Description: Nice early New York Bitters (Ring B120).. Newspaper advertisement 1848, also manufactured Blake’s Panacea. Dr Thomas Blake had his office at Davidson St from 1850-1855. He claimed his bitters would cure dypspepsia, disease of liver, fever, ague and bilious complaints. Examples have been found in the Canal Zone (courtesy Ring).Digger Odell description includes “ship fever and Asiatic fever, sour stomach, headache. Rectangular, tapered collar.
Embossed: DR. BLAKES // AROMATIC BITTERS// NEW YORK //
Height: 6 7/8th”
Color: Aqua
Condition: Excellent, light haze overall, glass quality is very good.
Price: SOLD
Item No. 178
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