Bitters & Hair Bottles

 
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A nice example of this NY paneled bitters with an applied top, circa 1870-1880

GW827

$295

A beautiful example of this sharply beveled NY hair bottle, circa 1865

GW399

$179

A very crude Civil War period bitters with backwards "99" in the street address. Just missed being pontiled, or maybe an eroded pontil

GW737

$175

A crude Civil War period bitters with decent embossing and a crudely applied ring top

GW739

$165

An deep reddish "strawberry" puce example in great shape

Civil War era

GW742

$160

bottle on left

An attic found example with original cork-lined stopper

and much bolder embossing than usual

GW161

$155

A gem mint and crude reddish orange amber example of this

Drake's Bitters - Civil War era

GW745

S$149
An uncommon bitters, circa 1880-1890

GW592

$125

A nicely colored Australian hair bottle, circa 1880-1890

GW624

$114

A super mold impression on this example in reddish amber, circa 1885-1895

GW591

$108

A beautiful example of this hefty bitters in an old olive-hued amber color, circa 1870

GW234

$99

A nicely colored Australian hair bottle, circa 1880-1890

GW623

$94

A splendid orange amber example with super crisp embossing and an applied top, circa 1875

BT85

$85

An attic find with remnant labels on 2 panels, circa 1870-1880

GW828

$65

A very rare O.P. Philadelphia cylinder, circa 1850

Y933

$65

A circa 1850 oval hair product with open pontiled bottom and crude rolled lip

GW466

$62

A nice cobalt blue hair bottle with most of the original label

GW159

$62
A circa 1870-1880 large bitters with beveled corners and an applied ring top. This is the bottle on the right in the picture

SH296

$55

Uncommon circa 1890 bitters with beveled corners

NJ33

$50

A classic bitters that lasted until the early 1900's - an ABM example

in attic condition and a brilliant orange color

NJ51
$49
A gem mint version, crude, Civil War period
M231
$48
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Circa 1880, this is a near mint example

GW771

$48

Circa 1890 square bitters - nice condition

SH570

$43

A mint example with an applied top and crisp mold impression, circa 1875-1880

GW807

$37

A crude circa 1865-1870 version with applied double collar top

SH405

$36

Circa 1875-1880 base embossed bitters in deep green

GW471

$32

A nice colored example of this "blood purifier", circa 1885-1895

GW944

$29

A pretty light orange example, circa 1880
DM116
$27
A circa 1870 tombstone shaped hair bottle

Y976

$27

A near mint example, nice strike, circa 1880
NN50X
$26
A mint example, circa 1885

SH148

$26

A cylindrical bitters that is embossed around the shoulder, circa 1870

GW473

$25

An attic mint example of this shoulder embossed bitters, circa 1880-1890

GW478

$18

An uncommon hair bottle, early machine-made, circa 1910

SH332

$17

A cylindrical bitters that is embossed around the shoulder, circa 1875-1885

GW479

$16

A dug exanple of this 6-sided Philadelphia hair bottle, circa 1850

Y408

$19

A cylindrical bitters that is embossed around the shoulder, circa 1875-1885

GW480

$18

A circa 1860 hinge mold example of this classic skin and hair tonic that is embossed heavily on all panels

LA111

$15

A circa 1890 New York hair tonic bottle

LP111

$14

A circa 1870 small square hair bottle with applied ring top

Y312

$12

A near mint example with partial label, circa 1880
DM217
$11

A circa 1870 small dye bottle in mint condition

TR94

$11

A circa 1885-1890 12-sided aqua bitters

LP61

$9

A nice deep amber circa 1880 hair bottle
SH153
$9
A circa 1865 small hair bottle

X1704

$9

Circa 1885 aqua cylinder, base embossed

GW474

$8

A nice light orange paneled hair bottle, circa 1890

X1216

$7

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An uncommon western bitters, paneled,

with an applied top, circa 1880-1895

GW808

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An earlier example in yellowish color with an applied taper top

GW32

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Robust-sized New England bitters from a hinge mold, circa 1860-1870.

SH572

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An uncommon bitters, paneled,

with an applied top, circa 1870-1880

GW806

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An apricot-amber example with micro bubble

character - Civil War era

GW612

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Circa 1875-1880 yellow-olive bottle with hammered whittle

GW475

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A decent example, circa 1885-1895

BT84

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A nice example of an uncommon midwestern bitters in orange amber with an applied top, circa 1875-1880

GW590

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An open pontiled, paneled hair bottle, circa 1850-1855

NN17

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Fabulous orange color with nice mold impression and character, circa 1875-1885

GW593

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An attic found example with original cork-lined stopper

and two original labels

GW163

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Attic mint with crisp mold impression

TR198

Sold