Interesting little bottle.

[RelicDude]

So today I went detecting at an old home site didn't find much of anything but this little bottle. I was digging through a lot of old broken bottles which were all cork tops when this little crude screw top popped out of the ground. I'm just curious of its age? The embossing says dr humphreys specifics new York. Any would be appreciated thanks- Justin

 

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Hey Relic,

Nice find. Looks TOCish to me. I'm assuming that's a ground lip. The cap is in pristine shape. Are you returning with big shovel?

"Frederick Humphrey’s, M.D., was born March11, 1816, in Marcellus, New York, and established DoctorHumphreys’ Specific Homeopathic Medicine Company in Auburn,NY, about 1844. Humphreys also carried on a private practice andserved as Professor of Homeopathic Materia Medical at the StateMedical College. The business became incorporated as HumphreysHomeopathic Medicine Co. in 1854 in New York City. The addresseswere 562 Broadway in 1857, 109 Fulton in 1877, and later, thecorner of William and Ann Streets. By 1890, the address was 61-65John St.

Homeopathy is the medical system which seeks to cure disease bygiving the patient minute doses of drugs which produce symptomssimilar to those of the disease on the theory that the symptomsreveal nature’s effort to combat the disease. It originatedin 1796, by a German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Humphreys’was a business of homeopathic family remedies augmented by a lineof homeopathic veterinary medicines. The business flourished.Products for human consumption were numbered: #2-Worms;#3-Teething, Colic, and Crying; #20-Whooping Cough; #30-BedWetting; #34-Diphtheria; etc. Veterinary items were lettered-Worms; F-Colic; etc. Witch Hazel products were added along theway: Marvel Of Healing; Marvel Witch Hazel; and Witch Hazel Oil.Marvel Of Healing advertising indicates that it was fluid witchhazel prepared by Dr. Humphreys from a recipe used by him for 20years. It was probably for internal use. Witch Hazel Oil was forexternal conditions such as injuries to the skin and joints,hemorrhoids, etc.

In 1940 the name became Humphreys’Medicine Co., and in the 1960s it was relocated in Rutherford,NJ. The name changed to Humphreys’ Pharmacal Inc. in 1968,and was still doing business in 1983." Antique Medicine Bottles Dr Cannon's Medicine Chest

Humphreys' Specifics FOHBC 2005

Frederick K. Humphreys​

 

[RelicDude]

Hey Relic,

Nice find. Looks TOCish to me. I'm assuming that's a ground lip. The cap is in pristine shape. Are you returning with big shovel?

"Frederick Humphrey’s, M.D., was born March11, 1816, in Marcellus, New York, and established DoctorHumphreys’ Specific Homeopathic Medicine Company in Auburn,NY, about 1844. Humphreys also carried on a private practice andserved as Professor of Homeopathic Materia Medical at the StateMedical College. The business became incorporated as HumphreysHomeopathic Medicine Co. in 1854 in New York City. The addresseswere 562 Broadway in 1857, 109 Fulton in 1877, and later, thecorner of William and Ann Streets. By 1890, the address was 61-65John St.

Homeopathy is the medical system which seeks to cure disease bygiving the patient minute doses of drugs which produce symptomssimilar to those of the disease on the theory that the symptomsreveal nature’s effort to combat the disease. It originatedin 1796, by a German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Humphreys’was a business of homeopathic family remedies augmented by a lineof homeopathic veterinary medicines. The business flourished.Products for human consumption were numbered: #2-Worms;#3-Teething, Colic, and Crying; #20-Whooping Cough; #30-BedWetting; #34-Diphtheria; etc. Veterinary items were lettered-Worms; F-Colic; etc. Witch Hazel products were added along theway: Marvel Of Healing; Marvel Witch Hazel; and Witch Hazel Oil.Marvel Of Healing advertising indicates that it was fluid witchhazel prepared by Dr. Humphreys from a recipe used by him for 20years. It was probably for internal use. Witch Hazel Oil was forexternal conditions such as injuries to the skin and joints,hemorrhoids, etc.

In 1940 the name became Humphreys’Medicine Co., and in the 1960s it was relocated in Rutherford,NJ. The name changed to Humphreys’ Pharmacal Inc. in 1968,and was still doing business in 1983." Antique Medicine Bottles Dr Cannon's Medicine Chest

Humphreys' Specifics FOHBC 2005

<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=873999"/> Frederick K. Humphreys

Thank you for the info surf very interesting. I believe it is a ground lip. The top was black
When I found it. I cleaned it with aluminum jelly the same way I clean my gilt buttons. Unfortunately all the old dump sites I find everything is broken and are very shallow. I think it has to do with how rocky the soil is here in the Berkshire foot hills I'm sure freezing has a lot to do with it. I was finding hutch fragments which break my heart because I want to find one badly.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Thank you for the info surf very interesting. I believe it is a ground lip. The top was black When I found it. I cleaned it with aluminum jelly the same way I clean my gilt buttons. Unfortunately all the old dump sites I find everything is broken and are very shallow. I think it has to do with how rocky the soil is here in the Berkshire foot hills I'm sure freezing has a lot to do with it. I was finding hutch fragments which break my heart because I want to find one badly.

You know how it goes, the best stuff is always broken. Or so it seems with me!

 

[RelicDude]

I hear that brother haha

 

[surf]

So today I went detecting at an old home site didn't find much of anything but this little bottle. I was digging through a lot of old broken bottles which were all cork tops when this little crude screw top popped out of the ground....

Hey Justin,

You sometimes have to dig a lot of broken glass, to find the intact ones. I'd give that spot another go, were I you. Grab your shovels & scratchers.

Humphreys' Manual​

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Nice little ground top flask, Congrats !!!!!! 1890s

 

[RelicDude]

Nice little ground top flask, Congrats !!!!!! 1890s

Thank you its a neat little bottle I thought it might have been newer. And surf I think I'll take a second look at the site tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have more to show