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I know sarsaparillas and bitters are a popular field in collecting in the US, they are popular in Australia too, although limited in number here. Many of ours are quite rare too.
I will share some of ours with you over time as they may be of interest to you guys?
Firstly, here is a Dr Livingstones Sarsaparilla, a very rare bottle from Melbourne.



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Another sarsaparilla here, a blue Dr Gordons homoepathic sarsaparilla, which may be from NSW in Australia, although little is known about this one.



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Here is one I know little about, an amber, rectangular shape Dr Johnson's Sarsaparilla. Does anyone know this one? It may be American?



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A dark green Dr Buchans Sarsaparilla from Felton Grimwade and Co of Melbourne.

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An aqua version of the same company.

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A Dr Grahams Sarsaparilla from F & J Hemmons of Melbourne.

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A super rare Dr Fosters Blood Tonic from Adelaide, this is a half size cabin shaped bottle.

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A nice blue coloured Sir Astley Coopers United States Sarsaparilla from London. Not Australian or American, but still a nice piece.

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An amber Dr Townsend's Aromatic Hollands Tonic.

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A rare Melbourne bottle, probably sarsaparilla, Griefendorff's.

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Now for some bitters:

Lupulin Bitters from Wilson Crosbie and Co of Melbourne (yes, a very plain bottle, but rare)

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Nearly as plain is this Bavarian Hop Bitters, which I know little about.

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Up the scale a bit is this Steane's American Hop Bitters from Greene & Co of Northg Fitzroy in Melbourne, this is an extremely rare bottle, especially in this pristine condition.

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And up the scale even more here is this bitters, an amber / olive Milwaukee Hop Bitters, which is an Australian bottle, not that we know who produced this product, or who made the bottle for that matter.

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Here is a blue glass Dr Ralays Royal Digestive Bitters, which is a rare bottle from Sydney.

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Sorry about the doubles here, but this was the only photo I had of the Dr Fosters Jamaica Sarsaparilla, second from the left, which is an Adelaide bottle

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A group shot from left to right: Dr Bayleys Sarsaparilla, Dr Baily's Sarsaparilla (both Brisbane we believe), Dr Livingstone's as per prior post, three variations of Old Dr Jacob Townsend's sarsaparilla.

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Now for some US bottles, good old Dr Townsend's in a range of colours, the black olive example on the left is pontilled as well (and Australian found).

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Another shot of the green Dr Buchans with an amber Rowlands Sarsaparilla alongside.

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Here are a few of my mate's, again with some doubles of examples already shown:

Mentiplay's are a remedy of some sort, the green is scarce, the aqua is very rare. The Dr Weily's is a very rare bottle too. Then another example of a Dr Foster's.

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Here we have a very rare Liebig's Sarsaparilla from Sydney, A new Zealand Dr Moorehouse's Sarsaparilla with bird trade mark, another Dr Grahams and another green Dr Buchans

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Some different variations of Dr Bayley's/Bailey's/Baily's, the right hand blue one is a ripper.

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Another mates rare bottles are the green Hemmons (ex rare), Hemmons and Laws also very rare and the more standard F & J Hemmons - all Dr Grahams Sarsaparillas of course.

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Another of mine now, a Townsends with no DR and no Albany - I think this is quite rare.

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Another rare example, an amethyst Liebigs Sarsaparilla from Sydney

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Now for some of my mates bitters

Amber Gippsland hop bitters

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Bairnsdale Hop Bitters of DJ Tuony and Co of Melbourne

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Kent Hop Bitters from PG Dixon and Co of Melbourne

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A couple of Philadelphia Hop Bitters with negro trade mark, one with reverse writing, a Brisbane company

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Hoile and Mackey Russian Bitters, a Melbourne Company

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Rowlands Celerine, a product that was registered as a bitters

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McDonalds Australian Hop Bitters with crown trade mark from melbourne

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A variation of above

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A yellow green New york Hop Bitters

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A Royal Kent Hop Bitters

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A green Milwaukee bitters - different to the amber green one earlier.

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An aqua Boston Hop Bitters, much rarer than the amber version

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The amber version, which is still very hard to get

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