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Late 1800s-1910s Henry Wampole Philadelphia Medicine Bottle embossed Apothecary

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Seller handling time is 5 business days Details
No shipping price specified to GB
Ships from United States Us

Offer policy

OBO - Seller accepts offers on this item. Details

Return policy

None: All purchases final

Purchase protection

Payment options

PayPal accepted
PayPal Credit accepted
Venmo accepted
PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express accepted
Maestro accepted
Amazon Pay accepted
Nuvei accepted

Item traits

Category:

Bottles & Jars

Quantity Available:

Only one in stock, order soon

Condition:

Unspecified by seller, may be new.

Color:

Clear

Maker:

Henry K. Wampole & Co

Time Frame:

Late 1800s- 1910s

Vintage Original?:

Yes

Era:

Turn of century

Type of Medicine:

Tonic

Features:

Embossed

Location:

Philadelphia

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Posted for sale:

More than a week ago

Item number:

1540446435

Item description

This is an antique medicine bottle embossed "Henry K. Wampole Company" on both sides with a circled "W" and "16" on the bottom. A Circled W is a mark used by the Mosser Glass Company of Cambridge, OH but as they didn't make utilitarian bottles, it most likely represents the name Wampole. The rectangularly shaped clear, remedy bottle has beveled sides and could be considered octagonal. Due to features such as embossing, suction mark on bottom, cork topped, and brand, best date estimate would be between the late 1800s and 1910s. My father, an avid bottle digger, found the vintage medicine bottle over 40 years ago in the ruins of an old homestead in Virginia. The bottle is in excellent condition, free of breaks or cracks. Clarity is nice with only minor sediment deposit at neck and side. The bottle measures about 8.5" x 3" by 2". Henry K. Wampole was a Philadelphia based pharmacist who began marketing his tonics in the 1870s. He offered a variety of popular remedies and tonics into the 1900s that were advertised to "relieve brain-fag, headache, and nerve-tire in general.". Ironically, Wampole suffered a breakdown and was sent to rehabilitate at a sanitarium. Subsequently, Wampole mysteriously disappeared from a Philadelphia hotel in 1906 and eventually his body turned up in the North River. Wample was later found to have falsified accounts and destroyed company records. For More Information: http://www.papergreat.com/2011/02/delving-into-henry-j-wampole-company.html https://glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks-5/