Sunday, April 24, 2011

Dr. Peter Fahrney & Sons Forni's Alpenkrauter Blutbeleber Bottle.




This 9" tall bottle contained Forni's Alpenkrauter Blutbeleber, which is roughly translated into Mountain Flower Blood Vitalizer.  Dr. Peter Fahrney began production of this in 1869 and moved his business to an elaborate factory in Chicago in the 1890's.  He and his sons produced this Blutbeleber based on an early family recipe, as well as other patent medicines.

Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Bottles.

These two bottles contained the world famous Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil With Lime and Soda.  They both have the great embossed logo of a fisherman carrying a large cod on his back.  These bottles are quite common but I still love that logo!  Scott's Emulsion was the brainchild of Alfred B. Scott and Samuel W. Browne.  They started making this concotion in 1876 in New York City.  The tall bottle measures some 9 1/2" and the smaller one 7 1/2".