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Tag Archives: Star
Cap’n Jacks’ Star Anchor Bitters – Portsmouth, Ohio
Cap’n Jacks’ Star Anchor Bitters W. L. B. Jack – Portsmouth, Ohio 05 December 2015 (R•120915) I received an email asking about the value and rarity of an amber Star Anchor Bitters that was found in an estate collection. It … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged Anchor, bitters, Captain, Jack, ohio, Pharamacist, Portsmouth, Remedy, Star, W. L. B., William, Willy
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A Super Steele’s Niagara Star Bitters
A Super Steele’s Niagara Star Bitters 06 October 2015 Another incoming e-mail and some super pictures of a super bottle from Chris Eib. Groovy green glass. Did just say that? We heard from Chris last week which resulted in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Color Runs, Figural Bottles, News
Tagged bitters, Chris, Color, Eib, Figural, green, Niagara, Star, Steele
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The Two Other Plantation Bitters
The two other Plantation Bitters + another 05 September 2015 Just about all of us are familiar with the Drake’s Plantations Bitters figural log cabin bottle. Besides Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, you probably see more Drake’s at shows, at auctions and online than … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Auction News, Bitters, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, News
Tagged auction, bitters, cabin, Drakes, Figural, Frank, hagenbuch, Heckler, Log, Plantation, Prairie, roof, Star, thatched
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Lone Star Stomach Bitters – New Orleans
Lone Star Stomach Bitters – New Orleans 30 May 2015 Here is another super bitters that made an exciting appearance at the recent American Glass Gallery Auction 14 by John Pastor. Let’s do a little digging on the J. Dreyfus (Crescent Moon and … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant
Tagged bitters, Crescent, Dreyfus, Joseph, Kansas City, Lone, Missouri, Moon, New Orleans, Pastor, Star, Stomach
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Frederick’s Great Remedy – The American Star Bitters
Frederick’s Great Remedy – The American Star Bitters 24 January 2015 On February 23, 1866, George P. Frederick may have opened his morning newspaper with coffee and a biscuit only to read with interest the following lines titled “The American Star“. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged american, bitters, Cholera, Dr. Ferguson, Druggist & Drugstore, East Indies, edinburg, Frederick, George, Harrisburg, love, Northumberland, ohio, Pennsylvania, Pomeroy, Professor, Remedy, Star
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Cotton’s Southern Star Stomach Bitters
Cotton’s Southern Star Stomach Bitters On September 9, 1957, Hattie Cotton was dynamited because one African-American girl had been enrolled in first grade. Top picture is a crowd gathered at the bombing site. 07 December 2014 Cotton’s Southern Star Stomach … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, cotton, elementary, Hattie, Martin, school, Southern, Star
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Cool Embossings 3
Cool Embossings 3 09 September 2014 Lions, Bears and Bulls oh my. This is the third post in the series titled “Cool Embossings”. See Cool Bottle Embossings and Cool Bottle Embossings 2. I carry these images around in my digital purse, and periodically want to post. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, Beer, Bicycle, Bull, emboss, Indian, lion, sloop, snake, Star, Washington
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Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters
Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 08 January 2014 This post was inspired by an image provided by Jim May depicting Brophy’s Depot, which was a post office and establishment for selling Brophy’s Bitters. The … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged Baltimore, bitters, Brophy, Crescent, Dennis, foundry, illinois, Irish, mail, mailman, Meyer, Montgomery, New York, Nokomis, office, Philadelphia, post, postmaster, Star, type
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Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters – 1848
Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters – 1848 06 November 2013 (R•111513) (R•051915) (R•031319) Jim Hagenbuch over at Glass Works Auctions had this extraordinary, Dr. C. V. Schmidt’s Asteroid Tonic Bitters that I just missed getting in their last auction. Fortunately my … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Stoneware, Tonics
Tagged Absinthe, Apocalypse, asteroid, bitters, C. V. Schmidt, comet, Gerardus D. Bouw, Jeff Burkhardt, John Feldmann, Star, Tonic, wormwood
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