Here's a recent aquisition against today's snowy background.
it's a Rowler's Rheumatism Medicine Prepared by Dr. J.R. Boyce Sacramento
As you can see one side of the bottle is underblown or pushed in and it has some carbon swirls
The Rowler's is one of the first documented western blown bottles
They come with and without an open pontil
and the early western curved "R's"
Is that what you western guys call "Fire Aqua"?
Great bottle Rick. Was it recently dug or out of and old collection. MAX
ReplyDeleteIt came out of an old collection..It has some stain but I think I will leave it as is
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That's a killer Rick. Would love to find one of those someday !!
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Very nice bottle Rick. "Early western curved R's". I love it!
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DeleteI miss Dolcini -- He would have given me an ear full over the "early western curved R" statement.
Still shoveling snow?
rs
Yup, snowing again today. Haven't shoveled any dirt lately, snow and very cold since Thanksgiving. Global warming??? Sheesh!
DeleteI'm missing "Old Cutters" too. Roger
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ReplyDeleteSweet find, cograts. Do you ever think of the hundreds of Gold Country towns that are just sitting there totally undug. Wowzers....or should I say Wonsers !!!!
ReplyDeleteNice pickup Rick! The Rowler's have always been one of my favorite early California medicines...Baker and Cutting,for those pontiled examples! That squished in crude gem is a keeper. Dale M.
ReplyDeleteLots of great character to this Rowler's example. Another very important early blown western glass container...right up there with Dr. Bowen's Blood Purifier and the H. Adolphus Anti Rheumatic Cordial. These three embossed medicines will go down in history as some of the earliest manufactured western bottles from the first and second western glassworks.
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ReplyDeleteThat is an Awesome Crude Early Piece of Glass, What Great Charactor. No Chance of Finding one of those down here on the border. Maybe Los Angeles? a Throw Back? Very Nice. DB
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