Bitters bottle

1865-1890

Place madeUnited States, North America

Glass

Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 26 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )

Gift of Clarence G. Michalis

1953.415

In his researches into patented cabin bottle designs, Arthur G. Peterson found that the first such design was patented February 18, 1862, by P. H. Drake of Binghamton, New York (McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 302).

DescriptionDeep amber non-lead glass bitters bottle (log cabin type) blown in a three-part mold with deep down-tooled collar, three-tiered hipped roof with vertical ribbing and inscriptions "S T DRAKE 1860 PLANTATION X BITTERS" and "PATENTED 1862," square body with broad horizontal ribs, and base with diagonal seam and circular depression.

Markingsin relief: on obverse (roof): "S T/ DRAKE/ 1860/ PLANTATION/ X/ BITTERS" in relief: on reverse (roof): "PATENTED/ 1862"

ClassificationsGLASS