lakes region. It's 5 5/8" tall..... SOLD
GIN - GERA / RICHMOND, VA. --- This listing is for an ice blue/aquamarine crowntop soda bottle embossed on one side: GIN - GERA (in script) over 7 OZ. The heel has: BOTTLED BY over GIN - GERA over BOTTLING CO. INC. over RICHMOND, VA. The opposite side has GIN - GERA (in script) over THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD (on heel). The base is unembossed. It's a dug bottle and was recovered from a surface dump. It's in remarkable condition, but it does has a few pinhead size tiny fleabites (minute dings) on one side. These are so tiny that they aren't worth mentioning, but we like to be completely accurate. A very clean Virginia bottle standing 7 1/2" tall..... SOLD
LEMON - KOLA (actual bottle for sale) - A close up of the embossing of a sold bottle --- A light amethyst (SCA), BIM soda with bubbles throughout. Embossed is LEMON-KOLA 5 cents-with cent symbol in a round shaped slug over REGISTERED on heel. The back heel has this very lightly embossed: C. (or could be a G) S. & G. (again, it could be a C) CO. 3. The very thick glass is in remarkable condition for a dug bottle, with only light inside staining (should clean up quickly), some pinhead size fleabites-dings and normal base wear. It's crude and early, standing 7 3/4" tall..... SOLD
LIME COLA / PORTSMOUTH, VA. --- A very light citron BIM crowntop soda, embossed: LIME COLA (on two shoulders) over BOTTLED BY over PORTSMOUTH over BOTTLING WORKS over PORTSMOUTH, VA. near the heel. The back heel has: TRADEMARK over REGISTERED. The base has a large number 15 embossed. This is a dug bottle and it has typical, but cleanable inside contents stain, and a small amount of case wear. A nice Virginia soda, standing 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
LUSCOMB'S LAVENDER SALTS --- Offered here is a tiny teal (blue green) salts bottle embossed the same as the listing title. The base is rounded, so this must lay on its side. It has a ground throat and has it's tiny stopper. These are only offered about once a year at best and usually without a stopper. Luscomb is the same company that made the SALEM WITCH LIQUID SMELLING SALTS. It is in super condition with only a hint of cleanable interior contents. The size of this smelling salts bottle is 1 3/4" X 1 1/4"... it's 2 7/16" with the stopper..... SOLD
ESS. JAMAICA GINGER / KEYSTONE M'F'G CO. NEW YORK - Click here to see the other side --- A clear pumpkinseed flask with a round paper label and embossed with a waffle type pattern on the other side... a very unusual pattern on this type of flask. It is damage free with some light label damage, but complete, standing 5 1/4" tall..... SOLD
W. H. HOSTELLEY AND CO. CHEMISTS / COLLINGDALE / PENNA. --- A light aqua cylinder embossed the same as the listing title in a round slug area. The base has W.T. CO. over A over U.S.A. embossed. This blown bottle is damage free with only some light contents stain on the back interior, nothing major. There are a couple of tiny areas on the underside of the top that first look like damage, but under very close inspection are only bubbly folds in the crude make-up of this great bottle. The back has an intact label that my disclose it's intended contents, but it is quite faded. The first word begins with an 'H' and the second word seems to be elixir... but who knows. CLICK HERE for a photo of the label side. It could have contained anything from medicine to poison. A nice Pennsylvania bottle that stands 6 7/8" tall..... SOLD
POISON KR-3 - POISON / TINCT / IODINE --- A medium blue rectangular poison embossed boldly with nine warning bumps, then a skull and crossbones above the word POISON over TINCT over IODINE over ten warning bumps. The base is embossed lightly with what appears to be company intials and they are very hard to read. The listing picture is a bit fuzzy. Click here for another photo. This poison is shiny and very clean. You'll have a hard time finding a better example. A super non-dug skull poison bottle, standing 3 1/16" tall..... SOLD
Lot of three Poisons - Click here to see the other sides --- A lot of 3 poisons: the first is blue (1 oz.) with a caution label and vertical ribs on the opposite, topped with an early plastic screwtop glass attached stem... 3 7/8" tall. The next is an amber KV-1 POISON / POISON machine made and in super condition... 2 3/4" tall. The last is blue with labels on both sides, stating that it once contained 'Strychnine Sulphate', a John Wyeth & Brother product. The tombstone shaped label has a tiny corner missing and some sticker residue on the opposite. The top of the cork also has a label with WYETH'S in a blue shield... 2 3/8" tall not including the cork. Three nice poisons for one price..... SOLD
Early heart shaped scent - smelling bottle --- We are proud to offer this early colorless scent or smelling bottle in the shape of a heart. McKearin's American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry shows this in Plate 104 as No. 8. Circa 1850-60, it is smooth based and embossed with graduated fan ribs below simple scrolls; opposite has scroll ornament above plain area. Looking this over carefully, it is in excellent condition. Amazingly, this still retains gold paint on both sides and a small cork inside. We are not sure if the paint is original to this piece, but this is how it appeared when we added it to our collection many years ago. It has a crude and slightly bent neck and is 2 1/4" high by 1 1/2" at greatest width..... SOLD
Pattern-Molded Ribbed Smelling Bottle - Blue --- Wow! - An early (ca. 18th-early 19 century) ribbed smelling bottle or pungent scent bottle in a deep blue (sometimes dark violet) glass. It is a flattened ovoid form that tapers to the base. It has 21 ribs swirled from the sheared base to its sheared and finished mouth. Similiar smelling bottles are pictured in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson in plate 103 & 104. It is in excellent condition with some light typical wear on the highpoints of the shoulder ribs and a few pinpoint size pricks (mentioned only for accuracy - very minute and easily overlooked). Very beautiful and a must for any early glass collection, collector of early perfumes, scents or pungent bottles. It's 3 5/16" tall X 1" greatest width..... SOLD
Pattern-Molded Ribbed Smelling Bottle - Colorless --- An early (ca. 18th-early 19 century) ribbed smelling bottle or pungent scent bottle in a colorless glass. It is a flattened ovoid form that tapers to the base. It has 22 ribs swirled from the pontil scarred base to its sheared and finished mouth. Similiar smelling bottles are pictured in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson in plate 103 & 104. It is in excellent condition with a small amount of cleanable interior contents and very light wear. A super addition to any early glass collection. It's 3 5/8" tall X 1 1/8" greatest width..... SOLD
POISON KR-6B - Skull and Crossbones --- A dark blue rectangular poison embossed sharply with a skull and crossbones above the word POISON on two sides. The base is embossed with a large '2'. Just a touch of cleanable dirt inside and a few light scratches. Both aren't worth mentioning, but we like to be accurate. A great skull poison bottle, standing 3 1/4" tall..... SOLD
Light yellow green rectangular bottle PEPSIN / CALISAYA BITTERS // Dr. RUSSELL MED. CO. - 7 7/8"..... SOLD
Cathedral Peppersauce - Fancy and Unusual --- This listing, we offer a pale aquamarine cathedral style peppersauce. It is hexagon shaped from the neck to the heel and recessed in three sections on each side. In these sunken areas are unusual embossed exclamation point looking features which also look like footprints. The base has an embossed K. It's in great undamaged condition and since it appears to be a dug bottle, it has some typical overall haze and a few bits of interior contents. All is mention for accuracy and this would respond well to a professional cleaning. A nice sauce bottle that stands 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
BUCKHORN - LITHIA WATER --- An earlier aquamarine water embossed: BUCKHORN in arc over a monogram - seal over LITHIA WATER over BULLOCK, N.C. The centered monogram - seal is embossed: BUCKHORN LITHIA WATER CO. in arc over large fancy initials (LBW) over (This is the odd and unusual part) HENDERSON, N. C. It has a scratch or two, a small open bubble by the B in Bullock, but no real issues or damage. This is a dug bottle, that has now been professionally cleaned and it now sparkles like it should. An updated listing title picture shows what it now looks like, but the close-up picture still shows how it looked before cleaning. A wonderful two city North Carolina bottle considered quite scarce standing 10 1/4" tall and 4 5/8" wide. New low price..... SOLD
S.B.T. & T. Co. CD 112 Insulator --- Embossed S.B.T. & T. Co., this light aqua insulator is known as a CD 112. It's a dug insulator, with typical stain, scrapes, and scatching. It stands 3 1/2" tall..... SOLD
SANFORD'S INKS - PASTES ...Stoneware Crock -Jar --- A light white or cream colored, glazed (except for rim) stoneware crock, with dark blue lettering - transfer. Between two blue horizontal lines it is marked: SANFORD'S / INKS The Dependable Line PASTES / ILLEGAL TO REFILL THIS JAR FOR RESALE. The bottom or base is debossed: 150-52. According to the book Stoneware - A Guide for the Beginning Collector by Stewart and Cosentino, this marking can be found on similar pieces made by the Western Stoneware Company of Monmouth, Illinois. Yes, it's missing the lid, closure and wire carrying handle, which is very common for this crock - jar. A hard to find piece, in great condition. It's 7 3/8" tall and about 7 1/2" wide..... SOLD
LUSCOMB'S LAVENDER SALTS --- Offered here is a tiny teal (blue green) salts bottle embossed the same as the listing title. The base is rounded, so this must lay on its side. It has a ground throat, but it is missing the tiny stopper ...not a big deal. Luscomb is the same company that made the SALEM WITCH LIQUID SMELLING SALTS. It is in super condition and only retains a few flakes of contents. A light cleaning would make it near perfect. The title photo is pictured with an old penny (not for sale) for size comparison. CLICK HERE for another look at this beautiful diminutive smelling bottle. The size of this neat salts bottle is 1 7/8" X 1 1/4"..... SOLD
L. KANN, SONS & CO. / WASHINGTON --- A small clear druggist from our nation's capital embossed the same as the listing title in script. The base is not embossed. It's a dug bottle, with typical haze and light cleanable dirt. There is a tiny V shaped cooling crack in the neck and probably was there since it was made ...not impact damage. This business was in the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) and is 2 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Clear McCORMICK (in script) BALTIMORE with tapered top..... SOLD
Light blue blob soda W.H.H. / CHICAGO / ILL - W. McC & Co. with mug base..... SOLD
S. PAUCIELLO / PHILA, PA. clear ten sided blob top with monogram in shield..... SOLD
BEST PAIN REMEDY / NOAH'S LINIMENT / RICHMOND, VA. SCA rectangular medicine..... SOLD
Aqua JEFFERIES' NO. 1 / COUGH MIXTURE..... SOLD
Gigantic 32 Oz. druggist FAY B. TENNEY / THE REXALL STORE / THERESA, N.Y..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / SUFFOLK, VA. --- An aqua Rarity 1-2 script Pepsi, embossed the same as the listing title, at the heel of one side. Under this embossing at the very bottom of the heel is 17N 1. This differs from the book's listing of this, which mentions: 18N 2 for this variation. It is straight sided and listed as a SU17 (there are 18 recorded Suffolk Pepsis!) in the Pepsi:Cola Bottles & More Collectors Guide Vol. 2 by James C. Ayers. It mentions it was made/used in 1918. The back heel is embossed: THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD / UNDER PENALTY OF THE LAW. Above this in an arc on the shoulder is: CONTENTS 6 1/2 FLUID OUNCES. This is a dug bottle. It has the typical pinhead size fleabites or dings, a 3/16" lip sliver or flake and a few tiny fisheyes / dings on the back and the heel, and some haze or stain/cloudiness. A nice south eastern Virginia bottle, standing 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
GIANT Beverages Bottled by The Beaufont Co. RICHMOND, VA. - Opposite side - Click Here --- Wow... Here's a deco type soda with tons of embossing and a lot going on. On one side, this clear crowntop soda bottle is embossed with a smiling giant, who also holds a bottle (probably this product) and clutching his belt with the other hand. At his feet are five small people looking up at the giant. The opposite side is embossed: GIANT (in an arc) over TRADE MARK AND BOTTLE REGISTERED over BEVERAGES over BOTTLED BY over THE BEAUFONT CO. INC. RICHMOND, VA. over CONTENTS 9 FLUID OZS. The base has: GIANT BEVERAGES. It's in great undamaged condition, with only normal case wear. A bottle that's a real conversation piece, standing 9 3/8" tall..... SOLD
Teal label only Congress Spring Co. --- Here we offer a blue/green (also called a Lockport green) or teal label only (missing) water bottle from the Congress Spring Co. of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Another variant very similar to this is embossed on the base only. The one offered here is not embossed. The base has two large embossed nipples or bumps with a number 5 in between. An absolutely beautiful and crude (with swirls, bubbles galore and olive amber streaks) water bottle, clean and damage free. This tall blob top stands 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
DEMIJOHN - Yellow - Olive hint --- Here we proudly offer a small demijohn in a hard-to-find color for any bottle. It may not show in the listing photo, but this is a yellow with a hint of olive, cylinder. It has an applied tapered top. It is crude and in excellent condition. Just some super light inside contents or very light haze that will definately clean up better, but this is being very picky. It shines on our shelf daily. The photo shows this bottle on the right next to an amber demijohn (sold separately) for color comparison. It stands 9 1/2" tall and is 4 3/8" wide..... SOLD
DECANTER - Early --- Another photo of base - look --- Offered is a clear or colorless glass decanter etched on shoulder area (actually the whole body) with wavy lines. The shoulder area is fluted or hexagon shaped (8-sided). The body is patterned by a diamond shape, with each seperated into four parts. I bought this years ago because of its beauty. It doesn't have a stopper. The top is an applied glob of glass that adds to its overall crudity. The inside of the throat is ground. The base or bottom has an improved pontil scar and an in the making very small chip beside (hardly considered damage). A very light haze or contents stain (the base photo makes it look worse than it is...it is very light) is in the inside bottom (easy clean up) and it has a little base wear. An absolutely beautiful piece that stands 10" tall and 4 3/8" wide..... SOLD
BEN. FRANKLIN RYE --- An attractive back bar bottle or decanter etched and accented with gold leaf/paint as the listing title. Benjamin Franklin has been abbreviated. Have a look at this close-up picture... just Click Here. It has 9 fluted sections on the neck and they are long and tear drop shaped. Just below the widest point are 14 cut ovals. The base has what looks like the number 117 enameled in the center... probably an ID number from the maker. The condition... it has some very light cleanable inside stain, light base wear, some mild paint loss to the letters and a few very tiny pinpoint size nicks. There is a pinhead size open bubble (it seems) hidden on the back and a tiny flake off the inside lip. This sounds worse than it actually is, but we like to be accurate with our descriptions. The ground stopper or top fits well, but probably isn't original. It looks great, but the hidden bottom of it is chipped. Ben Franklin Rye was a brand name used by Delaney & Murphy (1888-1918) of Chicago, IL (Illinois). This brand was registered in 1906. A backbar, standing 8 7/8" tall without the stopper and 10 7/8" with it..... SOLD
T.B. SMITH / KIDNEY TONIC / LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY --- A large medicine bottle embossed the same as the listing title, but with an embossed period after the word KENTUCKY. The base is smooth and unembossed. It's a clear dug bottle with typical light interior stain, two tiny pinhead size nips on the lip edge and two connecting 1/4" chips on the side of the lip. Online, a bulletin from April 03, 1883 shows and ad for this product. A crude tonic bottle, filled with bubbles of all sizes, standing 10 1/4" tall..... SOLD
EVAN'S in script amber druggist --- This listing is for a square amber druggist bottle that is embossed in script: EVAN'S. Reportedly, this is from an apothecary in Philadelphia, George B. Evans. The base is embossed: W.T. Co. over U.S.A. This is a dug bottle in typical dug condition. It has staining inside and out. A good bit may clean-up more. I have not tried to clean this bottle. It stands 3 1/2" tall..... SOLD
J.M. BLANKS / DRUGGIST / RICHMOND, VA. --- A clear druggist bottle from central Virginia. It's embossed J.M. BLANKS in an arc over a mortar and pestle perched on top of a tapered column over RICHMOND over VA. in a tombstone shaped slug area. A dug bottle with only some interior stain (bad pic makes it look worse) and a pinhead size nip on the lip. It is 4" tall and is a must for any Richmond druggist or VA medicine collector..... SOLD
SECRET DE BEAUT'E (embossed angel) D' EUGENIE milkglass cosmetic --- Wow! If you don't have one of these in your collection, here's your chance. Embossed in a sunken oval: SECRET DE BEAUT'E in an arc, over an embossed angel or winged cherub that is blowing a trumpet or horn, over D' EUGENIE in a reverse arc. The back shoulder is embossed: L. F. MARSHALL. --- In our collection, we have a SCA variation of this same cosmetic bottle (not for sale) with labels. Label on back reads: PARFUMERIE MONTE CHRISTO SECRET BEAUTY Alcohol 2% A perfect liquid complexion powder. Does not rub off easily. Manufactured by Monte Christo Cosmetic Co. New York. A label on the bottom reads: FLESH. --- An embossed picture, twelve sided, milk glass bottle, with some crudeness, standing 4 3/4" tall x 2 1/2" wide..... SOLD
Yellowish green hexagon shaped salts bottle with Stopper --- For your consideration, we offer a yellowish green 6 sided smelling or lavender salts bottle, unembossed with a ground throat. The base is smooth and unembossed. It comes with a ground stopper, but it doesn't seem to be original. It looks great with it though. It is in wonderful condition, with only a mention of interior contents that should clean up well. This gorgeous green bottle is 3 7/8" tall, including the stopper..... SOLD
GI-107a Teal Jenny Lind Calabash Flask --- McKearin's American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry lists this as the counterfeit Fislerville bottle. They first appeared in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Obverse is an arc JENNY LIND over a bust of a figure (woman) facing left with leaves below. Reverse has FISLERVILLE GLASS WORKS above embossed factory with puffs of smoke and barrels in foreground. A quart flask with a large pontil mark on base - CLICK HERE to see the bottom. After producing this in only aquamarine, a few years later specimens in amethyst, blue, emerald green and amberina appeared on the market. This one is a rich teal blue green in color (not listed and the hardest of the colors to find) and is in excellent condition. The teal variations seem to be the crudest and are also taller because the neck is usually longer. This one stands 10 5/8" tall and 5 3/8" at widest point. You'll love this one!..... SOLD
PETER STUMPF / BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- For your consideration, we offer a yellow amber applied blob top embossed at the shoulder: PETER STUMPF. Under this is an eagle perched on a stump with a barrel hanging from his beak. On the end of the barrel is a P over S (P. Stumpf). On either side of the stump the words TRADE MARK are embossed. Under this in two lines is: BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. Embossed on the back in three lines: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD. It has a smooth base. Peter Stumpf was an agent for Anheuser Busch in the 1880's. A lightly and professionally cleaned dug bottle with typical light wear, some remains of a rusty bail closure and a small amount of light staining. There is a 3/16" chip or area where a piece of glass is missing on the back and bottom of the blob and an area with a larger and well hidden fisheye in the same vicinity. This bold and great colored blob displays very well. All mentioned to be completely accurate. This bottle is pictured on the far left and the others are sold separately. Click Here to see the other side of the bottle on the far left. A nice sought after VA blob top beer bottle, standing 8 1/4" tall..... SOLD
HOME / BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- For your consideration, we offer a medium orange amber applied tapered blob embossed in small type HOME (This is a transition bottle. You can still see where PETER STUMPF was removed from the mold and HOME added.) Under this is an eagle perched on a stump with a barrel hanging from his beak. On the end of the barrel is a P over S (P. Stumpf). On either side of the stump the words TRADE MARK are embossed. Under this in three lines: REGISTERED / BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA., embossed on the back in three lines: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD. This variant with REGISTERED is the rarer of these 'small type' Home Brews. It has a smooth base. Peter Stumpf was an agent for Anheuser Busch in the 1880's. More than likely, it's a dug bottle with typical light wear, a few small fleabites, some remains of a rusty bail closure and a small amount of light staining. All mentioned to be completely accurate. This bottle is pictured on the far right and the others are sold separately. Click Here to see the other side of the bottle on the far right. A nice VA blob beer bottle, standing 8" tall..... SOLD
HOME / BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- Here, we offer a dark amber applied tapered blob embossed in large type HOME. Under this is an eagle perched on a stump with a barrel hanging from his beak. On the end of the barrel is a P over S (P. Stumpf). On either side of the stump the words TRADE MARK are embossed. Under this in three lines: REGISTERED / BREWING CO. / RICHMOND, VA., embossed on the back in three lines: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD. It has a smooth base. More than likely, it's a dug bottle with typical light wear from use and a small spot of cleanable stain here and there. It is in beautiful shape for its age and is damage free. Going over it well, there are a few pinhead size nips (fleabites) on the base, seen only with bright lighting. Everything is mentioned to be completely accurate. This bottle is pictured in the middle and the others are sold separately. Click Here to see the other side of the bottle in the middle. A nice VA blob beer bottle, standing 8 1/8" tall..... SOLD
GOLDEN KNIGHT / SHAVING / SOAP - ANSEHL ST. LOUIS, MO. --- This listing is for a clear glass small handled shaving mug embossed the same as the listing title. This is damage free and in excellent condition. A neat item for your barber collection, standing 2 7/8" tall..... SOLD
ROBERT PORTNER BREWING CO. / TIVOLI / ALEXANDRIA, VA. --- This listing is for the harder to find amber crowntop variation, embossed as in the listing title around a centered double diamond with the words: TRADE over TIVOLI over MARK. The back heel has: EHE CO. and the base: 389. It has some very light case wear, an open bubble (not damage), a couple of scratches and a tiny fleabite. That's it. Really, this is in remarkable shape for the use it probably saw. A nice VA beer bottle, standing 9 1/4" tall..... SOLD
R. PORTNER BREWING Co. - Porcelain Stopper --- Red lettering under glaze is centered in a double diamond with the words: TRADE over TIVOLI over MARK. Under that is Alexa. Va. The inserted portion has writing to include the word: GERMANY. It is approximately 1" x 1" in size, damage free and is in beautiful condition. A hard to find closure to complete your bottle..... SOLD
STANLEY & BROWN DRUG CO. / DRUGGISTS / BALTIMORE --- A light aquamarine medicine with neck ring, embossed the same as the listing title at left. The Baltimore Bottle Book (from 2003) lists this on page 83 as U=Uncommon (10-25 examples). The only issue with this is a small triangle shaped smooth lip flake (1/4" and tapered on the back) and a small amount of dirt inside that should clean up very easily. Of course, this is all mentioned for accuracy. It's a wonderful example, standing 4 3/8" tall..... SOLD
Mouth Blown - Captured Cherry --- An oval sticker on the lower part reads: 'mund-geblasen' in German, which means 'mouth blown'. It is made in thin clear glass and enclosed in the bottom inside is two glass cherries with its stem, complete with a leaf. It probably contained some sort of modern spirits and still retains the cork closure and wax seal. A stunning bottle and conversation piece that stands 11 3/4" tall to the top of the cork..... SOLD
J RIEGER & CO./ DISTRIBUTORS / KANSAS CITY, MO. --- A neat whiskey sample embossed with the same as at left. This miniature cylinder has a fluted neck and shoulders, with no base markings. It's in great condition with only a small amount of content stain, which should disappear with a better cleaning. A cutie that stands 4 5/8" tall and is 1 1/2" wide..... SOLD
Billy club - nightstick figural flask --- How often do you see these? Listed here, we offer a remarkable gradiant (various shades of) amber figural flask type bottle in the form of a night stick. From the thicker club end it tapers into two thick embossed rings, followed by two thin rings or bands. Eight embossed ribs form the handle section, followed by two thin rings again. The end is made up of thick external threads, with a ground lip finish. The lip has what appears to be some roughness to it, but most, if not all, appear this way as in formed in the manufacturing process. This example is being sold without a cap. A damage free nip, give-away or novelty item at it's time, probably used for some sort of spirits. It is a blown bottle at 10 1/2" long and 1 1/8" at widest point..... SOLD
COCA-COLA / RICHMOND, VA. Straight sided AQUA Fluted Heel --- Listed here, we proudly offer an extremely tough Coke bottle to locate. Embossed in script on the shoulder is COCA-COLA over BOT. WKS. over RICHMOND, VA. On the opposite side on the shoulder is embossed: TRADE MARK over REGISTERED. On the base is: ROOT. The fluted part of the heel is one inch tall. It stands 8" tall..... SOLD
Early fancy cologne - floral spray --- This offering is for a bluish aquamarine early (ca. 1830-60s) figured cologne bottle embossed with flowers above a horizontal embossed band with a label panel below. Click here for a picture of this side. The base is oblong and pontil scarred. The obverse has longer stemmed flowers and bound. The edges and neck are decorated with oval beads. We have two variants of this cologne in our collection. One is aquamarine and has a rolled lip. While the other is colorless/clear with a flared lip. We are not sure about the one offered here. This one has a burst top and has been sheared roughly. It could have been made and used this way (it's not very sharp) or it could be a damaged flared lip. Other than this as mentioned, it is in excellent and super clean condition. A labeled example of this cologne is pictured in plate 109 #4 in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson. A favorite for any gathering of colognes. It's 4 1/4" tall X 2 1/2" at widest point..... SOLD
Early fancy cologne with knight --- Here, we proudly offer an aquamarine early (ca. 1830-60s) figured cologne bottle embossed and known as the Knight, Victorian Gothic, rectangular, sloping curved shoulder, pontil scarred; obverse: deep base with narrow ribbed panel; two columns rising from narrow plinth to capital supporting (on shoulder) ogival arch over three small ones; between columns: slender knight in armor or uniform holding a staff. The reverse is the same, but has a label panel. The lip is rolled. There is lattice on the sides, between the columns. This example is pictured in plate 109 #10 in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson. It is in excellent condition. A must-have for your collection and is 4" tall X 1 7/8" wide..... SOLD
Early fancy cologne with lyre and bulbous neck --- This listing, we offer a light aquamarine early (ca. 1830-60s) figured cologne bottle embossed on one side with a linear lyrelike ornament composed of simple scrolls, ovals and, at top, five long tears. The opposite larger side is framed with fancy decoration and considered the label area above concentric gadroon ribs (bottom of each side). The base is pontil scarred. The lip is rolled and then continues into a bulbous section, followed by an 8-sided fluted section that ends at the shoulder. This example is pictured in plate 107 #4 in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson. It is in super condition with some very light highpoint wear, typical with early glass. Another rare offering that will enhance any collection and is 5 3/4" tall X 1 7/8" wide..... SOLD
Early fancy cologne with plume and bulbous neck --- This listing, we offer a light aquamarine early (ca. 1830-60s) figured cologne bottle embossed with leaf and floral teardrop shaped sprays or plumes on three sides. The opposite larger side is framed with fancy decoration and considered the label area. The base is pontil scarred. The lip is tapered outward and then continues into a bulbous section, followed by an 8-sided fluted section that ends at the shoulder. A labeled example is pictured in plate 107 #6 in American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by McKearin/Wilson. It is in super condition and only retains a few bits of cleanable dirt/shelf dust and some very light highpoint wear, typical with early glass. A rare offering that is shelf ready and is 5 15/16" tall X 2 1/4" wide..... SOLD
FARRIS BROS. DAIRY / DUBLIN, VA. --- This listing is for a red ACL square milk bottle from a small town in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. Dublin, Va. is near Radford, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Wytheville, Roanoke, Salem and Pulaski, Virginia. The back ACL has: Ice Cream, Homogenized V.D., Cream Line, Chocolate, Coffee Cream, Whipping Cream, Orange Drink, Buttermilk, High Test, Cheese & Butter, Skim. It stands 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA CO. / RICHMOND, VA. - Tenpin shaped --- This listing, we offer a Pepsi bottle that is very desirable and a centerpiece for any Pepsi Cola collection. This is the SCA variant, embossed: (in script) INDIAN ROCK in an arc over GINGER ALE. In a circle slug area is: RICHMOND over PEPSI:COLA CO. (logo in script) over RICHMOND over VA. over 7 FLUID OZS. on the heel. The base is embossed: A.G.W. over 249. A dug bottle with repairs, making this a great example for display. The condition report: There is a 3/16" freeze crack in the lip of the crowntop and another on the left side - 3/4". This was found in two pieces, so the top, near the shoulder was fused together with epoxy. Epoxy was also used to fill a void where an old fisheye (3/4") was knocked out on the right side near the heel...hard to detect. It also has a small amount of typical cleanable interior stain and a few tiny (pinhead size) hidden fisheyes. This all sounds bad, but these are so scarce that this had to be saved for someone's Pepsi collection. This bowling pin Pepsi is perfect for that collection that is missing one. Click Here for another picture. Click Here for a third picture. Loaded with crudeness, including some large bubbles, this Pepsi stands 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
COCA-COLA (in script and slanted) / BOTTLING / WORKS / RICHMOND, VA. - Click Here for a picture of the back --- Rare to local, regional and all Coca-Cola collectors, we are excited to offer this Coke to everyone. This is embossed the same as the listing title in a large oval slug plate on the front, just below a lightly embossed REGISTERED in an arc on the shoulder. There are no other markings or embossment. Looking this over very closely, it appears that this may have been a dug bottle, that had to be in service/use for a very short time, because it is in remarkable condition. To be extremely picky... it only has a few very tiny and hidden fleabites and a larger one on the back shoulder measuring only 3/16". This is not in any way damage at all, but very light and typical wear. It also has the expected interior light contents stain and a few tiny flakes of cleanable dirt. Overall, it's in excellent condition for such a rare Coke. It may be a lifetime before another is offered. Click Here for a close-up look at the oval slug area. This early Coke bottle stands 8" tall and other examples, with some in worse shape, have sold for $3000.00 plus in the past..... SOLD
OAKLAND DAIRY (slanted with three leaves) // LEE HALL, VA. --- This listing is for a black pyro (ACL) square quart milk. It reads as the listing title states on one side. The other side has: PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF GOLDEN GUERNSEY MILK - WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR FARM AND PLANT. Please see our other Oakland Dairy listing. The base is embossed: 11036-18 B 53. It's in excellent condition, with only a small amount of honest wear from use... typical, but again, remarkably light wear. There is one spot on the front that is missing some of the pyro from part of the word LEE and the end of one leaf. Everything is visible, it is just lighter in that area and could have been used like this from its first day of service... who knows. Another hard to locate Virginia milk bottle. It is 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
DIAMOND SPRINGS WATER CO. / RICHMOND, VA --- This listing we offer a large heavily embossed carboy, light aqua in color. Embossed on one side in a rectangle is: THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF AND IS ONLY TO BE REFILLED BY DIAMOND SPRINGS WATER CO. BOTTLED AT THE SPRINGS RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. The opposite side CLICK HERE TO SEE is embossed: DIAMOND SPRINGS (in script) WATER CO. BROAD ROCK PURE SPRING WATER. The base/bottom is embossed: CRISA / NET 5 GAL. / 18.9 LTS. / BOTTLE / MADE IN MEXICO. It's in remarkable shape for a bottle of this size. It was used for a while and has typical case wear with base scratching and a couple of small hidden chips on a couple of the ribs, with the largest at 1/2" in size. If you collect these five gallon water bottles, one of these should be in your collection! This large water bottle stands 19 3/4" tall and is 10 1/4" wide..... SOLD
E.A. BAIN / PETERSBURG, VA. --- A clear soda, embossed in two lines as in listing title. The base or bottom is slanted and crooked (doesn't stand very straight), and is unembossed and smooth. The photo makes it look like it's lightly embossed, but it is more pronounced than the picture shows. A clean dug bottle, with plenty of crudeness, extra glass and a couple ultra tiny fleabites. It has a Baltimore loop type top and it was probably a secure closure, since Bain had a lot of ginger ale products. It is 8 3/8" tall..... SOLD
JOHNSTONS VEGETABLE NOLANDINE / RICHMOND, VA. rectangular medicine bottle..... SOLD
THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO. LONDON with stopper green salts bottle..... SOLD
J. WISE / ALLENTOWN, PA. - BELONGS TO... electric blue tapered top..... SOLD
TANGO COLA / RICHMOND, VA. early crowntop beverage bottle..... SOLD
E. ROUSSEL / PHILAD. light teal blob soda..... SOLD
1923 Christmas Coke - Coca-cola from GLOUCESTER, VA..... SOLD
WARNER'S / SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE --- A classic bottle in a medium amber. Embossed over a large safe on wheels is: WARNER'S (in arc)/ SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE over safe, then ROCHESTER, N.Y. The base or bottom has what looks like a number 1 embossed in the center. It's in great condition, with only some light inside contents staining, that should clean-up nicely. Bubbles and crude mold flaws throughout, it stands 9 5/8" tall and 3 7/8" wide..... SOLD
WARNER'S / SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE --- This example is a medium to dark amber. Boldly embossed over a safe on wheels is: WARNER'S (in arc)/ SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE over the safe, then ROCHESTER, N.Y. The base or bottom has a number 3 embossed in the center. It has a nice double collar and stands 9 1/4" tall and 3 3/4" wide..... SOLD
KENTUCKY CLUB enameled backbar bottle - Click here for a close-up photo--- This listing is for a back bar whiskey or spirits bottle with white enamel painted very fancy lettering. It has ten fluted sides on the neck and fourteen below its widest point. When we purchased this it came with a very large stopper (Click here for a photo with the stopper), included in this listing, but it doesn't appear to be original. It stands 8 5/8" tall without the stopper..... SOLD
BOTTLED IN RICHMOND by VERNON GRANT - CLICK HERE for sample pages - MORE sample pages --- A local book that's extremely rare to be offered for sale! This is an extra copy from our library. The official title: Bottled in Richmond 1811 - 1930 A Directory of the Antique Bottles and Stoneware of Richmond, Virginia and the Businesses That Produced Them by Vernon Grant is a signed by the author, and hardbound book with 386 pages. It was printed in 2006 and is 'Number 29'. I believe less than 40 were printed then. It's printed in full color with some prices listed in the back. It is in excellent, almost unread condition. This book is loaded with photos and it's a must for any Virginia antique bottle collector. An out-of-print book filled with dates, company history, glass houses, advertisments, dealers, saloons, digging stories and sites, and so on..... SOLD
CONYERS & SYKES (in script) / DRUGGISTS / GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Listed here, we offer a large hard-to-find North Carolina medicine or druggist bottle embossed the same as the listing title. It's a tough NC pharmacy bottle that stands 6 5/8" tall..... SOLD
CARTER'S Blue Cathedral Pint Size Master Ink --- This listing is for a beautiful blue glass master ink. The classic Carter's cathedral in the hard-to-find pint size. It is embossed with two letters in each panel at the heel with CARTER twice. The base is embossed with CARTER's over the number 4 then C102. A perfect example that's machine made and is 7 7/8" tall..... SOLD
THE DUTCH KITCHEN / HAGERSTOWN, MD. --- A clear (light amethyst) hotel sample whiskey embossed with the same as at left in an arched slug area. An onion form blown Maryland bottle with a short fluted neck, standing only 2 7/8" tall and 2 1/4" at widest point..... SOLD
DRUGGISTS / WILSON & LEWELLIN / LEWISTOWN, MONT. --- A hard to find clear Montana druggist - medicine embossed the same as the listing title at left and graduated side markings. A blown bottle, standing 3 7/8" tall..... SOLD
S.B. GOFF / SARSAPARILLA AND BLOOD PURIFIER / CAMDEN N.J. --- Embossed the same as the listing title. The back side has 80% of its label. Many claims are mentioned on the label including that its a 'Rheumatic Cure'. Although most of the bottled products from S.B. Goff are relatively common, John DeGrafft's 1980 book American Sarsaparilla Bottles lists this bottle as 'Extremely Rare'. It stands 6 3/4" tall..... SOLD
OAKLAND DAIRY (farm scene) // FROM THE COW - VA Milk --- This listing is for a dark red pyro (ACL) square quart milk. It reads: OAKLAND DAIRY (farm scene with cows) // FROM THE COW (cow in a circle) then an arrow pointing down, TO YOUR DOOR! (under a picture of a door in a circle) WITHIN 24 HOURS. This dairy was located in LEE HALL, VA. and please see our other Oakland Dairy qt. milk with this in black pyroglaze. It is 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
WARNER'S / SAFE / CURE - Three Cities --- We proudly offer this medium amber three city variant embossed: WARNER'S (in arc)/ SAFE (in large fonts) / CURE over the safe, then ROCHESTER / N.Y. U.S.A. The left side has: LONDON - ENGLAND and the right side has: TORONTO - CANADA. It has an applied double collar and stands 9 3/8" tall..... SOLD
Very Large BROMO-SELTZER / BALTIMORE MD. --- This listing is for a very large Bromo-Seltzer, plus a mid size example. The larger is an amazing 7 3/4" and is pictured with a 4 1/8" blue Bromo. Both are embossed the same as listing title, with EMERSON / DRUG CO. in between, as well as machine made..... SOLD
Schlitz bottle shaped bottle opener --- This listing we offer a wooden and labled bottle shaped bottle opener from Schlitz. The neck label has two small globes with 'Bottled at the Brewery' between. The larger label has tons of writing to include: This beer contains sunshine vitamin D, Export (above a globe) Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A., The beer that made Milwaukee famous. It stands approximately 4 7/8" tall to the top of the metal opener..... SOLD
White House Vinegar small figural apple shaped bottle --- Embossed with four leaves (two on each side) coming off with stems from the smallest handle. The neck and double handles have an embossed tree bark or wood grain design. One side has a blank or smoothness to the larger leaf's main section, that was probably used for a label. The base has a number 7 embossed. White House Vinegar is a product from Winchester, Virginia. It stands 6 3/4" tall...... SOLD
'UNBLOWN' MILK --- A small (about quarter pint size) clear and very unusual 'unblown' milk. Udderly Delightful by John Tutton features these on page 67. He writes: These are often overlooked by the average collector. They ...were either done intentially or by a machine malfunctioning. They are found in all sizes. It's a unique bottle, standing 4 3/8" tall..... SOLD
A light aqua Hutchinson, with an embossed walking elephant ELEPHANT / STEAM BOTTLING / WORKS / BIRMINGHAM / ALA..... SOLD
Aqua BODEKER BROS. / RICHMOND, VA. 4 1/8" tall..... SOLD
THE GREAT DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT KIDNEY LIVER & BLADDER REMEDY / BINGHAMTON, N.Y..... SOLD
Crude dark aqua blue eight sided B. DENTON'S / HEALING BALSAM..... SOLD
Cologne with flowers --- A small clear fancy violin type cologne with flowers embossed. It has a partial neck label stating: COLOGNE. One side has embossed flowers and the other side, the panel is bare... label space. A real cutie, standing 3 3/16" tall..... SOLD
HARMONY OF BOSTON Smelling Salts --- This listing is for an emerald green smelling salts bottle embossed: HARMONY over OF (coat of arms or monogram with crossed swords and crown) over BOSTON. It is 2 7/8" tall without the stopper..... SOLD
CHERO-COLA / MORRISTOWN, TENN. --- A straight sided soda, embossed and slanted on both sides: CHERO-COLA ----- 6 1/2 FL. OZ. Around the heel is: MORRISTOWN, TENN. / THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD. The base or bottom has: CHERO-COLA. A light teal or blueish aquamarine, machine made bottle, standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
CHERO-COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- Here we have a clear spiral or twisted form soda embossed in an ovAl area: MIN. CONT. 6 FL. OZ. over CHERO-COLA. Then on the rear heel is: RICHMOND, VA. The base or bottom has: 1959L / PATENT / PENDING / G25. A machine made bottle, standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- This listing we offer a straight sided No. RI3 (Ayers book) Pepsi Cola bottle. It is listed as a Rarity:2 with the Age: 1912-1915. This variation is embossed at the heel: THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD over PEPSI COLA (in script) over RICHMOND, VA. The rear heel has REGISTERED embossed. The base is embossed: A.G.W. (American Glass Works) over the number 60. It stands 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
GREAT BEAR SPRING / FULTON, N.Y. --- This listing is for a large aquamarine spring water bottle embossed GREAT BEAR SPRING in an arc over TRADE MARK over FULTON, N.Y. then a line over FIVE PINTS over THIS BOTTLE IS LOANED over AND NEVER SOLD. A nice spring - mineral water bottle, standing 11 1/2" tall and 5" wide..... SOLD
PEPSI=COLA Hits the Spot Tray --- We proudly offer this red white and blue Pepsi Cola tray from 1940. It is 13 3/4" by 10 1/2"..... SOLD
PEPSI=COLA Reputation Cardboard Sign --- Offered here is a 1936 hard to find NOS (new old stock) cardboard sign. It has a large 12 ounce bottle pictured. It is 15 7/8" by 7 7/8"..... SOLD
LINDNER - BROS. / SANITARY / REGISTERED / MILK CO. --- This listing, we are proud to offer a one pint milk with a ribbed neck, in a slug the same as the listing title. This is reportedly an Ohio milk bottle. Above the slug area is embossed: ONE PINT and above that is a blank and smaller circle slug area. It stands 7 3/8" tall..... SOLD
BOTTLED IN PETERSBURG --- A local book that's extremely rare to be offered for sale! Bottled in Petersburg 1852 -1930 A Directory of the Antique Bottles and Stoneware of Petersburg, Virginia and the Businesses That Produced Them by Vernon Grant is a signed by the author, hardback book with 86 pages. It was printed in 2005 and is 'Number 42'. It's printed in color with some prices listed in the back..... SOLD
Great American Pontiled Medicines by Frederick Nielsen --- A hard to find hardbound book with 131 pages. It was printed in 1978 and is a must for anyone that collects early medicine bottles. The size is 8 3/4" by 5 3/4". This book is packed with many illustrations and drawings..... SOLD
J.S. MOORE'S SONS, INC. / 1724 / E. MAIN ST. / RICHMOND, VA. --- This listing is for a very rare strap-sided clear quart flask from Virginia. It's embossed in a circle slug the same as the listing title, below WARRANTED / FLASK. The base is embossed: B.R.G. Co. A Central Virginia flask that stands 9 3/8" tall and 4 1/2" at widest point..... SOLD
KLUTTZ'S / CHILL CURE --- We are proud to offer this hard to obtain North Carolina cure. Embossed as in title on one panel, then side is embossed: KLUTTZ & CO. Opposite side has: SALISBURY, N.C. (NC). For more on this company, history, scarcity and so on visit: Raleigh Bottle Club - June 2001 Newsletter. A very light aqua or green tinted glass, standing 5 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Aqua Strap-sided Flask with SAFE EMBOSSED --- A light aqua strap-sided quart flask with a safe embossed, inside a 3 1/8" circle slug area. The safe's door is closed with scrollwork above and below the door. The safe is on wheels. Please compare this flask to the other amber safe embossed flask we have listed. They are both completely different. It is 9 1/2" tall...... SOLD
MARY A. KANE / NEW LONDON / CONN. --- This hutch is embossed in a tombstone slug, the same as listing title with REGISTERED below and is from a female proprietor. It stands 6 3/4" tall...... SOLD
WHITE HOUSE VINEGAR / FOR A GENERATION THE STANDARD --- Embossed on three sides is a crackle like texture. One side has: WHITE HOUSE (in arc), FOR A GENERATION THE STANDARD (in script) over VINEGAR. Looking at the embossed side (opposite is blank), there is a handle on the left and a pour spout to the right. It stands 6 1/8" tall by 3 1/2" wide...... SOLD
Lattice and Diamond POISON - KC-1 --- A light sun colored amethyst (SCA) lattice and diamond poison bottle, known as a KC-1. The base is smooth and unembossed. It stands 3 7/8" tall...... SOLD
VIRGINIA - CAROLINA GRO. CO. / LIQUOR DEPARTMENT / RICHMOND, VA --- A light aqua grocers whiskey embossed the same as the listing title, in script. A blown flask with bubbles galore. It is 6" tall...... SOLD
SOUTHERN DISTILLING CO. / NORFOLK, VA. --- Embossed the same as the listing title, inside a double circle. Centered is the word SODISCO, twice and crossed. Above this is embossed: ONE HALF PINT / 8 FLUID OUNCES. It's a clear 1/2 pint grocers whiskey. A nice eastern Virginia bottle that stands 6" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA / SUFFOLK, VA. --- A clear bubbly Rarity 3 script Pepsi, embossed the same as the listing title, in a round shaped slug. It is straight sided and listed as a SU4. The back heel is embossed: REGISTERED and the base A.G.W. then 51. This is a dug bottle. A crude Virginia bottle standing 8 3/4" tall..... SOLD
DIET DR. PEPPER --- This listing is for a 10 OZ. ACL DIET DR. PEPPER. A few mentions on the applied color label: Artificially sweetened carbonated beverage, low calorie, sugar free, dietary beverage. It stands 9 3/4" tall..... SOLD
SHIREY and BROWN / ARNICA CREAM / BUENA VISTA, VA. --- At left is embossed in three lines on one side of this small Virginia town BIM cosmetic bottle. The base is smooth and unembossed. Truly, a nice bottle standing 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" wide..... SOLD
CHRISTO / RICHMOND, VA., U.S.A. --- A light to medium amber crowntop soda embossed CHRISTO MFG. CO. in an arc over TRADE / CHRISTO (very fancy logo) / MARK. The heel has: RICHMOND, VA., U.S.A. over REGISTERED. A Virginia bottle, standing 9 1/2" tall..... SOLD
GUILFORD MINERAL SPRING WATER / GUILFORD, VT. --- This is an absolutely gorgeous green - blue green - teal mineral water bottle embossed as in the listing title, inside a large diamond. This Vermont bottle has a smooth base and stands 9 3/4" tall and 4" wide..... SOLD
SPENCER MILK CO. / SIDNEY, N.Y. --- A small milk embossed the same as the listing title at left, in a round slug. Centered is a large S. Above the slug area is: 1/4 PINT LIQUID. Below it on the heel is: REGISTERED then 211. The base has a large S and the number 42. It stands only 4 1/4" tall..... SOLD
E. J. GRAFF / NEWPORT NEWS, VA. / FULL QUART --- A large clear (amethyst hint) rectangular whiskey embossed the same as the listing title, near the top shoulder area, inside a circle slug. A hard to find Virginia bottle standing 10 1/2" tall and 3 7/8" wide..... SOLD
JOHNSON & BRO / GROCERS / 247 STATE ST. / NEW HAVEN, CT. --- Here we offer a beautiful amber, pint strap sided flask embossed the same as the listing title, in a circle slug. This listing is for the flask pictured on the right only. It is 7 3/4" tall..... SOLD
JOHN CHAPLIN / PURE LIQUORS / ADAMS, MASS. --- This listing is for an amber, pint strap sided flask embossed the same as the listing title, in a double circle slug. If you want a very crude flask, this is it. It has an applied top. This listing is for the flask pictured on the right only. It is 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
JOHN HAYES & CO / WHOLESALE DEALERS / MANCHESTER NH --- Here we offer a gigantic, bright yellow amber, strap-sided quart flask, embossed the same as the listing title, in a round slug. It stands 9 5/8" tall..... SOLD
THE BOTT AND CANNON CO. - OHIO handled 1/2 gal --- Listed here is a half gallon whiskey or spirits jug, complete with wire and wooden handle. Embossed in a round shaped slug: THE BOTT AND CANNON CO. / DISTILLERS / AND / WHOLESALE / LIQUOR DEALERS / 269 NORTH HIGH ST. / COLUMBUS, OHIO. It has an amethyst (SCA) tint to it and stands 9 1/4" tall and 5" at wide..... SOLD to the CANNON FAMILY
KC-1 LATTICE and DIAMOND Poison --- A small dark blue beauty, embossed from the shoulder to heel with a cross hatch or lattice and diamond pattern. Half of one side is smooth to accept a label. A blown smooth base bottle standing 3 3/4" tall..... SOLD
RUMFORD / CHEMICAL WORKS --- A medium or lighter teal medicine embossed on two sides of a cathedral panel with the wording at left. Base is embossed with a number '8'. A blown bottle, standing 5 7/8" tall..... SOLD
KEASBEY & MATTISON CO. / CHEMISTS / AMBLER, PA. --- This is a cobalt blue bottle and is embossed as at left. Machine made, measuring 4 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Indian Queen --- Here we offer a clear unembossed figural, similar to a Brown's Celebrated Indian Herb Bitters. For Bitters Only by Carlyn Ring, lists a clear or colorless variation as I 21, which had a label, but it had a capacity embossed, which is void on this one. Digger Odell's Volume 2 Bitters lists one like the one offered here as No. 111 and selling in 1996. A bold and beautiful figural that has a smooth base and is 12 3/4" tall..... SOLD
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR Flask --- A clear (hint of amethyst) pumpkinseed flask. Embossment is centered in a slugplate surrounded by a wreath like embossing. It's 4 5/8" tall and 3 1/4" wide..... SOLD
POISON / GIFT / VELENO --- Listed for your consideration is a bright true green large poison. With a rounded back, this is embossed on three panels, on the front center, in three languages: POISON in arc above GIFT then VELENO in a reverse arc. The two panels flanking this is embossed with five tapered vertical ribs, over a skull and crossbones, repeated with five tapered vertical ribs. The base is embossed with a 73 then two dots, then a three leaf clover shape (centered), then 'Mod.' over 'dep'. The next line has: 76009 over a 3. The back heel has: 100cl, then the same three leaf clover shape as embossed on the base. I was told that this came from an unused surplus in Sweden. A machine made bottle, representing three countries, standing 10 1/2" tall by 3 1/2" wide..... SOLD
BARREL SHAPED FLASK --- This is a wonderful barrel shaped flask type bottle. It is colorless or clear and embossed with vertical and horizonal bands like a wooden barrel would be. A nondug blown flask with bubbles and inclusions throughout, very clean and damage free. Compare this variation to the McKearin GI-123a and GI-124, 'OUR CHOICE' - CLEVE & STEVE. It is 5 3/4" tall and 2 7/8" at widest point..... SOLD
SAMPLE / HAINER'S / COUGH SYRUP --- C.B. MATHIS --- TOMS RIVER, N.J. --- A clean light aquamarine medicine, embossed the same as the listing title at left on three sides. A blown, damage free, sample bottle with a double collar lip finish, standing 4 3/16" tall..... SOLD
PEPTENZYME - REED & CARNRICK / JERSEY CITY / N.J. --- A beautiful blue medicine embossed on two sides with the words to the left. This bottle is normally found with NEW YORK embossed under REED & CARNRICK... 4.5" tall..... SOLD
CHELF'S / CELERY - CAFFEIN / COMP'D / CHELF CHEM. CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- A cute, very light cobalt blue, headache medicine bottle. A machine made bottle measuring 2.5" tall..... SOLD
ALLENHURST / GRENELLE AND SCHANCK / ASBURY PARK, N.J. --- A druggist or pharmacy bottle in clear glass, embossed on a tombstone shaped side the same as the listing title. Below Allenhurst and above Asbury Park is embossed with scrollwork. This little New Jersey medicine is 4 1/8" tall..... SOLD
WAMPOLE'S / MILK FOOD --- is embossed on one side of this light aquamarine, square, ground top jar. One of the less seen Wampole products, standing 5 1/8" tall and 2 1/4" wide..... SOLD
DR. J. PARKER PRAY / AMERICA'S FIRST MANICURE --- Above that is embossed: PREPARED ONLY BY and below the word 'Manicure' is embossed: NEW YORK, U.S.A. I assume that this product was used for the fingernails. The BIM clear glass bottle has a ground throat to accept the original stopper (included), which has the fancy initials in a monogram of J P P. This one stands 4 5/8" tall and 1 5/8" wide.... SOLD
DR. HOUGH'S / COUGH & LUNG / BALSAM --- A light aqua medicine type bottle embossed in a sunken panel: DR. HOUGH'S / COUGH & LUNG / BALSAM. One side has: DR. H.G. HOUGH and the opposite side has: PROVIDENCE, R.I. Some info. from A Bit About Balsams by Betty Blasi: The Providence directories list Dr. H. 'C.' Hough in 1872 with offices at 82 Square. There is no listing for a H. G. Hough although the bottle appears to be embossed with a 'G' rather than a 'C'. Nevertheless, the Dr. Hough at 82 Square is undoubtedly the right man. He moved his offices to 1029 High Street where they were located when he died on January 15, 1885. A clean and damage free antique bottle, measuring 6 7/8" tall..... SOLD
RED RIBBON BRAND / WILLIAM CLUFF / COMPANY / SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. --- Embossed: RED RIBBON BRAND in arc over WILLIAM CLUFF over COMPANY over SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. in reverse arc. The bottom has: 681 over H. A non-dug bottle, without the cork closure, it stands 9" tall and is 3 1/2" wide..... SOLD
ZOOLAK --- Offered here is an old ice blue bottle. The embossment is in four vertical lines: ZOOLAK. A BIM bottle with a crude bent neck standing 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
KUTNOW'S POWDER --- This is an ice or powder blue, small bottle from New York. The book, 19th Century Medicine In Glass by Bill & Betty Wilson, pictures this bottle with some background and label information. Kutnow's Bros., Ld., Sole Proprietors, 853 Broadway, New York City, N.Y. Kutnow's Powder was used for Biliousness and Jaundice - Some of the symptoms of biliousness are anorexia, a furred tongue, a bitter taste, sickness, constipation, headache, a feeling of marked depression and general malaise. On the occurrence of any of the above named symptoms, a dose of Kutnow's Powder will be advisable. It goes on to describe how it is used to prevent constipation, etc. and "The treatment at home"..... SOLD
KOOL COLA / BOTTLING WORKS / NORFOLK, VA. --- This listing we offer (scarce in light aqua) a harder to find, teal example embossed like listing title, with six pointed stars at each (front and back) shoulder. The front heel has: REGISTERED 1918 over NOT TO BE SOLD. The back has: CONTENTS 6 1/2 FLU. OZ. The base has R.H. in large letters. A machine made bottle standing 7 1/2" tall..... SOLD
KC-1 LATTICE and DIAMOND Poison --- A dark blue, embossed from the shoulder to heel with a cross hatch or lattice and diamond pattern. Half of one side is smooth to accept a label. A blown nondug smooth base and damage free bottle standing 4 7/8" tall..... SOLD
Budweiser Lager Beer - Anheuser - Busch, Inc. --- Offered is an amber ABM beer, capped (plain) and what makes this so appealing is it retains both of it's original labels. The only city mentioned is St. Louis, MO., U.S.A. It has a red, ribbon type label on neck. The larger label has perferated numbers on left that appear to be 22-93-2. The base has a 7 (then a symbol) 8 over 14 over G 11. It's a 12 oz. bottle, 9 1/2" high and the labels are 98% intact..... SOLD
MASON'S PATENT NOV 30th 1858 - BALL in arc --- A light aqua pint size fruit or canning jar embossed: MASON'S in slight arc over PATENT over NOV 30th over 1858. The opposite side has BALL in an arc and centered. The base has the number 63. This ground lip shoulder seal Mason is listed as RB 1841-1. It is the only bottle for sale in the photos and is 5" tall and 3" wide..... SOLD.
DEMIJOHN - A crude one --- An aquamarine, smooth base, large cylinder fresh from it's wicker covering. A beautiful bottle that is 15" tall and 6 1/2" wide..... SOLD
BBB / NEW YORK ST. LOUIS --- Offered is a large (varying shades of) amber bottle embossed the same as listing title. The base is embossed with a number 2. A blown bottle with some stretching and folds, in excellent condition, standing 9" tall and 3 5/8" wide..... SOLD
BRISTOL'S RECORDER INK --- Available for your consideration is a light amber square shaped beautiful bottle. Full of embossing, one side is embossed: UNIVERSAL near shoulder over BRISTOL'S in an arc over RECORDER over INK. The opposite side has: THE BRISTOL CO. in an arc over WATERBURY over CONN. U.S.A. The base is marked with the number 4. On top of the rubber like closure is marked: BRISTOL'S PEN FILLER. Extending down and inside is a clear glass eyedropper type stem. It stands 2 7/8" tall to top of stopper by 1 1/2" square..... SOLD
PRO-PHY-TOL / FOR THE / MOUTH / TEETH / GUMS --- A hard to find local sample or small variation from Richmond, Virginia. This BIM, cosmetic or dental bottle is only 2 1/4" tall x 1" wide and in great condition..... SOLD
DR. BAXTER'S - MANDRAKE BITTERS --- This 12 sided, aquamarine bottle is also embossed: LORD BRO'S / PROPRIETORS / BURLINGTON, VT. A beautiful bottle with long bubbles in all the right places. It just needs a better cleaning, because the inside has some stain (nothing major). A classic and affordable bitters standing 6 1/4" tall..... SOLD
STAG HEAD - GRARY & CO. --- is embossed on opposite shoulders and down one side is embossed: WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. The neck has an embossed stag or buck (male deer) with large antlers. A dug bottle with no problems, other than the usual stain - sickness. An aqua, less seen sauce bottle standing 7" tall..... SOLD
LETOURNEAUX / EAU DE QUININE / THE TONIC PAR EXCELLENCE --- Offered is a quite rare, label under glass hair tonic bottle. This LUG has some very detailed flowers in the center and the outside is bordered by a thin red and wider gold trim. The bottle itself has a purplish tint (SCA - sun colored amethyst) and is damage free. The bottom center has an embossed letter 'H'. The glass is full of bubbles and the label is in a sunken panel. It's 7" tall and 3" wide..... SOLD
SS COCA-COLA / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a straight sided Richmond Coke with the small (1/2" flutes or ribs) fluted heel. Embossed in script on shoulder COCA-COLA over BOT. WKS. over RICHMOND, VA. On the back shoulder is TRADE MARK over REGISTERED. The base - bottom has: A.G.W. (American Glass Works) 114. The only issue is a 5/8" stable freeze crack on the back (see right pic under R in REGISTERED). A dug blown bottle standing 8" tall..... SOLD
GXIII-6 Hunter Fisherman Calabash Flask --- McKearin's American Bottles and Flasks... lists this variation as 'rare'. Obverse is a hunter, facing right standing on rough ground, legs wide-spread; wearing wide-brimmed hat with high peaked crown, short coat... firing gun straight ahead at two birds in flight at right; large puff of smoke from muzzle... Small dog just ahead of hunter, running to right. Reverse: Fisherman facing nearly front... Rod held in left hand... Rock and bush on left bank. This quart pictorial flask has a narrow round collar with a lower bevel and a large pontil mark on base. Minty light green or aquamarine in color, full of long bubbles and in excellent condition. A must have, standing 9 1/8" tall and 5 1/2" at widest point..... SOLD
Very small spiderweb pumpkinseed flask --- Embossing resembles a spiderweb or an overall sunburst pattern. Base is embossed with a Q C (very hard to read). Just some shelf dirt or dust build up on this one, no damage. With a hint of amethyst (SCA), this tiny less seen flask stands ONLY 4" tall by 2 3/4" at widest point..... SOLD
SANFORD'S / RADICAL CURE --- A super example of a classic blue cure - medicine bottle. Embossed on one side is: SANFORD'S and the opposite is RADICAL CURE then on the center of the base is WEEKS & POTTER in an arc over BOSTON over U.S.A. in a reverse arc. A bottle that stands 7 5/8" tall x 2 5/8" wide..... SOLD
ROBt. TURLINGTON'S BALSAM --- A clear SCA (amethyst) balsam with a ton of embossment. Embossed on one side: BY / THE / KINGS / ROYALL / PATENT / GRANT / ED TO then on the middle of side: JANY, other side: LONDON. The other larger side: ROBt. / TURLI / NGTON / FOR HIS I / NVENTED / BALSAM / OF LIFE. The bottom is A.G.W. (American Glass Works, Richmond, VA) 62. It is 2 3/4" tall..... SOLD
J. F. ZIMMER - GLOUCESTER, N. J. --- This bottle has what seems to be the original closure, a porcelain lightning style. The very top has some of the original company name in red letters. The letters showing are ----ER (maybe the end of Zimmer), then from the other direction -,N.J. The back base is embossed THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD. It is 9-7/8" tall to the top of closure..... SOLD
HILLS / DYS-PEP-CU / CURES / CHRONIC / DYSPEPSIA --- Offered is a less seen amber cure or medicine bottle. Embossed on one panel is: HILLS over a cut up letter H with an arrow and TRADE MARK through it over DYS-PEP-CU over CURES over CHRONIC over DYSPEPSIA ...then a line over INDIANA DRUG over SPECIALTY CO then a smaller line over ST. LOUIS & over INDIANAPOLIS. 8 1/4" tall and 3 1/4" wide..... SOLD
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WARNER'S / SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE --- For your consideration is a very popular bottle in a medium amber. Embossed over a large safe on wheels is: WARNER'S (in arc)/ SAFE / KIDNEY & LIVER / CURE over ROCHESTER, N.Y. The base or bottom has what looks like an A3 embossed in the center. 9 3/8" tall and 3 7/8" wide..... SOLD
CARTER'S - 6 Sided - Small Clover Ink --- A brilliant rich cobalt blue, hexagon shaped inkwell. A four leaf clover design is on five of the six sides. The base is embossed: CARTERS in an arc over 10 over G (or a C) -104 in a reverse arc. 2 3/4" tall by 2 3/4" wide..... SOLD
SCHENCK'S / SYRUP / PHILADa. --- An eight sided (8-sided), aquamarine colored glass medicine. Embossed on every other side but one is: SCHENCK'S / SYRUP / PHILADa. This BIM bottle is 6 7/8" tall x 2 1/2"..... SOLD
TO=KA / BLOOD TONIC --- This is a light aquamarine colored strap sided flask type medicine. Embossed with large fonts on one side: TO=KA and the other: BLOOD TONIC. On the base is: MEX. MED. CO. The Mexican Medicine Company is listed in Vernon Grant's book as being in business for only one year (1897) and was on 305 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA. It is 8 3/8" tall x 3 1/4"..... SOLD
HEART-SHAPED SMELLING BOTTLE --- A rarely offered colorless scent or smelling bottle in the shape of a heart. McKearin's American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry shows this in Plate 104 as No. 8. Circa 1850-60, it is smooth based and embossed with graduated fan ribs below simple scrolls; opposite has scroll ornament above plain area. 2 1/4" in height by 1 9/16" at greatest width..... SOLD
RIBBED OR FLUTED SMELLING BOTTLE --- A colorless scent or pungent with sixteen ribs above a tapered base. It has a ground and improved or machined lip and is 2 1/4" in height by 1 1/2" at greatest width. It is all glass from the base to where the ribs begin.... SOLD
LEMON - KOLA --- A light amethyst (SCA), BIM soda with bubbles throughout. Embossed is LEMON-KOLA 5 cents-with cent symbol in a round slugplate over REGISTERED on heel. The back heel has this: C. (or could be a G) S. & G. (again, it could be a C) CO. 3. The thick glass is in remarkable condition for a dug bottle, with only a few light scratches, some pinhead size fleabites-dings and normal base wear. A crude early crown top standing 7 3/4" tall..... SOLD
L.K. / LEMON - KOLA / NORFOLK, VA. --- A light minty green or light aqua, machine made soda. Boldly embossed on the front and back is a L.K. in a circle, over LEMON-KOLA over NORFOLK, VA. One heel is embossed: MINIMUM CONTENTS over 6 1/2 FLUID OUNCES and the other has: 1186EG21. It stands 7 3/4" tall..... SOLD
NU ICY - Richmond, Va. --- Embossed in a star like symbol is NU ICY above a ribbon which states FLAVORS YOU CAN'T FORGET. One side near the heel is embossed: BOTTLE PAT'D MARCH 9, 1920 over G952 5 and the opposite has MINIMUM CONTENTS over FULL HALF PINT. The base is embossed: RICHMOND, VA. This early ABM is the taller variation and is 9 3/8" tall..... SOLD
PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. / RICHMOND, VA. --- Offered is a straight sided RI1 (Ayer's book) Pepsi bottle. Inside a round or oval slug is embossed: PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. in an arc over INC. over PEPSI:COLA in script over RICHMOND, VA. in a reverse arc. The rear heel has REGISTERED embossed. The base is embossed: A.G.W. (American Glass Works) over a number. Standing 8 5/8" tall..... SOLD
WONDER CITY / BOTTLING CO. / HOPEWELL, VA. --- Grey tinted heavy glass bottle slugplate embossed with wording at left. Above that on neck are 6 stars and the word REGISTERED. The back heal has a rectangular shaped slugplate embossed: NOT TO BE SOLD over MUST BE RETURNED. Bottle is 7 5/8" tall..... SOLD
A TREASURY OF AMERICAN BOTTLES --- A soft cover book by William C. Ketchum, Jr. from 1975. This copy has 224 pages and is 10 1/4" tall and 7 3/4" wide..... SOLD
Blue Glass Lantern Globe - Kopp --- A scarce lantern globe in a sought after shade of blue. The globe has a K in a circle embossed close to the top, which is the trademark for The Kopp Mfg. Company.
It is 6-9/16" tall. The top opening is 2-3/4" and the bottom opening is 3-3/8". The opening edges, top and bottom, are 'ground'. The widest part is 4-5/16"..... SOLD
DYOTTVILLE GLASSWORKS PHILa --- A root beer amber whiskey cylinder, blown into a three piece mold and base embossed with a large fancy number five. It stands 11 1/4" tall and 3 1/4" wide..... SOLD
DR. PERKINS MEDICAL CO. WASHINGTON DC - Dose glass --- The opposite side is embossed with graduation lines and divided by TABLE SPOONS and TEA SPOONS. It has all the looks of a shot glass and stands 2 3/8" tall and is 1 3/4" at it's widest point..... SOLD
THE KOVELS' COMPLETE BOTTLE PRICE LIST --- A soft cover book by Ralph and Terry Kovel. This fourth edition book is from 1977. A nice clean copy that has 220 pages..... SOLD.
THEODORE NETTER / 1232 MARKET ST. / PHILADA, PA. --- Clear sample whiskey, barrel shaped and embossed: GREETING over script diagonally THEODORE NETTER over 1232 MARKET ST. over PHILADA, PA. Boldly embossed, in excellent condition and stands 5-7/8" tall..... SOLD
THEODORE NETTER / 1215 MARKET ST. / PHILADA, PA. --- Clear sample whiskey, barrel shaped and embossed: GREETING over script diagonally THEODORE NETTER over 1215 MARKET ST. over PHILADA, PA..... SOLD
W.D. SUGGS / SMITHVILLE, MISS. - 2 Gal. Jug --- Offered is a crude southern pottery, handled stoneware jug. It is tan with upper and lower thin blue bands. In a blue oval is transfered or stamped W. D. SUGGS / - 2 - / SMITHVILLE, MISS. A very hard to obtain Mississippi jug that stands 13" tall and is 8" wide..... SOLD
