Join us as we crawl beneath an old cabin with hopes of unearthing hidden treasures. From antique medicine bottles to ...

But how did a pig-shaped bottle become one of the most popular bottles to encourage buyers of medicine? There are early 1800s pig-shaped bottles made of both glass and ceramics. The tail is the ...

Describe how you became interested in collecting antique medicine bottles. "I was a clinical grad student in Boston in the early 1970s, at Northeastern University, to become a physician's assistant.

About 40-45 shops operated from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, selling their wares in glass bottles embossed with their names and, occasionally, fancy designs or a description of the medicine.

Gifford cited some of his favorite bottles as a one-of-a-kind early 1800s bottle with “Gifford” embossed and an 1830s botanic medicine bottle from Philadelphia sold by his great, great, great ...

For example, "if there were a lot of medicine bottles [found near a home], someone ... Because there was no refrigeration in the 1800s, its spicy kick was used to cover up the taste and smell ...

I have a collection of bottles I believe are buried treasure from the Great Chicago Fire. I live in the South Lakeview neighborhood, an area known to have been used for landfill after the fire.

Antique medicine bottles and other packaging may contain harmful substances. Keep them away from children and pets. Handle them carefully; wear rubber gloves and clean the cabinets in a well ...

After doing some research, Maggie identified it as a pine tar and alcohol medicine bottle that was used as a home remedy during the epidemic. The walls turned out to be a treasure trove of little ...