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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: ANCIENTONE on October 11, 2012, 01:28:55 PM
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Got these from a guy who digs around Lexington. The first says OUR EXTRACTS PURE AND WHOLESOME WILL NOT BAKE OR FREEZE OUT. The second, W H BALLARD DRUGGIST LEXINGTON KY, I found reference to Mr. Ballard but not the bottle. Evidently the first black pharmacist in Lexington. The third is a flask embossed with WARANTED FLASK. The others have no embossing but are neat shapes. Any info much appreciated.
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They remind me of the bottles that those peddlers used hawk during the 1800,s...for a dollar a bottle.....filled with a cure-all elixir.....that was probably sugerelly water...
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Warranted flask is worth $202.00. Still checking the rest.
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Check Watkins for the extract bottle !! They have been around a long time !!
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They remind me of the bottles that those peddlers used hawk during the 1800,s...for a dollar a bottle.....filled with a cure-all elixir.....that was probably sugerelly water...
Here the cure all elixir was usually mostly alcohol !! You didn`t care if you were sick if you bought enough !!
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$202? Did you mean $20? The ones I've seen on Fleabay are around $20 but this one seems to be a older.
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I think maybe G,acre,s been on the elixir....here,s 25+bottles... between $2 to $24.99
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=warranted+flask
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They remind me of the bottles that those peddlers used hawk during the 1800,s...for a dollar a bottle.....filled with a cure-all elixir.....that was probably sugerelly water...
Here the cure all elixir was usually mostly alcohol !! You didn`t care if you were sick if you bought enough !!
over here in the 50,s at fairs and markets they used to sell a "long life elixir."..."good for giving you a good clear out".....it said on the label....it turned out to be Sugerelly water & Cascara...which as i learned later on ...did indeed give you a good clear.out.....and rooted you to the toilet pan for hours on end... ;D
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That was from an old "Kovel" book. I have some amber ones. Big and small. It might be a different one than yours. This one had more info. Tat flask i was talking about as I red more had R.I. on it.
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Some are Garenteed, Warranted, Honest Measure, but they also say full pint, half pint. The little round ones are more valuable. Mine have not been tumbled yet.
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Nice collection!! Here's what I have so far. The one in front is the WARRANTED FLASK from above. Are the others flasks?
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Yes, The more embossing the better. The expensive flasks have scrolls and embossed pictures.
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Not sure on the age of this Gordon's, much newer, but I thought it was neat still with the cap.
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"sugerelly"
I love that word. :D
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"sugerelly"
I love that word. :D
we loved it too as children...we used to make our own...we,d save up our pennies...then when we had sixpence, we,d run off to the chemist shop and but 4 sticks of liquorice...as they were only sold in 4,s...but 4 sticks made 4 pts,...then we,d go down to the pub,....and salvage 4 liquor bottles....then back home,...break i stick into smaller pieces, put them into a bottle, add 4 ozs of fine suger and fill the bottle with cold water, stick the cork in,then put the bottle into a dark cupboard...and leave it for a month....that month was always the longest month of our young lives.....we kept checking it almost daily...wishing the water would turn darker more quickly....it never did.....it always took a month...
then when the month was up..we,d get our bottles of sugerelly...and savour that dark sweet liquorice taste....as if it was the Nectar of the Gods, ....great memories....
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Great cultural exchanges around here! I thought you were using the word as an adjective!
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Some are Garenteed, Warranted, Honest Measure, but they also say full pint, half pint. The little round ones are more valuable. Mine have not been tumbled yet.
I love this forum. . . I am ALWAYS learning something. If it's not an English lesson from Bigwull, it is a repair seminar from handy-folks like Mart! However, I desperately need to be educated on "tumbling"? Is that some way of cleaning? Are antique bottles more desirable uncleaned or spruced-up a bit?
I will be going through two large cardboard/paper barrels full of antique bottles that were given to my father. My uncle was a backhoe operator in the San Francisco area. On a few occasions, he uncovered old landfills. I want to make sure I don't make a mistake when sorting through them.
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I would not tumble any old valuable bottle !! Tumbling in sand polishes the surface !! Its OK if you are going to keep it but if value matters,, I wouldn`t !!
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I prefer my Grandads method !! He put the candy in a half pint of Old Crow and let it sit !! That was our cough syrup !! Its amazing how fast it cured a cough !!
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I would not tumble any old valuable bottle !! Tumbling in sand polishes the surface !! Its OK if you are going to keep it but if value matters,, I wouldn`t !!
Thanks, Mart. Some of the bottle still have residual dirt left in/on them. Should that be left as well?
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I prefer my Grandads method !! He put the candy in a half pint of Old Crow and let it sit !! That was our cough syrup !! Its amazing how fast it cured a cough !!
Is that all it cured??......wide legged and eyeless....i would say..... ;D ;D
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They use some interesting things in those bottles. Products made with what we call illegal drugs today are very valuable.