A labeled Flora Temple bottle

Posted on 13 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Apple-Touch-IconAJames Becker pleasantly surprised quite a few of us with pictures of a labeled Flora Temple bottle over on the Bottle Collectors facebook page. Folks this is one of Elizabeth’s favorite bottles having the horse embossing. As James puts it, “One of two known original Flora Temple whiskey labels…this one, the deep cherry puce example shown earlier. Both labels are in this same shield shape and fit nicely on the plain, flat reverse of the flask. In gold on blue, it reads ” Choice / Flora Temple / Whiskey / 1845 / Bourbon / WC Booraem / New York”.

“Booraem was a contemporary and lesser competitor of Bininger for many years. Both are listed as early as 1826, Booraem & Co. H. merchants 164 Pearl and in 1860, Booraem William E. imp. 59 Liberty.”

[All pictures by James Becker]

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At the starting gate…the celebrated mare, Flora Temple, strutting her stuff in five of the many wonderful colors that can be found in her flasks! Embossed with her name, and her famous winning time, Harness Trot 2.19 3/4, the flasks, in quart and pint sizes, have immortalized her in glass. So popular was she, that Currier and Ives was still creating new prints of her 1859 run as late as 1872.

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Posted also by James….This is the dark-colored piece to the far left in the photos. My thought has been for some time…if both labels known were specifically for Flora Temple Whiskey, were all known flasks (and there are MANY) made exclusively for Booraem and his 1845 bourbon? Or did other merchants buy the flasks from Whitney Glass Works in New Jersey and Lancaster Glass Works in New York and bottle THEIR own spirits using OTHER labels. If Booraem had the monopoly, he sure must have become rich on his sales! Like John Panella says, ‘the label tells the story’, but in this instance, maybe we will never know the whole story.

Flora Temple, the “bob-tailed nag” of Stephen Foster’s song, Camptown Races, was born in ONIEDA COUNTY, New York, near the village of Waterville, in 1845. Bred by Samuel Welsh, her dam was Madame Temple, and according to Mr. Welch, her sire was a horse belonging to the Loomis Family of Sangerfield, Bogus Hunter. Tradition has it that she was “docked with a jack-knife before she was an hour old.”

BRIAN WOLFF

Read More: A Horse is a Horse, of Course, of Course by Kevin Sives

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The puce London Medicated Health Restorer circles back

Posted on 12 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V
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Studio photograph, “London – Medicated – Health Restorer – S. A. Foutz / Baltimore MD” – American Glass Gallery

Apple-Touch-IconAThe same medium strawberry puce, London Medicated Health Restorer bottle is making an encore appearance as Lot #161 in American Glass Gallery Auction #10. This bottle first made an appearance, not to long ago, in American Glass Gallery Auction #2 in November 2009. I even referenced it before in a post titled London Medicated Health Restorer – Baltimore.

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Whenever I see this bottle I always think of Jules Verne, the French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.

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London Medicated Health Restorer – Kyle Collection (ex:Ferdinand Meyer IV Collection, my father)

Put out by  S.A. Foutz in Baltimore, MD, this bottle has it all with a hexagonal shape and indented panels. There are also three horizontal rings forming a cone type shoulder with an applied sloping collared mouth with ring.

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Exterior photograph of the same “London – Medicated – Health Restorer – S. A. Foutz / Baltimore MD” – American Glass Gallery

This is a distinctive form that most likely was put out by Baltimore Glass Works in 1860 – 1870. It is reminiscent of the famous and extremely rare, Chickahominy Bitters (see center bottle below) and somewhat to the Atherton’s Dew Drop Bitters (left below).

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Atherton’s Dew Drop Bitters (left), the subject London Medicated Health Restorer (center) and Chickahominy Bitters (right)

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Chickahominy Bitters – Fuss Collection (photograph Ferdinand Meyer)

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Atherton’s Dew Drop Bitters – Meyer Collection

Read: Dr. Atherton’s Dew Drop Bitters

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Thomas W. Dyott Portraits…painted, printed and embossed

Posted on 12 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Thomas W. Dyott Portraits…painted, printed and embossed

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After the Singing along at Dyottville Glass Works post I was really pleased to see a number of follow-up posts by Eric Richter and Paul Joseph Goodwin sharing bottles with the embossed T. W. Dyott portrait. Eric even provided the image of the wonderful portrait painting above. I find it quite remarkable that Dr. Dyott would put his portrait on the opposite side of Benjamin Franklin.

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The same Dyott portrait image on a Dyottville $10 promissory note issued by Dr Dyott’s Manual Labor Bank.

Apparently the Dyott portrait occurs on other Philadelphia Kensington Glass Works flasks, the GI-94 (pint), GI-95 (pint), GI-96 (quart) and the oddball GI-98 (pint) made by a different glass house in the midwest. Read Only Five Flasks by Kevin A. Sives.

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Dyott portrait occurs on other flasks, the GI-94, GI-95, GI-96 and GI-98. – Kevin A. Sives.

Read More: Washington – Taylor (Portrait Only) Historical Flasks

Read More: A lot of Collectors find Dyottville fascinating

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Franklin – Dyott Portrait Flask, Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820-1840. Aquamarine, sheared mouth – pontil scar, pint; (minor high point wear on busts). GI-94 A beautiful early flask with great mold impression. – Norman C. Heckler

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This GI-94 Franklin – Dyott Portrait Flask is an absolute mind blower in chocolate brown. I don’t know who has ownership, but it’s so crisp you can see how Dyott looked when he was in his mid 40’s, this being made mid 1820’s and his being born in 1780. – Eric Richter

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Keeping on topic, Here’s my GI-96 Franklin-Dyott Quart Flask, Portrait of Franklin “Benjamin Franklin” Portrait Of Dyott “T.W. Dyott MD” Edge inscriptions, “Eripuit Coelo Fulmen. Sceptrum Que Typannis” ( latin translated, “He snatches from the sky the thunderbolt, and the sceptre from tyrants.”) “Kensington Glass Works Philadelphia” Medium Aquamarine, Pontil 1825-1835 – Paul Joseph Goodwin

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Franklin and Dyott portrait flask, aqua flat sided flask marked on shoulder Kensington Glass Works Philadelphia and second indistinct inscription with shoulder length portrait of Franklin and inscription above Benjamin Franklin, reverse with bust length portrait and inscription above T.W. Dyott, fire polished lip and snap pontil; 8″high. – Cowan’s Auctions

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Singing along at Dyottville Glass Works

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V
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1857 Bird’s Eye View of Philadelphia. Depicts view of city looking from west of Schuylkill toward the Delaware. John Bachman Lithographer), Printer: P.S. Duval & Son – Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Singing along at Dyottville Glass Works

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For a number of reasons I have been searching through old Philadelphia directories searching for information. I couldn’t help but to get side tracked on Dyottville Glass Works again and in particular on a series of ‘rosy’ comments that paint a clean and joyful experience for the young men and primarily ‘boys’ working in these glass factories and furnaces (see 1834 clipping below). You will also see a series of retail listings at the bottom of this post for T. W. Dyott and Dyottville Glass Works.

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Three Colorful Washington/Taylor Quarts made at Dyottville Glass Works . Photo submitted by club member Eric Schmetterling – New Jersey Antique Bottle Club

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“Almost all learn to sing, and you may hear the various companies of laborers-singing most delightedly, while busy at their work, sometimes twenty of thirty times a day.”

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View of the Glass Works of T.W. Dyott – Historical Society of Pennsylvania – 1832

“Of the 300 laborers, 225 are boys, some of whom are not more than eight years of age.”

This 15 year at the Lehr Glass Works - October 1908

This 15 year at the Lehr Glass Works – October 1908

“They are industrious, orderly and apparently happy.”

“They are taught every evening the branches of a plain, practical education. They have also a library.”

To me, this is incredible. It looks like some executives, church going, God fearing wife wrote this to feel better about making these children work such long horrendous hours under such harsh conditions. I really like the glossing over the children working long shifts and night shifts by saying they are taught every evening and are singing throughout their shift!

Glass bottle production. Historical artwork of children working alongside adults in a glass bottle factory. The glass is heated by the furnace (right) until it is molten, then the hot glowing glass is blown and moulded (centre right) into a bottle. Image taken from Grands Hommes et Grands Faits de l'Industrie (Great Men and Great Facts of Industry), France, circa 1880.

Glass bottle production. Historical artwork of children working alongside adults in a glass bottle factory.

Read More: Glass Works and Glass Factories – Hell on Earth?

Read More: Boys in Glass Houses – Taking on the Mannerisms of Men

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1834 Dyottville overview from The Mechanic, Journal of the Useful Arts and Sciences

“Employees were urged to spend at the company stores in the Dyottville community rather than redeem the Labor Bank Note.”

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Example of a 1836 Dyottville $10 promissory note issued by Dr Dyott’s Manual Labor Bank. Employees were urged to spend at the company stores in the Dyottville community rather than redeem the Labor Bank Note. – submitted by Paul Joseph Goodwin

T. W. Dyott and Dyottville Glass Works Directory Listings

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1836 portrait of Thomas W. Dyott used on the above bank note. He was 56 at the time. – submitted by Eric Richter

Important Read: A brief history of the Philadelphia Glass Works (Later Called Kensington Glass Works) by Kevin A. Sives

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1814 Listing for T. W. Dyott, MD in Kite’s Philadelphia Directory

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T. W. Dyott Wholesale and Retail Druggist – 1820 Philadelphia Directory Advertisement

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1821 exterior image of Dr. T. W. Dyott’s office in Fishtown/Kensington neighborhood. Advertisement reads: “Approved Family Medicines, which are celebrated for the cure of most diseases which the human body is liable: prepared only by the sole proprietor, T. W. Dyott, M. D. Grandson of the late celebrated Dr. Robertson of Edinburgh – Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Dyottville Factories. 1833 advertisement – DeSilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide

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Benners, Smith & Campbell, Dyottville Glass Works Advertisement. Date unknown.

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Dyottville Glass Works advertisement from 1862 Philadelphia City Directory

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National Bitters – Schlichter & Zug – Philadelphia

Posted on 8 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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THE  NATIONAL  BITTERS

Schlichter & Zug | Walton & Zug | J.S. Walton

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One of the top figural bitters bottles, The National (ear of corn) Bitters from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania stands tall with other figural bitters including the queens, fish, pigs, cabins and barrels. The bottle also comes in a stunning array of colors.

Read More: Summertime is for Corn – Great Corn Figurals

The National Bitters was compounded and manufactured by Dr. Jacob Hatman Kurtz who was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He was also an Act. Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army. Dr. Kurtz claimed to have been using his concoction for 35 years in private practice which would have been from about 1834 – 1867.

Kurtz made and sold his bitters in the ear of corn bottle at 920 Market Street in Philadelphia centering around 1867 when Patent Number 2,816 was issued to a Henry Schlichter and a Henry A. Zug (October 29, 1867) which corresponds to the embossing date on the base of the bottle. Schlicter & Zug then sold The National Bitters wholesale.

In 1869, we see that the bitters is being sold by Walton & Zug, proprietors at No. 9 North Seventh Street in Philadelphia.

In 1870, Walton & Zug obtained an important revenue decision from the Treasury Department, Office of Internal Revenue, stating that The National Bitters was a compound put up and sold as a medicine and when properly stamped, could be sold by dealers in stamped bottles. This meant that Walton & Zug would not have to pay the special tax as liquor dealers. The typical bitters scam, we’ve seen it many times before.

By 1872, Jesse S. Walton was the sole proprietor located at the same address, No. 9, North Seventh Street. Zug must have moved on.

The bottles were made and advertised from 1867 to 1872 or so. They were probably made at the Whitney Glass Works in Glassboro, New Jersey. The glass works also made Doctor Fisch’s Bitters and Drake’s Plantation Bitters.

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Schlichter & Zug Proprietors. Advertisement showing a bust-length portrait of a beautiful young woman looking over her bare shoulder and holding an open book beside her face displaying the text “If you wish for perfect health use the National Bitters.” She wears her hair in pincurls and tied back with a pearl hair clip. She also wears a pearl necklace and a pearl earring. – The Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

If You Wish Perfect Health, Use The National Bitters

The National Bitters was also sold wholesale and retail by Tobias Barto (Barto’s Great Gun Bitters) who had a wine and liquor store at Keystone House in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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“National / Bitters” – “Patent / 1867” (on base), with 98% original label, America, 1867 – 1875. Medium golden amber, figural ear of corn, applied short tapered collar with ring – smooth base, ht. 12 ¼”, perfect. R/H #N8. Extremely rare with original bright maroon label with gold lettering, which reads in part: “THE / National Bitters / Cures Fever, Ague, Liver / Complaints … / SCHLICTER & ZUG / PROPRIETORS / 9 North 7th St / PHILAD’A.” Relatively few examples remain with a virtually complete label. – American Glass Gallery Auction #10

Just finished perusing the bottles in American Glass Gallery Auction #10 that opens today. Some real fine glass. One of the corn bitters examples jumped out to me. I really like this example because of the label (see above). You hardly ever see this complete and readable of an example on a National Bitters “ear of corn” figural bottle. These are great bottles that look spectacular in a run. The examples pictured at the top are from the Meyer collection.

What is interesting about this particular label above, is that it reads “Schlichter & Zug Proprietors, 9 North 7th Street, Philadelphia”. One would expect it to read “Walton & Co. 9 North 7th Street” like the Ring & Ham listing (see below). There is even another label reported by Frank Wicker at Bottle Pickers that reads, “The National Bitters Compounded Dr. J. H. Kurtz, Walton & Zug, Proprietors”. If you notice, the advertisement at the top of this post uses “Schlichter & Zug” with a “929 Market Street” address. The 929 Market Street adress is actually a hotel that is listed with Henry Schlichter in an 1867 Philadelphia Directory. I have made a few updates below in red.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

N 8  THE NATIONAL BITTERS (Ear of Corn)
NATIONAL BITTERS // c // // b // PATENT / 1867
The National Bitters was compounded and manufactured by Dr. Jacob Hatman Kurtz who was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He was also an Act. Assistant Surgeon in the United States Army. Dr. Kurtz claimed to have been using his concoction for 35 years in private practice which would have been from about 1834 – 1867.
Patent Number 2,816 was issued to a Henry Schlichter and a Henry A. Zug (October 29, 1867).
Schlicter & Zug, Proprietors (929 Market Street), Walton & Zug Proprietors (No.9 North Seventh Street) and later J.S. Walton, Proprietor (9 North 7th St.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12 5/8 x 2 3/4
Ear of Corn, STCR, Applied mouth, Amber – Common; Yellow and Puce – Very scarce; Aqua – Rare

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Three yellow National Bitters in shades from citron to pale yellow to yellow gold

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National Bitters in golden amber

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“National / Bitters” – “Patent / 1867” (on base), with 98% original label, America, 1867 – 1875. Medium golden amber, figural ear of corn, applied short tapered collar with ring – smooth base, ht. 12 ¼”, perfect. R/H #N8. Extremely rare with original bright maroon label with gold lettering, which reads in part: “THE / National Bitters / Cures Fever, Ague, Liver / Complaints … / SCHLICTER & ZUG / PROPRIETORS / 9 North 7th St / PHILAD’A.” Relatively few examples remain with a virtually complete label. – American Glass Gallery Auction #10

National Bitters in a two-toned yellow and orange amber

National Bitters in a puce coloration

National Bitters in blue aqua

National Bitters in citron coloration (with green tone)

National Bitters in copper puce

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Example of a labeled National Bitters in a dark cherry color – previous American Bottle Auctions

Select Listings:

1862: Jacob H. Kurtz, M.D. 18 N 17th – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Directory
1867: National Bitters patent (below) listing 2,816 by Henry Schlichter and Henry A. Zug, Philadelphia, Pa. – Commissioner of Patents Annual Report By United States. Patent Office – 1867

1867: The National Bitters advertisement (below), Schlichter & Zug – Reading Times, Monday, July 8 1867

1869: The National Bitters –Walton & Zug, proprietors advertisement (below) – Tyrone Herald, Friday, July 16, 1869

1870: [Announcements] Important Revenue Decision. National Bitters is a compound put up and sold as a medicine and when properly stamped, can be sold by dealers in the stamped bottles who have not paid the special tax as liquor dealers – Carlisle Weekly Herald, Thursday, January 20, 1870

1870-71: Walton & Zug (Jesse S.Walton & Henry A. Zug), bitters, 9 N 7th – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Directory
1872: The National Bitters, J. S. Walton, Proprietor, No.9 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia advertisement (below) –  The Greensboro Patriot, Thursday, February 1, 1872

1872: J. S. Walton was the proprietor of The National Bitters located at No. 9, North Seventh Street in Philadelphia.
1873: Jesse S. Walton, patent medicines, 9 N 7th – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Directory
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Australian National Bottle Show pictures in…

Posted on 6 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Dear Ferdinand,

Hope all is well state side. The Aussie Bottle National has come and gone this past weekend. Just over 3,500 folks came for a look which is a new record for the Sunshine Coast Club and unprecedented in this country at any previous National Bottle Show. Another first is for members of Federal Parliament, State Council and a Charity wishing to speak formally opening a Bottle and Collectables Show. I consider myself pretty well travelled to most world related events, but have never seen a line to get in like Saturdays…

The Sunshine Coast Club has a humble presence on Facebook where this show and previous have been recorded digitally to share. Visit and Like Page

Best Regards,
Greg Dean

04 & 05 May 2013 (Saturday & -Sunday) Caloundra, Queensland – Australia, Sunshine Coast Antique and Collectables Club hosts the Australian National Bottle Show, Caloundra Indoor Sports Stadium, North Street, Caloundra, Queensland Australia. Public: Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sunday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Dealer set-up, Friday 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Contact Club Secretary Lyn Foster, Tele: + 61 7 5494 1106, email: coastalsigns@pacifictelco.com.au or Club President Peter Watts, Tele: + 61 7 5441 3692, email: joyce_watts@bigpond.com

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L. Deloche, Pharmacien Encoignure Dumain & Bourbon, Nouvelle Orleans – Pot Lid

Posted on 5 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Apple-Touch-IconAI was looking at this pretty cool New Orleans pot lid on ebay last night wondering if Greg Dean or Rex Barbour (both major pot lit collectors living in Australia) knew anything about it. Also Dr. Charles Aprill (New Orleans), had he any information on this pot lid or pharmacy. Well I check back this morning and the ebay listed had ended. Here was the listing and description. The pictures were rather nice. See original ebay listing.

Read more on PRG: American Pot Lid Pictures in from Greg Dean

Read more on PRG: Quack Pot Lids Display (Australia to Reno)

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Ext. Rare New Orleans Pot Lid, Bourbon St. Address.

L. Deloche, Pharmacien Encoignure Dumain & Bourbon, Nouvelle Orleans, all within a round border, the pot is in black transfer, the pot is 2 5/8″ round, now, this is a extremely rare lid, it is unlisted and may be unique, it has world known famous and historic Bourbon St on it, put all this together and you have a very rare and important and historic lid, to date there are no others known, so now i will get to my price on this lid, with ext.rare flask selling for over a hundred grand, and a 1913 nickle that just sold for over 3 million, and there are five of those, my thought on the selling price is that its reasonable and cheap, of course many may not see it this way but in the 1940’s that same v nickle sold for 3 thousand dollars,people thought that was high at the time, anyway this is no doubt for a advanced collection and one that has the budget to go with it, but be assured this a top shelf piece and would be a center of that advanced collection, a collection that has something others don’t because even for more money there’s not another to be bought, so here it is, a one time shot at a ultra rare lid, it has no cracks, or chips, not a matching base, overall very good condition.

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A search online reveals a Louis Deloche, druggist, Bourbon & Main (1834 New Orleans City Directory), 253 Bourbon (1838 New Orleans City Directory), listed as Druggist and Chemist in 1843 directory, 253 Bourbon (1850 New Orleans City Directory) and Louis Deloche, druggist, 195 Bourbon (1861 New Orleans City Directory). Louis had a wife named Josephine. She is listed in an 1876 New Orleans City Directory as Lewis’ widow. Some address as pot lid, meaning I suppose, they lived above the pharmacy. A 1900 Meyer Brothers Druggist catalog lists a H. Gruebler as purchasing the Deloche Pharmacy.

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I also see that this same pot lid showed up over at Antique-Bottles.net late last year. The following comment was noted:

Looks like a French lid made for the US market. Plenty of UK lids were done for similar purposes with American addresses. Time for a bit of research on Deloche in Orleans to prove othewise. 

Here is another odd listing of an accidental death:

Simeon F. Boy C. – 10 years – N.O. La – cor. Dumain (sic) & Bourbon Sts. Killed by having his head crushed by the flywheel of a force pump used for making mineral water at the establishment of L. Deloche. The boy sliped (sic) and fell with his head in the wheel while it was revolving crushing his scull (sic) and right arm. Entirely accidental.

New Orleans August 6th, 1863

Does anyone have and Deloche druggists bottles? He was around a long time. By the note above, he was also making mineral water.

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Buffalo Bayou, Buffalo Beer Tour & Buffalo Brewing Company

Posted on 4 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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The American Buffalo

Buffalo Bayou, Buffalo Beer Tour & Buffalo Brewing Company

04 May 2013

Apple-Touch-IconAThree things on my desk(top) or laptop today all dealing with the American Bison. First is the next segment in a series I am writing about Houston history including Allen’s Landing and Buffalo Bayou. You can read the first three posts by clicking the link in the previous sentence. The next segment dealing with pathways along Buffalo Bayou should be ready tonight or tomorrow.

Buffalo Bayou

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Houston and Texas Central Depot – 1873. You can see Buffalo Bayou

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The second is a beer tour in Buffalo, New York. From an e-mail I received. Attached is a flyer for a Buffalo Beer Tour on Saturday May 25th by Pete Jablonski. Tickets are $40. Contact information for tickets is on the flyer. Thanks. Joe Guerra. See Flyer

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Buffalo Beer Tour on Saturday May 25th

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The third is related to Buffalo Brewing Company of Sacramento, California. While searching for a Buffalo beer image I couldn’t help but to get sidetracked. Certainly the most notable of the brewery men of Sacramento were the German-born Herman H. Grau (1846-1915) and William E. Gerber (1852-1928). Herman, a former East Coast brewer who came to Sacramento from Buffalo, N.Y. in about 1886, was the man who organized the Buffalo Brewery, which would eventually become the largest brewery west of the Mississippi. Here are a few fantastic pieces pictured below. Read: Buffalo Brewery men were interred at East Lawn Memorial Park.

So we have famous beer men from Buffalo, New York who strike out and start a brewery in California. I wonder if any shipments passed through Houston?

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Buffalo Brewing Company Paper Sign, Sacramento, CA. Depicting nude Indian maiden on buffalo. In period walnut frame, mint condition. 17 1/2 X 24 1/2 inches.- Live Auctioneers (estimate $15,000 – $25,000)

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Buffalo Brewing Co. tin tip tray, Sacramento, CA. – Victorian Casino Antiques

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View of Harry M. Bowman’s painting shop at 918 11th Street, Sacramento, ca. 1900-1910; unidentified individuals, possibly including Bowman and his employees, displaying carriage wheels in foreground. Buffalo Brewing Company storefront at right. Bowman was a paint shop foreman for Pacific Wheel and Carriage Works and specialized in painting carriages. – Center for Sacramento History

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The Buffalo Brewery. [ca. 1910]. California State Library, California History Room.

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Buffalo Brewing Company stock certificate. Sacramento, California. Unissued, 19__. Incorporated 1888 – ClintonHollis.com

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Fantasy Jug Raffle and Saratoga Bottles to be featured at the 2013 Saratoga Show

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand,

Roy Topka with the Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa here. Local collector and artisan Jim Healy (he was tickled pink by the mention of his good work in the current Bottles and Extras) created the attached Fantasy Jug for the Museum and donated it to be raffled.

The theme being the 150th anniversary of the Racetrack in Saratoga. By early April the Museum website should be featuring the jug and information on the raffle, along with other media exposure that will be undertaken to promote the raffle. What I am asking, is it possible when the website is ready could the jug be pictured on your website with the link to the NBM? I understand if this is not possible, as all the clubs and the Federation are needing to raise money for their own purposes. I figure it never hurts to ask! Thank you for your consideration, if you have any questions, or if there is ever anything I can do please let me know.

Roy Topka
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Fantasy Jug Raffle and Saratoga Bottles to be Featured at the 2013 Saratoga Show

A highlight of the 2013 Saratoga Annual Show (see info below) will be the raffle of a fantasy jug marking the 150th anniversary of the Saratoga race track. The 1860’s era 3 gallon jug was donated by Schenectady, NY collector John Rudzinski and hand decorated by artisan Jim Healy of Tribes Hill, NY. The jug has a minor lip repair. Tickets are $10 each or three for $20 and can be purchased by contacting the National Bottle Museum at 76 Milton Ave, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, (518) 885-7589. Tickets will be available at the bottle show where the winning ticket will be drawn. All proceeds will benefit the Bottle Museum. We encourage everyone to participate and take a chance to become the owners of this wonderful piece of art.

Also featured at at the show and at the Museum will be special displays of Saratoga bottles and go withs from Northeast bottle collections.

When attending the show please take the time to check out the great displays!

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01 June 2013 (Saturday) Ballston Spa, New York – Annual Saratoga Bottle Show, Ballston Spa High School, 220 Ballston Avenue, Ballston Spa, New York 12020, Saturday, 9:30 am to 3:00 pm, No Early Admission, Set-up: Friday, 31 May, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Saturday, 01 June, 7:00 am to 9:00 am, Admission: $3.00 Adult, $1.00 Children under 12, National Bottle Museum, nationalbottlemuseum.org, Roy Topka, chairman, 4 Firestone Lane, Clifton Park, New York 12065, 518.779.1243, rmt556@yahoo.com

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Is it just a Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey bottle?

Posted on 2 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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Is it Just a Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey Bottle?

02 May 2013 (R•111914)

DuffysMaltBaltoCropApple-Touch-IconAI realize that Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is probably one of the most common bottles out there. I once received a requested ‘care box’ of bottles from my father sometime in the middle 1990s that contained a Duffy’s. You see, I had asked him for some of his ‘extra bottles’ to put in my windows. Obviously my pop was not going to give me a yellow Indian Queen or a cobalt blue embossed medicine just for filling a window. He did however include an amber Drakes Plantation Bitters and an amber Fish Bitters. Heck, I didn’t even know what a Bitters was at that time! That is another story though. Anyway, I still have the Duffy’s. It is pictured to the left and it even has the word ‘Baltimore’ (also comes with “Rochester”) embossed on it, my home town. Yes, common bottles like this can be cherished and important.

I put one of the advertisements below, the one titled “Four Million Cures” on the Peachridge facebook page yesterday prompting a number of responses such as:

“Years ago we dug 60 whole ones and uncounted broken ones in one hole. Someone sure liked it”– Randy Taylor

“Smashed hundreds of these as a kid” – Chris Nichols

“Have a pint …a half.. and a mini. thought they weren’t worth a sh**. My daddys stuff. … priceless to me” – Steven Harris

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The Most Preposterous Medicine Ads Ever?

I just love the Duffy’s advertisement below and some of the claims. How in the world were they getting away with this, using a Malt Whiskey as a medicine? I also think they were stretching it a little when they say they have cured four million people of disease. I mean the ad says 3,986, 721. Ha, they are exaggerating! Also, who was counting and how was it recorded? This is precisely why I love this hobby so much!

“Four Million Cures”

“Grip Death Rate Lowered by 40%”

“Vigorous at 119 Years of Age”

“Smart at 102 Years of Age”

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Advertisement Atlanta, Georgia 1901for Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey. Making the most outlandish claims. By the way, ‘No Fusel Oil” basically means “No bad alcohol”.

The Most Powerful Man in World

The advertisement below is great. This guy looks like some deformed mutant though “he owes his Strength and Health to Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey”

“It is a Form of Food Already Digested”

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“Keeps the Old Young – The Young Strong”

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Duffy’s “Most Powerful Man in the World” advertisement – Washington Post – 05 June 1905

“Did a Medicine Bottle Change History”

There is an abundance of material already written about this brand and I really do not want to go there. I do however, want to point out that Jack E. Fincham has a brief and really nice Duffy’s article in the May | June 2013 issue of the FOHBC Bottles and Extras. Ordinarily I would not provide an article ‘free for perusal, certainly from a current issue, but I will make an exception in this case. I am so pleased with the great writers and articles that are in the new and improved Bottles and Extras. Please consider subscribing if you haven’t already. Read Article

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“Did a Medicine Bottle Change History” article by Jack E. Fincham in the May | June 2013 issue of the FOHBC Bottles and Extras

Some Great Bottles

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Lot Of Five “The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company / Rochester, N.Y. U.S.A.” Bottles, America, 1870-1890. Cylindrical, shades of bright amber, tooled sloping collared mouths – smooth bases, four are embossed “Patd. Aug 24 / 1886”, ht. 3 7/8 inches, 6 inches, 6 7/8 inches, 8 1/4 inches and 10 1/8 inches. Two have original labels. Fine condition. Estimate: $200 – $400 Minimum bid: $100 – Heckler Auctions

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Lot Of Three “The Duffy Malt Whiskey Company” Bottles, America, 1870-1890. Cylindrical, golden amber, yellow amber and yellow olive, applied and tooled sloping collared mouths – smooth bases, ht. 10 inches, 10 1/8 inches and 10 1/4 inches; (one has 1/2 inch scratch with 1/16 inch flake, as well as 1/8 inch surface chip). Two bottles have “Rochester” embossing, one has “Baltimore” embossing. One retains original label. Fine condition. – Heckler Auctions

Other Interesting Material

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Later “Spring Time is Tonic Time” Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey -1914 advertisement -02 May 1914 issue of Judge

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Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey self framed tin sign. Depicts chemist at work. Chas. W. Shonk Litho Co. Chicago – icollector.com

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