A 9 3/4" tall deep clear-glass square-shaped COCA WINE antique bottle = COCAINE WINE bottle.   This is a very early hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled-top, dating back to the 1800's.

• Bottle embossed: "VON HAUFF'S / TRADE MARK / COCA WINE and MALT".

• Condition:  This bottle is in VERY GOOD SOLID condition. It has cloudy-white water staining mainly on the inside, and areas of haze and wear elsewhere, mostly in the form of scuffs/scratches from age and use.  Most importantly, this bottle has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  (See photos for overall condition).
  
• Age: A SUPER EARLY hand-blown bottle with a tooled top (BIM), ca. late 1800's.

• Shipping: All DOMESTIC shipping charges INCLUDE insurance. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so PLEASE NOTE; we do NOT insure International orders unless winning buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance quote. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time. IMPORTANT NOTE: If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is especially important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are rough estimates.

This COCA Wine and Malt bottle originally contained a wine laced cocaine concoction that was said to be a healthful tonic and pick-me up beverage, back in the late 1800's. Back then people often concluded that coca plants, with their beans and leaves, were very rich in nutritional value as once consumed, the benefits were immediate. After downing a wine-glass full of Van Hauff's Coca Wine, a consumer instantly felt a boost of energy and good-cheer.  It was also said to be beneficial as a  brain tonic, and cure for all nervous afflictions, head-ache, neuralgia, hysteria, and melancholy (depression). This product did not get very far back then as once on the market it was recognized that it was not a nutritional tonic that made the consumer feel better, it was the stimulating effect of the cocaine from the Coca plant.   It was an addictive drug as once the short term benefits wore off, instead of curing melancholy it brought on a much deeper melancholy that could only be satisfied by more and more use as the addiction set in. Not long after it was offered for sale it was either banned by officials or voluntarily pulled from the market, as this bottle is rare to find, check it out!