What cities are known to have pontiled druggist bottles?

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Thank you. But I am not done yet... just slow posting []. I will be listing some early non druggist bottles on ebay soon. An iron pontiled M'Leans Strengthening Cordial, an aqua hinge mold M'Leans and a beautiful green hinge mold M'Leans. I'll post something on this forum ones I have those listed.

 

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Ok, here is a 7 7/8" OP John. H. Barnard // Druggist // // St. Louis , Mo

 

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Here is an 7 1/2" GP John. H. Barnard // Druggist // // St. Louis

 

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Here is an 7 9/16" IP J. S. Merrell / Druggist / St. Louis Mo.

 

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And a similar 7 3/4" IP J. S. Merrell / Druggist / St. Louis Mo

 

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And my favorite Druggist in my collection...

7 1/2" IP R. & J. Adams / Druggists / St. Louis // Superior / Mineral / Waters

 

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Its back side...

 

[bottlekid76]

Definitely some tough ones to come by James. You have a nice collection of some great St. Louis meds there. That tealish colored Leitch is really sharp, I haven't seen one in that color. The Maguire's are all nice. The cobalt ones are pretty amazing, smooth based or pontiled. A friend of mine has the pontiled one and it's really sharp for sure. The Merrells are nice looking bottles, and some of the Barnards i've seen have great looking pontils.

The R&J Adams is just torture! [] They just don't show up for sale. The known colors of them are aqua, teal, emerald green, forest green, and cobalt from what I believe is known. There's a few in-between shades of aqua from a very light to a deep strong aqua, that borders a light teal. I've seen them all, but haven't had an opportunity to buy one yet. Most of the St. Louis collectors just won't let 'em go, and I can't blame them! We've been fortunate enough to capture all the colors for our upcoming Missouri soda book.

~Tim

 

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Unfortunatly, my Adams does have a flaw in the lip. It must have had a chip that someone smoothed out. But it is a good thing, as I paid only $15 for it about 15 years ago [8D]. No way I could afford to buy one otherwise. And I have been offered quite a bit as it is. But, as my favorite, it is here to stay. But who knows. I have gone from collecting Coca Cola, to Inks, to Cures, to Pontiled Sodas, to Southern Bottles to Druggists. Maybe I will change again. Then again I have always collected druggist as I knew I could always dig some or find them at shows. Good luck tracking down those good St. Louis bottles for your collection.

 

[midway49]

Maysville, Ky has two different pontiled bottles from Seaton & Sharpe. The op version is embossed "S&S Maysville, Ky". The ip bottle is embossed "Seaton & Sharpe, Maysville, Ky", but I don't think it's embossed "Druggists". However I have a copy of an 1844 receipt from Seaton & Sharpe as "Importers and Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-stuffs, Glassware, &&".
Sorry no pics, but I thought Jimbo might have the OP bottle we dug. I think there are only 2 of the op, and one of the ip. We dug the ip also and it stayed in Maysville.
There is a paper label OP bottle from Georgetown, Ky.