Sunday September 16 2018
at the
Westford Regency Inn and Conference Center
219 Littleton Rd Westford Massachusetts
http://www.mvabc.org/
Always a good bottle show
I had bought this bottle in a collection of bottles thinking it could be an early label.
The label is printed Vegetable but Bitters is handwritten in ink. Prepared by Welch & Currier 62 Common St with more faded ink written under directions and possibly even crossed out Currier. Its faded...
After buying this bottle from a dollar box of bottles I decided to do some research. Specifically trying to find out where it was made. Using Ancestry.com I searched the directory catalogue and found success also found the original patent.
Nathaniel C Lincoln a shipmaster from Brunswick Maine...
ABC Closure, circ: 1864-1868, Occurs on 9 bottles,
Invented by: Josiah Beard and Moses Fairbanks,
American Patent: December 6, 1864, Number 45,373,
An early stopper that consisted of a hollow soft rubber ball that was pulled into the neck of the bottle. The patent was assigned to the...