Cobalt Prices with US druggists label

[deepbluedigger]

I've just listed this pontiled and labelled Prices bottle on ebay UK.

Condition is mint, with 95% of a label from a Brooklyn druggist who must have re-used the bottle for his own product.

The British registration diamond in the embossing is dated 4th December 1853 (the date the design was registered), and this bottle almost certainly dates pre-1860.

Jerry

 

[AntiqueMeds]

nice example. My first thought would be that is the original importers label since it was imported through NY and it did contain glycerine. Like you say the name would need to be researched.
He would have had to remove the original prices label though.

 

[beendiggin]

that's a beauty. Hope it does well for you.

 

[deepbluedigger]

Thanks for the comments. I hadn't thought about the label being 'original', or semi-original. Sounds like a possibility.

 

[Staunton Dan]

I don't know much about non American bottles but with the stopper and the neck, it would seem to be a little more like the 1880s at least. Again, I don't know for sure. I do know that it is a beautiful bottle and one that should bring much more than your starting price of 1L. Good luck. BTW, wasn't George Jones an American Country singer?

 

[cowseatmaize]

Hi Jerry, stunning example. Any idea on shipping to Mass USA?
Anyway here's something from an 1893 book. It doesn't help with a firm dating but interesting none the less.

 

[Plumbata]

Nice piece! I'd think that back in the day one would be able to charge a premium for a properly labeled bottle of Price's glycerin over one with just a druggist's label, so i'd wager it was cleaned/de-labeled and brought by the customer to the druggist to be refilled. I dunno if bringing a bottle to have your purchase packed in would earn a discount, but i would offer one were i a 19th c. druggist.