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Originally printed in 1987, is designed for the cultural historian,
archaeologist, the bottle collector, and those just interested in
pharmacopoeia. This book is a guide to the identification of the
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 and slightly disguised alcohol,
were available to the gullible but willing public. Not only are the
embossed and shapely bottles of this era highly collectable today,
they are also valuable to archaeologists who interpret and date
historical sites. This book has been designed as a reference book.
It provided detailed descriptions to aid the researcher in
identifying and evaluating whole 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 40
chapters detail nearly four thousand medicine bottles. Numerous
line drawings, and color photographs will aid the
researcher/collector/anthropologist in the identification process.
Richard Fike, is a retired Bureau of Land Management Archaeologist.
Rich is also an historian, writer, teacher and the developer of the
Museum of the Mountain West of Montrose, Colorado. He continues to
expand the Museum, which contains original and recreated historic
buildings that house extensive collections of America's past. He
has combined his professional knowledge and his personal interest
in historic bottles to provide this authoritative, definitive, and
entertaining guide.
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