ca 1890s SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA SCARCE "LAMB'S DRUG STORE" MEDICINE BOTTLE

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You are bidding on a BEAUTIFUL, CRISP EMBOSSING AND TOUGH TO FIND 1890s ANTIQUE 3 1/2" VARIETY Antique pharmacy LIGHT AMETHYST OR PURPLE COLOR (would likely turn a darker purple, has the age) / drug store bottle once used at A DRUG STORE, PHARMACY which has on one side " LAMB'S DRUG STORE - N.E. COR 3RD & D STREETS " which issued in SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIATERRIFIC ANTIQUE DRUG BOTTLE....THIS ONE USED IN HISTORIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOWN OF SAN BERNARDINO....ACCORDING TO THE "TOYNTON" BOOK, DRUGGIST "LAMB" STARTED IN SAN BERDOO AROUND 1890'S (ONCE PARTNERED WITH TOWNE) BOTTLE DISPLAYS BEAUTIFULLY, IT HAS 2 LITTLE "WHITE MARKS" IN LIP, WHICH ORIGINAL OWNER CALLED "BUBBLE SWIRLS"....THE ARE INSIDE OF LIP, SMOOTH TO TOUCH, (see gallery images 8,9) VERY SMALL, IM NOT SURE, BUT THIS BOTTLE DISPLAYS SUPER WELLTHIS COMES OUT OF A COLLECTION OF "INLAND EMPIRE" REGION DRUG STORE BOTTLES WHERE ORIGINAL OWNER COLLECTED FROM EACH TOWN INTHE REGION..SAT IN A ROW, SMALLEST TO LARGEST...REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE...THIS IS NICE, THIS IS A GREAT BOTTLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED...BUT DISPLAYS SUPER NICELYTHIS ONE IS GORGEOUS, NICE PALE AMETHYST PURPLE COLOR, WOULD TURN A DEEPER PURPLE IF LEFT IN SUN... ITS JUST BEAUTIFUL, AND DISPLAYS WELL, CRISP STRIKEI t is tougher than you think to find these old PHARMACY BOTTLES THAT ARE THIS NICE...often they read more