Tooled top. A scarce Washington Territory hutch soda from Tacoma, Washington dating to the early to mid 1880s. No issues. Tooled top.

Tooled top. A scarce San Francisco hutch soda with an embossed star. This is an extra large size, roughly 40% larger than a regular hutch soda. The bottom has C.L. embossed on it and the top is tooled. There is some grinding and wear near the bottom front of the bottle. See photos.

Tooled top, circa 1900. Fred A. Lagomarsino ran the Merced Soda Works for a number of years around the turn of the century. This rare crown top soda is a beautiful amethyst shade with some light interior stain. There are two areas of missing glass on the exterior, both about 1" long where glass likely stuck to the mold during manufacturing, as well as a 1/8" chip on the edge of the base, see photos. Merced bottles don't come up very often!

This is the rarer tooled top 'high SF' Dickey mold from the early 1880s with a nearly flat base. These are much rarer than the 'low SF' blue examples and most are in a darker amber color. This is a beautiful problem free example in a butterscotch, almost yellow, color.

This is a classic 1870s applied top mold Dickey with the round inset base. A problem free example with a nice drip to the top and crude stretch marks in the neck.

Another 1870s Dickey's in a medium blue that is just loaded with whittle. Truly a top example.

Here is the large size aqua Doherty drug store bottle from Sacramento. These bottles are quite early and date to the 1860s. This is a strong example with great whittle and no damage.

7", applied top, iron pontiled, circa 1860s. Some nice whittle and extremely faint exterior stain to the right of the embossing.

9.5", tooled top, 1880s, 9.5". This is a very rare (and large) extract bottle from San Francisco. Only a few of these are believed to exist. Light aqua with a crude stretchy neck.

Applied top, 1870s. Similar in size and form to the McBride's King of Pain, but much rarer. This is a strong example with clean heavy glass, a strong strike, and a big nice side drip.

Applied top, circa 1866-1874. Here is a rare Western med that is seldom seen. There are only two other Western medicines with a similar shape, the Eureka Hair Restorer, and the M.A Ragsdale, both in the same late 1860s to early 1870s timeframe. This example has a strong strike, a nice deeper color, and an unusual tapered double roll top.

Applied top, circa 1871-1873. A rare patent medicine from Elko Nevada with less than 10 examples known. These bottles contained Twiaba, a concoction composed of mostly White Sage from the deserts of Nevada that was promoted as a hair restorer. This example is a rich fire aqua with a nice applied top.

Applied top, late 1870s. Dr. Channing White trade-marked this product in late 1878. At the time of the trade-mark, White lived in San Francisco, but was originally from Toledo, Ohio so he may have thought the Toledo name could benefit his marketing campaign. Advertisements for Dr. Whites Prairie Flower indicated it was "The Great Liver Panacea" that could cure just about any internal disease! This example has a solid strike and no issues.

5", Open Pontil, 1850s. Thomas Jones started his career in New York, but by 1857 he was in San Francisco advertising this hair restorative. Nice clean glass, tons of whittle, and a crooked neck.

Applied top, 1870s. Another quality Western medicine! These Dr. Murray's have a great name and never loose fashion with collectors. This example is a rich aqua with a crude long neck and a strong strike. Better than most.

Applied top, late 1870s. Here is a top example Nichol's with a crooked neck, seed bubbles, and light amber swirls. There are two variants of this bottle, the Western blown one shown here, and another (possibly Eastern blown) with a slightly different embossing pattern that lacks color or crudity. This product was advertised to cure several venereal diseases common in the 19th century. There is a minuscule pinhead flake off the edge of the lip, see photos. This is the best example of this bottle that we have seen, and possibly the top example known.

Applied top, 1870s. A classic San Francisco hair bottle with great embossing! These are often found in medium blues, but this example is a rare color in an extremely pale shade of blue that nearly looks aqua. Small open bubble on the edge of the side panel near the base, see photos.

Applied top, late 1860s-70s. This is the rarer misspelled variant of the H.H.H. with 'Medecine'. It is believed this variant with the thinner square collar top and the misspelling is one of the first molds made for this popular 19th century product. This is a top example with a strong color and great condition.

8.75", applied top, circa 1870s. Here is a very attractive example of this rare 1870s medicine. This brand was put out by the Grafton Medical Company of St. Louis, MO. The bottle comes in two molds, a slightly rounder variant that is often found with stained glass, and this mold with knife edge corners in crude rich aquas. Several of the crude, fire aqua examples of these bottles have been dug on the West Coast leading to the speculation that they are examples blown in the West, just like the Dr. Henry's Sarsaparilla and Dr. Henry's Botanic Preparations. This particular example is full of whittle and has a great oversized top.

8.5", circa 1900. One of the rarest Owl bottles with only a handful of examples known. Overall in great condition with just a tiny scuff here and there. Inside the neck near the the lip there is a small bubble with dirt and a few difficult to see annealing fissures, see photos.