medicine bottles

[mskimba]

Hi there, i have some bottles and need help with them ) 1st green ones are Dr. JGB Siegert & sons bottles, the little one is very heavy & thick, )the little red one is thick also, no writing at all and the bottom goes deep into the bottle as well as the green one, ) ED Pinaud paris bottle, signed on the bottom, Solution Citrate Magnesia bottle the bottom says not to be re-filled- REGISTERED ) the last one is Lydia E. Pinkham"s Medicine 14 1/2 oz, any help would be great thanx! Last one is Tom Sims Apollo decanter kentucky straight bourbon whiskey bottle

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

For starters the little red one is a cool 50's ruby red Schlitz bottle. It came in four sizes and I have two of them. They are considered collectible. http://www.chiptin.com/schlitz/royal_ruby_beer_bottle.htm

The ruby bottles are not considered antique in the true meaning, but are very collectible.

Ruby bottles were made by Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. of Lancaster, Ohio, between 1950 and 1963. In 1948, Mr. Uihlein of Schlitz, requested Anchor Hocking Corp. to submit sample bottles of ruby color. (Editor's note: It's been said that the reason for the request was the up-coming 100th anniversary of the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.)

The color of the bottle is obtained by the addition of cuprous oxide to a glass batch under reducing conditions, the color being developed by reheating the glass. Workmanship, color, smoothness, and appearance are of the highest quality. Copper ruby glass was used for tableware from 1939 to 1943. During the war, key ingredients were unobtainable. Ruby glass was again available in 1948. In 1949 and 1950, Schlitz proceeded with a run of 50 million bottles. Again in 1963, four million bottles were used.

Cost of the bottles was cited as the chief reason for not continuing the use of ruby bottles. Schlitz Brewing Co. used four sizes of rubys. They were a 7oz - 12oz - 16oz and 32oz. The 16oz bottle as of today (Editor's Note: This article was written by Mr. Jaeger in the late 1970's to early 80's) is the most rare of all the bottles used by Schlitz.

 

[IronSpike]

The ruby red Schlitz bottle rocks

Last year found an O-I Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine bottle:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,282084.0.html

http://www.o-i.com/about_oi.aspx?id=1348

The Lydia bottle history is interesting. Mskimba is your Lydia bottle an O-I?

 

[chipveres]

For more on JGB Siegert, please look at www.angosturabitters.com . Then look at the history section. Also Pinaud in Paris made perfume and hair tonic.

Chip V.

 

[Mich. Wolverine]

In the second picture the green bottle on the left is a kickup champagne bottle. Nice bottles.

Wolverine.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice ID's