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Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the big boys)
ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 73)18 July 2012 (R•122113)Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native...
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Barrel Series – Roback’s Stomach Bitters (the smaller ones)
ROBACK’S STOMACH BITTERS (R 74)19 July 2012 (R•031414)Dr. Roback was neither a Doctor nor a Roback. He was an unsuccessful farmer, turned salesman, who in 1844, escaped debtor’s prison in his native...
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Barrel Series – Smith’s Druid Bitters
SMITH’S DRUID BITTERS20 July 2012 (R•052914)“on o/e all due up to this date except 1 barrel whisky”The Smith’s Druid Bitters is a great Baltimore figural bitters barrel that I have written about...
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Barrel Series – Highland Bitters and Scotch Tonic
HIGHLAND BITTERS AND SCOTCH TONIC 21 July 2012 (R•110813) (R•111313) (R•112813 – Mansfield Medicine Book)“EUREKA. UNPARALLED SUCCESS of the WORLD-RENOWNED HIGHLAND BITTERS! Or, SCOTCH TONIC, The...
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Barrel Series – Ben Franklin Bitters
BEN FRANKLIN BITTERS“Prove all things.”Ben Franklin bitters figural bottle, America, 1840 to 1860. Tapered barrel form, medium blue green, applied square collared mouth and pontil scar. This is a label...
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Barrel Series – W.C. Bitters
W. C. BITTERS | BROBST & RENTSCHLERW.C. BITTERS shoulder embossing – Meyer CollectionHere is a figural bitters barrel that takes a back seat to the other heavy hitter barrels such as the Old...
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Barrel Series – Bininger Old Kentucky Bourbon
BININGER OLD KENTUCKY BOURBON10 August 2012A color lithograph Whiskey advertising label showing a woman carrying a bundle of grain. Bininger’s Old Kentucky Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co., N.Y. sole...
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Solomon’s Strengthening & Invigorating Bitters – Savannah, Ga.
SOLOMONS’ STRENGTHENING BITTERSSAVANNAH, GEORGIA13 August 2012 (Post updated 18 December 2012)Sometimes I have posts that take a longer range approach such as the Fancy Square Series and the Figural...
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Aqua Dr. Jacobs Bitters New Haven, CT – Pontil & Full Label
DR. JACOB’S BITTERS – eBayI like this listing on eBay for the smaller, DR. JACOB’S BITTERS (J 11) for a number of reasons. It seems to be a fresh, found bottle, it has a really nice label and the...
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Cool Embossings 2
Cool Embossings 228 August 2012This is the second post in the series titled “Cool Embossings”. See Cool Bottle Embossings 1. As a designer, I just love seeing these images on bottles. So cool. This is...
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