Unknown Bottles

[casmalia]

I'm hoping I can get some information on these two bottles. One of them I think is a beer bottle and the glass one has J Walker, whiskey bottle? I think their made before 1900 or pretty close.
Thanks, Dow

 

[Dogo]

The ceramic is probable a Ginger Beer, the glass does not have the lip of a whiskey. I think it is J Walker's Vinegar Bitters, but I'm not sure. Someone will know.

 

[UnderMiner]

Two very nice bottles! I have yet to find an intact stoneware ginger beer bottle which is most definitely what the ceramic bottle is!

 

[Skoda]

Dogo is correct, that is a Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters. Very popular nostrum during the era, here's a great article on the subject: https://www.peachridgeglass.com/201...bottled-in-pastel-shades-to-conceal-the-mess/

 

[Harry Pristis]

Not a ginger beer if it is not marked as such. These UK-produced stoneware bottles were imported in prodigious numbers. The contained ALE, and without other marking are best described as stoneware ALE bottles.