White Rock Paper Label Sparkling Mineral Water Bottle

This paper label brown glass bottle once contained world famous White Rock Sparkling Mineral Water.  The mineral water was lithiated, carbonated and bottled at the White Rock Mineral Springs in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.  This particular bottle is the larger and more common 1 pint, 8oz. size.  The White Rock Mineral Springs Company got its start in 1871 when H.M. Colver bought the White Rock Springs and the surrounding 60 acres and began to turn the site into a health resort destination.  The Native Americans in the area had long believed the spring water had medicinal properties and Colver capitalized on this by building a pavillion, a spring house, and then later a health hotel.  In five years time Colver was bottling the spring water and by 1890, White Rock Water was one of the most popular bottled table waters in the US.  In 1893, the company adopted the image of Psyche, as represented in a painting by German artist Paul Thumann, as their trademark, and the famous image of Psyche has now endured for over 110 years as the symbol of the White Rock Company.  The White Rock brand is still being manufactured to this day; unfortunately, I haven't tried it as I can't find it anywhere in my area.  I hear they do mail order...  Check their website for more information about the modern company (whiterockbeverages.com) 
 

Glyco-Thymoline Bottle

In 1890, Samuel Owen and Oscar Kress developed Glyco-Thymoline as a treatment for oral conditions, such as sore throat and mucosity. It was designed as a mouth rinse and soon became quite popular with the general public and with hospitals.  It was marketed as the world's first mouthwash.

         This clear bottle stands at 8 1/2" high and it has K & O. CO. NEW YORK 852 on the base.  The words GLYCO-THYMOLINE on the front.

 

 

 

 

Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer Bottle

 

The Perry Davis story is remarkable to say the least. Perry was crippled at an early age, and he was a shoemaker's apprentice but seemed to travel working here and there. He tried his hand at inventing agricultural machinery, but this failed. At the age of 47, Davis became ill and thought he wouldn't make it. He apparently concocted his own pain relief medicine, which provided him with a near miraculous cure. Perry Davis went on to patant and manufacture his Vegetable Pain Killer, one of the first remedies to tackle pain relief specifically. His medicine was a worldwide success, due in part to missionaries who took it with them by the case to the Far East for their mission stations to tackle a cholera outbreak. The US Civil War also helped with sales of his medicine. Perry Davis passed away in 1862, a successful and famous man. This bottle stands at 6 3/8" tall.

 

Gordon's Dry Gin London England Bottle 1909-1914

Gordon's Gin has been in business since Alexander Gordon set up a distillery in 1769.  According to the website idahoarchaeology.org, this rough specimen dates from 1909-1914.  It has Gordon's Dry Gin London England embossed on two sides, and the boar's head logo on the bottom.  This is a dug bottle and has the patina to show for it!  It is crude and the neck tilts to one side.

 

 

 

Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd. Bournemouth Beer Bottle

This bottle has an internal thread for a screw in stopper.  Its an emerald green colour bottle that stands at almost 10".  It dates from around the late nineteenth to early twentieth century.  Thomas Usher started Usher's Wiltshire Brewery with his wife Hannah in 1824.  His sons pushed production after their parent's retirement and in 1889, the company became Usher's Wiltshire Brewery Ltd.  The company kept brewing right up until the year 2000.  The brewery's equipment was dismantled and sold to a North Korean brewery.

Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky Bottle 1798

This aqua-greenish botltle stands about 9 1/2" and is in the famous squared shape.  The squared bottle is supposed to have been easier to ship as there was less space wasted.  This bottle was made probably between 1890 and 1910, according to the information I have found.  Its a nice crude bottle full of bubbles in the glass and very pronounced seam lines.  Walker's Kilmarnock Whisky was made by the famous John (Johnnie) Walker, and was produced prior to his son and grandson using his name on later whiskey bottles.