Civil war opium bottle.

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Vicksburg civil war dug relic from soldiers camp. Open pontil with applied lip. Opium medicine bottle. Lots of character.
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[Troutmaster08]

With bottles like this it's interesting to think about what it was used for. That very bottle could have treated the pain of a wounded soldier.

 

[nhpharm]

Just curious-what makes this an opium bottle rather than a general purpose medicine that could have had any number of nostrums in it? I'd also date this a decade or more before the Civil War honestly.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I got it off a dealer of civil war relics Bob vicksburg who lives in vicksburg, Mississippi. It could just be a term he uses for all medicine bottles. They sell better is my guess. He knows his stuff so I always take his word for it. I still love the bottle no matter what it held in it's past.
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[nhpharm]

It is a cool bottle...made in a dip mold (like early case gins). The few of these I have dug over the years have been in 1840's stuff.

 

[Screwtop]

I got it off a dealer of civil war relics Bob vicksburg who lives in vicksburg, Mississippi. It could just be a term he uses for all medicine bottles. They sell better is my guess. He knows his stuff so I always take his word for it. I still love the bottle no matter what it held in it's past.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

I've been meaning to buy one of his bottles for a while now, but I keep using the money for others things from Gettysburg, etc. Great piece, I love the color!

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

That's good information thanks. I have a bunch of civil war private property dug relics. Pipes, bullets, bottles and inks. I have to do a civil war post. Good stuff buddy. Thanks again nhpharm.
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[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I've been meaning to buy one of his bottles for a while now, but I keep using the money for others things from Gettysburg, etc. Great piece, I love the color!

Never a dull moment on Bob's site.

 

[Kheidecker]

Wow. If that bottle could talk. Beautiful piece of History

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Wow. If that bottle could talk. Beautiful piece of History

Thanks buddy I love the old distressed ones. There is so much to learn by digging up the past. I feel strongly about preserving as much as humanly possible.
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