Suncook NH pharmacist bottle with a BEAVER

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Hey guys, been a loooooong time since I posted on here. I've since moved from NH to MD and have found Montgomery Co. to be simply AWFUL for bottle collecting- I haven't added a single bottle to my collection from local purchases since moving in March, aside from a backpack full I purchased during a weekend trip back to my home state! I managed to move my entire 400+ piece bottle collection without breaking a single one during the move, so that's a plus.

Anyhow, I picked up this rather large NH pharmacist bottle at an auction a few months before I moved and I still can't find any information on it. It is embossed "DR. A. A. E. BRIEN & CO." and has a rather fat beaver embossed under "PHARMACIST" and above "SUNCOOK N.H.". It's pretty huge for a pharmacist bottle 8 1/2" tall and 3 1/4" wide. Clear glass, tooled lip, round back with a flat front panel. I imagine it's quite rare, anybody ever see one of these before?

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I have seen one, but much smaller, and without that fat beaver!! I suspect yours may be milk of magnesia, it usually came in pretty big bottles. nice bottle, a keeper for sure, and pretty rare, as the one I saw in New Hampshire about ten yrs ago, and yours are the only ones I have noticed in 50 yrs of collecting. Andy
 

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I've got the smaller one and I've seen one of these before in a collection but they are certainly rare and on my wish list as well if you are ever interested in parting with it. Great find! Amazingly for such a small town, Suncook had 3 different companies that had embossed pharmacy bottles, with the Gordon's being the most common by a long shot. The Hildreth's and Brien's are both rare.
 

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It sure does. All of the examples I have seen (large and small) have a beaver.
 

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It sure does. All of the examples I have seen (large and small) have a beaver.
Many years ago We found an antique glass Item.(Gilmanton, NH.) Have always been puzzled by it . It was about 3.5 in. wide by about 3in. high and 2 in. deep cavity with the large logo "Hendrix ; Moulded with a tab at back about an inch and a half higher with a 3/8 in hole in it . Wonder if anyone has an Idea of it's purpose or has seen one. It had taken on a slight purple hue, probably due to it's exposure to the sun at an old forgotten farm site. Thanks Flash 70
 

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That's pretty exciting if they all have beavers, the one I saw must have been a sample for one of their products, as it was too small for a beaver to fit on the bottle. in fact it would be right up botlguys alley, for smalls QUOTE=nhpharm;705496]It sure does. All of the examples I have seen (large and small) have a beaver.[/QUOTE]
 

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They were just your run of the mill pharmacist as far as I can tell...just with some remarkable bottles. There are a few other pharmacy bottles from across the country with beavers on them...I think it was meant to be a symbol of industriousness. The one I have is the 1 ounce size; you likely saw the 1/2 ounce size, which definitely would have been too small to fit a beaver on. I've not seen one that size but it goes to show that with patience, you could probably put together a complete run of these (1/2, 1,2,3,4,6,8 ounce, perhaps).
 

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