Heartbreakers and Odds & Ends

[nhpharm]

Got around to washing up some shards and some odds and ends. Lets see who can guess all three broken bottles. All dug in Texas in the past month...but only one of the three is a Texas bottle.

 

[CreekWalker]

Interesting items, stoppers, marbles, a pot lid and meds, one being a blood tonic, as for specifics, I have no idea, the brand names, (you know, we find sodas around here), although one appears to be a cabin bitters, thanks for sharing.

 

[truedigr]

I see a Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters, Hunter's Pul. Balsam Cough Syrup out of Bangor Maine, but no clue about the amber Texas bottle. RC

 

[Bass Assassin]

Not sure about the bottles but we have identical countertops

 

[cowseatmaize]

I see a Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters,

A six log Drakes won't hurt as bad.
This site needs some more emoticons, there's no sad, angry etc..

 

[nhpharm]

You folks are good. A Kelly's, a Hunter's, and a Youngbood's Tonic Bitters. I suspect the Youngblood's would give the Kelly's a run for its money with respect to value...it is an early 1870's Galveston bottle and I believe pretty rare. These are the only shards I have ever seen of a Youngblood's...the Kelly's and the Youngblood's were in the same hole...nothing intact in that hole sadly.

 

[truedigr]

I'm in Texas and the only one I couldn't identify is from Texas. The Youngblood's is very rare and would easily double the price of the Kelly's. I can't recall ever seeing one broke or intact and possibly a new discovery in the bottle world. RC

 

[andy volkerts]

possibly Ferdinand Meyer in Houston could shed some light on that Youngblood bitters

 

[nhpharm]

I think there are one or two Youngblood's floating around and rumor has it one may have labels. Nonetheless, Ferdinand has done a write-up on them. An extremely rare Texas bottle for sure. Maybe someday!

 

[Privyprowlerz]

are the other Youngblood's the same color? it's pretty outstanding.

we come across some neat broken stuff and I keep them in a bucket till the end of the digging season.

They end up in the dump I have in the woods beside my house. some day
a digger / detector will come across that spot and think they hit the motherload !!

Thanks for sharing with us !!!

Jim