How many walked past this one?

[Kilroy]

I'm wondering if anyone has seen this one before, it surprised me at a bottle show. It's a paneled bottle with one side flat for a label and there is no embossing except for the bottom. My curiousity made me pick it up and check the bottom. I'm guessing nobody else gave it a look as it sat around for hours before I found it. Bottom pic to follow. It pays to check closely sometimes.

 

[Kilroy]

Didn't expect to see this on the bottom. Has anyone seen one of these out there?

In case it is hard to make out, the embossing reads: SEARS ROEBUCK & CO CHICAGO

 

[epackage]

interesting

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Kilroy,

Welcome to this place. I know you've been almost everywhere. I really like your find. Here's the 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog via Google Books. Please look in or around page 40. My computer does not like google books so it will not display the pages. I searched and found some remedies on page 34, but they will not display for me. Now all you've got to find is the Monkey, Ward version. Nice find!

 

[GuntherHess]

ya, Sears had its own generic clones of all the popular quack meds of the day.
They even had a BBB with a different name. Guess when you were a big player you didnt get sued as much.

 

[epackage]

Great link surfaceone, some pretty kool stuff

 

[Kilroy]

Surfaceone, I agree with epackage, great link. Thanks for posting it and the welcome. I thought a medicine from Sears was an odd concept but looking back it makes sense now, they sold everything else. I couldn't get a good picture showing the bubbly glass of the bottle, I guess it's time to set up a good picture box from some of the great advice I found in one of the posts on this site.

 

[glass man]

THANKS FOR SHOWING YOUR BOTTLE KILROY. FIRST ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN!
IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN,I THINK AT ONE TIME YOU COULD ORDER A KIT FROM SEARS ETC. THAT HAD LAUDNUM AND A NEEDLE AND SYRINGE![:-] FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY![8D] JAMIE

 

[CALDIGR2]

That one most likely contained Sears' "PEPTONIC STOMACH BITTERS". I have never seen Sears Roebuck & Co embossed bottle before, but have seen many of their cans and tins. Thanks for showing us that bottles do exist.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

Very cool bottle.
The only thing I have from Sears & Roebuck is a 12 gage Stevens pump scatter gun. (shot gun) in min con.My dad bought it when he was a kid for 40 bucks.