LETTERS
to the Editor
Another Hampton’s V, this is No. II in Aqua
A New Twist on an Old Favorite — Shupps Grove in September
Dear AB&GC,
We received the following notice from Shupps Grove Show Chairman Steve Guion: “Due to the majority of bottle shows being cancelled this fall and winter, we are extending an offer for another outdoor show with plenty of social distancing this Sept. 18, 19 and 20!”
This is a picture of an aqua Hampton’s V. Tincture that I purchased on eBay a few weeks ago. I thought it fit the bill for “a bottle in a different color than normally seen in” article from the August Medicine Chest column. Hampton’s come in almost all colors, but this is only the second one ever recorded in aqua. The other is from the Greer Collection and was sold in a Glass Works auction a few years ago. Phillip Edmonds Greenbelt, Maryland Editor’s note: Manufactured in Baltimore and highly collectible due to their beautiful colors and big pontils, the Hampton’s Vegetable Tincture claimed to cure “rheumatism, dyspepsia, scrofula & c., and for all Nervous Diseases and Female Complaints.” Hampton’s Vegetable Tincture was made by Mortimer & Mowbray from 1845 to 1855. TOP: An arresting array of Hampton's colors. LEFT: Phillip's recently purchased aqua example.
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Antique Bottle & Glass Collector
The survey at the July 17-19th Shupps Grove Bottle Festival was an overwhelming 100 percent “YES” in response for another Fall show this September. Anyone wishing to get a contract or need additional information on the show, please see their full-page ad in this issue. Let’s have a fun and safe show this coming Sept. 18-20, 2020.
Outhouse Art from a Dump? Dear John, The article in the July edition of AB&GC by Ralph Finch titled “Outhouse Art Is In” caught my attention immediately. I was intrigued to see that there was something strikingly similar to a porcelain piece I dug in a Yarmouth, Maine,
