ULYSSES S. GRANT and the KELLY'S and THE OLD CABIN BITTERS

[Steve/sewell]

They are great bottles Warren if you dont have one. I believe the one being asked about may go for sale.They are super nice people and their father had found 8 of these in Illinois as Mary stated!! As I thought about that more today it may have been one of the most incredible bottle/dig finds ever.Imagine finding one cabin bitters let alone 8!!Mind boggling.

 

[wolffbp]

Wow, it wasn't even a cork top Bromo. That's cold. but funny []

 

[glass man]

ALL I WANT STEVE MAN IS A INDIAN QUEEN...THING IS I ALREADY GOT ONE IN NINA GIRL MY SCOTTISH JEWISH CHOCTOW INDIAN QUEEN!

 

[Steve/sewell]

I picked up this very rare bitters this evening from eBay.I am looking for a good glass repair person to fix a large chipped area on the lip.If anyone knows someone personally or coiuld recommend someone they heard has a good reputation please let me know as it would be very much appreciated.It looks good from this angle........................

 

[Steve/sewell]

..........................but from over here..........OUCH!!![]

 

[Steve/sewell]

The glass is clean.

 

[Steve/sewell]

The bottle was found in a saloon wall according to the seller so it supposedly was never buried.Also the seller said someone had dropped this in the 1970s,had they not dropped this it woiuld have been a 12 to 20,000 dollar bottle easily.These are much more rare then the Kellys bitters which are identicle.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Now that I have two Old Cabin Bitters bottles I compared the two bottles side by side.On my first bottle on one of the larger lower paper panel areas there were raised blotches that almost looked like hives not bubbles.Well when this second bottle arrived it had the same markings in the same spot so this defect is a mold issue present exactly the same on each bottle.I had originaly thought it was just on this one bottle cold mold ripple effect.The Cabin is slightly racked to one side also on each bottle telling me again this is a mold issue and not a quality control one.

I have studied the Kellys Old Cabin bitters compared to the Old Cabin Bitters and I can assure you they are in fact although strikingly similar to very different bottles in a lot of small details.The lettering on the Kellys is larger and cruder,the word PATENT in the angle of the roof peak is laid out differently on each bottle.When I had originally aquired the Kellys and then the Old Cabin I had thought that simply a slug plate change had occured and that was the difference.This is not true as the Letters on each bottle are completely diffrent from each other.The log sizes and fine detail are different on each bottle also.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Outlined in blue are the two areas on each bottle.

 

[Steve/sewell]

Here is a group shot left to right. Left- The Kellys Old Cabin Bitters,Center- Darker Old Cabin Bitters,Right- Lighter Old Cabin Bitters.