Scarce bitters

[deepbluedigger]

We hardly have any bitters here in the UK. Most common is Dr Soules, with any others being very hard to find, and mostly kind of uninteresting in appearance. Nothing like your Indian Queens and other figurals.

This Clarkes Constitution Bitters is the first of its kind I've had, in spite of almost 20 years digging in the Lincoln area of England. Needs a clean, but it's damage free. This was the same Clarke who made a fortune from his 'World Famed Blood Mixture', which is one of the most common late Victorian and early 20th century medicines in British dumps. It's smooth base so not a permanent fixture in my collection, but a nice pick up even so.

 

[Steve/sewell]

That is a pretty bottle congratulations on finding it.The mouth reminds me of the Whitney glass works made Chestnut Grove Whiskey pocket flasks.
The color green makes it look much older then it really is.

 

[deepbluedigger]

ORIGINAL: Steve/sewell

The color green makes it look much older then it really is.

Yup. It's an 1880s - 1890s bottle. The product was not very successful, and so was quite short lived.

 

[junkyard jack]

That's a good looking bottle.

 

[rockbot]

Nice digging. Thats a great looking bottle.

 

[cowseatmaize]

Nice bottle Jerry. I'm glad it came out whole, those shoulders look pretty fragile.