Daily Archives: 19 July 2012

Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the smaller ones)

ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 74) Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native Sweden. He started in Boston as Dr. Roback selling horoscopes … Continue reading

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Those miniature Globs and Pocket Flasks

We had a visitor (Brad Seigler) to see our collection at Peach Ridge this past weekend after the Houston Antique Bottle Show. In one of our bottle rooms, with the power figurals, Brad asked Elizabeth, my wife, about her favorite … Continue reading

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