Items wanted & swaps available.

We are always looking for items to fill gaps in our collections. We will buy items but we both also have quality swaps available.

Items wanted.

1. Impressed or slab sealed stoneware stouts, porters and flasks from Lincolnshire, north Nottinghamshire, or York.

2. Unusual and early mineral water bottles. Especially from Lincolnshire, but good examples from anywhere considered. Please contact Darren about these.

3. British hinge mould or pontilled patent medicine bottles.

Damage is acceptable if priced accordingly! There's quite a lot of detail about this one, which is why it's been left until last.

Especially looking for any embossed or labelled with the words:

... or with the following names:

... and many others. If in doubt, please drop Jerry a line.

Does anyone have a bottle, early or late, embossed or labelled for 'Godfrey's Cordial' or 'Steer's Opodeldoc', or any boxes, packets or labels for Anderson's Scot's Pills or Hoopers Female Pills, that they will sell or swap?

Darren is particularly looking for variations of Dalby's Carminative bottles, both pontilled and smooth base types.

Jerry even collects badly damaged examples (or even fragments) of interesting early medicine bottles, such as the two late 18th century examples in the photo below:

We are also looking for Labels, Pamphlets, Trade cards, Leaflets, Flyers, Tax Stamps, Almanacs and Posters for British patent medicines.

Swaps Available:

We have a large number of swaps available. Below are listed some examples. Please contact us to find out more:

Items below available as swaps:

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