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Hi, haven't been digging recently, but in my birthday wishes thread, Surface asked to see some glass : so - here are some bottles from South Africa: First, a range of chemist bottle with embossing on, mainly from suburbs around Cape Town:
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From the Catering Dept of South African Railways, Guess the passengers went through a lot of booze:

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This one was from an old tavern which stood on a square in Central Cape Town. We have old photos which still showed the building:

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A classic - Orsmond's Great African Remedy :

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And a few with labels : Snuff was very popular, this bottle is still full (and the snuff works !)

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This one is in Afrikaans - translated it is Dr Kiessow's Essence of Life - & while it sounds great, it mainly made your stomach work. (This began way back in Germany and I have a very early version)
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The label on this one is still in Dutch, which would put it very early 1900s (Afrikaans became an official language around 1924)

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The illustration on this one really speaks for itself !

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Lastly two not specifically from South Africa. I wonder what this one really did for sea sickness ?!

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And this one I dug in Wales (UK). I just love the fact that he specifies that he is a chemist "By Examination" !! (Better than just setting up as a chemist, I guess !)


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And if you were tired of it all, you could always have a nightcap of this :

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or possibly some of this ??!

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What a GREAT post Dale!! Wonderful stuff!!!! [:)]
 
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Fantastic bottles dale, I love that pumpkin seed for The Old Thatched Taverne!!!
 
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Thank you for all the kind comments ~ always happy to show pictures of bottle (& other goodies!)

Here are a few more - the Olde Thatched Taverne flasks came in two sizes :

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and this Codd was used very near to where I live - Simon's Town - the Chemist made his own mineral water:

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a close up of the lower part showing "Simon's Town":

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