Vintage Glass Bottles

If historical flasks are the king of bottles, then bitters are the queen. The term bitters comes from a type of medicine produced from roots and herbs, which typically had a bitter (disagreeable) taste. During the Temperance Act, bitters were used as alcoholic beverages under the guise of a medicine. Unusual colors greatly increase the price of these bottles, as do figural shapes such as log cabin, pig, or ear of corn. The advertising for bitters products was among some of the best of the times, and sometimes risque as in this 1901 ad for Carmeliter Bitters.

OLD MEDICINE BOTTLES ICE BLUE BURDOCK BITTERS BOTTLE US $26.89 (3 Bids) End Date: Friday Sep-03-2010 22:15:17 PDT

atwood's jannaice bitters ORIGINAL TOP MINT exampleLOOK US $24.99 End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 5:35:29 PDT

Super Rare Owl Club Lexington Kentucky Whiskey Bottle US $355.00 End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 6:29:37 PDT

BITTERS Bottles 3 Aqua Herb, Poor Man's, & Atwood's US $9.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 9:31:39 PDT

Antique 12 Sided Atwood's Bitters Bottle NICE US $9.99 End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 10:07:49 PDT

VERY NICE LIGHT AMBER TO YELLOW PLANTATION BITTERS US $147.50 (9 Bids) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 14:00:04 PDT

HOMER'S GINGER and BRANDY CELLULOID SIGN,LASH'S BITTERS US $81.99 (5 Bids) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 17:34:19 PDT

BURLINGTON,VT BITTERS BOTTLE-DR.BAXTER'S MANDRAKE US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 18:26:46 PDT

NICE CRUDE WESTERN MINIATURE PCGW BITTERS INDENTD/PANEL US $19.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 19:37:58 PDT

NICE WESTERN MINIATURE BITTERS US $0.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Sep-04-2010 19:47:36 PDT

Yellow, Chocolate & Amber Early Dr. Hostetter's Bitters US $49.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 8:14:27 PDT

c1890 DR J G B SIEGERT & HIJOS Green Bitters Bottle US $9.99 End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 9:03:48 PDT

8 BITTERS BOTTLES 4 GRAPE TOP DRUM & 4 BUTTON FRONT US $2.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 9:35:25 PDT

C A RICHARDS BOSTON MASS BITTERS OR WHISKEY BOTTLE US $50.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 10:57:38 PDT

Doyles Hop Bitters US $19.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 11:16:39 PDT

Nice Paine Celery Compond bitters bottle w/ label - VT US $6.95 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 12:34:22 PDT

bitters bottle TIPPECANOE H H WARNER & Co golden amber US $76.00 (3 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 14:46:03 PDT

Crude Old CASE GIN BOTTLE PONTIL Pig Snout tooled top US $50.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 14:59:14 PDT

DR.STANLEY'S South American Indian Bitters CRUDE US $49.99 (2 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 16:37:56 PDT

HARZER KRAUTER BITTERS RARE US $179.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 16:57:37 PDT

DR PETZOLD'S GERMAN BITTERS DOSE SHOT GLASS {no bottle US $7.50 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:00:58 PDT

1859 HOSTETTERS BITTERS AD SAN FRANCISCO TIMES US $6.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:16:05 PDT

ATWOOD'S JAUNDICE BITTERS-EARLY ONE US $4.49 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:33:19 PDT

DR . A.S. HOPKINS UNION STOMACH BITTERS - 100% complete US $139.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:36:34 PDT

J . AQ . J . NOLET'S AROMATIC SCHNAPPS SCHIEDAM US $19.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:45:40 PDT

A.S. Hopkins Union Stomach Bitters Bottle Yellow Olive US $142.50 (12 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:49:06 PDT

KUMMEL FIGURAL BEAR , crude top , COLOR US $39.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 17:51:09 PDT

Old Sachem Bitters & Wigwam Tonic Bright Straw. Puce US $455.00 (12 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:00:04 PDT

SAMPLE DR HARTER'S WILD CHERRY BITTERS DAYTON OH BOTTLE US $24.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:05:39 PDT

SAMPLE HENTZ'S CURATIVE BITTERS CURE MEDICINE BOTTLE US $48.50 (3 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:05:39 PDT

LAKE KEUKA VINTAGE Co./ WINERY No_23 / BATH, NEW YORK US $9.99 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:13:04 PDT

ANTIQUE AMBER H H WARNER CO-TIPPECANOE BITTERS BOTTLE US $99.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:35:41 PDT

BEAUTIFUL Drakes 4-LOG Bitters LIGHT BRIGHT CRISP MINT US $88.09 (7 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 18:41:05 PDT

Wilson's Wa-Hoo Bitters Bottle Label US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:48:23 PDT

UNOPENED LASH'S BITTERS CO. ANTIQUE BOTTLE US $17.00 End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:49:11 PDT

Dr Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters Bottle Label New York US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:50:00 PDT

Vermo Stomach Bitters Bottle Tonic Appetizer US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:51:11 PDT

Rare Western Climax Bitters Bottle San Francisco CA US $39.00 (6 Bids) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:52:22 PDT

Toneco Stomach Bitters Bottle US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:53:19 PDT

OLD J WEST BITTERS GLASS DRUG STORE APOTHECARY BOTTLE US $4.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Sunday Sep-05-2010 19:55:36 PDT

Bottle Grouping Medicine, Extract, Bitters US $9.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 2:45:57 PDT

ANTIQUE BITTERS BOTTLE-MEDICINE TYPE"DR. H.G. DREES" 8" US $39.00 End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 4:35:42 PDT

ANTIQUE BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS BOTTLE~BUFFALO NEW YORK US $14.77 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 8:14:49 PDT

DOYLE'S HOP BITTERS BOTTLE - AMBER c. 1875 MINT. COND. US $19.95 (1 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 10:25:53 PDT

Royal Pepsin Stomach Bitters Bottle US $125.00 End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 11:56:15 PDT

ANTIQUE BITTERS,WHISKEY,SNAKE OIL PURPLE BOTTLE 10 3/8 US $50.00 End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 13:18:59 PDT

HONEY AMBER DOYLES HOP BITTERS BOTTLE - SWIRLS! US $39.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 17:08:07 PDT

PRE 1860s POOR MANS FAMILY BITTERS US $2.25 (3 Bids) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 17:10:56 PDT

Celery Pepsin Bitters Kalamazoo Mich. Serving Tray RARE US $349.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 17:36:16 PDT

2 HOPS Bitters Bottles Reading MI & Rochester NY label US $124.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday Sep-06-2010 17:44:24 PDT