Super-Size Stoneware Pharmacy?

[RelicRaker]

Hey guys. I got out before the snow today and dug this large glazed stoneware "beer" stamped: Llewellyn / 1410 Chestnut St. Llewellyn was not a brewer but rather a large and well-established pharmacy at that location from the 1860s until the 1910s. What would a pharmacy have sold in a large stoneware beer jug? When I cleaned it, the residual contents smelled like oyster stir-fry sauce. lol

Pics below. The pony beer is included for size. Any info appreciated.

 

[Nickneff]

Hey guys. I got out before the snow today and dug this large glazed stoneware "beer" stamped: Llewellyn / 1410 Chestnut St. Llewellyn was not a brewer but rather a large and well-established pharmacy at that location from the 1860s until the 1910s. What would a pharmacy have sold in a large stoneware beer jug? When I cleaned it, the residual contents smelled like oyster stir-fry sauce. lol

Pics below. The pony beer is included for size. Any info appreciated.
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man that thing is crude both pieces man that is a shame that bottles damaged on top look at the salt glazed on that stoneware

 

[CanadianBottles]

Nice primitive stoneware! It has a distinct ginger beer look to me, which I suppose a pharmacy might have sold. That wouldn't explain the oyster smell but these things were also frequently reused.

 

[RelicRaker]

...these things were also frequently reused.

True, and a big bottle coulda come in handy for a lotta things over the years.

 

[brent little]

They probably sold beer or ginger beer also. They crossed all sorts of lines back in the day.

 

[RelicRaker]

They crossed all sorts of lines back in the day.

That they did.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Hey guys. I got out before the snow today and dug this large glazed stoneware "beer" stamped: Llewellyn / 1410 Chestnut St. Llewellyn was not a brewer but rather a large and well-established pharmacy at that location from the 1860s until the 1910s. What would a pharmacy have sold in a large stoneware beer jug? When I cleaned it, the residual contents smelled like oyster stir-fry sauce. lol

Pics below. The pony beer is included for size. Any info appreciated.
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Medicated beer? Beer being medicinal in itself.
ROBBYBOBBY64

 

[EvansBottles]

I've never seen one as large as this. There are small stoneware bottles shaped like that. Which have a Pharmacy's
name on them. I've seen Llewellyn in the small size. As well as at least one other Philly Pharmacy/drug store.
I doubt that they were beer bottles. I would place these in the 1890 to 1810 time frame.

 

[Sodasandbeers]

There a about half a dozen of these stoneware bottles from various Philadelphia druggists. They date 1870s thur 1890s. They all have slight pour spouts and I had one full of linseed oil. They were not used for beer or soda, but caustic chemicals sold by druggists.

 

[RelicRaker]

There a about half a dozen of these stoneware bottles from various Philadelphia druggists. They date 1870s thur 1890s. They all have slight pour spouts and I had one full of linseed oil. They were not used for beer or soda, but caustic chemicals sold by druggists.

Cool. Thanks for the info!