The above photo was taken back in 1993. It is a grouping of western bitters that were part of the Elmer Smith collection before being consigned to Glassworks Auction. Elmer had amassed 54 variants of western bitters. (L to R)
1. Variant 2 Lacour's Bitters; formerly of Quinn collection, now in ?
2. N. B. Jacobs / San Francisco; formerly of Friedrich collection, now in Madruga collection.
3. Dr. Wonser's / U S A Bitters; formerly of Friedrich collection, now in Siri collection?
4. Variant 2 Rosenbaums Bitters; formerly of Friedrich collection, Balch collection, now in ?
5. Variant 1 Lacour's Bitters; formerly of Quinn collection, now in Hubbel collection.
Warren
ReplyDeleteI dont know where they are, but I had to do a double-take on the color of that NB Jacobs, non-Rosenbaums, in amber ?? !! I think that photo made all the green bottles look amber for some reason, because I know my old Lacours var. 1 was yellow-green. I guess 1993 photo technology wasnt what it is today!
aphotaling,
ReplyDeleteYes the color is off, the pictures were taken with film, and then the processing had the colors off, followed by scanning which made them way off.
What I was really getting at, is I wish that NB really was amber, since there arent any known in that color !!
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