thought you might like to post these heart breakers from today's dig. I didn't bring home anything whole that is worth mentioning but the shards man, the shards! lol Wow I would sure love to dig a "G. A. Simon's Medicated Aromatic Bitters!" The Emerald Green Rosenbaums would have been alright too! Well at least I live to dig another day, a broken heart cant kill you can it?
Take care,
Matt
Fantastic examples of two very desirable western blown bottles! I have a Simon's example in a very similar color to the Rosenbaums, just awesome. A terrific era for the hole you found those two in.
ReplyDeleteHow about a report on the amber Cassin’s that was recently destroyed by a careless digger?
ReplyDeleteYes, lets here about the amber Cassin's...
ReplyDeleteYes, lets HEAR about the amber Cassin's, sorry for the under educated spelling..
ReplyDeletewhoa, you do not have to be careless to break a bottle, sometimes they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, it happens...
ReplyDeleteMaybe I am losing it but I do not believe I have seen a Simon's with a whiskey type top before. The seem to come with a tapered top without the ring. DM
ReplyDeleteThe only two styles of bottle mouths I have ever seen for the G.A. Simon's bitters has been either a tapered collar mouth or a square collared mouth.
DeleteBased on memory from my westerns bitters collecting addiction in the 80's, the style of the top, and the distance from the base of the single ring to the shoulder step most resembles that of either a Renz's or a Bennett's Wild Cherry.
ReplyDeleteJust my two cents. With that and a buck or two, you can buy a Starbucks...
Bruce
That particular top reminds me of the style usually seen on the variant 1 Dr. Renz' s Herb Bitters.
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