Hi Bottleman,
I found this link to "aurantii" - http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/citrus-aura_flores.html. This is from King's American Dispensatory, 1898. Aurantii flores are orange flowers. I don't know if this helps you figure out if it is a bitters or a medicine, but it's...
Hi diggerjeff & diginit,
Thanks for the info. After I posted, I did more research and found that Peters was a pharmacy that operated in Sacramento at least between 1895 and 1910. So, its more likely the bottle held citrate of magnesia rather than soda or beer. There are a few ones of...
Hi diginit,
So, you found all those just hiking around? Cool. Yes, I know about the Ohlone Indians from living in Fremont for a few years. We went hiking on Mission Peak alot, and did a lot of rock climbing at "Indian Joe's" rock in the Sunol Regional Wilderness. Wasn't into bottles in...
Hi,
We have a bottle apparently made in Sacramento, CA that is probably a soda, but may be a beer. It was dug farther north in CA. It's 8 inches tall, 2 1/2 inches wide, with an applied top; it's clear (the photo looks green, but it's not). The bottom is not flat, but it is not as rounded...
Hi diginit,
I was checking the old posts for California items, and I found your post about this ink bottle. We're in northern California, and have more than one of this type from our area (they're actually pretty common). I don't know any more about them though. Is yours pontiled? I...
Hi Norm (and other bottle folks),
We have the same bottle, in the nice teal color, dug in old Shasta, California. Shasta was a gold-rush era town in the western foothills of the far northern Sacramento Valley.
I just joined this list, and really like the format (pictures allowed with...