Designed for the cultural historian, the bottle collector, and those just interested in pharmacopoeia, The Bottle Book is a guide to the identification of embossed, patent and proprietary medicine bottles produced in an era of American history when anything could be bottled, advertised, and sold legally. A cornucopia of cures, bitters, tonics, and balms, many of them little more than slightly disguised alcohol, were available to a gullible but willing public. Not only are the embossed and shapely bottles of this era highly collectible today, there are also valuable to the archaeologists who interpret and date historical sites.
The Bottle Book has been designed as a reference book. It provides detailed descriptions to aid the researcher in identifying and evaluating whoe or fragmented vessels. A discussion of the patent and proprietary medicine years, and the innovations applied to the production of glass, is followed by a brief interpretation of bottles by color, design, and shape.
Over forty chapters detail nearly four thousand medicine bottles. Numerous line drawings and color photographs will aid the reader/collector/anthropologist in the identification process.
Price: $39.50
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