Local Druggists

[Lordbud]

Yes, yes, this has a fleabite on the front corner, otherwise in rill nice shape.

 

[Lordbud]

A little dirt on the embossing here again, geez Louise!

 

[Lordbud]

This is one of the San Francisco druggists who also dispensed perfume, C.A. Bayly who in this case is a "perfumerer"...

 

[Lordbud]

Yet another bottle previously unknown in my collection!

 

[Lordbud]

This I found in the Antiquarium in Los Gatos. An unlisted variant with a flat oval base, and no "Cal." embossed.

 

[Lordbud]

Must have been a drugstore on every corner in San Francisco during the 1890s...

 

[Lordbud]

Y'know all these bottles with the dirty embossing were bought from the same guy down in New Mexico via ebay.[:-]
A little water and an old toothbrush work wonders when cleaning up embossing. This one's unlisted in Miller's book which isn't to say that it isn't unknown...

 

[Lordbud]

A pair of C. Roethe San Francisco bottles from two completely different bottle molds.

 

[Lordbud]

Everyone's seen a regular rectangular Nettie Harrison bottle, but here's a different one in the classic indented panel perfume shape:

 

[Jim]

Nice additions, Jason. I especially like the Roethe bottles with the ribbon. One of the things that make local druggist bottles one of my favorites is the fact that previously unknown examples keep on turning up. From simple mold variants to different shapes and entirely new names, they are a lot of fun to collect. ~Jim

P.S.- I have the "dirty embossing" problem a lot, as I dig almost all of my druggists. A Brillo or SOS pad will rip encrusted dirt, rust or any other gunk right out of the tiny spaces within the letters.