"Wizard Oil" Antique Hamlin's Aqua Glass Embossed Patent Medicine Bottle For Sale

A very nice antique example of one of America's most recognizable patent medicine bottles.

The bottle is embossed:

HAMLIN'S
WIZARD OIL

This attractive aqua-colored glass bottle is associated with Hamlin's Wizard Oil, the famous proprietary medicine marketed by the Hamlin family beginning in the mid-19th century.

John A. Hamlin began selling Wizard Oil in the 1850s, and the business later became one of the major patent-medicine enterprises of its era. The company's elaborate advertising and traveling medicine shows helped make Wizard Oil a nationally recognized product.

This bottle is a great example of the type of embossed aqua glass patent-medicine bottle collected today for its historical and visual appeal.

Antique / pre-owned condition.

The bottle displays the expected signs of age, including surface wear, scratches, scuffs, glass discoloration/cloudiness and other age-related imperfections.

The embossed HAMLIN'S / WIZARD OIL lettering remains clearly visible.

Please look closely at all photographs for the exact condition of this particular bottle.

The bottle pictured is the actual bottle you will receive.

An excellent addition to a collection of:

Antique medicine bottles
Patent medicine bottles
Pharmacy & apothecary collectibles
Embossed aqua glass
American advertising history
19th-century medical memorabilia
Hamlin's Wizard Oil

Wizard Oil is especially interesting to collectors because of the enormous advertising campaign surrounding the product and the many bottle forms produced over its long history. Contemporary historical references document millions of bottles being sold during the late 19th century.

Empty antique collectible bottle only. No medicine or original contents are included.

Please see all photographs for condition and details.