Vintage Bitters Bottle

DR. J. HOSTETTER’S / STOMACH BITTERS

·         A Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters bottle, one of the most famous patent medicines of the 1800s

·         Marketed as a cure-all (digestive issues, weakness, etc.), but very high in alcohol

Dating:

·         This rectangular amber variant with recessed panel dates to circa 1870–1885

·         Earlier versions (1850s–60s) are typically darker olive and different molds