A 9" tall Purple / WHITE-MILK-GLASS colored square-shaped antique STOMACH BITTERS bottle. This is a very early hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIMAL) with a hand APPLIED-LIP, dating it back into the late 1800's.
A super nice looking bottle. It is shaped similar to that of a case gin which gives it a little extra added appeal. We've had some of these over the years with the label still on them, they were in fact a Bitters bottle. It originally contained Berliner Magen Bitters and though they were often imported from Germany, they were a pretty popular brand in the USA. As a matter of fact, more than one of them made it all the way up to the high elevation Rocky Mountain mining camps of America, as this one did. These white milk glass bitters bottles were used by several different manufacturer's of bitters, including ones for the American Market. Then there are also some that are a mystery, like the ones that are only embossed "R.B." Evidently this stood for "R---------'s Bitters", but no one has found out exactly what the R.B. stands for. Then there are also the western examples like the "S.B. ROTHENBERG", which even says “SOLE AGENTS U.S.”, for the U.S.A., an Oakland, California. And the best, the "GERMANIA" white bitters bottle, with a picture of a seated woman on it?! Though this one is NOT embossed, it does have a light sun-burnt AMETHYST - VIOLET - TINGE to it that makes it just a beautifully colored antique BITTERS bottle, check it out!
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