Description
1870 CHAMBERLAIN’S COUCH REMEDY Des Moines IA Aqua BIM Tapered Medicine Bottle
Antique Glass Bottle – Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Exact wording embossed (i.e. raised lettering) on the bottle.
on front, inset, embossed raised letters:  CHAMBERLAIN’S COUGH REMEDY
Left side, inset, embossed:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â DES MOINES, IA, U.S.A.
Right side, inset, embossed:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CHAMBERLAIN MED. CO.
No wording on bottle back or bottomC
olor: Aqua
Bottle Size: 5.875″ x 2″ x 1″
BIM bottle:  Side seams (2) end approximately 3/8” below lip;
Age:  before 1905,  1840 – 1870
Style of Top: Applied Taper. No closure, Concave base, hinged mold mark.
No marks on the base.
This is a bottle from an estate collection that had been in storage from 1966-2017. The original collection was over 4000 bottles. The family that built this collection was deeply into historical preservation and conservation. They did their own digging, which included collecting all the of the paper travel memorabilia as they traveled across the American West looking for these old bottles (and insulators, and rocks – but we didn’t get those collections). In some cases, we have items that were prepared for going to shows, and then we have boxes and boxes of bottles that are “freshly dug”. Please see our other listings for many other bottles from this collection, as well as the many paper collectibles.
