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[cyberdigger]

Gunth.. you do realize, by creating this NEXUS, you are going to achieve deity status in the medicine bottle world, do you not? Just remember to stand up and stretch every few hours.. go for a walk around the property.. projects like this can give a fellow afflictions such as hemmeroids, muskuler distrify, and that what happened to Jack Nicholson in The Shining...

 

[GuntherHess]

deity status

Would Lucifer qualify as a deity?

 

[cyberdigger]

I believe he got himself disqualified.. but I don't know for sure.. the rules are even more complicated than "off-sides"

 

[Dabeel]

mknapp@antiquemedicines.com

Hey Matt,
I sent you three photos to your email.

Doug

 

[GuntherHess]

Thanks doug

 

[Digswithstick]

Not good with words but i will say this

! Sent a few pics too ,hope they are ok if not let me know.Couple of questions ,1 do pictures need to be certain size ,and 2 what are type / age requirements for medicines to be included? Thanks for letting us help !

 

[GuntherHess]

1 do pictures need to be certain size ,and 2 what are type / age requirements for medicines to be included?

I would prefer photos to be between 30K and 100K but I can crop and resize, not a big problem.

The main focus of the listings are American antique patent and proprietary medcines, that is 100 years old or more. Typically hand blown.
I include a lot of early druggists (before 1880s), after that there were just too many druggists to deal with.

Include the embossing because it isnt always readable in the photos.

 

[saratogadriver]

ARe you going to be looking for alternate bottles for some of the manufacturers that you have listed? For example, the Wm Bacon, Ludlow VT bottle also comes in a small size rectangular, also OP... And Bancroft made a bunch of different products, including a liver regulator (or some such thing) and a bitters.

I don't have pics of those two particular bottles, but I can get them the next time I get near Mom's VT collection. BTW, if you google vt bottles, you will find a website that has a fairly complete (not absolutely complete), list of VT medicines and bitters. Actually, it's vtmedicines.com, I think.

Awesome that you are doing this. It will be HUGE by the time you are done.

Jim G

 

[saratogadriver]

In fact, courtesy of fleabay this am, here is the rectangular Bacon. Damaged lip, but you get the idea.

 

[beendiggin]

sent a few pics your way Matt. I noticed you listed the stopper on the Ayers as being metal....aren't they glass also?