**Originally Listed At $300**

North America, United States, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine collection of 4 glass bottles in cobalt, dark brown, amber, and aqua hues. The largest is the cobalt storage jar for early 20th century era Carter's permanent blue-black ink and contains the original wood stopper and paper label on the front. This unique bottle is hexagonal and embossed like arched gothic cathedral windows complete with quatrefoil detailing on each face and has a raised "CARTER" along the bottom faces. The next is embossed with "WARNER'S SAFE CURE" in a brown glass with a money safe embossed in the center. The other brown bottle is a nearly identical Rochester New York version labeled "WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE ROCHESTER." Last is an aqua blue bottle from Philadelphia for S. Twitchell & Bros bottle supplier, embossed with "TWITCHELL / PHILAD. A" with a large T in the center on both sides. Size (Carter's): 4" W x 11" H (10.2 cm x 27.9 cm)

Hulbert Warner was a wealthy business owner that sold fire and burglar-proof safes, which he later incorporated into his bottle designs. Warner contracted Bright's disease and drank some medicinal "Dr. Craig's Original Kidney Cure," and recovered shortly after. Whether it was the potion or not that saved his life, Warner bought the formula and rights to the product and began to advertise in 1879 under the new name "Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure." In 1884 he opened his Rochester New York headquarters where approximately 7,000 US gallons (26497 Liters) of this medicine was produced a day! In 1889 he sold the company to an English investment group, which rebranded as H. H. Warner & Co. Ltd., hence the London labelled version of the bottle.

Carter's Ink Company (1858 to 1975) was one of the largest ink an pen producers in the world, based in Boston and Cambridge Massachusetts and their exquisite gothic window shaped bottles are highly collectable- more so with the label and stopper intact!

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010

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#169600

Twitchell bottle is intact with nice iridescence, minor surface chips, and mineral deposits. Carter's ink is intact with the original lid and label attached. Both of Warner's bottles are intact. Nice iridescence on the Rochester bottle.