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Genuine Chinese Green Drops - 2/5/2003 12:26:32 AM    AndyR   Posts: 47 Joined: 1/8/2003 From: Conroe, Texas (but originally Massachusetts) Status: offline Hi everyone - Here' s my own mystery bottle. Although I have never seen another one before, it may be very common for all I know. In any case, I have loved it since the day I found it in northern Massachusetts, as I walked along a large expanse of fresh dug up bottle dump that was being exposed for highway expansion! The bottle is embossed in the extreme! It is just clear and BIM. The words on one panel read GENUINE CHINESE // GREEN DROPS and on the opposite panel A. GIESECKE MFG // MILWAUKEE, WIS. Then on one of the two curved side panels is an incredibly detailed embossed image of a chinese apothecary in his shop, preparing his medicine. I hope thi picture gives you a good idea of what I mean. I' d love to know more about the product, what it was supposed to cure, and when it was supposed to be made. Oh yeah, and is it common or rare? Can anybody please shed some light on this bottle? Thanks. Attachment (1) < Message edited by AndyR -- 2/5/2003 9:03:31 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Genuine Chinese Green Drops - 2/5/2003 6:26:09 AM    Guest How do you do that! Just walk about and pick up a lovely old bottle like that.... I found one mention of Green Drops that is worth reading here http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/901290555.html I have never seen one though. (in reply to AndyR)   Post #: 2

RE: Genuine Chinese Green Drops - 3/24/2003 11:49:00 PM    AndyR   Posts: 47 Joined: 1/8/2003 From: Conroe, Texas (but originally Massachusetts) Status: offline Is there really and truly no one that knows anything about this Green Drops bottle? Has anyone even seen one before? I figured it must show up in mid-western U.S. bottle shows from time to time! HELP! (in reply to AndyR) Post #: 3

RE: Genuine Chinese Green Drops - 3/25/2003 7:48:21 AM    woody   Posts: 1680 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I' ve dug bottles in central New Hampshire for many years and have never seen your bottle before. It' s pretty easy to determine it was a local apothecary bottle from Milwaukee, Wis. Nice medicine bottle with loads of character. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to AndyR) Post #: 4

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