Miniature SAMPLE Size QUACK Medicine Bottle SNAKE OIL LINIMENT - The REAL THING
Item History & Price
A miniature 4 1/8" tall clear-glass square-shaped antique ORIGINAL SNAKE OIL PATENT (quack) MEDICINE bottle. This is the rare smaller SAMPLE or TRIAL SIZE version of this bottle that held only 1 1/2 ounce of ... SNAKE OIL. This is an ORIGINAL ANTIQUE hand Blown Into Mold bottle (BIM) with a tooled top, dating WELL OVER 100 years old.Bottle Embossed: "CLARK STANLEY'S / SNAKE OIL LINIMENT", on three (3) sides. Fourth side is embossed up high, "1 1/2 FL. OZ." ...
Condition: This bottle is in GOOD SOLID condition. It has uniform content haze but that's about all. It has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc. (See photos for overall condition).
Age: An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late 1800's.Shipping: All DOMESTIC shipping charges INCLUDE insurance. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so PLEASE NOTE; we do NOT insure International orders unless winning buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance quote. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time. IMPORTANT NOTE: If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is especially important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are rough estimates.THIS IS IT, this is the quack medicine bottle that started all of that talk about 'snake oil' when referring to patent medicines as being 'quack' medicines. Way back in the 1880's, an easterner by the name of Clark Stanley spent some time cowboy'ing way out west, in Texas. He did not want to engage in the cattle business as it was such hard work so while out there, he came across rattlesnakes and got the idea that the oil from these venomous creatures must surely be able to cure all types of human afflictions. After all, with how wicked and evil they look and how fatal and lethal they are, if their venom or oil could just be harnessed and used in a good way, it certainly could kill-off the microbes that so afflicted mankind back in the day. So Clark Stanley went back to Providence, Rhode Island, and started the "Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment" business business. He manufactured and sold this concoction in hand blown bottles with his name on them and the simple content of it embossed right into the glass of the bottle, SNAKE OIL LINIMENT. He originally mixed and advertised this concoction for people but realized he could get a greater share of the market if he widened out his target audience and started advertising it as a Man or Beast medicine, the "Best Horse Liniment in the World" he exclaimed. And there you have it, the birth of the ORIGINAL and TRUE 'Snake Oil' liniment. Some time ago we saw a labeled one of these bottles in a display, and the paper label shows a picture of Clark Stanley with a 5 - gallon cowboy hat on, a large handle-bar mustache, and surrounded by 2 rattlesnakes, all the right stuff to make a good old bottle today! So here it is, the original and true SNAKE OIL LINIMENT except that in this case, it is the smaller rarer TRIAL or SAMPLE size bottle ... check it out!Terms of Sale: Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We put our 30+ years of experience in antiques to use in describing every item we list. Items are sold in a store front format and your purchase is a binding contract, so please don't be hasty when looking over the listing. We find that communication is the key to successful transactions so PLEASE completely read the item description AND ask questions before purchasing, thank you!54-61j, 6614-18xALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING.
Condition: This bottle is in GOOD SOLID condition. It has uniform content haze but that's about all. It has NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc. (See photos for overall condition).
Age: An early hand-blown bottle (Blown-In-Mold = BIM) with a tooled-top, ca. late 1800's.Shipping: All DOMESTIC shipping charges INCLUDE insurance. We have enjoyed shipping our items all over the world and are happy to offer most of our items to international buyers. Yet insuring International parcels is very expensive so PLEASE NOTE; we do NOT insure International orders unless winning buyer specifically requests this and we are able to provide an insurance quote. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and send payment acknowledgments and shipping confirmations. Your prompt payment will assure a very quick turn-around time. IMPORTANT NOTE: If our shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is especially important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are rough estimates.THIS IS IT, this is the quack medicine bottle that started all of that talk about 'snake oil' when referring to patent medicines as being 'quack' medicines. Way back in the 1880's, an easterner by the name of Clark Stanley spent some time cowboy'ing way out west, in Texas. He did not want to engage in the cattle business as it was such hard work so while out there, he came across rattlesnakes and got the idea that the oil from these venomous creatures must surely be able to cure all types of human afflictions. After all, with how wicked and evil they look and how fatal and lethal they are, if their venom or oil could just be harnessed and used in a good way, it certainly could kill-off the microbes that so afflicted mankind back in the day. So Clark Stanley went back to Providence, Rhode Island, and started the "Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment" business business. He manufactured and sold this concoction in hand blown bottles with his name on them and the simple content of it embossed right into the glass of the bottle, SNAKE OIL LINIMENT. He originally mixed and advertised this concoction for people but realized he could get a greater share of the market if he widened out his target audience and started advertising it as a Man or Beast medicine, the "Best Horse Liniment in the World" he exclaimed. And there you have it, the birth of the ORIGINAL and TRUE 'Snake Oil' liniment. Some time ago we saw a labeled one of these bottles in a display, and the paper label shows a picture of Clark Stanley with a 5 - gallon cowboy hat on, a large handle-bar mustache, and surrounded by 2 rattlesnakes, all the right stuff to make a good old bottle today! So here it is, the original and true SNAKE OIL LINIMENT except that in this case, it is the smaller rarer TRIAL or SAMPLE size bottle ... check it out!Terms of Sale: Our goal is 100% customer satisfaction. We put our 30+ years of experience in antiques to use in describing every item we list. Items are sold in a store front format and your purchase is a binding contract, so please don't be hasty when looking over the listing. We find that communication is the key to successful transactions so PLEASE completely read the item description AND ask questions before purchasing, thank you!54-61j, 6614-18xALABAMA ALASKA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA GEORGIA HAWAII IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING.
