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.

3.5", tooled top, three sided. A medium cobalt Owl poison with clean glass and no issues.

5", tooled top. A nice larger milk glass Owl. Clean glass, no issues.

2.25", crude pontiled base, circa mid 1800s. An early (possibly French) ink with a crude, slightly convex base in a deep olive green, nearly black glass.

Applied top, 1870s. A dark cobalt blue umbrella ink with an applied top and crude whittled panels. This example was dug in downtown San Francisco and retains a tiny patch of dirt on the inside. There is a small 1/4" check in the neck that was likely a result of the top being applied during manufacture. Due to the dark color of the neck, the check will not show up in the photos we tried to take.

2.25", hinge mold, 1860s, small X on base. A beautiful umbrella ink in a rich teal color with an crude tooled top.

Rolled lip, open pontil, 1860s. This umbrella ink appears clear at first, but is actually a rare off-color with a faint pink shade. Getting the color accurate in the photos was very difficult as it looks more vaseline color in backlight, but pink in natural light. There is a small 1/4" check next to the pontil, likely due to manufacturing, see photos. The photo of the pontil in backlight washes out the color, the natural light photo is accurate.

3", smooth base with embossed triangle, circa 1870s-80s. A great colored umbrella ink in a darker olive green with nice clean glass. A minuscule flake of one panel edge mentioned for accuracy.

2.25", open pontil, rolled lip. This outstanding umbrella ink exhibits beautiful crude glass and a rarely seen color. We had a hard time describing this color, but we'll call it a light peachy pink. Just an outstanding example in exquisite condition! The photo of the pontil in backlight washes out the true color, the natural light photo is accurate.

6", tooled top, 1880s. Here is an extremely rare western bottle many collectors have never seen or even heard of. There are just a few of these known, and this example will be the first to have ever been offered to the public. Charles A Klinkner was an eccentric San Francisco businessman known for his unique and successfull marketing ploys. He ran his Red Rubber Stamp business from the 1870s into the early 1890s and left us with this unique and interesting bottle to collect. This example has a light amber streak in the neck with clean Western glass and no issues. This lot includes an unembossed variant of the bottle that was dug next to it, and if you look close enough, you can see the residual ink left in the bottle.

This is an applied top amber Western donut top ammonia covered in wicker. These were produced by the San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works in the 1880s and occasionally show up with their original wicker covering.

Applied top, quart, circa 1885. This is an extremely rare bottle from the short lived 1880s Oakland Glass Works that is seldom offered to the public. While aqua examples occasionally show up, the highly sought after colored examples are coveted for their vibrant and wild colors. Many of the OGW bottles were neatly made, but the colored ammonias like this are often found with crude glass and misshapen tops. This example is in great condition in a teal green with just a smudge of dirt residue on the inside.

Applied top, quart, circa 1890s. A beautiful German blown Freddy in a red amber and loaded with whittle. There is an open bubble on the side of the lip, see photos.