Show Us Your Bitters Bottles...

[Staunton Dan]

I posted this in another thread. I feel that there will be more response if a new thread is started so here goes. Post pictures of your Bitters bottles whether they are Rare or not, Dug, Bought or Traded for.

"All bitters bottles are special in my mind because I dig so few of them. Anyone else that digs one, even though they might be common, has a special bottle in my estimation. However, all of that being said, I would love to see, as I am sure many others would also like to see some of the rarer bitters bottles. I know they are out there. Who out there has a picture of the rarer bitters bottles that they have dug?"

 

[cadburys]

I have never dug a whole bitters bottle in 3 years!! I have dug many shards though!

Here is a Lackey's Iron Bitters // Bloomington // Illinois

It is rectangular with a hinge mold kick up in the base. It dates late 1860's to 1874

This is VERY rare and I'd guess there are less than 4 known.

I need one by the way!

Ant

 

[Plumbata]

There is some demolition going on near my house and I just got into a loaded 1880s-1890s pit. First 2 bottles out were some applied top Hostetters bitters, but alas, each had a busted panel. I'm going back to finish up now and hopefully I will have at least one to post for ya Dan!

 

[Staunton Dan]

Hopefully there will be more than just Hostetter's in there. You're in a good time frame.

 

[Dabeel]

Hey Dan,
Great Stuff you are finding in that dump of yours.

Here is my favorite dug bottle from a deep pit in Sacramento, even though it's not embossed bitters, I still classify it as one. The blue in it just sparkles!

 

[Dabeel]

I forgot to include this one(Drake's Plantation Bitters) I watched "caldigs" pull from a pit in Sacramento as well.
I was pulling up buckets of dirt while he was tunneling away and he found it way down below............sorry I don't have cleaned up pics of it.

 

[Ohio Rob]

Dr Stiebel's Stomach Bitters. It was dug outside the small town of Walhonding, Ohio. Looks a lot like Hostetters. Found three Kilmer's, a gray crock and the Stiebel's that day.

 

[Staunton Dan]

Kovels list Dr. Stiebels at $236 in 1996. Looks like a good one to me but like I said before, they're all good.

 

[Staunton Dan]

ORIGINAL: Dabeel

I forgot to include this one(Drake's Plantation Bitters) I watched "caldigs" pull from a pit in Sacramento as well.
I was pulling up buckets of dirt while he was tunneling away and he found it way down below............sorry I don't have cleaned up pics of it.

I would love to dig a whole Drakes. Did anyone ever get a cleaned up picture of it? Would love to see it.

 

[Staunton Dan]

ORIGINAL: Dabeel

Hey Dan,
Great Stuff you are finding in that dump of yours.

Here is my favorite dug bottle from a deep pit in Sacramento, even though it's not embossed bitters, I still classify it as one. The blue in it just sparkles!

That's a great looking bottle. Looks to be a cornflower blue. That's my kind of bottle... simple, great color and very eye-appealing.