Erdspiegel
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'Apotheker A. Wurms, Magendoctor'
17cm height;Imperial Germany,ca.1900
17cm height;Imperial Germany,ca.1900
Seems like you covered all the categories except for bitters!
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Erdspiegel
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Erdspiegel
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Harry Pristis
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I really like the MAMPE with the seal!
Were German bitters marketed as medicinals only? Many American bitters (certainly not all) were used to avoid taxes on distilled liquor. Later in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some were used to dodge the wrath of prohibitionists.
There had been for decades a rising sentiment against alcoholic beverages. In 1895 the Anti Saloon Leage had become a powerful, national organization. In 1913, the League announced its campaign to achieve national prohibition through a constitutional amendment. In 1916, an alliance of temperance organizations propelled the election of two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress necessary to initiate what became the Eighteenth Amendment to our Constitution -- Prohibition.
Is there a similar background history to German bitters?
Were German bitters marketed as medicinals only? Many American bitters (certainly not all) were used to avoid taxes on distilled liquor. Later in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some were used to dodge the wrath of prohibitionists.
There had been for decades a rising sentiment against alcoholic beverages. In 1895 the Anti Saloon Leage had become a powerful, national organization. In 1913, the League announced its campaign to achieve national prohibition through a constitutional amendment. In 1916, an alliance of temperance organizations propelled the election of two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress necessary to initiate what became the Eighteenth Amendment to our Constitution -- Prohibition.
Is there a similar background history to German bitters?
Erdspiegel
Sr. Member
No.
German bitters were always sold as 'Kräuterschnaps' (herbal-brandy or -liqueur).Taken after a great meal,a bitter will support the digestion,people thought.
And prevent from stomach-aches.
German bitters were always sold as 'Kräuterschnaps' (herbal-brandy or -liqueur).Taken after a great meal,a bitter will support the digestion,people thought.
And prevent from stomach-aches.
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creeper71
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Is this bottle a reproduction? I am not saying if it is or isn't just asking... thanksglassrelics said:Check out this Drake's cabin style bitters! Lets see your bitters bottles!
Harry Pristis
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creeper71 said:
It looks to me to be an original ST DRAKES 1860 PLANTATION BITTERS. What is it that prompts you to ask about it?glassrelics said:
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