Bottles for Sale
| The following antique and old bottles are for sale. Buyer pays postage and insurance and has a five day return privilege. I have done my best to give accurate descriptions. Bottles are NOT machine made unless otherwise noted. Click on the thumbnail pictures to see a larger view. Use your back button to return to this page. To purchase any of the items below send email to jaok20@bottlebooks.com. or just click the "Buy Now" button. Thanks, I appreciate your business. |
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| Dr. S. Hardy's /
Woman's Friend, aqua, 8 inches tall, clean with 75% label for this cure for
women's complaints, there is a pinhead sized lip flake otherwise perfect.
$95.00 |
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Early pontil-age clear, probably flint glass,
flared lip flat smooth base of the sort found on 1840-1860s bottles,
miniature 1 7/8" tall embossed DR. S. HART // NEW YORK // NERVOUS //
PILLS, slight haze but no damage. Do not let the size fool you about
how good this bottle is. Dr. Hart was a pioneer Pharmacist in New
York City. $95.00 |
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| WISTAR'S BALSAM OF
WILD CHERRY I.B. ON REVERSE. Eight sided pontiled example of Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. the Initials on the reverse, I. B. stand for Isaac Butts... Bottle has some stain and ground wear but still sparkles. Very sharp pontil. Circa 1845-1855. $49.00 |
Here is a photo of the label with his signature-Only the bottle is included in the sale. |
Early Pontil Medicine Dalby's // Carminative, cone shaped aqua, about 4" tall, open pontil base, overall stain, no chips or cracks. Dalby's Carminative was one of the earliest patent medicines brought over from England in the late 1700s but later made here. This bottle dates 1835-1850. Nice example. SOLD |
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Cornflower Blue!! Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription marked A&DHC on base. Beautiful with partial label on reverse. Definitely NOT aqua $55.00 |
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GRODER'S / BOTANIC / DYSPEPSIA / SYRUP //
WATERVILLE ME // U.S.A., aqua, 9", some slight inside stain but otherwise
nice. Ever seen another? $80.00 |
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| Houseman's Germ'n /
Cough Drops // Prepared by / J. J. Davis, aqua, cylinder 5 7/8" thin flared
lip, open pontil. This bottle has been cleaned and may have a buffed
out lip flake (this is the way I got it). Early and rare pontil medicine
with embossing on both sides.. $185.00 |
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Dr. Hedge's // Life Balsam, aqua, dried contents
and 70% front and back labels. About 6" tall, I have not tried to clean
this bottle. It is mint without damage. Label on back is in German,
bottle is from Springfield Ohio. $50.00 |
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| PEQUOT MINERAL WATER
With Embossed CANOE, big gutsy mineral water with original wire bale and
outstanding condition. $125.00 |
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DR. COOPER'S // ETHEREAL / OIL // FOR DEAFNESS,
aqua, open pontil, mint. Very tough to find this clean. $375.00 |
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| Embossed on one side
Park's / Cough / Syrup. and on the other Free / Sample Approx. 3 1/8"
tall-sparkling mint $35.00 |
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Emerald Green drug or chemical bottle circa
1865-1875 Embossed around the Shoulder JR NICHOLS & CO. // BOSTON. Crude
bottle with some nice whittle to the glass. No chips or cracks smooth
base.
$75.00 |
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| Rare colored Louisville Druggist bottle. J.W. FOLWER / 2 ND & GREEN / LOUISVILLE, KY 2 5/8" X 15/16" Sq.
$175.00 |
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Unusual 6" amber drug bottle embossed TROPHONINE
(diagonally) // REED & CARNRICK N.Y.
on smooth base mint condition.
$35.00 |
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PATCHIN'S // MAGNETIC / OIL // CHICAGO, aqua, 5" tall, clean and mint. $35.00 |
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VELNO'S / MAGIC OIL, Aqua, open pontil base,
rect. 4 1/4" tall, rolled lip, overall stain, no chips or cracks. circa
1840-1855. Needs a good cleaning. $75.00 |
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| Early freeblown Utility dug in
Pittsburg. Early Circa 1815-1835!! Very unusual form with outward
rolled lip deep push-up pontiled base. The bottle has not been cleaned
has some crazing lines in the lip that were probably there when it was made.
Nice item. This one won't last.
Sold |
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Embossed Sample / Dr. Calvin's / Croup Tincture // J. W. Garney // Scranton Pa. Approx. 3 7/8" tall-slight haze small lip bruise on the top of the lip - no cracks $30.00 |
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Early blown cologne bottle - embossed yet!! A. HAWLEY / PHILADA, aqua, with flared lip this 1840s bottle has a shield on the reverse. pontil base. the bottle was dug and has not been cleaned out thoroughly still has some dirt. Bottle has staining - needs a good home and a cleaning. $150.00. |
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Very Rare miniature beer or soda bottle embossed
W.D. FREEMAN // NEW YORK // CINCINNATI. Bottle has been cleaned but
retains some inside stain and has a minor imperfection on the lip. Glass
is whittled. Circa 1880s.
$65.00 Second picture is for size comparison -purchase includes only the miniature soda. |
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| Deep cobalt blue with
violet tones, embossed Dr. Cassells / Instant Relief, 2 1/2" tall
tooled mouth, tiny
bruise on the corner of one panel in the middle of the bottle. SOLD |
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1860s medicine embossed on all four indented
panels, Sabines // Root / & Herb / / Cathartic / Pills // New York, aqua,
applied lip overall haze, rare miniature medicine of an early age. $50.00 |
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| Odd color yellowish topaz - THE MALTINE /
MANUFACTURING CO / LIMITED -
$50.00 |
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ANTIQUE PHARMACY BOTTLE EMBOSSED PARK PHARMACY / J.E. MCCLURE (SCRIPT) WARREN, OHIO [MARKED W.T. & CO. ON BASE] CLEAR, 5 1/2" SOME INSIDE STAIN BUT ONE TINY TINY LIP FLAKE -NO CRACKS $15.00 |
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| Allen & Hanbury /
Castor Oil, deep cobalt with electric blue overtones.
SOLD |
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Depew's / Humor / Ointment -1860s Civil
War period medicine. diagonally around the bottle. Aqua, cleaned with a
nice sheared lip and crudeness with bubbles in the glass - smooth base.
A rare one.
$65.00. |
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| Miniature labeled drug
store bottle. Crude lip.
$25.00 |
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Odd fruit jar closure. Circa 1870s.
Gotta be rare in clear!! Base embossed Mrs. G.E. Haller Patd Feb. 25, 73.
This item is not even listed in the Red Book of Fruit Jars. The only
listing is for an aqua jar and aqua closure. Price
Reduced!! $50.00 Ever seen one? |
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| Emerald green
miniature pharmacy bottle embossed CRAMER. (Cincinnati bottle I think)
rare color.
SOLD |
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Sewing Machine Oil bottle lot. Five
different and some rare Sewing Machine Oil bottles. Some stain and
very minor chips, no cracks
$55.00 Free Shipping in US
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| Empire Spring Mineral
Water Bottle. Nice. Great color and super condition.
$100.00 |
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Donald Duck Painted Label Soda always a favorite. $35.00 |
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| East Indian / Corn
Paint (miniature) 1 15/16" tall nice but some slight inside stain. $30.00 |
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Fenton's Marine Drug Store Cleveland unusual Double Collar top, crude, about 9" tall circa 1860-1870. $45.00 |
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| Pair of Hagen's Magnolia balm bottles.
One milkglass with 80% label and embossed. Rare miniature sample
bottle in clear also embossed. Circa 1870-1890.
SOLD |
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Great Blood and Rheumatism Cure - This is nicely embossed cure is from
Minnesota. The bottle is in good condition with no chips or crack.
Price reduced & Free shipping
$40.00 |
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| Rare DEEP teal
colored pharmacy embossed THE MAYELL & HOPP CO / CLEVELAND tooled lip,
smooth base, perfect, 2 5/8" X 15/16" Sq. $125.00 |
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Unusual and rare1880s Indian bottle- Dr. Sagamore's Wanego, aqua, good sized bottle at 8 1/2" tall. Some inside staining but no chips or cracks. $35.00 |
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| Teal wine or beer,
blob top quart in a most odd color. I have seen hundreds of these in
olive green but never one this color. Bottle has scratching and stain. $18.00 |
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Label only, Indian Pain Cure from Sidney Ohio,
circa 1900 still has the remains of the contents. Very rare bottle. $40.00 |
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| Here's a rare and odd
one. Embossed Sample / Brazilian Balm / For Coughs & Colds / A Drop is a
Dose Approx. 4 1/4" tall-stained but no chips- no cracks $35.00 |
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HARD TO FIND
Southern Milkglass mini. From Atlanta, Georgia, stain around lip and some
ground lines on body. MME ROBINNAIRE ATLANTA $55.00 |
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| Big gutsy aqua 1870-1880s medicine embossed, SCOVILL'S / BLOOD & / LIVER SYRUP Large quart size, 9 1/2" tall sparkly clean - $55.00
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12 sided rolled lip aqua pontiled umbrella ink Circa 1840-1855. Overall stain, no chips no cracks. SOLD |
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| HYGEA with embossed
lady rare color, some of the rust around blob from the bale, Ohio bottle. $150.00 |
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Super Bottle!! Phenic Oil with Embossed Horse and box of bottles Lightning Healer. Columbus Ohio bottle. $100.00 |
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| Pontil Hair Dye bottle
with gothic look embossed Rothe / Boston // No. 2, aqua, rolled lip, open
pontil base, not a common bottle and very attractive despite the overall
stain. $75.00 |
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1880s smooth base miniature medicine embossed on
the narrow sides, G. W. Scott's // Standard Cathartic, clear, tooled
mouth, slight haze, no damage, cute little bottle.
$40.00 |
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CANADIAN / BOOSTER / HAIR TONIC / AND / DANDRUFF CURE / WINSOR ONT. Rare Canadian cure bottle somewhat heavy stain but a tough bottle to find. $55.00 |
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1860s DR. ROGER'S // VEGETABLE / WORM SYRUP, dug
bottle with stain. Base shows a hinge mold with flange of glass that
got caught as the mold closed. $48.00 |
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| circa 1858 Dr. H. James 19 Grand St. Jersey City NJ. This bottle contained Extract of Cannabis Click on the above link ads prove both contents and date Sold |
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French 2 7/8" azure blue colored bottle with full
label Embossed SOLUBAINE -appears to be some other embossing under the
label which is in English.. Unusual color with original ground glass
stopper -
$55.00 |
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| Very Rare San
Francisco Citrate of Magnesia, aqua, embossed J. G. Steele & Co / San
Francisco, circa 1870-1880 $200.00 |
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MINI POTTY "YOU NEVER HAD IT SO SOFT" $40.00 |
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| Solon Palmer
Deep teal blue green 5 7/8" embossed around shoulder. Fancy ribbed
shoulder with delicate body shape, beautifully colored cologne bottle
Excellent condition. $60.00 . |
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Mrs. Gervaise Graham's / Beauty Doctor / Chicago & San Francisco //
Mrs. Graham's Preparations / Are / Pure & Harmless, Amber, some inside
contents and dirt, some stain areas, no chips or cracks. Bottle is about
5" tall circa 1890s.
$30.00 |
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CIRCA 1890-1900 LABEL ONLY KIBLER'S ALL ROUND OIL GUN OIL AND A THOUSAND OTHER USES $35.00 |
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Herman's / Vegetable / Catarrh Cure, clear, stain, 2 1/2" tall. Scarce cure could easily be tumbled clean. $39.00 |
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Dr. King's Pills with label and Pills!! Clear, embossed ABM (machine made) circa 1915 Cute little mini in perfect shape. SOLD |
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Pair of Rubifoam for the Teeth bottles. One in regular size and a
scarcer one in the free sample size. Both in very good condition.
$35.00 for the pair. |
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| V. e. N / Hall Medicine Co. / Toledo, O., Very unusual Medicine with pour spout. Embossed bottle has flake off the inside of the pour spout otherwise in excellent condition. About 4" tall amber SOLD |
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1870s DR. J. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS (L &W) ON SMOOTH BASE, DUG, STAIN BUT NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. $25.00 |
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| Big gutsy embossed
medicine, about 10" tall embossed on front Darby's Prophylatic Fluid // J/
H. Zeilin & Co. //Philadelphia, aqua, stain, 1/4 x 1/2" chip on the base,
does not show. SOLD |
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Crude and bubbly extremely rare cylindrical
medicine, aqua, 7" tall, crudely applied lip embossed on the shoulder INHALE / DR. TOWNSEND'S / OXYGENATED AIR, Sparkling Mint - Ever Seen one? Is this the famous Dr. Townsend? $230.00 |
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| Amber, CABOT'S / SULPHO NAPTHOL / TRADEMARK / BOSTON MASS, circa 1880-1900 drugstore type medicine, 5", about perfect, has some inside dirt which looks like it will wash out. SOLD |
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Genuine/ Crude Oil / Products and has various details of the derrick embossed. Early turn of the century hair bottle. Clear, cork top, 6 1/2", ABM with full labels and contents. Bottle is a figural of an oil derrick. The Label identifies the product as Bowen's (The genuine Crude Oil) Hair Grower. The bottle is embossed A Rare Bottle!! $75.00 |
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| Cary's Cough / Cure Syrup Rare hard to find cure,
, aqua, about perfect, open bubble,
$45.00 |
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Two mini bottles both one embossed X Bazin
/ Philada (1860s) and the other Kay's / Coaguline (1870-80) both clean and
no chips or cracks. $20 for the pair |
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| RALPH F. BURHAM /
MANUFACTURING PHARMACIST / AUBURN MAINE 1880-1900 AMBER ABOUT PERFECT. SOLD |
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MULLER'S / TWENTIETH CENTURY / IRON TONIC RARE AND UNUSUAL ABOUT PERFECT SOLD |
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| BICYCLE / OIL // MADE
IN U.S.A., clear, tooled lip, some inside stain, small lip flakes and 1/8"
bruise on back shoulder. Extremely rare, very hard to find item in any
condition.
$55.00 |
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"DeWitt's
Laxative Fruity Syrup A combination of Syrup of Figs with Pepsin Senna
and other effective ingredients......"7" bottle appears to be clear or very pale aqua bottle is
perfect.Label only medicine early ABM cork top with contents and
original cork. Label is 100% some staining.
$28.00 |
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| Doc. Marshall's /
Snuff with 85% original front label and partial back label. Aqua
excellent condition.
SOLD |
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Lightbody's CCC Coughs Colds emerald green,
tooled lip, nice color. SOLD |
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| E. DORT / SOLE PROP. / BUFFALO / N. Y. / U. S.
A. / MACIERZYNSKI SLAWNY BALSAM picture of a bottle on a table
possible woman?(inside oval). Clear with a slight amethyst tint,
tooled lip, 3 3/4", embossed. Bottle is perfect.
SOLD |
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Pontil bottle lot. Dug but no chips or cracks all are crude. Some
light haze and stain but overall good condition. Rectangular medicine is
very crude and misshapen at the base.
$50.00 |
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| Unusual and very rare ink. Listed in Covill's
Inks #713. I'd call it the hot dog ink. 5 1/4" inches long.
Try to find another. Clean specimen, excellent condition.
$60.00 FREE SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM |
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Payne's Pulmonol
Coughs Bronchitis, clear 188-1910 medicine with unusual embossing. Nice and clean. $45.00 |
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| U.S. HorseRadish / Saginaw Mich,
6 1/4", Unusual, some stain, a small lip bruise and 1/4" hard to see crack
in lower back corner on base.
$22.00 FREE SHIPPING IN US ON THIS ITEM |
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Ideal Dandruff Cure. Embossed F.W. Fitch // Ideal / Dandruff Cure
Co., clear, 6", excellent condition, tiny tiny pinhead flake on lip.
$30.00 . |
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| Dr. Paker's / Sure
Cure for Headache / Manfd by / Dr. Parker's Sons Co. / Batavia, NY, clear
with slight purple tint, some inside stain no chips or cracks. Nice
cure $45.00 |
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1860s Hilton's Insoluble Cement, aqua, rolled lip about
perfect, just missed being pontiled. $38.00 |
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| Dr. Kennedy's // Rheumatic / Resolvent
/ Roxbury, Mass., aqua, 8", taper top with original cork and cork pull.
65% Label (in poor condition) Inside Content Stain. Nice.
$43.00 |
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Deep cobalt, machine made mini ink. I don't know much about this one.
The bottle stands 2" tall and is 1 1/4" across the base. This cutie is
about perfect.
$28.00 Free shipping in US on this item |
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| Henderson's // Wild
Cherry / Beverage // New York, aqua, 4 1/4 inch probably syrup bottle for
making a beverage. Unusual excellent condition.
$20.00 |
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Amber bulbous whiskey circa 1880-1910 embossed Rheinstrom Bros. Cincinnati U.S.A., reverse
embossed with eagle in flight holding a shield in its talons RB monogram
on the shield. The bottle is 11 inches tall and retains much of the
original gold paint both on the eagle and on the neck. The bottle has a
tiny flake on the upper surface of the lip, otherwise mint. $50.00 |
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| MEADE & BAKER /
CARBOLIC / MOUTHWASH / (Monogram M&B) / CHICAGO ILL. FORMERLY RICHMOND VA.
Clear, 4 3/4", tooled lip1890s dental collectible in perfect condition,
embossed. Rare bottle.
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Aqua bulbous whiskey circa 1880-1910 embossed Rheinstrom Bros. Cincinnati U.S.A., reverse
embossed with eagle in flight holding a shield in its talons RB monogram
on the shield. The bottle is 11 inches tall and retains much of the
original gold paint both on the eagle and on the neck. The bottle has
slight inside stain, otherwise mint.
$40.00 |
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| Odd Bixby ink? Aqua only 2 5/8" tall,
some light haze and scratching. Embossed BiXby on the base.
$20.00 |
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1880-1910 Blob top beer in amber glass embossed in slug plate on the front, The Minck Brewing Co. Richmond, Ind. Bottle has overall stain and some scratching but no chips or cracks. $18.00 |
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