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V. Scarce Large THORN’S HOP and BURDOCK TONIC – BRATTLEBORO, VT

antique old vermont medicine bottle thorns brattleborro tonic bitters bottle

Description: I.N. Thorn was an established druggist in Brattleboro, Vt., in the mid-1850s and compounded his extract of hops in the early 1870’s. His son, I.B. Thorn, joined him in business a few years later. By the 1890’s the firm was styled as Thorn’s Medicine Co. and was also selling a Vegetable Cough Cure - a very scarce Vermont Cure (Courtesy of Bill & Betty Wilson). Other products included the "Hop and Burdock Plaster” the "Hop and Burdock Pill" and  "Thorn's Sarsaparilla.” This large variant is considerably scarcer than the smaller sized one, and has considerable stature for an early Vermont medicine.
 

Embossed: THORN’S / HOP & BURDOCK / TONIC / BRATTLEBORO, VT 

Height: 8.5”

Color: Gorgeous honey-amber.

Condition: Very good, strong embossing, some light haze.
 
Price: SOLD

Item No. 279

 

 

antique old vermont medicine bottle thorns brattleborro tonic bitters bottle  
antique old vermont medicine bottle thorns brattleborro tonic bitters bottle