Fleckenstein & Mayer, Damiana Bitters & Persian Sherbet
09 January 2015
Ben Cameron sent me the two pictures at the top of the post showing some type of a decorative pitcher with FLECKENSTEIN MAYER CO. and PORTLAND, ORE. writing. We have talked and written about Henry Fleckenstein and S. Julius Mayer before.
Read: Incredible and Rare Western Flask – “Fleckenstein & Mayer, (monogram), Portland, O.”
Read: Early Damiana Bitters or is something wrong here?
Duncan & Miller Glass Company location in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Ben adds that the piece is not pontiled and that a friend told him, “This Victorian pattern glass is called “Button Arches”, and was made by Duncan & Miller Glass Co., ca. 1898. Don’t know about that but it’s a beautiful piece from German merchants in Portland that had a relationship to Damiana Bitters. I like that. The advertisement below is from 1880. We will do a special post on this brand in the near future.
Fleckenstein & Mayer, Portland, Oregon, Sole Agents for Damiana Bitters – Morning Oregonian, Friday, January 16, 1880
The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:
D 5 DAMIANA BITTERS
DAMIANA BITTERS // BAJA CALIFORNIA // // s // MANUF’R // LEWIS HESS // // b // 8-pointed star
11 3/4 x 2 3/4 (6 1/2)
Round, LTCR, Aqua, Applied and Tooled lip, 2 and 4 piece mold, Common
Star on base of this brand is 3/4 inch diameter on brand without shoulder lettering the star is 1 1/8 inch
Trade Cards: Principal Office, 317 Broadway, New York. Same company produced Damiana Wafers in pink for men and white for women..
Damiana Bitters – Meyer Collection
Labeled Damiana Bitters at the 2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Dan Cowman
Damiana Bitters advertising trade card – Meyer Collection
This post is called Fleckenstein & Mayer, Damiana Bitters & Persian Sherbet. Persian Sherbet you say? Fleckenstein & Mayer advertised this “Cooling and Refreshing Beverage” in 1885 as you can see from the advertisement below.
Persian Sherbet, Fleckenstein & Mayer – Morning Oregonian, Wednesday July 1, 1885
I just like this example of subliminal sherbet advertising. I’m excited for two scoops!
Swift’s Pink Lemonade Sherbet (subliminal advertising ya think?)
