Warner’s Safe Cure: Animal Cures
If you are a serious Warner’s collector, you will likely remember the first time that you actually laid eyes on an Animal Cure. I had collected Warner’s on and off for over two decades before I...
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Nervine
Other than the Safe Cure, Warner’s Safe Nervine was perhaps the most pervasive of the Warner’s original line of remedies. It appeared in embossed bottles from all of the Foreign Offices, with the...
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Remedies: Benton’s Hair Grower
At some time prior to 1888, Warner acquired the exclusive rights to a product called Benton’s Hair Grower. Unlike his Safe Cures, Tippecanoe and Log Cabin products that appeared in bottles with...
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Diabetes Cure
Warner’s Safe Diabetes Cure was one of Warner’s initial offerings in 1879. The box promised “A Sure Remedy for Diabetes.” But, as we all know even 125+ years later, there is no cure for diabetes....
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Cure: Mensing & Stecher Lithographers
I recently received a question about the Warner’s Nervine Tiger from Daniel McHenry. Daniel has been fortunate enough to obtain what he believes is an original of this great advertising lithograph....
View ArticleTippecanoe: Unique By Design
When you’re talking uniqueness of shape in the realm of antique bottle collecting, it is hard to imagine that the discussion would not turn to figural bitters. Now, before everyone who doesn’t collect...
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Cure: Artist’s Album (1888) – Part I
If you have been following this blog for even a short amount of time, you have undoubtedly come to the conclusion that collecting Warner’s Safe Cures extends beyond just the bottles. Warners...
View ArticleWarner’s Safe Cure: Artist’s Album (1888) – Part II
The Artist’s Album features some terrific graphics of both the Warner product line and its spurious claims. It is perhaps appropriate to start at the beginning with Safe Cure. It harkens back to the...
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