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EXTREMELY FINE. A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE 12-CENT DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS, OF WHICH FEWER THAN TEN ARE REPORTED.
Col. Patrick H. Drake and Demas Barnes formed a partnership sometime around 1862 to manufacture and market Drake's Plantation Bitters. Their partnership ended in 1867, and Plantation Bitters was sold thereafter by P. H. Drake & Co. The digestive aid -- made with 38% alcohol -- was sold in a distinctive log cabin-shaped bottle. This bottle design was patented in 1862, and Plantation Bitters was one of more than 40 cabin-shaped bitters bottles produced by various makers.
Ex Virgil Brand, Mrs. E. C. Henderson Jr. and Ford (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS ENCASED POSTAGE STAMP, OF WHICH ONLY FIVE ARE REPORTED, INCLUDING TWO IN INSTITUTIONS. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FINEST OF THE THREE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.
The Ford sale catalogue description of this piece (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 478) reported that the cataloguer knew of four 90c Drake's encasements, including two held by institutions, and that perhaps one additional example was extant. Two were offered in the Ford sale, and a third was offered in the 2007 Mayer sale. The example offered here is the finest of these three (two ex Ford, one Mayer), which are the only pieces available to collectors.
Ex Ford (Image)