Dr Poland

[GuntherHess]

got this bottle tues when I went to take my car in for service.
There was an anique place right down the road.
Dr Poland White Pine bottle made sometime after 1866 into the 1870s.
These were sold by Dr Swett out of the New England Botanic Depot in Boston Mass.
The Poland bottles have a great history with the early ones being made at Stoddard.
The bottle is whittled with a large flat applied lip.

 

[jane8851]

Hi Matt, nice bottle. I've got one with a little different lip finish. It has the label and contents, yum!

 

[jane8851]

Close up of label.

 

[glass man]

WOW JANE YOU ARE RIGHT ,"YUMMY". [8D] THREE TIMES A DAY. WONDER WHAT FLAXSEEDTEA IS ?STILL AROUND? WHY BETTER I WONDER? GREAT BOTTLE MATT! AND A BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND SHOT! JAMIE

 

[GuntherHess]

Nice label. Does the embossing look the same?

Here is a very good site for Dr Poland info
http://swett-genealogy.com/gws/DrGWSwett.html

 

[earlyglass]

Cool label, and nice information!

Matt, nice find. I am looking for a green one!

Here are my Polands. Dr. Poland lived and operated in the next town over from me, so I have a few pieces, including two Stoddard examples. I don't think there is any more than 10 examples (if that) out there of the Stoddard ones.

I also have 3 of Dr. Polands diaries, up until the day he died! It is really interesting stuff... even talks about selling 50% his rights to the White Pine Compound to Goodwin in Boston!

Mike

 

[GuntherHess]

unlikely I will ever get one of the Stoddard ones but they are nice to look at.
Whats the deal with the aqua one in the Stoddard style mold? Where do you think that was made? Did they use the same molds or make new copies?

 

[earlyglass]

Matt, it is the exact same mold. I have never seen another in aqua. My guess is that it was blown at Lyndeboro in the early-mid 1870s after the Stoddard works shut down.

Mike

 

[woody]

I dug one in aqua and sold it to a dealer in Florida.[&:]
Just like yours, Mike. Embossed in an arch.
I've dug the Humor Doctor, Headache Killer (broken[]) and the White Pine Compound.

 

[earlyglass]

That's pretty cool Woody. So, I guess there must be a couple of them out there. Dr. Poland operated in Goffstown and also Concord, so there is quite a bit of his wares around these parts.

The Headache Killer is a cool bottle.

Mike