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Was out walking along a creek west of me when I saw some glass shards so I had to investigate. Mostly turn of century pieces but found this Ritter & Seltzer 3" medicine bottle undamaged. No idea where it's from but it's made by Whitall-Tatum glass co with a patent date of Jan. 24, 1888.
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I found a listing in an 1895 American Druggist & Pharmaceutical directory that mentions an S.T. Seltzer that ran a pharmacy called "Seltzer & Ritter" in Columbus, OH. Cool find!
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Nice find Glasshopper. I'm sure your eyes are fine-tuned and calibrated to pick up the slightest hint of old glass lying around.
Just want to mention (for benefit of your readers) that the bottle's maker, the Whitall-Tatum glass company also made a lot of glass insulators. Nice add to your collection... Jim __________________ |
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Great looking bottle. 🙂
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Man, is that cool! Very nice find.
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That is so sweet!
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Oh yea thats a nice score there, congrats!
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nice little bottle
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Cool bottle with unusual label, I've never seen that on a med bottle.
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![]() Originally Posted by Treasurekidd View postIf this is from there it sure came a long way. Thx! Originally Posted by jimther View postYep! They made a TON of insulators through the years. ![]() Originally Posted by metaladdict View postYes a slug plate, probably the smallest I've got. The bottle was made with the circle area, then a special mold (slug) with the store name could be stuck into the mold. Yes not many meds have them. __________________ |
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Slug plate bottle eh? Thanks for teaching me something new today. Real cool bottle find, G-hop!
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That one is sweet G.hopper!
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![]() Originally Posted by Foragist View post"Slug Plates" (or "plates") allowed makers to customize the same type generic bottle to specific users. More info on "slug plates" - scroll down to "plates" section: https://sha.org/bottle/morphology.htm Slug plates make bottles much more collectible as opposed to common "slicks". __________________ |
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