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Antique HEROIN embossed QUACK MEDICINE bottle. Large, early hand blown, RARE
Antique HEROIN embossed QUACK MEDICINE bottle. Large, early hand blown, RARE
Antique HEROIN embossed QUACK MEDICINE bottle. Large, early hand blown, RARE
Antique HEROIN embossed QUACK MEDICINE bottle. Large, early hand blown, RARE

Antique HEROIN embossed QUACK MEDICINE bottle. Large, early hand blown, RARE

$ 184.79

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Item Description: Large amber PATENT (quack) MEDICINE BOTTLE
  • Item Specifics:: Glyco HEROIN Martin SMITH New York
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Era: Antique (Late-1800's)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Desirable Features: Bottle is clearly embossed HEROIN
  • Country of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    A
    7 1/2" tall
    amber-colored cylin
    der-shaped
    antique patent 'quack'
    bottle that o
    riginally contained a
    HEROIN LACED
    medicine.  This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand
    B
    lown
    I
    nto
    M
    old bottle (
    BIM
    ) with a tooled top,
    dating it back to the 1800's
    .
    Bottle embossed
    :  "
    Glyco - Heroin / 'SMITH'
    "
    .
    Base of bottle embossed
    :  "
    MARTIN H. SMITH CO. / CHEMISTS / NEW YORK
    "
    .
    Condition
    :   Bottle has overall wear and stain (patina) from age and use, and it has a shallow surfaced bubble.  Overall it is an excellent solid bottle and these is nothing specifically wrong with it.  NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  PLEASE see pictures for better idea of overall condition
    .
    Age
    : A ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late
    1800's
    .
    Shipping
    :
    FREE
    domestic shipping,
    includes
    insurance.   We do NOT insure International orders unless buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance estimate.  If an international shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are estimates.  We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and your prompt payment will hasten the turn-around time.
    T
    hese bottle contained a patent medicine and one of the main ingredients in it was Heroin, Glyico Heroin.   Heroin was used over a century ago as an ingredient in cough syrup, to suppress the cough and suppressing the discomfort that is associated with it.  Yet it did much more than that as patients came to find out that they kept using the syrup long after the cough was gone.
    As they say, 'Caution, may be habit forming'.   To say the least!   Heroin is one of the most addictive substances known to mankind.
    This is
    one of the very few antique bottles that we know of that actually has the word "
    HEROIN
    " embossed in the glass
    which makes it quite appealing.
    It is not a commonly found bottle and these are getting increasingly hard to f
    ind
    , especially in this PRISTINE CLEAN condition,
    check it out
    !
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    thank you
    !
    5276-78s, 813-14c, 6042t, 2616-19x
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