Norman C. Heckler Company has a nice Professor Byrnes in their Auction 93. It is lot #20. It got me thinking about my example and upon closer look, appears to be about the same color. Oh well. Why couldn’t it be green….you reading Mark? Anyway, I thought I would post a few pictures of my Byrnes and Landsbergs today. Simply great bottles.
L-R Landsberg's Pure Blackberry Brandy, Professor Byrne Great Universal Compound Stomach Bitters, Landsberg's Century Bitters and M.G. Landsberg Chicago - Meyer Collection
B 280 Professor Byrne Stomach Bitters, Circa 1870 – 1875
PROFESSOR / GEO. J. BYRNE / NEW YORK // f // THE / GREAT / UNIVERSAL / COMPOUND / STOMACH / BITTERS / PATENTED / 1870 // f // // s // DC // CC // LX // XM // u // motif // motif // motif // U.S.A. // 10 1/4 x 2 7/8 (6 1/2) Square, LTCR, Amber, Applied mouth, Very Scarce; Clear and Yellow olive – Extremely rare.
Professor Byrne The Great Universal Compound Stomach Bitters - Meyer Collection
L 13 Landsberg’s Century Bitters
LANDSBERG’S / “CENTURY” / BITTERS // sp // THE / ADLER COMPANY / ST LOUIS // sp // // u // motif eagle // 1876 // motif shield // motif sunburst with 1776 // 11 1/2 x 2 7/8 (6 1/4) Square, Amber, LTCR, Applied mouth, 4 sp, Rare 12 stars on bell shaped shoulder. An especially ornate bottle. Note: Design No. 12,861 patented April 11, 1882 by Moses Landsberg of Chicago, Illinois. “The object of my present invention is to furnish a novel design for a bottle; and it consists of making the body of the bottle with four rectangular sides (panels), having arched tops, two of the alternate faces or facets being left smooth; or all four of the sides may be left plain; and in the arch spaces over the rectangular faces are represented respectively a shield, the figures 1876, a spread eagle, and a rayed sun. The edges of the sides of the bottle are corrugated in lozenges, while the base is surrounded by a series of hexagons. The neck of the bottle represents the handle, and the shoulder of the body of a bell, the bell being encircled midway by a ring of stars”.
Landsberg's Century Bitters - Meyer Collection
M. G, Landsberg, Chicago, Circa 1876
M. G. LANDSBERG / CHICAGO // sp // sp // sp // 11 x 2 3/4 (6 1/2), Square, Amber, LTCR, 4 sp, One side shows where the lettering has been peened out leaving the side plain. Note: This bottle shows much finer detail than Landsberg Century Bitters. The eagle is larger and a different shape, figures of ‘1876’ are a different shape, and a halberd on shoulder faces right. There are thirteen stars on the bell (larger and perfectly formed). Thought to be a labeled Bitters though none have been seen.
M. G. Landsberg Chicago - Meyer Collection
Landsberg’s Pure Blackberry Brandy
LANDSBERG’S PURE BLACKBERRY BRANDY, A. HELLER & BRO. NEW YORK,
Deep Blue Aqua, 11 ½”. Applied top, smooth base, This aqua Landsberg variant is a wonderful bottle with the look of a dignified eastern piece, lots of decoration, a master mold maker’s work of art. These aren’t a whole lot different in an embossing pattern than the Landsberg Century Bitters. You can see the 1876 embossed with the eagle on the front and a series of stars surrounding the neck area. On the reverse is a setting sun with the rays shooting out into the sky. Crossed swords, cannon balls, a tomahawk and a cannon adorn the four corners and if that isn’t enough, there is a series of adornment on each side corner.
Landsberg's Pure Blackberry Brandy - Meyer Colection
Landsberg Corner Detail
Landsberg's Brandy Typography Detail
