Local Druggists

[passthebottle]

Nice druggists bottles Jim and Lordbud. These are turning out to be one of my favorite catagories as well (because they don"t cost you an arm and a leg). Besides a Mrs. Winslows soothing syrup I've never seen a druggist bottle with a women's name embossed (i.e. Laura Goodman, Nettie's). Hey, there's a whole new catagory to collect , druggist bottles with women's names embossed on them. Way to go!

 

[bostaurus]

The Laura Goodman's bottle is interesting. It says it is a German Apothecary.. What was the difference between a German apothecary and an American one, and if it was german why does she have such an English name? There are just little stories in every bottle...what a great hobby.

 

[Dean]

Nice druggists bottles Jim and Lordbud. These are turning out to be one of my favorite catagories as well (because they don"t cost you an arm and a leg). Besides a Mrs. Winslows soothing syrup I've never seen a druggist bottle with a women's name embossed (i.e. Laura Goodman, Nettie's). Hey, there's a whole new catagory to collect , druggist bottles with women's names embossed on them. Way to go!

Here is one for the women's catagory. Dean

 

[Jim]

That is a great bottle, Dean. Druggists offer a great variety of collecting themes. Although we don't have any lady's name druggists here, we do have a tall blob beer bottle that is embossed MRS. F. BOSSINGER/ LEWISTOWN/ PA. Mrs. Bossinger took over the brewery when her husband died. ~Jim

 

[Plumbata]

This is a fantastic thread! Pharmacy bottles are pretty much my favorite genre of glass to collect, aside from Hutchinson closure bottles which are a close 2nd.

Here is an unlisted 32 ounce pharmacy from Peoria, IL that I dug out of my dump last year. It still contained some 100 year old disinfectant soap, so the inside was completely spotless. After emptying it out and giving it a rinse it shines like brand-new! No damage except for a small fisheye, which is of little consequence considering it is the only complete quart Peoria pharmacy (of any kind) that the good people at the bottle club were aware of. I also found another broken one from the same pharmacy, and a broken quart "Durkin's pharmacy", likewise unlisted. I couldn't believe that it survived being dumped, being affected by the weather for over a century, and then being hit in the shoulder by my digging tool!

Another noteworthy find was a small pharm from a town of about 1100 that the oldtimers weren't aware had bottles of any sort produced. It's a goodun:

 

[CALDIGR2]

Sold this one today. A recent find from a privy in Davis. The bottle is in as dug condition, but no other issues. Davisville bottles are quite rare and becoming very difficult to find because most of the town has been redeveloped and we have dug all available properties. My family has lived there since 1868, but many of the older homes are owned by folks who have recently moved there.

 

[Lordbud]

Got the ol' camera out this morning and did some picture-taking, brand new computer and camera card slot was acting up again.
Still managed to transfer some jpgs...here's a Morey from San Francisco

 

[Lordbud]

Prosser Bros. amazing the number of "Bros." pharmacies there were.

 

[Lordbud]

An H.B. Slaven "Chemist" bottle in the shape of a perfume, very similar to my recent Burnett perfume.

 

[Lordbud]

An "unlisted" one...a slightly larger example sold on ebay about a year ago.