PICTURE TIME!

Beautiful western blown King of Pain
 

Colorful Henry Campe Tray

 

The old honest way to make a living

 

Summer time ..... Yum

Detecting a hillside

Some recent finds

Bitters book author, colored pontiled medicine & western whiskey collector Bill Ham

Get the family outdoors!

Got Flasks?

Base of a Pacific Coast Glass Works demijohn

Rick & Tammy Downieville 2012

A recent Aquisition

Bloggers Pix

A nice grouping of western bottles














Hostetter's Rule!























A rare Alex Von Humboldt's Stomach Bitters




















A beautiful bottle window of western & eastern glass

"Five Figural's"

"A Western Six Pack"

A very nice grouping of "60's" era western glass. In my research of early western made glass, I've been able to document pretty precisely the manufacturing ages of these, with the exception of the E.G. LYONS & CO bottle.

Lacour's Sarsapariphere Bitters marketed and manufactured 1867 - 1869 sold leftover inventory stock to Cassin Bros in 1870.

Cassin's Grape Brandy Bitters marketed and manufactured 1867 - 1868 began marketing their Grape Root Bitters November 1868 and beyond.

Squarza's Hygenic Bitters/Cordials marketed and manufactured 1865-1866 sold out to Cimmino and Bona in early 1867 and moved to his native home.

Simon's Medicated Aromatic Bitters marketed and manufactured 1865 -1866 started in S. F in 1860, no longer listed after 1866.

Rosenbaums Bitters, N.B.Jacobs & Co, San Francisco marketed and manufactured this product 1858 - 1868. Two mold variants made, larger bottle embossed late 1864, eastern in origin, smaller bottle most likely made 1866-1868.

Lyons Manufacturer successor to Crevolin & Co in 1865. Lyons & Co consisting of Jules Hayes at this time. This bottle is known in two mold variants and its date of manufacture is somewhat elusive with no real proof as to how early or late these are made.

There is much more of a story behind these bottles, but that will be told in an upcoming book on early western glass.

Bloggers Pix

I thought it would be fun to post some pictures that have been sent our way:
ENJOY!

How about this Orizaba with curved "R's" sent by Jim Walker

Just some killer squares and shards in some wild western colors. Thanks Warren

Here's a big time tear jerker, your basic Lacour's in your not so basic color

























A color run of Henley's on display at last years Downieville Bottle Show

Rick Hall sent this smokin' "green" Gun Wa's that he dug in Denver

Thanks everyone, keep sending in your pix!

Western Squares

Above are five desirable Western Bitters,
from left to right:
Dr. Renz Herb Bitters - straight legged R variant
Excelsior Bitters - variant with the correct spelling of Excelsior
Hibernia Bitters - arched letter variant with an applied top
Dr. Renz Herb Bitters - curved legged R variant
Bennett's Celebrated Stomach Bitters

Color & Shape

The appeal of Western Bitters is not only the rich history but the various colors and shapes that they can be found in.

From left to right:

Wormser Bros. / San Francisco - believed to have contained a whiskey bitters

Rosenbaums Bitters / N.B. Jacobs & Co / San Francisco - small variant

AT& Co - believed to have contained Asher S.Taylor's Champagne Wine Bitters

Lash's Kidney & Liver Bitters - red amber indented panel variant

Lacour's Bitters / Sarsapariphere - variant three in light yellow amber

Celebrated Crown Bitters / F. Chevalier & Co. / Sole Agents

Shades of Green

Three very desirable Western Bitters in shades of green.

From left to right:

Rosenbaums Bitters

Dr. Renz's Herb Bitters

E.G. Lyons & Co. Manufacturers Sanf Co.