Monthly Archives: December 2014

Dr. Kaufmann’s Sulphur Bitters etc. etc. etc.

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Dr. Kaufmann’s Sulphur Bitters etc. etc. etc. Tracing the roots of A. P. Ordway & Company 30 December 2014 Now that we have completed posts for the Dr. B. H. Kauffman Stomach Bitters and Kaufman’s Celebrated Blue Jacket Bitters, it seems reasonable … Continue reading

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Kaufman’s Celebrated Blue Jacket Bitters – Indianapolis

Kaufman’s Celebrated Blue Jacket Bitters – Indianapolis 28 December 2014 While working on the post for the Dr. B. H. Kauffman Stomach Bitters from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I checked the Joe Gourd collection inventory list to see if Joe was holding any … Continue reading

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Dr. B. H. Kauffman Stomach Bitters – Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Dr. B. H. Kauffman Stomach Bitters – Lancaster, Pennsylvania 27 December 2014 (R•100915) Robert Cohen posted a picture of a Dr. Kauffman Stomach Bitters from Lancaster, Pennsylvania over on the Bottle Colletors Facebook page (pictured at top of post) and I … Continue reading

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Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil – New York

Rushton’s Cod Liver Oil New York 25 December 2014 [Christmas] It is always nice to see a bottle that I am unfamiliar with and to meet someone new in bottle collecting. In this case I am referring to Ken Darnell from Mount Sterling, Kentucky. … Continue reading

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With and without the words Monopole Bitters

With and without the words Monopole Bitters Herman Toser Co. – Milwaukee & William Frank & Sons – Pittsburgh 24 December 2014 [Christmas Eve] Frank Wicker with BottlePickers scored himself an early Christmas present when he picked up a en-embossed Monopole Bitters. … Continue reading

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Stadiger’s Aurantii Stomach Bitters – Philadelphia

Stadiger’s Aurantii Stomach Bitters – Philadelphia 24 December 2014 [Christmas Eve] The Stadiger’s Aurantii Stomach Bitters is another extremely rare bitters square that Jeff Wichmann pictured and sold on his new American Bottle Auctions | Bottle Store page. Previously I posted about the Acorn Bitters, Apple Brandy Bitters and Rose … Continue reading

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What was peened out of the Apple Brandy Bitters?

What was peened out of the Apple Brandy Bitters? 23 December 2014 (R•122414) The Apple Brandy Bitters is another extremely rare bitters square that Jeff Wichmann pictured and sold on his new American Bottle Auctions | Bottle Store page. Previously I posted about the Acorn Bitters and … Continue reading

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Not much known about the Acorn Bitters

Not much known about the Acorn Bitters … or How to Make Acorn Gruel 22 December 2014 I don’t know about you but whenever I think about an acorn, I think about ole Henny Penny. I read and re-read this … Continue reading

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Rose Hill Stomach Bitters – New York

Rose Hill Stomach Bitters – New York 21 December 2014 Rose Hill Stomach Bitters from New York made by H. M. Mosher & Company. That is pretty much all we really have on this one. The actual bottle, the name, … Continue reading

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Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters – Wilkes-Barre, PA

Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters – Wilkes-Barre, PA 19 December 2014 An unlisted Hathaway’s Celebrated Stomachic Bitters from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania sold on eBay yesterday. Coincidently, I was in Reading, Pennsylvania yesterday, home of the H.P. Herb Wild Cherry Bitters. Mark Warne reminded me of this. The extremely rare Bloch’s … Continue reading

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