Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Clarke's World Famed Blood Mixture Lincoln Bottle.






Clarke's Blood Mixture was thought to cure a variety of diseases, as it was advertised that many ailments were the result of bad blood.  The Blood Mixture was to purify the blood, with is ingredients which were a mix of water, burnt sugar, potassium iodide, sal volatile, chloroform, and syrup sweetener(courtesy of the quack doctor, thequackdoctor.com).  One of its advertising slogans, using a quote from the book of Deuteronomy, is apparently mentioned and ridiculed in the book Dracula.  This bottle is a later variant and is 7 1/2" tall.

Rawleigh's Bottle and Salve Tin.






The famous Rawleigh's company has been in business from 1889 until today.  They started out with a door to door medicine store service, and the travelling Rawleigh Man became a fixture in American, Canadian and Australian towns and villages.  Rawleigh's still uses independent representatives to sell its products today.  There is a lot of information about this company; check out their website.  The bottle stans 6 1/4" tall and is an older one without the screw top.  The tin has a  3 1/4" diameter and is quite ornate, though in rough shape.  The founder, W.T. Rawleigh,  is prominently featured on the tin.

Claude E. Packard Prescription Druggist Bottle.




I couldn't find out much about Claude E. Packard or his pharmacy, other than he operated in Auburn, Maine, in the late 1880's.  The image of the mortar and pestle is quite interesting and appropriate on this bottle.  It stands at 4 1/2" tall.