Medicine bottle pics for Matt

[GuntherHess]

The only one I wasnt familar with was the John Q Hill, that's a new one for me.

 

[earlyglass]

Matt,

Have you ever found anything out about this one? Embossed HAYDEN, probably a Stoddard bottle.

Sorry Wayne.

Mike

 

[southern Maine diver]

Hi Mike...

Nice to see that photo... it sent shivers up my spine[] Sure miss it, but ya gotta do what you gotta do...[&o]
it still holds a special place in my heart.

Thanks for the note,
Wayne

 

[bostaurus]

That veterinary medicine is probably throwing off the whole feng shui of your collection. You need to get rid of it before it causes permanent damage. I will be willing to help you in this time of cosmic bottle imbalance. It will do me no harm..I am already imbalanced.

 

[GuntherHess]

Have you ever found anything out about this one? Embossed HAYDEN

Bottles with just a single last name can be tough.
My guess would be Dr William R Hayden of Boston but cant say for sure.
Someone needs to come up with a label version. Not likely...

 

[earlyglass]

That is a good starting point, considering that this bottle was found in the vicinity of Portsmouth NH. I will do some further research to see when he was in business and the type of product. I would guess that the jar form would have been for some sort of salve, balm, preserve or possibly even a blacking.

Thanks for the info.

Mike

 

[GuntherHess]

Dr Hayden studied medicine in 1845 so it would probably have to be after that.
His earliest bottle I know of is
Dr Wm R Hayden's Painless Fluid Cathartic & Alternative Boston Mass.
He later was very successful with his VIBURNUM COMPOUND.

 

[earlyglass]

Matt,

I would put the age of this jar in the 1840s... it is very early. To me, it looks much like a product of Joseph Foster's first glasshouse and consistent with the output there. This would have been right at the mid 1840s.

Thanks... I think it is a very good possibility.

Mike

 

[JOETHECROW]

To me, those are awesome...Once in a lifetime bottles for most, but It's very cool that these artifacts were made, and that you guys have a chance to own them. Thank you for posting and sharing these pics,....and thank you Guntherhess for your medicine guide!....very cool ,all of it. Joe

 

[earlyglass]

Joe,

I spent 20 years just looking through books drooling over the great Stoddard medicines, and when I actually had opportunities to buy them, I did so! Yes, it is always painful financially, however, the sacrafice was well worth it. I am a family guy, so I make sure that I never deprive my family of anything... but as for me... I would eat spaghetti every night for a year just to buy a great bottle! OK, it would still have a meat sauce with some vegetables... need to stay healthy!

Thanks for the compliments.

Mike