ROHRER'S (decorative oval) - EXPECTORAL / WILD / CHERRY / TONIC (decorative arch) - LANCASTER, PA. (decorative oval) - Although these bottles aren't real rare, they are much in demand for obvious reasons - the pyramidal shape, roped corners, crudeness & age, and just an overall esthetic appeal that is undeniable.  It is one of the better (i.e., higher value) medicinal tonic bottles out there.  This examples stats are:  10.5" tall, smooth base (with ample wear indicating it was never buried), somewhat crudely applied "brandy" style lip or finish, a noticeably lighter yellowish amber color, ca. 1860s to 1870s.  This example is in near mint condition with the only "issue" being that there appears to be a very faint overall content haze to the inside - most likely from having some liquid (original contents?) stored in it for some extended period of time.  The outside is sparkling clean (no haze) with no scratching of note and maybe a tiny rub here and there if one looks very closely.  It is essentially in mint condition with no chips, cracks, or other damage.  Beautiful lighter colored example; see the comparison photo showing the bottle (left) with a medium amber example.  SOLD!

MEXICAN - TONIC boldly embossed on two separate sides (the narrow sides).  Medium amber with a bit of a reddish tint (see enlarged images), rectangular with wide beveled corners, almost 11" tall, tooled long tapered collar with ring, smooth base, American ca. 1890-1900 based on the manufacturing based diagnostic features. This is a BIG and fairly rare tonic in a great shape for which the place of origin is unknown...anyone know?

The couple of Mexican tonics I've acquired through the years came from the Mid-west, though some think it is Western in origin.  I just don't know.  The bottle is essentially shaped like a big eight-sided flask - 4 1/2" wide and 2 1/2" thick - and has some nice bubbles scattered about in the glass. Condition of this specimen is about mint with no staining or cracks; just a very small nick on one heel corner.  A boldly sized tonic bottle that isn't seen often.  SOLD!

ARMBRECHTS' / TONIC / COCA WINE / LONDON - Here is a great tonic bottle from the late 19th century era of popularity for coca based "medicines."  These were basically alcoholic beverages laced with the "active" ingredient(s) from coca leaves, i.e., cocaine.  Certainly they made the users of the products "active" as the product was very popular not only in Europe & British Isles but in the U. S. also...where this bottle was found.  This product was a competitor to the French Coca Mariani which came in an almost identical shaped bottle.  Armbrechts was certainly the English "knock-off" riding the coattails of the French products very "high" (pun intended) popularity by using the same type bottle.  This product claimed to be "Not a stimulant but a restorative nerve tonic for all complaints arising from depressed vitality."  Hum...sounds like a stimulant to me!  Take a look at the very cool 1895 advertisement at this link:  http://thequackdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Armbrecht-Coca-Wine-CD-28-Sept-1895.jpg 
There are probably scores if not a hundred or more of the common Coca Mariani bottles around for every one of the Armbrechts bottles.)

The bottle itself is certainly Euro-made based on its "look," i.e., the very heavy glass, that particular olive green glass color, very whittled in the body, the very globby applied lip, and the domed base with a large protruding bump in the middle which is like a shallower version of a champagne bottle base.  This bottle is an "imperial pint" (from the add linked above)  in capacity, 8.5" tall, and 3.5" wide in the body.  The embossing is exceptionally bold and distinct; click the close up image above to view the embossing up close.  The condition is excellent with no chips, cracks, or other dings; just a few small areas of light haze here and there which are not distracting but indicating that it was likely dug.  As with a lot of these dark, heavy glass European-made bottles of the era, the glass is very resilient and does not stain (aka "patinate") easily.  A rare bottle which is not encountered very often in my experience; this is only example I've ever had.  SOLD!

TOWNSEND'S / PHOSPHATED / CEREAL TONIC - Yum!  Sounds like this was as hard to swallow as cod liver oil.  This is a very rare tonic bottle - in fact, only one of two I've heard of - that is a modified semi-cabin shape (steeply tapered shoulders; see close-up image) .  It is possibly from one of the famous Townsend's of sarsaparilla fame (S. P. Townsend or Jacob Townsend...aka Old Dr. Townsend) though that is speculation.  This particular bottle did come from New England so it is possible.  In fact, these are actually rarer - in my experience - than the "other" Townsend's tonic bottle - the "Dr. Townsend's Aromatic Hollands Tonic" which is the same shape as the later (1880s) Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla bottles.  (Note:  I will be adding a Hollands Tonic to this list in the future.)  Maybe this Townsend's Tonic is from the maker of Old Dr. Townsend's Sarsaparilla?

Anyway, this bottle is square, 10" tall, a light to medium amber in color, has a crudely applied long tapered collar (aka "oil" finish with a lot of "glob" on the outside and particularly on the inside), smooth base (post-mold type base), embossing is very bold (all on one side), and dates from the 1880s.  Condition of the bottle is essentially mint in that I can't really find any thing wrong with it - no chips, cracks, dings, flea-bites -  just the lightest of wisps of haze in a couple small spots on the surface.  Great bottle with a unique shape which - like the Dr. Blendigo's Tonic listed above - is one of the better rarities in the medicinal tonic realm.  SOLD!

"CHERRY TONIC" Label Only, P. G. W. on base - This is a bit of an enigmatic bottle in several ways.  First it is labeled (95%+ intact; see photos) which is quite informative (click close-up of label to see such) except that it doesn't note where the product was made!  This wouldn't be a huge issue except that the base is embossed boldly with P. G. W. which was the makers marking for the Pacific Glass Works which, to quote Dr. Julian Toulouse, was the "first glass-container factory west of the Rockies" being founded in about 1862.  It operated until 1875 or 1876 (there is some differences of opinion on the date) when it was combined with the San Francisco Glass Works to form the SF&PGW.  To my memory, there aren't a lot of bottles with the Pacific Glass Works makers marking on it; the only one for sure I can think of is the Victory fruit jars (like this one I sold some time back) and a scarce body non-embossed blob soda bottle that is base embossed with this maker's name.  I've never seen another example of this bottle, sans label, either, or any other bottle that had P. G. W. on the base, though there must be some out there since Toulouse described it.  In any event, this is a pretty cool bottle on its own with a somewhat crudely tooled "brandy" finish or lip (smaller tooled lips likes this began in the 1870s on medicine bottles) with the original cork,  no apparent mold air venting, and a wonderful color that is hard to describe but I would call it an olive yellow...it is not amber.  Click HERE to see another image which shows the color pretty well to my eye...and a great color indeed!  The bottle itself is essentially mint as it has never been buried; just a few small scuff marks on the back side.  The label is as you can see in the image which is virtually all there but a bit edge raggedy with some staining marks.  Although I can't guarantee that this was definitely a product of the Pacific Glass Works, there aren't any other good choices that fit the letters on the base.  Interesting bottle & label in a great color with a great makers marking!  SOLD!

VIN-TONE / THE FOOD TONIC - Two different sizes! This is embossed on the shoulder of both these bottles - the regular size (a scarce bottle in its own right) and the much rarer sample size!  The taller bottle is almost 9" tall; the sample about 4".  Both are light to medium amber in color, have the unique pedestal shape that is very unique, tooled "ring" type one-part lips, smooth bases, and date right around 1900 I would guess.

These tonics seem to come out of the East, though I don't know specifically where.  Both bottles are in good shape though have some light (large) to moderate haze (sample) that isn't too detracting.  There are no chips or notable cracks, though upon close inspection the large size has a short (4 mm) "flash" in the back which is hard to find.  A nice, pleasing-to-the eye pair of food tonics.  Incidentally, there were a lot of food based tonic products during the era from the 1880s until well into the 20th century, including what was essentially just beer marketed as "malt tonic."  This offering was almost certainly one of the many "wine tonics" ("VIN") that were popular during that same era.  A lot of this marketing was a futile attempt by producers of alcohol products to make them more "medicinal" and try to stave off the evil (to them) Temperance types, who of course won the battle with the passage of National Prohibition which took effect in 1919/1920.  Those were the days!  SOLD!

RAMON'S PEPSIN / CHILL TONIC / MADE BY BROWN MFG. CO - NEW YORK, N.Y. - GREENVILLE, TENN. - This is all embossed on three sides of this rare early 1900s medicinal tonic bottle from the South.  Also included with this bottle is an original tin of Ramon's Tonic Regulator made by the same company - Brown Manufacturing Co. that dates from the same era, i.e., the very early 20th century.  The bottle is about 6 5/8" tall, has a tooled double ring finish or lip, and is a nice sun colored amethyst color (whether irradiated or not I can't say).  It has a smooth base which is embossed DIXIE indicating production by the Dixie Glass Works which was located in Tallapoosa, Georgia and operated from 1898 to either 1906 or 1907.  The bottle is essentially mint; the only "issue" I can see is a very, very, very faint iridescence to the inside that is even and almost invisible.  The can is a really neat item that is full of whatever the formula was (fine granular) and has a folded flyer about the product sitting on top of the product and which appears to be in good shape (I didn't open an inspect it, but it has information about the ailments it treated/cured).  The can is in good shape with some soiling and rust spots here and there but is almost all readable (one narrow side is hard to read but the same as the opposite narrow side).  The product was for the "...quick relief in Liver Complaints, Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Bilious Headache, Costiveness..." among other things.   Nice pair of rare tonics for one price.  SOLD!