HORSE MEDICINE

 

 

 

 

 

C'ville photos

Many thanks to Gloptop (Dennis R.) for answering our request for pictures. Here are some great shots of the show~

 

This killer sales table arrangement, courtesy of Pete and Shannon Hendricks, caught your eye the instant you waltzed through the entry doors.

 

Oh, and check out that overhead lighting~

 

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Holy Moly! Would ya look at these IXL's!

 

Two thumbs up to Dale M. for this incredible rainbow of rarity.

 

 

Medina's Medicine Show.

 

Just unbelievable in terms of variety and rarity.

 

And what a crowd it drew!

 

 

Having "pursued the pickle" for the past forty years, I can say that both my wife and I (as well as everyone else who saw this display), were drooling over this array of killer pieces.
Thanks Mike L.!

 

 

An excellent arrangement of beers by Mike R. I loved the verticality and dimension created by the used of period boxes. Another crowd pleaser.

 

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A little quiet time Friday evening during the hospitality hour with  hors d'oeuvres and no host bar, where collectors and dealers relaxed and caught up with one another.

 

Peruvian Bitters on ebay

 

Interesting Peruvian Bitters just closed on ebay

 

 

for a whopping $1,926.00

 

What was so interesting? It is missing the monogram on the reverse side of the bottle!

Royal Palm Gin

Will the REAL Western "R" Please Stand up!

Anonymous says:

"I don't understand the continued discussion of the curved R. Yes there are multiple curved R bottles from different states and even countries, but there is only one WESTERN curved R that is incredibly distinct. The western curved R can't be mistaken ! All these other curved R and not even close."

 

G R R R R R R R R.....

Boy - this Western "R" thing is starting to become a burr in my chaps 

I just can't seem to figure out what the REAL western "R" looks like, even though, in my bottle collection, I have a couple of dozen western bottles!
 

 

 

 

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So.......... Will the REAL western "R" please stand up!

 

 

More on the M. FRISIUS & CO / PURE HOLLAND GIN / SAN FRANCISCO bottle

Once in awhile a new discovery comes along that just gets the bottle collecting community excited! One such example came to my attention over the Jefferson State Antique Bottle and Insulator show weekend in Oregon. Steve Hubbell, an advanced western glass collector shared his new acquisition with a handful of western glass enthusiasts at a gathering at the Mlasko's home. This new find certainly peaked my interest and after seeing the posting on this site, I thought I would interject some addtional information on this product. It is likely that this bottle was manufactured and marketed during a relatively short time frame probably from the inception of a partnership created by M. Frisius and his cousin A. Frisius around March 1858, which resulted in the firm now known as M. Frisius & Co. Below is the copartnership notice.

The M. Frisius & Co imported many products during their tenure together, champagne and various liquors were all imported in bulk. On May 14th, 1858 an article showed that M. Frisius had received through the Customs House 15 pipes of Gin.

The partnership between M. Frisius and A. Frisius lasted three years before ending. It is likely that the bottle in the previous post is a result from this association. Although the company name remained the same, I have found no evidence to indicate the marketing of a gin product during the remaining time that M. Frisius & Co was in business from the date of the partnership dissolution to the end of business in 1862.

 

Those Darn Curved " R's "

Western, Eastern and English bottles with curved R's

Dr. Henley's OK Bitters with fancy supporting leg curved R's

 



 

 

 Sand's Sarsaparilla circa 1860's curved R's

 

 

 

Canker Syrup with interesting western looking R's

 

Dr Harvey's Blood Bitters with curved R's almost identical

to the Canker Syrup R's

 

 

 

 

After talking to several western collectors this past weekend the general consensus seems to be the curved R is a product of several mold makers from the west, east and even England. Not a sure fire way to judge where the bottle was blown or who cut the mold.

A New Discovery

 

Just in from Steve Hubbell

 

 

 

This appears to be embossed SAN FRANCISCO

 

Early base with traces of a iron pontil

A Patton & Sampson product ?

Nope!

 

After some research this new discovery  is believed to be from M. Frisius & Co. out of San Francisco.  From the small amount of research that has been done it appears he was selling liquor from about 1857 to 1862 under that company name.  He was in business with another partner as far back as 1852 in San Francisco

 

Thanks Steve!

 

More on the Hostetter's Jake

 

Pictured in the center is a Mitchell's Essence of Jamaica Ginger

 

If you look close you can see the word Hostetter's has been replaced with Mitchell's - the edges of the slug plate clearly show

Except for the word Mitchell's the rest of the embossing is identical to the Hostetter's

 

I do not know how rare the Mitchell's is but it took me quite awhile to obtain one for my collection.

 

-rs-

Pontil or Not Western Jamaica Ginger

Here is an interesting Jamaica Ginger (The Bluish One) it has an area on the base which is in a almost perfect circle, that looks like a sand or sticky ball pontil, Jeff had a McMillin & Kester Jake in his early Pacific Glass Works Catalogs #11? that has a Pontil with Graphite residue, Never saw the base, Does anyone one have an Opinion on the base of this bottle, it is rough, in a circle and has chunks of sand in it.