Bitters

[jgas]

Hops and Malt Bitters Semi Cabin, Jackson Michigan, Detroit Michigan

Here is a nice Hops and Malt Bitters I dug last season. I think it's the best bitters I've ever dug and in great condition. Jgas

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

JGAS that is one sweet bottle.

Wolverine.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I finally got Cecil Munseys bottle collecting book and Surf was right,it was THE book to get for reading up on all these different types of bottles.I scored an older used copy and even though the pictures are in black and white it is still a fascinating read. The mister has a common Hostetters up for sale at the antique booth we sell in but I don't have a bitters of my own(yet),maybe some day.

Uhhh . . . I know it's easy to confuse me with Surf; but, remember that I am the younger, better looking one.
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Dec 13, 2013, 05:29 AM
Harry Pristis

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Originally Posted by CoilyGirl

Maybe they weren't burst top then Harry but they were rough on the edges like this one.I'm still trying to learn,there is so much about bottle collecting that I don't have a handle on. Sorry Jay - gee,don't know how to turn my pics correctly I post from my phone,stand on yer head.

You would love Cecil Munsey's book, CGirl. You can probably can still buy it (used) on Amazon for just a few dollars . . . a really good investment for a collector. ​

 

[Bass]

Wolverine, nice pcs you got there, very nice. Jgas, that is one neat looking bottle. Don't think i've seen that one before. For everyone thats posted, thanks so much.

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[RelicDude]

Awesome that yellow hostetters is really cool I've only seen fragments of those. And I never thought those hijos bottles were so common I've never seen so many in one place.

 

[Harry Pristis]

This is one of the first bottles I ever recovered, an ARABIAN BITTERS from Savannah, GA.

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[RelicDude]

That's a really neat one I like the swirls in the glass.

 

[VERDE]

Hey bass assassin!! Sounds as if you have been digging around Ethel's Driftwood Inn up at the Bend!! He He!! GOOD LUCK and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Uhhh . . . I know it's easy to confuse me with Surf; but, remember that I am the younger, better looking one.
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Dec 13, 2013, 05:29 AM
Harry Pristis

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Originally Posted by CoilyGirl

Maybe they weren't burst top then Harry but they were rough on the edges like this one.I'm still trying to learn,there is so much about bottle collecting that I don't have a handle on. Sorry Jay - gee,don't know how to turn my pics correctly I post from my phone,stand on yer head.

You would love Cecil Munsey's book, CGirl. You can probably can still buy it (used) on Amazon for just a few dollars . . . a really good investment for a collector. ​

Sorry I knew y'all were twins and good lookin' ones at that!

 

[Bass]

Harry, i really like your Arabian bitters. Its another one that i have not seen. Jgas, your bottle looks like it just came from the shelf. Has it been tumbled?

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[cooper1841]

S.T. Drakes Plantation Bitters, Recovered from a pile of river dredgings, 20 years ago. It has been the center piece of my collection

 

[Bass]

Nice bottle cooper

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[rws51]

Here's a C H Swains Bourbon Bitters I found under the porch of an old house.

 

[jgas]

Hey Bass, yes that Hops was tumbled a bit. It was pretty darn clean right out of the pit but did have a bit of haze. That was one pretty mirror like bottle! jgas

 

[Bass]

Its a real beauty Jgas. Thanks for getting back to me. Are you able to dig these days or is the frozen where you are

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[rws51]

sorry, but someone contacted me about my bitters bottle and I accidently deleted the email. please email me again at roger@irtc.net or call me at 217-371-6059.....sorry for the trouble.

Roger

 

[unclemac]

here is the one good luck boy found at the bottle spot...in fact it was the bottle we found at night in a pounding rain storm. I have no idea how he spotted it as my glasses were useless in that weather. It is actually the bottle that clued us in to the bottle spot.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I like these Dr. Langley's Root & Herb Bitters . . . both have glass-tipped pontil scars.

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[Bass]

Harry, these are great pieces. I have only one aqua bitters. Do you know when these were made?

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[Bottleworm]

All very nice bottles everyone! I have 3 bitters. A labeled red jacket bitters from Chicago. A beautiful Greeley's bourbon bitters and a nice Drakes plantation bitters.