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EMBOSSED SAMPLE OR TRIAL
#
Primary Name
Embossing
Height
Color
BIM or
ABM
Notes
1
Abbott Brothers
SAMPLE BOTTLE//ABBOTT/BROS./
RHEUMATIC CURE/ESTD. 1888//SAMPLE BOTTLE
5”
Amber
BIM
Agee pg. 1
2
Abbott Brothers
ABBOTT BROS. RHEUMATIC REMEDY//
SAMPLE BOTTLE
4 7/8”
Amber
BIM
3
Arnold’s
SAMPLE/DR. SETH ARNOLD’S/COUGH KILLER
3’’
Aqua
BIM
RIBC
4
Astol
ASTOL//SAMPLE
2 1/2”
Amber
Aqua
5
Atwood’s
FREE SAMPLE//ATWOOD’S//JAUNDICE//
BITTERS
3 3/8”
4”
Aqua
Aqua
ABM
ABM
Cannon
Odell
Fike pg. 30
Watson pg. 55
6
Baker’s
FREE SAMPLE OF/BAKER’S GREAT/ AMERICAN SPECIFIC
2 7/8”
Aqua
Clear
7
Beach’s
SAMPLE BEACH’S COUGH SYRUP/AND LAGRIPPE CURE
4 1/4”
Aqua
Knapp
8
Bell’s
THE E.E. SUTHERLAND/MEDICNE CO./ PADUCAH KY//PINE-TAR-HONEY//DR. BELL’S//FREE SAMPLE
4 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
9
Beggs
SAMPLE BOTTLE/BEGGS’/CHERRY COUGH SYRUP
Aqua
Odell
10
Blair’s
DR. BLIAR’S RU-MEX-AL FOR BLOOD FREEPORT, ILL. TRIAL MARK
Kovel
11
Borinated
SAMPLE/BORINATED/TOOTH/POWDER
2 1/4”
Clear
12
Borine
BORINE/CLEANSING/ANTISEPTIC/TRIAL SIZE/BORINE MFG. CO./NEW YORK
3 1/16”
Clear
BIM
13
Bosanko’s
DR. BOSANKO’S/COUGH AND LUNG SYRUP//TRIAL SIZE
3 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
14
Calvins
SAMPLE/DR. CALVINS/CROUP TINCTURE //J. W. CARNEY//SCRANTON, PA.
3 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
15
Carey’s
SAMPLE CAREY’S COUGH CURE SYRUP
2 3/4”
16
Colden’s
COLDON’S/LIQUID BEEF TONIC/
PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE
4 3/4”
5”
Clear
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin pg. 120
Fike pg. 233
17
Cramer’s
FREE SAMPLE/CRAMER’S/KIDNEY CURE/ ALBANY N.Y.
4 3/16”
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin pg. 134
Fike pg. 96
18
Cushing
PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE CUSHING PROCESS CO
6 3/4”
Clear
Bottle Forum
19
Daudelin
THE LOUIS DAUDELIN CO//FREE/SAMPLE
/BLOOD/WINE//WORSTER MASS
4 7/16”
Clear
BIM
20
Fink’s
FINK’S/MAGIC OIL/SAMPLE
Clear
BIM
Odell
21
Foley’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE/FOLEY & CO. CHICAGO U.S.A.
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin pg. 185
Fike pg. 59
Wilson pg. 35
22
Foley’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE/FOLEY & CO. CHICAGO U.S.A.
4 1/8”
Clear
BIM
Cannon
Fike pg. 59
23
Garfield
GARFIELD/TEA SYRUP/FREE SAMPLE
2 1/2”
Clear
24
Giles
GILES/LINIMENT//TRIAL SIZE//NEW YORK
4 5/8”
Aqua
Baldwin pg. 201
Fike pg. 134
25
Gouraud’s
TRIAL SIZE/GOURAUD’S/ORIENTAL CREAM// NEW YORK//LONDON
2 1/2”
Clear
BIM
26
Gray’s
SAMPLE/THE PERDUE FREDERICK CO./‘monogram’/NEW YORK/GRAY’S GLYCERINE TONIC COMP.
4 3/4”
Clear
Lindsey
27
Greene’s
DR. GREENE’S NERUVA//SAMPLE BOTTLE// DR. GREENE’S NERUVA
6 1/4”
Clear
BIM
28
Greene’s
PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE DR. GREENE’S INFALLIBLE LINIMENT
Clear
Odell
29
Gunn’s
DR. GUNN’S/ONION SYRUP/SAMPLE SIZE
2 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Fike pg. 226
30
Guy’s
GUYS TONIC//SAMPLE/TABLESPOONS// BOTTLE
4 1/4”
Aqua
31
Hainer’s
SAMPLE/HIANER’S/COUGH SYRUP//TOMS RIVER, N.J.//C.B. MATHIS
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
33
Haggee’s
HAGEE’S CORDIAL OF THE EXTRACT OF/
COD LIVER COMPOUND//KATHARMON CHEMICAL CO./ST. LOUIS, MO// PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE
Aqua
Bottle Forum
33
Hall’s
HALL’S ‘keystone’ WINE TONIC FREE SAMPLE
6”
Amber
BIM
34
Harlene
HARLENE/FOR THE/HAIR//SAMPLE
(Embossed on base: MADE IN LONDON)
3”
3 1/2”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
35
Harris
SAMPLE BOTTLE/HARRIS COUGH REMEDY/BINGHAMPTON, NY.
3 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Bottle Forum
36
Harter’s
PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE OF/HARTER’S IRON TONIC/ST. LOUIS, MO.
6 1/2”
Clear
Lindsey
37
Hayne’s
FREE SAMPLE/DR. HAYNE’S//ARABIAN BALSAM//E. MORGAN & SON’S//PROV. R.I.
3 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
RIBC
38
Healy & Bigelow
HEALY & BIGELOW/KICKAPOO INDIAN OIL/TRIAL BOTTLE
3 15/16”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
ABM
Odell
39
Hentz’s
FREE SAMPLE/HENTZ’S CURATIVE/
BITTERS
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Grapentine
Fike pg. 35
40
Hunt’s
HUNT’S REMEDY CO./ONE DIME SAMPLE
Amber
BIM
RIBC
41
Hunt’s
HUNT’S REMEDY//WM. E. CLARKE/TRIAL SIZE/PROVIDENCE RI//HUNT’S REMEDY
6 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
RIBC
Sold for 75 cents (noted on box)
42
Hydroleine
HYDROLEINE//PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE
5”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
43
Jaynes
JAYNES/EXPECTORANT//PHILADELPHIA
//TRIAL SIZE
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Sold for 5 cents (noted on trade card)
44
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/FEMALE REMEDY/BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
45
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT/KIDNEY CURE/BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
3 1/8”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Cannon
Odell
Baldwin pg. 292
Fike pg. 101
46
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT/KIDNEY CURE/LONDON E.C.
3 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Agee pg. 96
47
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT KIDNEY CURE/LONDON E.C.
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Agee pg. 46
48
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT KIDNEY REMEDY/BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Cannon
Fike pg. 209
49
Kilmer’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT KIDNEY CURE/BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Cannon
50
Knight’s
SAMPLE/KNIGHT’S RHEUMATIC CURE/(Can’t Read St. #) STATE STREET/CHICAGO
Amber
privymaster.org Oct 10, 1999 Results
51
Kodol
KODOL/NERVE/TONIC//FREE/SAMPLE (Embossed on base: E.C. DEWITT & CO. CHICAGO)
3 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Fike pg. 235
52
Labree’s
LABREE’S/LINIMENT/FREE SAMPLE
3 3/8”
Aqua
BIM
53
Lash’s
SAMPLE/LASH’S BITTERS
4 3/16”
Amber
ABM
Fike pg. 37
Grapentine
Wilson pg. 44
54
Lax-Fos
LAX-FOS//SAMPLE
3 1/2”
4 7/8”
Clear
55
Le
Grande’s
TRIAL BOTTLE/LE GRANDE’S/ARABIAN/ CATARRAH REMEDY//J.A. LAWRENCE// NEW YORK
6 1/2”
Aqua
Baldwin pg. 307
Fike pg. 209
56
Luxura
FREE SAMPLE/LUXURA/A SCIENTIFIC ANTI-SEPTIC/MADAME M. YALE/CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
4 1/2”
Clear
ABM
57
Magee’s
SAMPLE MAGEE’S EMULSION
5 1/8”
Aqua
58
Matchett
DRS. MATCHETT/EPILEPSY-CURE-COLLAGE/BOURBON, IND/A SAMPLE MONTHS
9 5/8”
Clear
BIM
Cannon
59
Miles
FREE SAMPLE/DR. MILES/NEW HEART CURE
3 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
60
Miles
FREE SAMPLE/DR. MILES/RESTORITIVE NERVINE
4”
Aqua
BIM
61
Murphy’s
SAMPLE BOTTLE/DR. MURPHY’S/ELIXIR OF LIFE
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
RIBC
62
Sanmetto
OD CHEMICAL/NEW YORK/SAMPLE
5”
Amber
Labeled ‘Sanmetto’ per Fike pg. 47
63
Park’s
PARK’S/COUGH/SYRUP//FREE/SAMPLE
3”
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin pg. 374
Fike pg. 229
64
Pineoleum
PINEOLEUM//PHYSICIAN’S//TRIAL// PINEOLEUM
2 1/4”
Clear
ABM
65
Pineoleum
PINEOLEUM//PHYSICIAN’S//SAMPLE//
PINEOLEUM
2 1/4”
Aqua
ABM
Fike pg. 177
66
Rawleigh’s
TRIAL MARK/RAWLEIGH’S
9”
Clear
Amber
Aqua
BIM
67
Renne’s
RENNE’S/PAIN KILLING//MAGIC OIL//
SAMPLE//TRY IT
2 3/8”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Cannon
Odell
Baldwin pg. 410
Fike pg. 195
Wilson pg. 76
68
Robinson’s
SAMPLE/ROBINSON’S/PHOSPHORIZE/
EMULSION
3 3/4”
Clear
BIM
69
Rough Skin
FOR ROUGH SKIN//SAMPLE W.H.C.
2 1/4”
Clear
ABM
70
Rubifoam
SAMPLE/OF/RUBIFOAM/FOR THE TEETH/E.W. HOLT CO./LOWELL MASS.
2 1/2”
Clear
ABM
71
Sheffields
SAMPLE DR. SHEFFIELDS ELIXIR BALM FOR THE TEETH
2 1/4”
Clear
Knapp
72
Shilo’s
SAMPLE/SHILO’S CURE
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Wilson notes that this bottle “sold for ten cents per bottle”, pg. 85
Agee pg. 70
73
Shilo’s
SAMPLE/SHILOS/CURE
2 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Fike pg. 105
Agee pg. 72
74
Thacher’s
DR. THACHER’S/LIVER & BLOOD SYRUP// SAMPLE//CHATANOOGA, TENN.
3 7/8”
3 1/2”
Amber
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Agee pg. 80
Fike pg. 230
75
Tussano
TUSSANO/CURES/COUGHS//SAMPLE/C. I. HOOD & CO./LOWELL, MASS
2 3/16”
Aqua
BIM
76
Vin Mariani
VIN MARIANI/COCA/PHYSICIAN’S SAMPLE/PARIS FRANCE
5 1/2”
Clear
Fike pg. 184
77
Walker’s
WALKER’S/TONIC/FREE/SAMPLE
3 1/2”
3 3/8”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Odell
Fike pg. 237
78
Warner’s
FREE SAMPLE/WARNER’S SAFE CURE CO./ROCHESTSER, N.Y.
4 1/4”
Amber
BIM
Baldwin pg. 507
Fike pg. 107
79
Warner’s
FREE SAMPLE/WARNER’S SAFE REMEDY CO./ROCHESTSER, N.Y.
4 1/4”
Amber
BIM
Cannon
80
Warner’s
SAMPLE/W.M. WARNER & CO./BOTTLE
5 3/4”
Clear
BIM
Cannon
Fike pg. 81
81
Watkins
TRIAL MARK/WATKINS
8 1/2”
Amber
Fike pg. 185
82
Williams’
SAMPLE OF/WILLIAMS’/BRILLANTINE
1 7/8”
Clear
BIM
83
Wyeth
SAMPLE (Embossed on base: WYETH/117)
2 3/4”
Clear
84
X-Zalia
X-ZALIA/‘stalks’/TRADEMARK/MEDICINE CO/BOSTON, MASS//SAMPLE BOTTLE
3 1/2”
Clear
BIM
85
Zoa-Phora
FREE SAMPLE/ZOA-PHORA/ZOA-PHORA CO./ KALAMAZOO, MICH
3 1/2”
Clear
BIM
SAMPLE OR TRIAL, ALTHOUGH NOT EMBOSSED AS SUCH
Primary Name
Embossing
Height
Color
BIM or
ABM
Notes
Abbott’s
C.W. ABBOTT & CO. (Imprinted on zinc cap: ABBOTT’S BITTERS, Embossed on base: C.W. ABBOTT & CO BALTIMORE MD. 6 10/F/8)
3 9/16”
Amber
ABM
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 50
Alexander’s
ALEXANDER’S/LUNG HEALER
4”
Clear
A. S. Hopkins
DR. A. S. HOPKINS UNION STOMACH BITTERS
Cannon
Blasi lists as a sample on pg. 9
Fike lists a 9 3/8” size bottle, pg. 42
Arnold’s
DR. SETH ARNOLD’S//BALSAM//GILMAN BROS/BOSTON
3 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Fike lists a 7” size bottle, pg. 22
Atwood’s
MOSES ATWOOD’S BITTERS
3 3/8”
4”
Clear
ABM
Cannon
Ayer’s
AYER’S//CHERRY/PECTORAL//LOWELL, MASS
6”
Aqua
Reggie notes this bottle sold for 10 cents and had a paper label noting it was a ‘Trial Size’
Ballard’s
BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT
Odell, trial size for sale
Fike, page 133, lists a 4 1/4” and 5 7/8” size bottle
Wilson lists a 4 1/4” size bottle, pg 20
Ball’s
DR. BALL’S/HUSTENA/GREATEST OF ALL COUGH CURES
3 1/4”
Clear
Agee notes ‘Free Sample Bottle’ on paper label, pg. 4
Balle’s
DR. BALLE’S/HUSTENA//COUGH/CONSUMPTION/
& ASTHMA
3 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Baur’s
BAUR’S COUGH CURE
2 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Agee, pg. 4, lists as a sample
Benz
GEO. BENZ/&/SONS/APPETINE BITTERS/ST. PAUL, MINN. (Embossed on base: PAT. NOV. 23.1897)
4 5/8”
3 1/2”
Amber
Green
Grapentine
Bigelow
DR. BIGELOW’S/PSITIVE CURE/FOR COUGHS, COLDS & CONSUMPTION//GRIGGS & CO.//OTTAWA, ILL
4 1/8”
Clear
Bird’s
BIRDS LUNG CURE
2 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Agee lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 4, same bottle in Fike, pg. 95, not listed as a sample…have seen a larger Mrs. Birds Lung Cure
Bischoff’s
BISCHOFF’S STOMACH BITTERS
5”
Amber
“May have been a sample” per ‘South Carolina The Top 25 Bottles’ article FOHBC 2003
Boschee’s
German Syrup
L M. GREEN//WOODBURY, N.J.
4”
Aqua
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 36 and on pg. 21 lists a 6 3/4” size bottle
Fike lists 6 1/4” and 6 3/4” size bottles, pg. 224
Reggie’s lists a ‘Sample’ on paper label
Dr. Bouviers
DR. C. BOUVIERS BUCHU GIN
4 1/2”
Clear
BIM
Brazilian Balm
BRAZILIAN BALM/FOR COUGHS & COLDS/A DROP IS DOSE
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell acution
Baldwin notes ‘two sizes’, pg. 78
Bromo-Seltzer
BROMO-SELTZER/EMERSON/DRUG CO./BALTIMORE, MD.
2 1/2”
Cobalt
Aqua
Teal
BIM
Fike pg. 111
Ad for Bromo-Seltzer “Trial Bottle 10 cents at all drug stores”
Carson pg. 58
Brown’s
BROWN’S/HOUSEHOLD PANACEA/AND FAMILY LINIMENT//CURTIS & BROWN MFG. CO. LIMITED N.Y.
3 5/8”
Aqua
Baldwin lists a 5 3/4” size bottle, pg. 87 and Fike does the same on pg. 133
Bull’s
DR. BULL’S VEGETABLE BITTERS//D.B.V.M.C.//RACINE, WISS.
Amber
Mr. Bottles Wisconsin; Bitters Gallery
Burdock
BURDOCK BLOOD/BITTERS//FOSTER MILBURN CO. BUFFALO NY.
4 1/8”
Aqua
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 39 lists a ‘Trial’ size bottle
Fike lists 8 1/2” and 9 1/4” size bottles, notes 4 1/8” size but not as sample, pg. 32
Burk’s
BURK’S//WHITE PINE/BALSAM//BURK’S MEDICINE CO.
2 1/2”’
Clear
Blasi lists as a sample on pg. 24
Caldwell’s
CALDWELL’S SYRUP PEPSIN/MF’D BY/PEPSIN SYRUP COMPANY/MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS
3”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Fike pg. 224
‘Free Sample’ on paper label
Wilson notes that “This was a sample size”, pg. 27
California Fig
CALIFORNIA/FIG & HERB/BITTERS//CALIFORNIA FIG PRODUCTS CO./SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
4 1/2”
Amber
Southeast Bottle Club
Fike lists a 9 7/8” size bottle, pg. 32
Camelline
CAMELLINE/FOR THE/COMPLEXION
2 3/8”
Amber
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 157
Caroni
CARONI - BITTERS (Imprinted on zinc cap: CARONI BITTERS, Embossed on base: CARONI BITTERS)
5”
5 1/4”
Olive
Cannon
Watson lists this bottle, pg. 80, although not as a sample
Centaur
CENTAUR LINIMEMT
3 1/2”
Clear
Reggie’s depicts a ‘Trial Size’ bottle with wrap around paper label with embossing on shoulder
‘Trial Size’ depicted in Centaur Co. article
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 36 lists a trial size
Fike lists a 3 1/2” size bottle although not as a sample and also a 4 3/4” size bottle. pg. 133
Chamberlain’s
CHAMBERLAIN’S COLIC CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA REMEDY
2 1/4”
Aqua
Sample per Knapp
Chamberlain’s
CHAMBERLAIN’S/HAND LOTION/ALCOHOL 49%
2 3/4”
Clear
ABM
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 149
‘Free Sample’ on paper label
Clark Stanley’s
CLARK STANLEY/SNAKE OIL/LINIMENT
4 1/2”
Clear
Baldwin notes a 6 1/4” size bottle with smaller bottles (sample) available with less embossing, pg. 465
Fike lists a 6 1/2” size bottle, pg. 197
Craig’s
CRAIGS/GOLDEN TONIC//STOMACH/LIVER//BLOOD
//MALARIA/CHILLS AND FEVER
3 3/8”
Amber
Knapp lists as a sample
Cranitonic
CRANITONIC FOR THE HAIR CRANITONIC//HAIR FOOD
3”
3 1/16”
Aqua
BIM
Odell notes this was a trial size bottle that was for sale
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 122
Croupline
CROUPLINE/COUGH SYRUP//REGSITERED//T. ROBERT’S
3”
Aqua
BIM
Larger variant exists
Creme de Camelia
CREME DE CAMELIA FOR THE COMPLEXION//THE BORADENT CO INC//SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK
2 1/2”
Cobalt
Utah Collectors.com
Fike lists a 5” size bottle, pg. 52
Davis
DAVIS’//VEGETABLE//PAIN KILLER
2 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Probably a sample per RIBC
De Grath’s
PROF DE GRATH’S ELECTRIC OIL PHILA
2 5/8”
Aqua
Knapp lists as a sample
Dill’s Balm of Life
PROF DILL’S/BALM OF LIFE//THE/GREAT/REMEDY/FOR ALL/PAINS
4”
Aqua
BIM
‘Free Sample’ on 7
Dill’s Cough Syrup
THE DILL CO.//NORRISTOWN PA.
3 1/2”
Clear
BIM
Dinsmore’s
MRS. DINSMORE’S/COUGH & CROUP/BALSAM
4”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Blasi lists as a sample on pg. 42
Fike, pg. 24 and Baldwin pg. 153 both note 6” size bottles, Mrs. Dinsmore’s Cough and Croup Balsam, ‘Sample Bottle’, stamped in red on paper label, clear, ‘The Man Behind the Woman’s Face’ article, A. V. Rapoza 2005
Duffy
THE DUFFY MALT WHISKEY COMPANY ROCHESTER, N.Y.U.S.A./’monogram’/
(Another variant with 1886 embossed on bottom of bottle exists)
4”
Amber
BIM
‘Free Sample’ on paper label
Ely’s
ELY’S CREAM BALM
2 1/2”
Amber
Ad for Ely’s Cream Balm, “Sample Bottle 10 cents” Hechtlinger, pg. 233
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 36 lists a ‘Sample’ size bottle
Fike lists two 2 1/2” size bottles (although not as samples) and a 3 3/16”, pg. 19
Baldwin lists a 2 1/2” size bottle, although not as a sample, and notes at least one larger bottle exists, pg. 167
Fahrney
DRS. D. FAHRNEY & SON/HAGERSTOWN, MD.
Clear
Bottle Forum depicts ‘Sample or Trial Bottle’ on paper label
Fahrney
DRS. D. FAHRNEY & SON/TEETHING SYRUP//FOR BABES
//HAGERSTOWN MD
2 3/4”
Clear
Matt’s
Cannon notes a 5 3/8” size bottle in ‘Baby and Kid Stuff’ article
Fellow’s
FELLOW’S /SYRUP OF/HYPOPHOSPHITES
4 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Ferro
FERRO QUINA/STOMACH BITTERS/BLOOD MAKER/ MNFG. BY/D.P. ROSSI/ITALIA &/SAN FRANCISCO/
CAL.
3 5/8”
Amber
Odell
Wilson notes this bottle as a miniature, pg. 26 and also notes another variant without the S.F. embossed and half the size
Sample per Fike, pg. 34, with variant in embossing
Foley’s
FOLEY’S HONEY & TAR//FOLEY & CO//CHICAGO, U.S.A.
4 1/4”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Odell
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 59
Gladstone’s
GLADSTONE’S CELERY//AND PEPSIN COMPOUND
4”
Amber
Fike, pg. 84, lists a 7 3/8” size bottle
Baldwin lists without specifics, pg. 202
Goff’s
HERB BITTERS//CAMDEN N.J.//S. B. GOFF
4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Watson notes “variant may possibly be a sample”, pg. 113
Goff’s
S. B. GOFF’S//INDIAN VEGETABLE/COUGH SYRUP/& BLOOD PURIFER//CAMDEN N.J.
4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Fike lists a 8” size bottle, pg. 226
Goff’s
S. B. GOFF’S//MAGIC/OIL LINIMENT//CAMDEN N.J.
3 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin lists a 4 7/8” bottle and notes at least 3 sizes, pg. 203
Gould
L. A. GOULD/PORTLAND ME
4 3/4”
Clear
L. A. Gould, White Clover Cream, ‘Trial Size’ on paper label
Hagen’s
HAGEN’S/MAGNOLIA/BALM
2 1/2”
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Odell
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 20
Harter’s
DR. HARTER’S/WILD CHERRY/BITTERS/DAYTON, O.
4 5/8”
4 1/2”
Amber
Amber
Cannon
Grapentine
Fike lists this bottle, although not as sample, pg. 35
Harter’s
DR. HARTER’S/WILD CHERRY/BITTERS/ST LOUIS
2 3/4”
3 3/4”
4 5/8”
Amber
Amber
Grapentine
Fike lists this bottle, although not as sample, pg. 35
Watson notes that the smaller bottles were advertised as trial size bottles, pg. 124
Southeast Bottle Club lists a 4 1/2” light yellow variant
Harter’s
DR. HARTER’S/W. C. BITTERS
(Embossed on bottom: PATENTED)
4 3/4’
Amber
Hartshorn
E. HARSTSHORN & SONS//BOSTON, MASS.
E. HARTSHORN & SON’S/BOSTON MASS
E. HARTSHORN & SON/ESTABLISHED 1850/BOSTON, MASS.
3”
3 1/2”
3 7/8”
Aqua
Aqua
Clear
BIM
Odell, May 2001, ‘Sample’ bitters also found in full size, also Pure Extract Lemon/
Free Sample on paper label
Haynes
DR. HAYNES//ARABIAN//BALSAM//E. MORGAN & SONS//
PROV. R.I.
3 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Probably a sample per RIBC, likely had a paper label as well as embossing
Fike has a 4 1/8” size bottle, pg. 59
Hartwig
HARTWIG KANTOROWICZ/POSEN/GERMANY
4 1/8”
Milk Glass
BIM
Herbine
HERBINE CO.
Odell
“Sample Free” ad in The Budget 8/25/1886
Fike lists a 6 3/4” and a 6 7/8” size bottle, pg. 63
Hermanu’s
HERMANU’S/GERMANY’S INFALLIBLE/DYSPESIA CURE
2 7/8”
Amber
A sample bottle per Jim Hagenbach, Bottle Collectors Magazine
Fike, pg. 99, lists this bottle although not as a sample
Agee lists a 9” size bottle, pg. 36
Hick’s
HICK’S CAPUDINE/CURES/HEADACHE
HICK’S CAPUDINE/HEADACHE CURE
HICK’S CAPUDINE FOR HEADACHE
3 1/4”
Amber
Agee lists as sample, pg. 36
Fike lists this bottle, although not as sample, pg. 157, also on pg. 166 Fike notes a 2 3/4” size
Odell notes this as a trial size and that it was sold for a small amount
‘Hick’s Capudine Free Sample’ on paper label
Hind’s
A. S. HIND’S//PORTLAND ME//HONEY & ALMOND CREAM//ALCOHOL 7%//CAP. 1 1/2 FL. DR.
1 1/2”
Clear
Odell depicts an ad for ‘Samples’ (3/4” size?)
Fike notes 2 1/16” size and up, pg. 92
Hinkley’s
HINKLEY’S/BONE LINIMENT//SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
4”
Aqua
BIM
Fike lists a 4 7/8” size and notes 3 other sizes, pg. 138
Baldwin notes a 4 7/8”, pg. 254
Hochstadter
HOCHSTADTER CO.
5”
Amber
BIM
Bitters…
Holtzermann’s
HOLTZERMANN’S PATENT STOMACH BITTERS
Amber
Odell
Grapentine
Hops & Malt
HOPS/&/MALT/BITTERS/HOPS & MALT/‘sheaf of hops’/BITTERS
3 3/4”
Amber
Fike lists a 9” bottle, pg. 36
Hostetter’s
HOSTETTER’S BITTERS
4”
Amber
BIM
Odell
Fike notes a 9 1/2” size, pg. 36
Ingall’s
INGALL’S MED. CO. INGALL’S THROAT AND LUNG SPECIFIC, LOWELL, MA.
Odell
Baldwin notes 3 sizes, pg. 265
Jadwin’s
JADWIN’S/SUBDUING/LINIMENT//HONESDALE/PA.
4”
Aqua
BIM
“Also available in sample size” Baldwin, pg. 269
Fike notes 3 sizes and lists a 9” size bottle, pg. 135
Dr. Jayne’s
DR. D. JAYNE & SON
Aqua
BIM
Kemp’s
KEMP’S/COUGH BALSAM//DIRECTIONS/ON BOX//O.F. WOODWARD//LEROY, N.Y.
2 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
Kemp’s
KEMPS BALSAM
2 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Fike lists this bottle, although not a sample, pg. 25
Kennedy’s
KENNEDY’S/EAST INDIA/BITTERS/ILER & CO./OMAHA, NEB.
4 1/4”
Clear
BIM
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 19
Fike, pg. 36, notes several sizes including “miniature”
Kilmer’s
DR. KILMER’S FEMALE REMEDY
Kilmer’s
DR. KILMER’S/SWAMP-ROOT/KIDNEY LIVER AND BLADDER REMEDY/BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
4”
Aqua
BIM
Kilmer’s
DR. KILMER’S/OCEAN-WEED HEART REMEDY/ BINGHAMPTON, N.Y.
4 3/8”
Aqua
BIM
Cannon
Fike lists 7 1/8” and 8 1/2” size bottles, pg. 209
King’s
DR. KINGS/NEW DISCOVERY//H. E. BUCKLEN & CO.//
CHICAGO, ILL.
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Fike (Bottle-ologist) pg. 39 lists this as a ‘Trial Size’
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample but as 50 cents a bottle, pg. 109
Odell notes an ad that relates this is a 10 cent trial size
Wilson notes as a “sample”, pg. 53
Kodol
KODOL/DYSPEPSIA CURE//E.C. DEWITT CO./CHICAGO, U.S.A.
4 1/4”
Clear Aqua
BIM
Sample bottle per Baldwin, pg. 297
Sample per Agee, pg. 48
Wilson lists this bottle as a sample, pg. 54
Fike lists this bottle, although not as sample, pg. 101
Lactopeptine
LACTOPEPTINE/NEW YORK/PHARMACAL …
Clear
Lash’s
LASH’S LIVER BITTERS//NATURE’S/TONIC LAXATIVE
4 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Cannon relates that this might be a sample
Watson lists this as a sample bottle, pg. 151
Lash’s
LASH’S BITTERS//NATURAL/TONIC LAXATIVE
4 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
Cannon relates that this might be a sample
Fike has a 9 1/2” size bottle, pg. 38
Lesson’s
DR. LESSON’S TIGER OIL
Odell
Fike lists a 4 3/4” size bottle in aqua and clear
Lessure’s
DR LESSURE’S/LINIMENT/KEENE, N.H.
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
‘Free Sample’ on paper label
There was a 6 3/8” size bottle per Fike, pg. 135 and Baldwin pg. 308
Liebig’s
LIEBIG’S/BEEF/WINE/& IRON/E. S. BURNHAM/M.F.R. N.Y.
4 7/8”
Aqua
BIM
Loew’s
DR. LOEW’S CELEBRATED/STOMACH BITTERS &/NERVE TONIC//THE LOEW & SONS CO./CLEVELAND, O.
4”
Green
Grapentine
Lindsey
Odell
Loew’s
DR. LOEW’S/CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS/AND NERVE TONIC
3 1/2”
Amber
Lindsey
Luxor
LUXOR/BLOOD/FOOD (Inside embossed heart)
3 5/8”
Aqua
BIM
Magenbitter
DR. BERGELT’S/MAGENBITTER/RICHARD BAUMEYER
4 1/8”
Yellow- Green
BIM
Ring and Ham #B79
Mampe
Carl//MAMPE//BERLIN//‘profile of elephant walking’
4 1/4”
Yellow-Green
BIM
ABM
Antique Bottle Trader (German Bitters)
Mason’s
MASON’S/WINE/ESSENCE
2 3/4””
Bright Blue
McNess
FURST McNESS CO./FREEPORT, ILL.
4 3/4””
Clear
‘Trial Size’ on paper label
Miles
DR. MILES/RESTORITIVE NERVINE//CURES ALL NERVOUS DISORDERS
4 1/4”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample and lists a 8 1/4” size bottle, pg. 190
Miles
DR. MILES NERVINE
4 1/4”
Aqua
Wilson lists as a sample on pg. 62
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample and notes larger variant, pg. 190
Miles
DR. MILES’/RESTORITIVE NERVINE//CURES ALL//NERVOUS TROUBLE/SEE WRAPPER
4 1/4”
Aqua
Agee lists this bottle , although not as a sample, same with Fike who lists this bottle on pg. 190
Miller’s
MILLER’S/BALM
3 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Wilson notes this bottle as a sample size, pg. 62
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample and notes a 4 3/4” size bottle, pg. 20
Mills
MILLS BITTERS/A. M. GILLMAN/SOLE PROPRIETOR
Amber
BIM
Wilson lists as a miniature, pg. 48
Mills
MILLS BITTERS/P. J. CASSIN/SOLE PROPRIETOR
Amber
BIM
Wilson lists as a miniature, pg. 48
Modjeska
MODJESKA/DERMA-BALM//LARKIN SOAP CO.//MODJESKA DERMA-BALM
3”
Clear
BIM
Fike lists a 4 3/4”
Bottle, pg. 68
Morning Star
MORNING STAR BITTERS
5 1/8”
Amber
Antique Bottle Forum
Munyon’s
MUNYON’S//PAW-PAW
3 3/4”
Amber
BIM
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 174
Murine
MURINE/FOR YOUR/EYES/CHICAGO, U.S.A
3 1/2”
Clear
ABM
‘Professional Sample’ on paper label
Odell (4/1999) depicts an ad for a trial size bottle
Mysterious
MYSTERIOUS /PAIN CURE/A/SCOTCH/REMEDY/JUNIUS/
BARNES
3 1/2”
Clear
BIM
Agee lists 4” and 5 1/4” size bottles, pg. 57-58 and Fike, pg. 103, lists 5 1/4” and 6 1/4” sizes
Mystico
MYSTICO
3”
Amber
Nash’s
NASH’S/RHEUMATIC AND/KIDNEY CURE
3 1/2”
Amber
Agee lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 54
New York
NEW YORK HOP BITTERS
3 3/4”
Bottle Forum
Nubien
NUBIEN TEA TRADE MARK/SPENCER MED. CO.//
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
4”
Amber
BIM
Fike lists a 8” size bottle, pg. 239
Old Hickory
THE OLD HICKORY/CELEBRATED/STOMACH BITTERS//J. GROSSMAN/NEW ORLEANS, LA.
4 1/2”
Amber
Sample bottle per Grapentine
Cannon article on ‘Old Hickory and Two Other Bitters’
One Minute
ONE MINUTE/COUGH CURE/E.C. DEWITT & CO./
CHICAGO, U.S.A.
4 1/8”
Aqua
BIM
Agee lists as a sample, pg. 56
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, also a 5 1/2” size bottle, pg. 103
One Minute
ONE MINUTE COUGH CURE/KOHLER M’FG. CO./ BALTIMORE, MD
3 1/2”
Aqua
Fike, pg. 103, lists this bottle, although not as a sample and notes a 5 1/8” size bottle
One Night
ONE NIGHT COUGH CURE
3 1/2”
Clear
BIM
Fike lists a 5 1/8” size bottle, pg. 103, and Agee lists a 5 1/4” size, pg. 56
Otto’s
OTTO’S CURE/FOR THE/THROAT & LUNGS
2 3/4”
Aqua
BIM
Agee lists as a sample, pg. 56
Fike, pg. 103 and Baldwin, pg. 367, note a 6” size bottle
Otto’s
OTTO’S CURE//B. H. BACON/ROCHESTER N.Y.
2 3/4”
Clear
Sample per Agee, pg. 56
Otto’s
DR. OTTO’S/SPRUCE GUM/BALSAM
3”
Clear
Blasi lists as a sample on pg. 104
Palmer’s
PALMER’S/LOTION/VEGETABLE
2 1/4”
Clear
Fike lists a 4” size bottle, pg. 139
Patterson
PATTERSON/CABELL CO./NEW YORK
3 3/4”
Amber
Lady’s Leg Bitters
Pepto Mangan
PEPTO MANGAN GUDE
(Embossed on base: DR. A. GUDE ‘heart’ TM)
3 7/8”
Aqua
Odell
Baldwin lists a 6 3/4” size bottle, pg. 382
Fike lists a 7” size bottle, pg. 176
Peruviana
PERUVIANA/A PROVEN CURE FOR KIDNEY/BLADDER AND URINARY DISEASE
4 3/8”
Amber
BIM
Agee lists as a sample, pg. 62
Phillip’s
PHILLIP’S/MILK OF/’seal’/MAGNESIA/REDG IN USA/ PATENT OFFICE AUG. 21 06
3 1/4”
Cobalt
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample , pg. 141 and notes a 5” and 6 5/8” size bottles
Polar
POLAR STAR/‘star’/COUGH CURE
4”
Aqua
BIM
Agee lists this bottle as a sample and notes a 5 3/4” size bottle as well, pg. 64
North Country Bottle Shop notes this is a sample size Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 104 and also lists a 6” size bottle
Psychine
PYSCHINE
Aqua
Free sample on paper label, “Free Bottle Sent By Express” per 2/27/1873 newspaper ad from Lawrence, Kansas, Fike notes that there were “several sizes”, pg. 175
Q-Ban
Q-BAN/FOR THE/HAIR
2 3/4”
Clear
Fike lists a 6 ¾” inch bottle, pg. 125
Ramsey’s
RAMSEY’S TRINIDAD BITTERS
4”
Amber
Cannon
Renault
(Imprinted on zinc cap: RENAULT BITTERS )
3 5/8”
Amber
ABM
Rhode’s
RHODE’S/REJUVENATOR/LOWELL, MASS
3”
Amber
Fike lists a 6 ½” bottle Hair Rejuvenator)
Royal Pepsin
ROYAL PEPSIN/STOMACH BITTERS/L&A. SCHARFF/ST. LOUIS, MO./SOLE AGENTS
3”
Amber
Rupturine
RUPTURINE//CURES RUPTURES//HERNIA CURE CO.// WESTBROOK MAINE.
3 5/8”
Clear
Agee lists this as a sample, pg. 68
Sarasina
SARASINA STOMACH BITTERS
4”
Sample size per Fike, pg. 41
Schroeder’s
ESTABLISHED/1845/SCHROEDER’S/BITTERS/LOUISVILLE/ AND CINCINATTI
4”
5 1/4”
Amber
FOHBC, Reno 2003
Watson pg. 195, lists this bottle as a sample
Scott’s
SCOTT’S/EMULSION
3 1/4”
Clear
BIM
Baldwin lists a 9 1/4” size bottle, pg. 437, Fike lists 7 3/8”, 7 1/2”, 9 1/4”, pg. 196
Seaworth
SEAWORTH/BITTERS/CO./CAPE MAY/NEW JERSEY/USA
6 1/2”
Amber
Sample bottle per Grapentine and ‘Cape May’ article
Watson pg. 196
Short Stop
SHORT STOP/FOR COUGHS
2 3/4”
Aqua
Fike, pg. 91, and Baldwin, pg. 447, list a 4” size bottle embossed; Short Stop/For Coughs/H. M. O’Neil N. Y.
Siegert’s
DR. JGB SIEGERT’S & SONS
4 7/8”
Olive
BIM
Fike lists this bottle, although not as sample, pg. 42
Sloan’s
SLOAN’S/LINIMENT/BOSTON, MASS.
4”
Aqua
BIM
Baldwin lists a 9 1/2” size bottle, pg. 451
Fike lists a 6 7/8” size bottle, pg. 136
Slocum’s
SLOCUM’S/COLTSFOOT/EXPECTORANT
3”
Clear
BIM
Baldwin lists a 6 1/8” bottle and notes “seen in at least two sizes”, pg. 452 and Fike notes the same thing
Sparks
SPARKS’/LIVER & KIDNEY CURE/CAMDEN, N.J.
4 1/8”
4 1/8”
Amber
Aqua
Agee lists this bottle although not as a sample, pg. 72 and lists a 9 1/2” bottle
“Almost small enough to be a sample” per Cannon’s ‘Sparks’ article (4 1/2”)
Baldwin lists a 4 1/8” size, although not as a sample, pg. 451
Fike lists a 4 1/8” size bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 106
Sparks
SPARKS PERFECT HEALTH FOR KIDNEY & LIVER DISEASES
4”
Amber
Fike lists a 9 3/8” bottle, pg. 241
Sozodont
SOZODONT//FOR THE TEETH//AND BREATH//
SOZODONT
2”
2 1/2”
Clear
Grapentine
Bottle Forum
Fike notes this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 181
Stearns
FREDERICK STEARNS & CO. DETROIT MICH.
4 1/4”
Amber
BIM
Fike lists this bottle although not as sample, pg. 78
Stiger’s
STIGER’S PHOSPHATED COCO MALT TONIC
5 1/2”
Emerald Green
Lindsey lists a 9” bottle
Syrup of Figs
SYRUP OF FIGS//SYRUP OF FIGS
4”
Aqua
BIM
Fike lists a 6 ¾” bottle, pg.
Thompson
THOMPSON PHO’S CO. CHICAGO//WILD CHERRY PHOSPHATE//DIRECTIONS ONE TEASPOONFULL EXTRACT THREE OF SUGAR ONE GLASS WATER HOT OR COLD DRINK FREELY
5 1/4”
Clear
To-Ni-Ta
TO-NI-TA LORENTZ MED. CO. TRADE MARK
3 3/4”
Amber
Fike lists a 9 3/4” size bottle, pg. 149
Townsend’s
DR. TOWNSEND’S/SARSAPARILLA/ALBANY NY
4 5/8”
Aqua
BIM
Glass Works Auctions
Fike lists a 9 1/4” size bottle, pg. 220
True’s
DR. TRUE’S ELIXIR ETSABLISHED 1851, DR. TRUE & CO., AUBURN ME
Odell
Fike lists a 5 1/2” and a 5 5/8” size bottle, pg. 115
Van Buskirk’s
SOZODONT//FOR THE TEETH AND BREATH//SOZODONT
2 1/16”
Clear
Vin-Tone
VIN-TONE/THE FOOD TONIC
4”
Amber
Lindsey lists a 9” bottle
Warner’s
WARNERS/BROMO/SODA/PHILA - ST.LOUIS
2 7/8”
Cobalt
Warner’s
WARNER’S/SAFE/CURE /LONDON
4 5/8”
Amber
Yellow-Green
Sample per Knapp
Wistar’s
DR. WISTAR’S//BALSAM OF// WILD CHERRY//SETH W. FOWLES//& SONS/BOSTON
3 1/2”
Aqua
BIM
Odell
Blasi lists as a sample on pg. 159
Fike lists this bottle, although not as a sample, pg. 28
Baldwin notes 4 variants, pg. 530
Wolfe’s
AROMATIC/SCHNAPPS//UDOLPHO WOLFE’S//SCHIEDAM
3 1/2”
Green
ABM
Possible Sample or Trials - Need More Information
Abilena Natural Cathartic Water, 6”, amber
Anti-Fag, 3”, amber
Artic Frost/Bite Cure, 2 1/2”, aqua, bim
Augauer Bitter Co. Chicago, Fike lists a 7 7/8” size, pg. 30, Watson pg. 57, lists a 7 1/2” bottle
Bristol’s Sarsaparilla, Cannon, Fike lists 5 5/8” and 10 1/2” size bottles, pg. 214
Chase’s/Dyspepsia Cure/Newburgh, N.Y., 4 1/8”, clear, Agee page 12, also lists a 8 1/2” size, Fike lists a 6 3/4” size bottle
Coco Wine, “A Sample Bottle free to Medical Men and Clergymen on receipt of professional card.”, advertisement, Odell article
Congreve’s//Celebrated/Balsamic//Elixir//For Coughs/Hooping Cough/& Asthma, clear, 3”, Fike lists a 4 7/8” and notes there were several sizes, pg. 23
Davis/Home Relief/For Pain, 1 1/2”, light green, Cannon
Freleigh’s Tonic//I. O. Woodruff, 3”, clear, Lindsey
Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla B. P. New York,
Hemlock Oil Co./Derry N.H., 3 5/8”, clear, Fike lists a 5 11/16” size bottle, pg. 63, pg.
Herculean Oil, 1/4 oz, Odell
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Odell, Fike notes an 8 3/4” size bottle, pg. 217
Humphrey’s/Homeo.Med.Co/New York, 2 1/2”, amber
Knapp’s/‘man standing holding glass’/Trade Mark/Root Beer Extract, clear
Kopp’s Baby’s Friend/York Pa. U.S.A. 4”, clear
Lakin’s Hedake Kolone, 1 7/8”, clear
Minard’s Liniment
North’s/Rheumatic Cure/Boston,Mass, clear, 3 1/4”, Agee, pg. 54
Ozo/mulsion, 3 1/4”, amber, Fike Pg. 175
Phosphated Coco Malt Tonic (Embossed on base), 4 1/8”, amber, Lindsey
Ed Pinaud’s Eau de Quinine, 2 1/2”
Pritchards/Teething/Powders, 3 1/2”, aqua
Rap-I-Dol, 3 3/4”, amber
Reese’s Blood Tonic, green, 4 1/16”, Lindsey
Sand’s Sarsaparilla, Cannon, Fike lists 6” and 10” size bottles
Shaker Anodyne//Nth Enfield NH, 3 3/4” , aqua, bim, Wilson, pg. 85, notes a larger bottle
Shawnee Remedy Company, Odell
Sloan’s Sure Colic Cure, 3 1/2” , aqua, bim, Agee, pg 72, lists this bottle but not as a sample and Fike, pg 106, lists this bottle in clear glass and notes a 4 3/4” size bottle
Dr. H. S. Thacher’s/Diarhoea Mixture/Chattanooga Tenn, 3 1/4”
Dr. H. S. Thacher’s/Cholera Mixture/Chattanooga Tenn, 3 1/2” amber
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