HOLTZERMANN ' S PATENT STOMACH BITTERS LOG CABIN FIGURAL 2 ROOF PIQUA TOLEDO
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:1312806 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Color: LIGHT AMBER |
HOLTZERMANN'S PATENT STOMACH BITTERS. American. 1865-1875. Originally from Piqua, Ohio which is in Miami County. Light amber with golden amber shading along the edges and in the corners. Applied sloping collar and smooth base. 9 1/2". Base is 2 3/4" X 3 1/4" and exhibits just the right amount of wear. Excellent strike and loaded with seed bubbles. Absolutely mint. No chips, cracks, haze, ...staining or residue or any type of damage. A classic American figural bitters bottle. Unconditionally guaranteed even if you become allergic to log cabin bitters bottles after you receive it. No questions asked return policy!! From my personal collection and will be happy to put it back on the window shelf.
I left out the best part. Normally you see bottles like this in online auctions with 15-25% buyer's premiums. Keep in mind...….ABSOLUTELY NO BUYER'S PREMIUM!!!
The Miami and Erie canal was completed in 1837 and created an explosion of business in Miami County Ohio. Additionally the Columbus Piqua and Indiana Railroad reached downtown Piqua in 1856 which created a building boom from 1860-1880. Christopher August Holtzermann went into business as a local domestic Liquor merchant and druggist at the corner of Main and Water Streets in Piqua. On May 7, 1867 Holtzermann patented his formula for bitters composed of pure spirits, sugar, orange peel, orange apple, oms root, galanga root, gentian root, calamus root, wormwood, ginger, cardamom seed, cassia, mace, nutmeg, cloves, and coriander seed. Sounds like a concoction that you'd order at TGI Fridays!! Christopher Holtzermann passed away in 1875 at the age of 34. His sons Jacob Daniel and Louis J Holtzermann took over and expanded the business as J.D. Holtzermann & Co, Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors at the corner of Main and Water Streets in Piqua. It seems that the two sided roof variant became obsolete in 1885 and gave way to the 4 sided roof variation. I suspect that the 4 sided roof bottle was much cheaper to produce. In the mid 1880's the family moved to Minneapolis and not long after that the rights to Holtzermann Bitters were sold to the Ahrendt and Sons Company in Toledo. Ahrendt went out of business in 1915 which probably signaled the end of Holtzermanns Bitters.
I left out the best part. Normally you see bottles like this in online auctions with 15-25% buyer's premiums. Keep in mind...….ABSOLUTELY NO BUYER'S PREMIUM!!!
The Miami and Erie canal was completed in 1837 and created an explosion of business in Miami County Ohio. Additionally the Columbus Piqua and Indiana Railroad reached downtown Piqua in 1856 which created a building boom from 1860-1880. Christopher August Holtzermann went into business as a local domestic Liquor merchant and druggist at the corner of Main and Water Streets in Piqua. On May 7, 1867 Holtzermann patented his formula for bitters composed of pure spirits, sugar, orange peel, orange apple, oms root, galanga root, gentian root, calamus root, wormwood, ginger, cardamom seed, cassia, mace, nutmeg, cloves, and coriander seed. Sounds like a concoction that you'd order at TGI Fridays!! Christopher Holtzermann passed away in 1875 at the age of 34. His sons Jacob Daniel and Louis J Holtzermann took over and expanded the business as J.D. Holtzermann & Co, Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Liquors at the corner of Main and Water Streets in Piqua. It seems that the two sided roof variant became obsolete in 1885 and gave way to the 4 sided roof variation. I suspect that the 4 sided roof bottle was much cheaper to produce. In the mid 1880's the family moved to Minneapolis and not long after that the rights to Holtzermann Bitters were sold to the Ahrendt and Sons Company in Toledo. Ahrendt went out of business in 1915 which probably signaled the end of Holtzermanns Bitters.
