Dr Peter's Stomach Vigor, pine tree amythest bottle

[chong2]

found in new mexico, i could not find this bottle in any of my books, or online at the time i searched it. has anyone seen or heard of this one before? has "Dr Peter's Stomach Vigor" on one side, a pine tree on the other with dates, and is amythest.

[treasurekidd]

That's a nice bottle, although I can't help you on age. Are you interested in selling it? PM me if you are. Thanks!

[Minelab Ron]

Here's an article I found. Now, what I don't know is, was it liquid or pills in the bottle? Read halfway down, it says they were sent to Texas, even though you found it in New Mexico!

Hope this is it!
Annmarie

[treasurefiend]

Very cool!!!

[chong2]

thank you Annmarie for that research. that ad is dated 1840. this bottle has no pontil mark, so im guessing lat 18's. the seam ends half way up the neck. one strange thing is they sold millions of these according to the ad, but i have yet to find even one on the market or in books........ hmmmmm

[Minelab Ron]

thank you Annmarie for that research. that ad is dated 1840. this bottle has no pontil mark, so im guessing lat 18's. the seam ends half way up the neck. one strange thing is they sold millions of these according to the ad, but i have yet to find even one on the market or in books........ hmmmmm

You are quite welcomed! I can't say that the articles I found are what were in the bottle, but I would almost bet that DR PETER is DR JOSEPH PRIESTLY PETER.

I tried to search various keywords and couldn't find more than what I found. I found other articles about Dr. Peter, but I am not sure if they are the same, as one was listed as a photographer, another an astromoner, and then one talks of Dr. Peter taking someone to court for making false statements about him. I'll see if I can find anything else.

It would be great to find one more of these bottles, so then you would have a base to determine any value to it! Will post if I can find anything else!

Nice find!
Annmarie

[ink-a-alot]

thank you Annmarie for that research. that ad is dated 1840. this bottle has no pontil mark, so im guessing lat 18's. the seam ends half way up the neck. one strange thing is they sold millions of these according to the ad, but i have yet to find even one on the market or in books........ hmmmmm

You are quite welcomed! I can't say that the articles I found are what were in the bottle, but I would almost bet that DR PETER is DR JOSEPH PRIESTLY PETER.

I tried to search various keywords and couldn't find more than what I found. I found other articles about Dr. Peter, but I am not sure if they are the same, as one was listed as a photographer, another an astromoner, and then one talks of Dr. Peter taking someone to court for making false statements about him. I'll see if I can find anything else.

It would be great to find one more of these bottles, so then you would have a base to determine any value to it! Will post if I can find anything else!

Nice find!
Annmarie

it has the date right on it.?

[chong2]

lol, well the bottle was made 1880 or after, lol missed that one, haha

[Minelab Ron]

Just a guess but I think this is a product of Dr. Peter Fahrney. Unlisted and quite possibly rare. Great find!

I would have never known to look for him...I was looking for a man with the last name of Peter. However, I did research on Dr. Fahrney and here's what I came up with. Most of the articles I did find were written in a German newspaper and I don't remember much of my German I learned as a kid. Wish I kept up with it...oh well

Thanks for the tip SWR!

Chong2...here's an article on Dr. Peter Fahrney:

[chong2]

Ron and Ann, thank you for that article. we are getting closer i think and swr, thank you for bringing that to light. after reading this post, i just put it in the safe 4 the time being, just in case
again thank you all

[Minelab Ron]

Think the "P" and "B" are the initials of the doctor? "P" could mean "Peter"...but what would the "B" stand for?

Here's a link about medicine bottles....try giving this guy an email....maybe he can help you some: http://www.antiquebottles.com/

Here's another interesting link: http://www.oldcookbooks.com/c=lESBXd...Chest_The.html

[chong2]

sorry everyone, we had some issues with our net.here are some close ups, sorry the staining makes it difficult to photograph. k, i wrote mattsoldhouse.com and got a reply, here is what he said. seems u all were on the money, as for that book, im going to try to get it, hopefully there will be a illistration in there of this same bottle. so what do you all think, case closed

email
Hi, that bottle was one of Dr Peter Fahrney’s medicines out of Chicago.

You can read about some of his beginnings on my web site…

http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bott...ck/fahrney.htm

Many in the Fahrney family were involved in patent medicines. Peter was certainly the most successful.

The Fahrneys came from the Mountains of Switzerland where they used local herbs for medicines.

I believe the plant on the bottle represents one of the medicinal plants. (looks a lot like an agave)

That bottle commemorates the family business. Those bottles are not as common as the other Chicago Fahrney bottles but are still fairly common.

[crazyjarhead]

I found an old medicine bottle last week with the cork still intact.

[chong2]

any pics of it?