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
1953.414
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 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'S 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'S / 1860 / PLANTATION / X / BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse (roof): "PATENTED / 1862"
ClassificationsGLASS
