Gardiner's Compound Boston

[GuntherHess]

Here is a fairly uncommon bottle I got off fleabay recently.
GARDINER'S RHEUMATIC AND NEURALGIA COMPOUND. BOSTON, MASS. This is a hinge mold smooth base, there are also pontil marked versions.
There isnt much to be found on this guy. Baldwin lists it as Chas. F Gardiner advertised around the Civil War. In the 1862 Boston city directry I found Henry R Gardiner listed as a proprietor for rheumatic compound. Both men were listed at same address so I assume they were relatives both in the patent medicine bussiness. If anyone else has info on it I'd like to hear it.

 

[Road Dog]

Found a listing in my ad book in 1861 for Gardner's Rheumatic & Neuralgia Compound 1/2 bottle cures.

 

[GuntherHess]

1/2 a bottle probably got you drunk

 

[whittled]

A couple things that might not help much

this page is from an 1861 war book.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ku6H2WUsef4C&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=GARDINER'S+RHEUMATIC+compound&source
=web&ots=E-VCAV21fd&sig=liRKE3WPnj_6yZi6-5jRfEQd4mc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA151,M1

I guess it's Henry and his house was in Cambridge. looks like he may have lived with Chas. according to that directory.

I guess it went international by 1874
RHEUMATISM AND NEURALGIA. - Sufferers from these complaint should use
Gardiner's Rheumatic Compound, in bottles each 1s 1-1/2 d., 2s 9d., & 4s
6d. Gardiner's Rheumatic Compound. Order from your own Chemist. Wholesale
of Barclay & co., & other Wholesale Chemists London.
http://www.cultrans.com/jan-3-1874/jan-3-1874-some-news.html

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/singles/h1861p287.htm

This is scary, look down the page to find this post. Look next to and just below to see what company your with.
http://boardreader.com/tp/Gardiner.html

 

[GuntherHess]

Thanks for all the replies

 

[Michdigger]

Nice bottle you got there.

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Has anyone heard or seen of this in a stoneware ointment type jar? I just picked one up very late last night from an estate so no picture yet. Stands just shy of 4 inches tall, nedium red/brown glaze, super label.

 

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[AntiqueMeds]

My first assumption would be that's an old ad someone clipped out and pasted on an English ceramic jar.
It doesnt seem like they would have gone together.