Fitch Bottle Date

[bonham3]

Hello
New to the forum. Wanted to know any info (age, value etc.)
of a Dr. S.S. Fitch bottle. 714 Broadway. I saw some bottles like it
but they had a different address? it is in very good condition.

 

[zanes_antiques]

That sure is a nice looking bottle! Do you have a picture of the bottom?

 

[GuntherHess]

Here is a labeled one from ebay.
I assume your bottle is pontil marked (since I havent seen any Fitch bottles that were not. I believe the 714 address is a later one. Those bottles seem to date somewhere around 1850s-1860s.

 

[JOETHECROW]

Hey guys,...I've an S.S. Fitch bottle w/out a pontil (vr. crude tho)...Diff. address, 707 Broadway. Joe

 

[GuntherHess]

That's interesting. I always considered that address to be earlier.
Any chance you can post a photo, especially the bottom?

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I did a little research and it appears that both addresses were occupied at the same time starting around 1850 +/- a few years. It seems that Fitch Co. made products up until 1870 or so.

 

[swizzle]

https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_28772/mpage_1/key_fitch/tm.htm#29257

Here's the link to a thread I started. It has a pic of the S.S.Fitch and Sons bottle that I dug. Scroll down until you see a bottle with CLR in it. and that's the one. I donated it to the town historian to put in her office window. It was dug in a dump that belonged to a local character that ran a hotel that no one seems to remember. I found the hotel on an 1860/68 map. I went to school across the road from the overgrown lot and never knew it was there. The hotel actually predates our town and was a stopping point for travellers, hunters and trappers heading north along the old military road that dates back to at least the french and indian war and has been consider a major indian route for 1,000's of years. O.K. a little off topic. The address on mine is also 714 broadway. I believe my bottle only dates to the 1880's. Swizzle

 

[GuntherHess]

Yes, that is a later bottle. It was made after his son Samuel Jr took over the company long after Dr Fitch was gone. Thanks for reminding me about that one.

 

[swizzle]

The dump I dug dates back to the 1860's maybe a little earlier. If my bottle is any older its not older by much. Its got strong embossing and its definately not pontiled. I'd say the oldest it could possibly be would be 1870's but I still believe its closer to the 1880/90's. The one heart breaker I found a shard of in that dump was a yellow warners safe cure. Swizzle

 

[JOETHECROW]

To: GuntherHess (and all the rest...) although I've no easy way to post pics, I'll give an accurate description..My Fitch is shaped diff. than either example above...aprox. 5 3/4" tall...crude whittled aquamarine in color. The aproximate shape of a warners safe cure...Embossing (vertical) reads "Dr. S.S. FITCH (1st line) 707 B.WAY, N.Y....but NO pontil scar. Hope that helps, Joe

 

[JOETHECROW]

P.S. Bottle differs completely from swizzles above link...also mine has crude slopeing lip.