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Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/25/2007 7:46:04 PM    bermuda bottles   Posts: 260 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Does anyone know about this chemist bottle,i know very little,i am unable to find it listed in any books,not sure what it contained/value/rarety? Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 12:32:12 AM    richf   Posts: 379 Joined: 8/27/2006 From: Weatherly, PA Status: offline I don't know anything about the bottle, but love the photo! Rich (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 2

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 6:08:39 AM    bermuda bottles   Posts: 260 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline thanks richf,i hope someone out there does. (in reply to richf) Post #: 3

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 8:00:36 AM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline Bermuda, Pictures are good but also report the embossments and any other bottom marks.  The more you can give us the better our chances of identity. The lips looks to be a flat applied which would date it sometime in the later 1800's, before the turn of the century. Joel (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 4

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 8:26:25 AM    brokenshovel   Posts: 732 Joined: 8/29/2005 From: Westminster Maryland Status: offline I've also seen a Riker's from NY that was a perfume.  Small green hourglass shaped bottle (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 5

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 3:38:00 PM    Jim Posts: 3804 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline This is just an educated guess, but Wm. Riker may have later been a partner in the Riker-Hegeman drug store chain of New York. There are some very collectible embossed Riker-Hegeman bottles. Nice find, I haven't seen that one before. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to brokenshovel) Post #: 6

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 5:02:03 PM    bermuda bottles   Posts: 260 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Thanks for the help guys,it's the only one i have seen in any variant,nice bottle to have in my collection.I will keep on diving. (in reply to Jim) Post #: 7

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/26/2007 6:08:53 PM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline Wasn't he a captain on Star Trek? (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 8

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/20/2008 10:46:43 AM    bermuda bottles   Posts: 260 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline This bottle has no embossments or markings on the base,still need help with info on this bottle. (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 9

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/20/2008 11:30:11 AM    lobeycat Posts: 6683 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Found some info Berma, mostly New York Times articles, but it a place to start. From what i gather it was a pretty large firm... Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 10

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/20/2008 11:31:16 AM    lobeycat Posts: 6683 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline . Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 11

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/20/2008 11:32:08 AM    lobeycat Posts: 6683 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline . Attachment (1) _____________________________ http://youtu.be/YkdOqdpSc0A makes a man cry it does lol. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 12

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/20/2008 12:27:11 PM    Just Dig it Posts: 1357 Joined: 5/7/2007 From: The Whaling City Status: offline i picked up this one and  had a thread on it i think it was 3$ at a yard sale..its labled riker hedgman _____________________________ My other cars a bottle... (in reply to bermuda bottles) Post #: 13

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/21/2008 4:23:39 PM    bermuda bottles   Posts: 260 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Thanks for the info Lobeycat,this bottle must be rare.I have done a lot of research and can't find one like this.Your info is great,i'll keep searching. (in reply to Just Dig it) Post #: 14

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/21/2008 4:51:27 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11630 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline Hegeman was a pretty big NY chemist co. Shouldnt be too hard to find info on them.  _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to Just Dig it) Post #: 15

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/21/2008 6:24:06 PM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline Could it be the same Riker who later joined with Jayne? Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores were a large druggist firm. Ep Attachment (1) (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 16

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 1/21/2008 6:33:57 PM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline full view with lip. BIM, Attachment (1) (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 17

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/20/2008 12:05:06 PM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline Here is another Rikers I picked up. 3 and 3/4 inches, clear with an embossed Mortar & Pestle and Rikers (with the R inside the M&P.  Attachment (1) (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 18

RE: Wm B.RIKER & SON Co - 2/20/2008 12:07:12 PM    epgorge   Posts: 2551 Joined: 12/29/2006 From: USA Status: offline I am still not sure if this is the same Riker that Lobe researched. I do find quite a few Rikers druggist bottles here and there. Joel Attachment (1) (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 19

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