Bottle with a story

[Goldenplug]

I apologize for having posted this bottle before. I had to move my bookcase which meant removing all the bottles from it. One of them re-kindled interest so I did some research. common bottle but look at the base. This company was sued by the actual Moses Atwood in 1883. They used his name and bottle style to cash in on the popularity of the original. Manhattan medicine claimed they had not trademarked the use of the name or bottle style. The court ruled in favor of Moses Atwood. You can read about the court case by googling Manhattan medicine co.

 

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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

That's a real cool piece of history. It's easy to overlook that bottle. Glad you looked into it

 

[bill_wabo]

I have a bottle with similar story, the plaintiff was in the USA and the copyist was in Canada, if I remember the name on the bottle was Purifico. Never found another other bottle like it. Your bottle is really nice and in good shape and with a story like this, the value will gain I think.

 

[GoingDigging]

That's cool. Guy had cojones stealing the entire bottle and changing only the part of the bottle least seen. A figurative 'ef you' to atwood.

 

[Bass]

As stated by Goldenplug, "the court ruled in favor of Moses Atwood."
That's when judges had something called common sense

 

[villagenut]

Very cool history, every bottle has a story....if we look into it. Thanks for digging that up.

 

[NJKLAGT]

I find rip-offs like this so funny for some reason. This is a good one. "You mean, make it the same, boss?" - "Yeah, the exact same but with our name on the bottom." Funny, because if they hadn't put their name on the bottom they probably would have continued to gain sales and avoid any trouble for a while. That's like leaving a confession with your name on it at the scene of your crime. Truly comedic.

 

[bill_wabo]

Like the story about your bitter bottle, just curious to know if your bottle type is rare (hope it is). Good research on this one and thanks for sharing.
I think during those days, the hype on bitters was as high as the hype we can observe on micro-brewery beers nowdays. Each century has its hypes.

 

[Goldenplug]

Bill, I don't know if it's rare. Maybe the ones with the bottom embossing? I doubt it though considering where it's from. NYC. And they could be all over the country because that company had a mailing business. I've dug probably about a dozen atwoods bitters in the last couple years and that's the only one I've found or heard of but I'm sure they are out there.

 

[bill_wabo]

Well, I've never seen an embossed Atwood on the bottom. Think I have some Atwood bottles in my many boxes. I'll try to find them but they're all paneled bottles, so not as nice as yours. I'm getting the bottle bug again I think, but it's so difficult here to find old dumps. Only found 3 dumps so far but have a few hundred bottles in boxes, waiting for cleaning... but only a few rare ones. Good luck on your next dig or hunt Glodenplug!

 

[Goldenplug]

You too Bill. Seek and you shall find.