Daily Dose | June 2019

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30 June 2019 | Sunday

Wonderful catalog and trade card with new listings for King’s Dandelion & Hop Bitters.

Price List and Catalogue
K 53.2 KING’S DANDELION & HOP BITTERS, Price, 50 Cents, Advertisement noted on page 13 in Weismann & Muellenbach’s Popular, Reasonable and Reliable Family Medicines, Perfumery and Toilet Articles. Established 1853, Wholesale & Retail Druggists & Manufacturing Chemists, No. 9 Bible House, Cor. Astor Place, 8th St. & 4th Ave., New York.
Billboard Envelope
K 53.2 KING’S DANDELION AND HOP BITTERS, Reverse: Will Relieve…It will Cure…It will Remove…The King of All Bitters. Price 50 cents. For Sale by all Dealers in Medicines. Front: Weismann & Muellenbach, The Champions of Low Prices, No. 9 Bible House, Cor. Astor Place, 4th Ave. and 8th St., New York.

This letterhead from Joe Gourd had three additions to Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

Letterhead
J 1.7 JACK POT LAXATIVE BITTER TONIC, J. B. Scheuer Co. Originated 1829 at Deutsch Jassnik Moravia, Austria, Importers and Manufacturers of Neuropin Stomach Bitters, Jack Pot Laxative Bitter Tonic, Oro Kidney & Liver Tonic, Slavish Crown Medicated Bitter Wine, Extracts of Bitter Herbs… 22 W. Kinzie St. Chicago, Adolph Bondy,
Letterhead
N 18 NEUROPIN STOMACH BITTERS, J. B. Scheuer Co. Originated 1829 at Deutsch Jassnik Moravia, Austria, Importers and Manufacturers of Neuropin Stomach Bitters, Jack Pot Laxative Bitter Tonic, Oro Kidney & Liver Tonic, Slavish Crown Medicated Bitter Wine, Extracts of Bitter Herbs… 22 W. Kinzie St. Chicago, Adolph Bondy, Mgr., Oct. 27, 1915
Letterhead
S 116.5 SLAVISH CROWN MEDICATED BITTER WINE, J. B. Scheuer Co. Originated 1829 at Deutsch Jassnik Moravia, Austria, Importers and Manufacturers of Neuropin Stomach Bitters, Jack Pot Laxative Bitter Tonic, Oro Kidney & Liver Tonic, Slavish Crown Medicated Bitter Wine, Extracts of Bitter Herbs… 22 W. Kinzie St. Chicago, Adolph Bondy, Mgr., Oct. 27, 1915

Roses used to illustrate the fronts of the advertising trade cards for Halkett’s Health Bitters submitted by Joe Gourd. Now cataloged in BBs2.

Trade cards
H 7.5 HALKETT’S HEALTH BITTERS. (Rose illustrations) An Appetizer before meals; a digester after meals. Reverse: They are a table Cordial. If your dealer cannot supply you, drop a postal card to H. Halkett, 8 Beach St., New York.
Advertisement: Halkett’s Health Bitters, An exquisite appetizer and digester, The New York Times, 06 February, 1884

29 June 2019 | Saturday

Working my way through lots of material that has to be researched and catalogued in the forthcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

Letterhead
I 22.5  INDIAN ROOT BITTERS, Office of M. C. Strasburger, Wholesale and Retail Dealer on Liquors, Tobaccos Cigars and Manufacturer of Indian Root Bitters. Fredericksburg, Va., April 3, 1894

Packaging
J 25.2  JAUNDICE BITTERS, Prepared by J. Daniell, Dedham, Ms. Late Agent for J. Wheaton, who has relinquished the business. In future no Box will be genuine unless the letters J. D. are stamped on the lid, and Directions signed J. Daniell. Price 37 ½ cts.
Middlebury Free Press (Middlebury, Vermont), March 7, 1832: Wheaton’s Well Known Jaundice Bitters, hereafter be offered with J. D. stamped on the lid, and directions signed by J. Daniell. Dedham, Mass. September 5, 1831.
See W 82 in Bitters Bottles

Catalogue
D 91.5  DOWS’ FAMILY BITTERS, Catalogue of Medicinal Plants and Proprietary Medicines Sold By A. W. Dows & Co., Apothecaries, 213 Central Street, Lowell, Mass., Page 8: Dows’ Family Bitters. A worthy Family Medicine and Perfectly Safe for Persons of Any Age or Condition. Price 75 Cents.
Amos W. (Wright) Dows, Apothecary – 1860 United States Federal Census
A. W. Dows & Co. (Amos W. & Azro M.), apothecaries and botanic druggists, 213 Central – Lowell, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1892

28 June 2019 | Friday

Working through some great material for Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. Here are a few.

Letterhead
H 7.3 HALLER’S AROMATIC LAXATIVE BITTERS, Samuel P. Haller. Wholesale Dealer in Pure Rye Whiskies. Specialties: Haller’s Aromatic Laxative Bitters, Haller’s Boonekamp Bitters, 1153 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 4, 1910
Letterhead
H 7.5 HALLER’S BOONEKAMP BITTERS, Samuel P. Haller. Wholesale Dealer in Pure Rye Whiskies. Specialties: Haller’s Aromatic Laxative Bitters, Haller’s Boonekamp Bitters, 1153 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 4, 1910

Advertising Envelope
F 64.7 DR. FONTAINE’S REVIVING BITTERS AND FEBRIFUGE, Large envelope, To be taken by every individual, as a sovereign Remedy for all Organic and Chronic Affections, and for Impurities of the Blood and Fluids. Price, – $1, Sold, Wholesale and Retail, at No. 11 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
Broadside
F 64.7 DR. FONTAINE’S REVIVING BITTERS AND FEBRIFUGE, The Linnaean Grotto; Kept by Dr. Fontaine’s Family, 11 Summer Street, Three Doors from Washington Street, Boston. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by A. de Fontaine in the clerks office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
15 -1/2″ x 10-1/4″
Book
F 64.7 DR. FONTAINE’S REVIVING BITTERS AND FEBRIFUGE, The Book of Prudential Revelations: or The Golden Bible of Nature and Reason, and the Confidential Doctor at Home, A. de Fontaine author, 1845, (507 pages) Prospectus. Doctor Fontaine, well known in the Eastern States, and more especially in Connecticut, as a medical writer and a skillful physician, has, at great expense, prepared an original Medical work, which is now in press…

Letterhead
G 81 DR. GOULD’S BOTANIC BITTERS, Dr. S. N. Gould, Proprietor of Dr. Gould’s Good Samaritan’s Remedy, Botanic Bitters, Cough and Lung Balsam, Dr. Beach’s Pills, Hemlock and Cedar Plaster, &c., On Railroad Street, North of Depot., West Randolph, Vt. 188_
Newspaper notice: A Compliment. – Dr. S. N. Gould., of West Randolph, had a high compliment paid over in Ripton to the medicines he puts up., Argus and Patriot (Montpelier, Vermont), September 25, 1873

Receipt
F 64.3 DR. H. F. FOLSOM WILD CHERRY BITTERS, Pain Expeller, Magic Antidote for Fever and Ague, Oxygenated Syrup, Spring Bitters, Stoughton Bitters, Worm Wood Cordial. Bought of Henry F. Folsom, No. 6 Coenties Slip, Corner Water St. New York, October 4th, 1864

27 June 2019 | Thursday

Nice letterhead from Louis Taussig & Co. San Francisco for Dr. Cooper’s Grand Prize Bitters. I pictured it along with my bottle. Noted as G 89 in Bitters Bottles where another similar letterhead is pictured on page 251.

26 June 2019 | Wednesday

Like this example! Attic found, embossed on two sides, GEO.C.HUBBEL & CO. Label partially reads “Hubbell & Co. Golden Bitters”. Bottle is 10 1/2” tall x 3 3/4” wide x 2 3/4” thick. Interior has some contents and crystalized contents coating. Cork is still sealed but worn away from age. – eBay

Read: Geo C Hubbel & Co – Unlisted Variant – Golden Bitters

25 June 2019 | Tuesday

Coffee in the lobby of my hotel, midtown Nashville adjacent to Vanderbilt University, one of our clients but not why I am here. Another client close-by.Anyway look at this outstanding black and gold label for Germania Bitters. It doesn’t get much better than this.

24 June 2019 | Monday

Off to Nashville for a few days on business. Hopefully my next to last trip with my wheelchair. Augusta next week. Anyway look at this cool card from Joe Gourd. Two bitters spotted and cataloged in Bitters Bottles Supplement 2.

Trade card
H 142.3 HOLLAND BITTERS, Elaborate and playful illustration of products including a box of Holland Bitters (possibly North’s Holland Bitters reference), A Happy New Year, 1884, Ohio Wine Co., Martin’s Ferry, Ohio
The Ohio Wine Company of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio was incorporated in 1885 with $75,000 in capital stock.
Trade card
S 101.5 SHOO FLY BITTERS, Elaborate and playful illustration of products including a box of Shoo Fly Bitters. A Happy New Year, 1884, Ohio Wine Co., Martin’s Ferry, Ohio
The Ohio Wine Company of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio was incorporated in 1885 with $75,000 in capital stock.

21 June 2019 | Friday

Hutchings Vegetable Dyspepsia Bitters – New York reference on the back flap of an envelope. Only 2 known. One in black and one damaged one in brown. Ben Swanson has both in his collection.

15 June 2019 | Saturday

Still working on ‘G’ listings added to Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. All from the Joe Gourd collection.

G 89.5 L … Grandfather’s Perfect Orange Bitters, Portrait, A Compound American Product. Established 1885. Guaranteed Under the Food and Drugs Act June 30 1906, Serial No. 18290

Read: Grandfather’s Perfect Orange Bitters

Letterhead
G 89.7 GRANDMA’S WILD CHERRY BITTERS, Indianapolis Cordial Co. Sole Manufacturers of Grandpa’s Celery and Pepsin Bitters and Grandma’s Wild Cherry Bitters, Oval illustrations of Grandpa and Grandma pouring their respective bitters. Trade Mark, Indianapolis, Sep 26 1900
Letterhead
G 89.9 GRANDPA’S CELERY AND PEPSIN BITTERS, Indianapolis Cordial Co. Sole Manufacturers of Grandpa’s Celery and Pepsin Bitters and Grandma’s Wild Cherry Bitters, Oval illustrations of Grandpa and Grandma pouring their respective bitters. Trade Mark, Indianapolis, Sep 26 1900

14 June 2019 | Friday

Some new ‘G’ listings added to Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. All from the Joe Gourd collection.

Trade card
G 42.3 Gilbey’s Orange Bitters, W. J. Van Schuyver & Co. Wholesale Wine and Liquor Dealers, 63 Front St., Portland, Oregon. Agents for Cyrus Noble Whiskies, W. A. Gilbey’s Orange Bitters etc.
Advertisement: The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec), April 17, 1919, Quality Liquor Store, Liqueurs, Gilbey’s Orange Bitters, $1.25 Per Bottle

Letterhead
G 43.5 DOCTOR GILMAN’S FIFTY CENT TONIC BITTERS, Laboratory of Gilman, Dorsey & Co., Depot for Doctor Gilman’s Home Remedies, Fifty Cent Tonic Bitters, Stimulant, Diuretic and Alterative, Columbia, Mo., March 19, 1873

Letterhead
G 45.5 GIPSY STOMACH BITTERS, Henry C. MacErlain, Broker and Wholesale Dealer in Straight Rye Whiskies. Proprietor of the Gipsy Stomach Bitters and the Wild Myrtle Bitters. Branch Office: N. W. Cor. Fourth and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, 187_
Letterhead
W 116.3 WILD MYRTLE BITTERS, Henry C. MacErlain, Broker and Wholesale Dealer in Straight Rye Whiskies. Proprietor of the Gipsy Stomach Bitters and the Wild Myrtle Bitters. Branch Office: N. W. Cor. Fourth and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, 187_

Trade cards
G 73.5 GOODWIN’S LA REE BITTERS, Blood Tonic, 130 Franklin St., Baltimore, Md. Front duotone illustrations of children. Reverse blank.
Newspaper Advertisement
G 73.5 GOODWIN’S LAREE BITTERS & BLOOD TONIC, Strictly a French Preparation, John H. Goodwin. Proprietor, No. 130 Franklin Street., Baltimore.
The Bristol News (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) October 3, 1882 also The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Maryland), April 1, 1882

Read: Goodwin’s Laree Bitters – Baltimore

13 June 2019 | Thursday

Cool trade cards from Joe Gourd. New reference in BBs2.

Trade card
G 8.3 GEE’S MANDRAKE BITTERS, Illustrated drummer boy with horn playing monkey. Gee’s Pharmacy, Emporium for the Celebrated Mandrake Bitters & Pills, Madison, N.J., reverse blank.
The Madison Eagle, July 23, 1897, Gee’s Mandrake Bitters are being received with the same favor that they met with twenty years ago. Charles B. Gee, Dispensing Druggist, Burnet Block

11 June 2019 | Tuesday

‘Red’ hot Baker’s Orange Grove Bitters on this Hot Texas day!

10 June 2019 | Monday

Dear Mr. Meyer,

I am the project historian for the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, located just west of Houston on I-10 near Sealy. Our village, the home of Stephen F. Austin, was burned in March 1836. The Texas Historical Commission has been excavating a number of sites as part of our development of a new museum.

I am analyzing archeological artifacts for a furnishings plan for several reconstructed log cabins at the site. I have found the Peachridge Glass website to be very helpful, and in fact was looking for a contact for Mark Vuono to ask a question about a glass fragment that appears to me to be from a scroll flask. When I noticed that you are a Houston-area neighbor I thought I would start with you.

My first question for Mr. Vuono (and for you as well) is if this fragment looks to your experienced eye to be from a scroll flask? If so, would the size of star varied among the sizes of flasks, and if so, is it possible to determine the size of this flask based only on the surviving piece?

I very much would appreciate any insight. Please feel free to comment or put me in touch with Mr. Vuono.

I have a number of glass items that I am trying to identify and find usable copies (preferably reproduction) to use in my furnishings for a “hands-on” exhibit.

Thank you for any insight or help.

Michael

[PRG] I was able to confirm that it was indeed a star fragment from an aqua scroll flask. A quick study looks like it might be from a Louisville Glass Works quart scroll.

Some additional Fernet Bitters pieces with new catalog numbers for BBS2. All from Joe Gourd. Fernet is an Italian type of amaro, a bitter, aromatic spirit. Fernet is made from a number of herbs and spices which vary according to the brand, but usually include myrrh, rhubarb, chamomile, cardamom, aloe, and especially saffron, with a base of grape distilled spirits.

C 88.6 L … Cee-Bee Fernet Style Bitters, Manufactured by The Cook & Bernheimer Co. New York, U.S.A. Guaranteed under the Pure Food & Drugs Act of June 30th 1906. Registered Guarantee No. 2643

F 15.5 L … Fernet – Bitters A Compound. Illustration of bottle with Fernet Bitters in script diagonally across the label. Logo monogram background pattern FB in circle with outer ring reading Fernet-Bitters. Superior to all other Fernets.

G 61.5 L … Gold Lion Fernet Style Bitters, Liqueur Quality, Manufactured by The Cook & Bernheimer Co. New York, U.S.A. Guaranteed under the Pure Food & Drugs Act of June 30th 1906. Registered Guarantee No. 2643. See s2C 88.6

09 June 2019 | Sunday

Three really cool pieces of Joe Gourd bitters ephemera written up today in Bitters Bottle Supplement 2.

Stock Certificate
G 97.5 Doctor Gray’s Great Eastern Bitters Manufacturing Co., Capital Stock $300,000. $10.00 Per Share. Illustration sidewinder paddle steamer sailing ship. Excerpt from the Carlisle Weekly Herald (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), June 7, 1877. Dr. Gray, the compounder of Gray’s Great Eastern Bitters, an alternative and tonic, resided in Philadelphia, in a little shop on the avenue, the front of which is placarded with posters and dodgers of all colors advertising the proprietor’s certain cure-all.

Diecut Poster or Sign
G 72.5 DR. GOOD’S AMERICAN STOMACH BITTERS, Beautiful young woman peering through floral lattice and curtain. The Great Tonic, Appetizer and Vitalizer. It Regulates the Liver and Kidneys and Preserves Life to a Sunshiny Old Age.

G 122 L … Dr. Gruessie – Adams. Krauter Bitter
// (motif monogram) HUA // c //
9 7/8 x 2 1/2 (5)
Round Amber,
Appenzell in der Schweiz. Crest and shield, illustrations of cabin and seaside port with town, mountains and train. Gruessie Adams Dr. M. in script on bottom. Appenzell is a historic canton in the northeast of Switzerland.

07 June 2019 | Friday

Back on the saddle trying to distinguish and update Saint Jacob’s Bitters (Cincinnati) and St. Joseph Bitters (St. Louis) historical posts and upcoming Bitters Bottles Supplement 2 listings. The S 13 Saint Jacob’s Bitters had the label, colors, and base information updated from BBs.

S 13 SAINT JACOB’S BITTER’S // f // f // f // // b // K Y G W CO // b // McC
L … Celebrated Saint Jacob’s Bitters, Saint Jacob’s Bitters Company, Cincinnati.
8 3/4 x 2 3/4 (6 1/2) 3/8
Square, Amber, Red amber, Yellow, LTC, Tooled lip and Applied mouth, Rare
BAR p100, TMS 359, WAT L114
Trade Mark December, 1882
Variant bottle known with an unmarked base.

The St. Jacob’s Bitters from St. Louis is only known from Joe Gourd trade cards.

Puzzle card
F 1.2 FALKE’S ST. JACOB’S BITTERS, Puzzle Card.- Find Bull, Two Deer, Camel, Chicken, Shrimp, Face, Monkey, Old Man Smoking Pipe, and a Bottle of St. Jacob’s Bitters. (over) Falke’s St. Jacob’s Bitters. A Sure Cure for Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, and a Never Failing Appetizer and Blood Purifier. Manufactured by The Falke-Hall Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Trade cards
F 1.2 ST. JACOB’S BITTERS, Against Prohibition Series (reverse) The Falke Leads Them All (logo) J. Falke & Co. Manufactures of St. Jacob’s Bitters., Family Medicines, Laboratory, 418 Elm Street, St. Louis, Mo. J. Falke & Company dates the card from 1883 to 1888 when the company changed its name to The Falke-Hall Medicine Company.

05 June 2019 | Wednesday

Lot’s of tropical moisture and rain coming in off the gulf today. Up to 6″ rain predicted. Need to get these dogs out! Anyway, updated post and listings for Jockey Club House Bitters. This nice card is from Joe Gourd.

Also updated Imperial Crown Bitters. This is a really cool bitters as an example was found in Maine with a small paper hand-written druggist note dated July, 1870 attached to bottle.

I 4 IMPERIAL / CROWN BITTERS // f // HARRISON & STARKS / DAVENPORT, IOWA // f //
10 x 3 (7 7/8) 3/8
Oversized Square, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, 2 sp, Extremely rare.
The ‘S’ in ‘STARKS’ runs over the panel edge.
Example found in Maine with a small paper hand-written druggist note dated July, 1870 attached to bottle.
Newspaper Advertisement
I 4 IMPERIAL CROWN BITTERS, Use Imperial Crown Bitters, For Dyspepsia, For Liver Complaint, For Dysentery, For Debility, For All Disorders! Sold wholesale and retail by Harrison & Starks, Proprietors, Davenport, Iowa., The Rock Island Argus, February 10, 1870

Here are two more trade cards from Joe Gourd for Edwards’ Mandrake Bitters and Eagle Bitters that inspired new listings in BBs2.

Trade card
E 24.5 EDWARDS’ MANDRAKE BITTERS, Illustration child and cat on front, Reverse, Edwards’ Mandrake Bitters with Dandelion, Malt and Hops, For the Liver, Kidney, Nerves and Blood. 50 Cents per Bottle. 6 Bottles for $2.50. Edwards Chemical Co., Reading, For Sale by John B. Raser, Druggist, 154 & 156 N. 6th Street, Reading, Pa.
John B. Raser, druggist, 146 N. 6th, Reading, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1877
Newspaper Advertisement
E 24.5 EDWARD’S MANDRAKE BITTERS, The world’s greatest renovator and health restoring tonic. A kidney, nerve and blood remedy that has proved its value for more than 50 years. 50c., or 6 Bottles for $2.50. Prepared by Wm. H. Raser, Sixth and Walnut Sts., Reading Times, May 11, 1907. Ads for the bitters continued up to 1939. William H. Raser was the son of Dr. John Bernard Raser.

Trade card
E 4.5 EAGLE BITTERS, (front portrait exotic woman) Compliments of Robert Atkinson & Co., St. Louis, Mo. (reverse price list) We offer the Home Manufacturing Co’s Celebrated Preparations. Home Stomach Bitters, qts., 1 doz. in case $6.00, pts. 2 doz. in case $6.50, Eagle Bitters, qts., 1 doz. in case $4.75. These goods require no U. S. Government license when sold as a medicine. See s2H 157

04 June 2019 | Tuesday

An interesting bright green, Loftus Peach Bitters (an English brand) sold over at Glass Works Auctions last night. Super strong embossing on these bottles.

Cleaning up the Lincoln Bitters listings in Bitters Bottles Supplement 2. The first ad is important because the bitters was manufactured by Winkelmann Bitters Company in Fort Wayne in 1917. Robert Alfred Winkelmann was listed as a naturopath in 1918. The second advertisement shows the full Lincoln Bitters graphics campaign in 1920. The company name is now Lincoln Bitters Co.

Newspaper Advertisement
L 94 LINCOLN BITTERS, Reasons Why everybody should use Lincoln Bitters, the great and powerful Anti-Auto Toxin Remedy, The Unexcelled Spring Tonic, Lincoln Bitters is Manufactured by Winkelmann Bitters Company, Inc., 2703 Hoagland Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana, The Fort Wayne News, April 5, 1917
Newspaper Advertisement
L 94 LINCOLN BITTERS, The Old and Famous Lincoln Bitters, Just Like Grandpa Used to Use Them, A Century Old Tonic and Herb Compound, Made in Fort Wayne by the Lincoln Bitters Co., The Indianapolis Star, December 14, 1920

Here is another reference to a Lincoln Stomach Bitters in 1862 that will now be listed in BBs2.

Advertisement
L 94.3 LINCOLN STOMACH BITTERS, Only sold at the store of W. Gerecke, on Pennsylvania avenue, between Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets, National Republican (Washington D.C.) April 13, 1861
William Gerecke, wines and liquors, 381 Pa ave., Washington, D.C., Washington, District of Columbia, City Directory, 1862

02 June 2019 | Sunday

Lot’s of folks headed to the Saratoga Bottle Show today. Here are revised listings for Dimmitt’s Bitters from Saint Louis. The billhead is from Joe Gourd.

D 75 DIMMITT’S ( au ) / 50 CTS BITTERS / SAINT LOUIS // (at base of panel) B.F.G. CO. //
6 ½ x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 (4)
Flask – oval strap side, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, Extremely rare
Marcellus Dimmitt, wholesale and retail dealer in drugs, patent medicines, chemical & c. established his business in Saint Louis 1864. The firm became M. Dimmitt & Bro. and then Dimmitt Hale & Co. (Robert S. Hale) from 1870 to 1874. See s2D 75.1
BAR p 155,UMB 559, WAT 108
Billhead
D 75.1 DIMMITT’S TONIC BITTERS, R. S. Hale (Robert S. Hale), Importer & Dealer, Depot for Dimmitt’s Cough Balsam, Dimmitt’s Tonic Bitters, Ayer’s & Merrill’s Patent Medicines Etc., No. 51 Main Street, Granite Building, Helena, Montana, February 2, 1874. See D 75 Dimmitt’s 50 Cts Bitters from Saint Louis.

Another new listing for an unlisted De Lisser Bitters from the Joe Gourd collection.

Trade card
D 44.2 DE LISSER BITTERS (front) R. L. De Lisser, Manufacturing Chemist, No 23 Beekman Street, New York. 167 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. (reverse) Price list for De Lisser’s Pure Concentrated Extract of Jamaica Ginger, Pure Angostura Bark Bitters, The Celebrated Old Knickerbocker Bitters, Fine Old Curacao Bitters, Empire Bitters and various syrups etc.
Richard L. Delisser, Chemist, 23 Beekman, New York. New York, City Directory, 1882

01 June 2019 | Saturday

Here is a new listing in BBs2 for a Davies Restorative Bitters billboard envelope that Joe Gourd submitted.

Advertising Envelope
D 26.1 DAVIES RESTORATIVE BITTERS (Billboard Envelope) Grundy & Brownfield Wool, Philadelphia. Reverse: J. H. Davies, Restorative Bitters, 1717 Market Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
John H. Davies, Wholesale Liquor Dealer, 1717 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1870 United States Federal Census, Gopsill´s Philadelphia Business Directory, 1870

These two trade cards below for S. O. Dunbar started a chain reaction making us change the T 35 designation in Bitters Bottles to D 115.7. This also prompted the Peachridge Glass S.O. Dunbar & his Tomato (ya ya ya) Bitters post to be updated.

Trade card
D 115.5 S.O. DUNBAR LIFE BITTERS, S. O. Dunbar, Basement Post Office, Reverse: Manufacturer of Fluid Magnesia, Writing, Stencil & Dotting Ink, Swan’s Cherry Syrup, Shepard’s Condition Powder, Life Bitters. Taunton, Mass.
Handbill
D 115.7 LIFE RENOVATING BITTERS, The Cheapest and Best Bitters to be had, Tomato, Sarsaparilla, Blackberry, Dandelion and Wild Cherry, Vegetable Compound Life Renovating Bitters. Prepared and sold by S. O. Dunbar, Taunton, Mass.
D 115.7 (Dunbar’s Life Bitters or Life Renovating Bitters) L … Tomato, Sarsaparilla, Blackberry, Dandelion and Wild Cherry, Vegetable Compound Life Renovating Bitters
S. O. DUNBAR / TAUNTON / MASS. // c //
7 1/4 x 3 1/4 (4 1/2)
Round, Aqua, LTC, Rough pontil mark
S. O. Dunbar, Sole Agent, Bank Row, Taunton, Mass.
S.O. Dunbar (Samuel Oliver Dunbar), apothecary and books, 9 and 10 Bank Row, Taunton. Taunton, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1859
BAR p40, UMB 519, WAT L45
Previously T 35 in Bitters Bottles

About Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand Meyer V is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and has a BFA in Fine Art and Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. Ferdinand is the founding Principal of FMG Design, a nationally recognized design consultation firm. Ferdinand is a passionate collector of American historical glass specializing in bitters bottles, color runs and related classic figural bottles. He is married to Elizabeth Jane Meyer and lives in Houston, Texas with their daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. The Meyers are also very involved in Quarter Horses, antiques and early United States postage stamps. Ferdinand is the past 6-year President of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors and is one of the founding members of the FOHBC Virtual Museum.
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