Golden Olive, Light Amber,and orange amber Kellys Old Cabin Bitters.

[Steve/sewell]

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[Steve/sewell]

12.This bottle is sweet in the sun.By far my best colored cabin bottle.

 

[Steve/sewell]

13. A side by side comparison of the yellow Kellys Old Cabin on the left and the plain orange amber Old cabin on the right.Although very similar there are quite a few diffrences between these two bottles.In fact there are more differences between these two bottles then there are between an original Whitney glass works made Booz bottle and the Clevenger brothers reproduction one.At one time it was thought that the two bottles were made in the same mold and the only difference was a slug plate change. I can assure you this is not the case at all.Placing the Kellys along side of this orange amber Old Cabin really shows off the rich color of this bottle.Here are two differences between the bottles in this picture.Notice the Kellys roof peak is flatter less sharp then the amber Old Cabin,also see how far down the Kellys neck begins in the roof line compared to the Old Cabin.

 

[Steve/sewell]

14. Looking down at the two bottles you can see that the Old Cabin on the right is about a 1/8 of an inch wider.

 

[kwalker]

Very interesting bottles. Sure are pieces of eye candy for me [] Gotta love the color of both of them especially in the natural light. Awesome pieces of glass there; it doesn't matter who you are you can point out a cabin bitters even in the dark!

 

[TJSJHART]

THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A STUPID STATEMENT (SOMETHING I DO EVERY NOW AND THEN,JUST WON'T ADMIT IT TO MY WIFE) BUT,,WOULDN'T IT JUST APPEAR TO BE DARKER COLOR AT THE CORNERS , BOTTOM AND LIP AREA BECAUSE OF THE THICKER GLASS ?

 

[Steve/sewell]

Not a stupid question at all,TJSJHART.The reason they are darker is there is more glass in the darker areas (thicker).The gaffer had a hard time getting enough glass into the upper corners on these bottles because of gravity alone.The slope of the roof made it very difficult to get glass to go into the very top at the two peaks on the ridge line of the roof. This is why the Booz bottle was altered and the roof corners were chamerfered as they were breaking easily in these two corners not long after their manufacture.All of the cabin bottles have this look to them they are always lighter in color around the perimeter.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Here are some of the differences between the two bottles.I do feel though the same mold maker made both of these.Because the two bottles are strikingly similar.This probably forced John Garnhart to apply for and get a patent for the design of his bottle in 1870.In the Kenndys St.Louis City directory of 1860 the following information. Garnhart & Connor, (John H. Garnhart and Benson G. Connor), domestic liquors, 188 N. 2d
Garnhart John H., (Garnhart & Connor), r. domestic liquors 100 Elm are listed at two locations.

[ul][*]J H Garnhard (1854-1869)
J H Garnhard (1854), John H Garnhart[/b] (1857-1866), J H Garnhard & Co. (1869)[/b]
185-188 N 2 nd (1854-1859), 108 N 2 nd (1866), 411-413 N 2 nd (1869)
[/ul]
[ul][*]Garnhart[/b] & Kelly (1864-1874)
Garnhart & Kelly (1864-1865), John H[/b] Garnhart[/b] (1867-1868), J H Garnhart[/b] & Co. (1870-1874)[/b]
164 N 2 nd (1864), 108 N 2 nd (1865), 411-413 N 2 nd (1867-1872), 19-21 S 2 nd (1874)
[/ul]

 

[appliedlips]

Nice bottles Steve, Ive always liked the Kelly's and lighter colors are hard to find. The dark olives, almost black show up but anything in lighter shades of true greens are very pricey. Good luck with your run.

 

[grugirl]

WOAH STEVE, you were right about your pictures. YOU GOT SOME BIG BOYS HERE ALRIGHT. Nice bitters... When you say a color run, do you mean all the colors available in that particular style of bottle?