...located in the beautiful High Desert of Eastern Oregon
...located in the beautiful High Desert of Eastern Oregon
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Pint "scroll" flasks in rare colors - American, ca. 1845-1860
Northeastern Nevada High Desert Scene (near Montell0) - September
2009
Below is a image of the Lindsey's Blood Searcher with all of the known mold variations shown. That is 10 separate proprietary molds spanning 60 years of production/use from the 1850s until at least the mid-1910s! For more information on these bottles see the Bottles & Extra's (the Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors - FOHBC - publication) article on the subject by Zack Baer, with contributions from Bill Lindsey (me!). The article is available as a downloadable PDF file at the following link:
J. M. LINDSEY AND HIS WORLD RENOWN BLOOD SEARCHER article
The following is a chronological (earliest to latest) list of the mold numbers for the above pictured bottles - which are in chronological order - with approximate manufacturing/use dates as noted in the article...beginning on the far left:
#1 (1856-1864; iron pontiled and smooth bases); #2 (1862-1866; iron pontiled and smooth bases); #3 (black glass & other shades of green, 1856-1864); #4 (1856-1864); #5 (1862-1866); #6 (1862-1866); #7 (late 1860s to late 1870s); #8 (mid-1870s to mid-1880s); #9 (mid to late 1880s to early 1890s); and #10 (1890s to mid-1910s) & #10 again with full label, contents & partial box.
The example that is laying horizontal in front is embossed DR. J. M. LINDSAY's - WORLD RENOWNED / PANACEA and is a ca. 1870s example from the same Dr. Lindsey lsome years after he had sold the rights to the Lindsey's Blood Searcher formula to others. That is all explained in the linked article above. (Note: Lindsey's or Lindsay's - "a" instead of "e" like this variant has - is according to the family genealogist a common occurrence since the first Lindsay's/Lindsey's emigrated to the New World from Scotland in the 18th century.)
Research has shown that the Dr. J. M. Lindsay noted on the side
panel of this bottle is indeed the same Jesse M. Lindsey that invented the Blood
Searcher. And if that wasn't enough to make it interesting, I have a
picture of an example blown in the same mold but with GARRETT, PA.
embossed on the opposite narrow indented panel. A comparison of my example
and the one I only have a picture of makes clear that it was blown in the
same mold but with the GARRETT, PA. having been filled in with
some metal. The GARRETT example also has the makers marking L&W
on the base indicating manufacture by Lorenz & Wightman (Pittsburgh) which dates
it to the early 1870s. My example has no base embossing though post mold
base plates would likely be easy to replace. I've only seen one example of either bottle; I don't own a
city embossed example (but would like to).
LINKS TO OTHER GREAT WEB SITES
American Bottle
Auctions - The West's only historic bottle auction house.
Historic Glasshouse Website - Great bottle information and
bottles for sale site.
Jeff & Holly's Bottle Page - Website of one of the best antique
bottle e-Sellers.
Antique-Bottles.net -
THE website for antique bottle
inter-collector communications.
Antique Bottles of
Baltimore - Name describes it all. Nice site.
Cape May County Bottle Collectors (NJ) - Ed & Mark Runyon's site about that county's bottles (and more).
Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors Home Page
BottleAuction.com
- A great source of quality bottles from a quality place.
www.bottlemysteries.com - A
new website by Red Matthews on bottles.
Old Sachem Bitters and Wigwam Tonic barrels in an array of colors.
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For general questions about bottle manufacturing, age, type, and a wealth of other historic bottle related information consider visiting the... Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website This is a comprehensive website devoted to the identification of (largely) American made bottles produced from the late 1700s until the 1950s. This free web based resource was created by the author of this High Desert Historic Bottle Website in a cooperative effort between the Bureau of Land Management (my ex-employer; I'm now retired) and the Society for Historical Archaeology. It is intended to be a tool for archaeologists, bottle collectors and the general public in identifying the type and approximate age of a wide array of bottles made in the U.S. or Canada during the period listed. |
Crater Lake National Park - first snowfall in late October 2005 (Photo by website author)
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Hildebrandt, Posner & Co. Pint flask, cylinder "fifth" & etched shot glass. San Francisco, CA. - Late 1870s to early 1880s |
Lindsey's Blood
Searcher Light blue-green with red iron pontil Hollidaysburg, PA. - 1856-1860 |
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