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Name that Bitters - 1/31/2012 7:59:14 PM    Southern Bottles   Posts: 14 Joined: 11/3/2003 From: St. Louis area Status: offline Ok, I have been posting some heart breakers on another thread and remembered I had this piece that I dug in my father's back yard many year ago. As the exact name is a mystery it seems fitting to put it on "What is it?". This is the only piece I found and the embossing reads "ITTERS" on one side and "PR" on the other. Weren't the bottle gods crewel to be to tease me like this? I think I finally found what bottle this belonged to after going all through Bill Ham's bitters book. But I am not certain. I guess I need to look again....or have one of you guess what it was. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Southern Bottles --------------------------- Member of the Metro-East Antique Bottle Club (St. Louis Area) Post #: 1

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/22/2012 4:53:45 PM    breynolds   Posts: 3 Joined: 2/22/2012 Status: offline Not much to go on but a good guess would be apricot bitters, obviously more research is necessary good luck (in reply to Southern Bottles) Post #: 2

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/22/2012 5:07:07 PM    blade   Posts: 700 Joined: 12/17/2005 Status: offline Bob (in reply to Southern Bottles) Post #: 3

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/22/2012 5:14:30 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4296 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Nice color... Too bad it's broke! I ain't a bitters person, but I'm gonna disagree with blade... Looks like a Fred to me. _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to blade) Post #: 4

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/22/2012 5:31:44 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline I do not think the PR is part of the word "APRICOT" looking at the embossing seen just to the right of the "R" I'm seeing the start of an "E". Does anyone have the Ring & Ham to see if there are any listed with another word on them that has "PRE" in it... The area next to the PR... Attachment (1) _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 5

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/23/2012 12:21:11 AM    DruggistBottles   Posts: 251 Joined: 4/2/2009 From: St. Louis Area Status: offline I did a quick check in Ham's book. The obvious ones with "Pre..." and "Bitters" did not seem to match the most likely shape of my bottle - a cylinder. Baker's Premium Bitters Richmond VA J. Prechette Spanish Tonic Bitters MRS N. A. Prescott's Bitters Preston's Catholicon or Strengthening Bitters I wish I could remember where I found what my bottle was. It was either in Ham's or an auction posting. I have a project where I plan to go all through Ham's book, so I will keep an eye out. If anyone else figures it out in the mean time let me know. _____________________________ Collector of Druggist from everywhere – particularly those in color, with a graphic or pontiled. I also collect St. Louis, New Orleans and Mobile pontiled sodas. Member of the Metro-East Antique Bottle Club (St. Louis Area) (in reply to epackage) Post #: 6

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/23/2012 12:39:44 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline PRECHETTE and PRESTON seem somewhat possible to me... From here... http://www.nps.gov/mwac/bottle_glass/bottle_glass_index.htm < Message edited by epackage -- 2/23/2012 12:41:38 PM > _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to DruggistBottles) Post #: 7

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/28/2012 6:40:12 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 6467 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Eastern Northwest West Central area of Mass Status: offline quote: I did a quick check in Ham's book. The obvious ones with "Pre..." and "Bitters" did not seem to match the most likely shape of my bottle - a cylinder. I does have the look of a TPM whiskey. Could the "itters" be an unusual coincidence? Maybe it's a Scottish whiskey type thing and not a bitters at all. Just thinking out loud in text. The color looks is about apricot to me. _____________________________ Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati Eric (in reply to epackage) Post #: 8

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/28/2012 1:57:06 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline Maybe its "RITTERS" instead of bitters. _____________________________ PROUD TO BE FROM THE SOUTH! (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 9

RE: Name that Bitters - 2/28/2012 2:20:48 PM    epackage Posts: 9862 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: carobran Maybe its "RITTERS" instead of bitters. Maybe it's Critters, Litters, Titters or Mr. Smithers "The Simpson's" Tonic... _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to carobran) Post #: 10

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