druggistnut
Well-Known Member
I dug this Friday, along with 8 other intact bitters, out of the same pit. I'm not in to the use layer yet, so i have my fingers crossed.
This one came out whole, and made me climb out of the pit with it, sit down and catch my breath.
I had never seen or heard of it before, so I contacted a bitters collector I know.
He said:
>>Super Find!!!! Ham and Ring 2002 edition rates it as "extremely rare". Reading further, they state it was put together by pieces.... So, I would assume that at the time of writing, there were no known, whole specimens. I don't have the supplement book, but hopefully that didn't change in the addendum. I think they listed a patent date of 1879?
The only drawback (if it has one) is that it doesn't have a American City embossed on it. You need to prove that it is a American made bottle. Here's the info for doing just that "Trade Mark Harrison/ T. Chamberlain, Brockport N.Y. March 3, 1876."<<
OK, I remember that green Tippecanoe from London did very well, but typically, "foreign" bitters don't command the interest in the USA that home-grown bottles do. What influence would the Harrison/Chamberlain connection have, and that it apparently WAS an American bottle?
Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated.
Bill
This one came out whole, and made me climb out of the pit with it, sit down and catch my breath.
I had never seen or heard of it before, so I contacted a bitters collector I know.
He said:
>>Super Find!!!! Ham and Ring 2002 edition rates it as "extremely rare". Reading further, they state it was put together by pieces.... So, I would assume that at the time of writing, there were no known, whole specimens. I don't have the supplement book, but hopefully that didn't change in the addendum. I think they listed a patent date of 1879?
The only drawback (if it has one) is that it doesn't have a American City embossed on it. You need to prove that it is a American made bottle. Here's the info for doing just that "Trade Mark Harrison/ T. Chamberlain, Brockport N.Y. March 3, 1876."<<
OK, I remember that green Tippecanoe from London did very well, but typically, "foreign" bitters don't command the interest in the USA that home-grown bottles do. What influence would the Harrison/Chamberlain connection have, and that it apparently WAS an American bottle?
Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated.
Bill
