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auction bottle...who made it? - 8/3/2005 2:30:24 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Medicine-Bottle-Alacasters-Indian-Jaundice-Bit_W0QQitemZ6197133713QQcategoryZ895QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Is the bottle in this auction a Wheaton fantasy bottle? I see them around quite a bit but didnt know how made them. Interesting... people always seem to bid on them for some reason. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg Post #: 1

RE: auction bottle...who made it? - 8/3/2005 10:51:09 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2020 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline GUNTHER...those have been made by Wheaton and Taiwan in assorted colors and sizes....as a Fantasy bottle. Some peeps collect Wheaton and some collect any VA. bottles, so I'm guessing that is why a few do sell. < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 8/3/2005 10:52:47 PM > _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 2

RE: auction bottle...who made it? - 8/3/2005 11:09:18 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2020 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline I imagine they used the common Atwoods Jaundice Bitters as the inspiration. Then, added key words like Indian...and to give it a little Civil War flavor: Col.Sam Johnson's/ Richmond,VA. Most fantasy bottles have elements of one or more original bottles in their design...to make them more appealing perhaps. Not intended to fool the knowing, but the newbies sometimes get hooked. _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 3

RE: auction bottle...who made it? - 8/6/2005 6:33:05 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I agree it does have that Atwood's look to it. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 4

RE: auction bottle...who made it? - 8/12/2005 2:19:59 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 732 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline There's also a real one called Barber's Indian Jaundice Bitters, or something like that, which looks just like an Atwood's. I didn't know it until I saw a real one at a flea market. I should have asked how much he wanted for it. It was cracked, though. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 5

RE: auction bottle...who made it? - 8/12/2005 4:40:05 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1471 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline Hi Kent ! You should have asked how much ..... it is extremely rare ! Would have been nice to have even if it was cracked....because there aren't many out there ! BARBER'S // INDIAN VEGETABLE // JAUNDICE BITTERS // OLIVER JOHNSON & CO. // PROVIDENCE R.I. 6 1/8" tall , twelve sided , and almost identical to the Atwood's bottle. Copyrighted in 1875 and in business since 1858 Brian _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

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