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Here’s an Impressive, Rare, Original, Antique, 1860’s-Era “Hair-Patent-Proprietary-Medicine Bottle” from Early New York City.
The Squatty, Rectangular Shaped, Medicine Bottle is Very Crudely “Mold-Blown” of a Heavy, Crystal-Clear-Colored “Flint-Glass” and Features Beveled-Edges.
The Bottle’s Unevenly-Expanded, Sides Exhibit Classic “Flint-Glass” Crudity with Nice Looking “Waviness”, “Suspended-Air-Bubbles”. Remarkably Smooth, Shiny, and Mirror-Like Panel-Surfaces.
The Front-Side-Panel Displays Very Crude, Early Style Embossed Letter Characters that Read: “LUBIN’S FLORILINE”.
The “Top” of the Bottle is a Wildly Crude, Hand-Tool-Formed, “Wide-Thin-Flared-Lip”. The Top Is Beautifully Uneven + Features Attractive Grooves, Stretch-Swirls and Creases, that were Created during the Skilled, Glass-Worker’s Finishing Process.
The Bottom of the Bottle is Without a “Pontil-Scar” and Is an Early “Smooth-Base”. The Sides are Not Straight and Unequal in Glass-Thickness. The Surface of the Base is Remarkably Smooth and Shiny, as is Commonly Observed on the Classic Early “Flint-Glass” Bottles of the Period. There are some Additional Tool-Handling-Marks that appear Randomly as the Bottle was Being Exchanged from the Blow-Pipe to the “Snap-Case” during the Finishing-Process.
+++++ CONDITION: The Early “Patent-Medicine-Bottle” is in “Excellent ~ Original, Antique “Estate-Attained - (Not a “Dug” Example) Condition - with Some Light Indications of Age-Related Usage + Handling but There Are……There are NO FORMS OF “DAMAGE”, NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS, NO OPEN BUBBLES, NO “POT-STONE-RADIATIONS”, NO DISTRACTING SCUFFS OR SCRATCHEs, NO DISTRACTING STAINING, NO STRIKES OR “IMPACT-DINGS”.++++++
*****LUBIN’S FLORILINE****
According to the On-Line Resource: “HAIR RAISING STORIES”, (D. Fadely) the Hair-Product LUBIN’S FLOROLINE Was Marketed by “DRAKE + CHILDS” Merchants of New York City + Newspaper Advertisements appear Advertising the Product as Early as 1864. The Product was Also Marketed by in England but Was Sold Secondarily in the United States.
