the specific A no 1

**YosemiteSam** · Jan 24, 2005, 08:40 PM

THE
SPECIFIC
A NO 1
A SELF CURE
TRADE MARK
thats what it says on the front of this little skinny necked, green,cork topped, rectangular bottle ,(4 to 6 ozs. ?) that I found under a grove of eucalyptus tree's here in the hills of california,buried about in all broken glass ,all the bottles were broken except this one
on the bottom it has
WT & CO
1 USA
I was told it is definitly a keeper ?
any comments or knowledge you can share will be appreciated
thanks
Sam

**Cfm** · Jan 24, 2005, 09:40 PM

Here is a URL for the company you posted about... WT&Co.

http://www.myinsulators.com/glass-fa...talltatum.html

**YosemiteSam** · Jan 24, 2005, 10:34 PM

cfm
thanks for the link

got tons of old bottles ,now you got me lookin at the bottoms of all of them tryin to identify them
Ive been a collector since my early days (on and off)
never knew thre was such a following for the old bottles ,always did it for the fun of it
anyway thanks again
Sam

**Cfm** · Jan 24, 2005, 10:58 PM

lol....

I am also a collector of old bottles and have several very valuable ones sitting in a display next to my desk

**Cfm** · Jan 24, 2005, 11:01 PM

Yose,

Here is another site for you... I use it to get an idea what my bottles are worth...

http://www.jeffnholantiquebottles.co...es/Flasks.html

**downindixie** · Feb 02, 2005, 02:05 PM

The/specific/A no 1/a self cure.Bottle manufactured by Whitall-Tatum.1857n to 1935.Cure for gonorrhoea and gleet introduced by Augustus Schoenheit Sr.Information from the Bottle book: A guide tp historic medicine bottles.

**YosemiteSam** · Feb 02, 2005, 08:13 PM

my thanks to all for thier replies!

here is a pick of the A#1 bottle as well as another that I found its a wine bottle I presume?
JOSEPH CALEGARIS SAN FRANCISCO its an applied top ?(think thats what they call it?)
any thanks again for your info
Sam