Warner’s Safe Cure: The “A” Lists

About three weeks ago, I proposed putting together a list of the Top 10 Warner’s and solicited the thoughts of collectors. (See The Rarest Warner’s posted April 10, 2008). Although no one went on record with comments,  I got a few back channel lists, which gave me some pause to wonder if it is possible to come up with a fair Top 10.

The lists I got suggested that there is general agreement on the rarity of a number of Warner’s bottles based, not surprisingly, on the difficulty in acquiring them. However, the lists don’t completely coincide with each other or with my own list. Consequently, I think the best way for me to approach this is to highlight the rarest Warner’s without assigning them a numerical value. In the end, it is the independent judgment of each collector that counts. Here, in no particular order, are what I consider to be the “hardest gets” among Warner’s. The first list is bottles, then labelled bottles, and finally mold errors or non-bottles:

Bottles:

London Safe Cure Pint and Half Pint in Aqua

Frankfurt Nervine Pint in Amber

Pressburg Diabetes Cure Pint in Amber

London Safe Compound (5 1/2″ strap sided) in Amber

Tippecanoe in Green only

Four Cities Rheumatic Cure Pint

Frankfurt Safe Cure Half Pint in Aqua or Amber

Three Cities Nervine Half Pint

Pressburg Safe Cure in Aqua

London Safe Cure Sample in Green

Rochester Rheumatic Remedy in Aqua only

London Rheumatic Cure in Green only

London Safe Nervine Half Pint in Aqua

Melbourne Safe Remedies Pint in Amber

Frankfurt Diabetes Cure Pint in Amber

Rochester Kidney & Liver Remedy in green only

Melbourne Safe Nervine Half Pint in Green

(Yeah I know, that’s more than 10)

Labelled Bottles:

Labelled Three Cities Animal Cure

Labelled  “Diabetic Cure” Pressburg Safe Cure Pint in Amber

Labelled Diabetes Cure London Pint in Olive Green

Labelled Pressburg Safe Cure Pint in Amber

Labelled Frankfurt Nervine Half Pint in Green

Labelled London Safe Compound (5 1/2″ strap sided) in Amber

Labelled French Safe Cure on London Safe Cure Pint in Amber

Labelled Rochester Warner’s (No Safe) Remedies Co. in 12 1/2 and 6 oz. sizes in Amber

Labelled Rochester Diabetes Remedy Free Sample in Amber

Labelled Rochester Safe Cure Free Sample in Amber

Labelled Log Cabin Scalpine

Labelled Warner’s Compound Screw Top (3 3/4″ and 2 3/4″)

Mold Errors/Non-Bottles:

Rochester Warner’s (No Safe) Remedies Co. in 12 1/2 and 6 oz. sizes in Amber (considered to be a mold error)

Three Cities Safe Cure w/ Reversed “N’s” in the city names

London Big Print Safe Cure in Light Amber

Rochester “8 0z” Safe Nervine in Amber

Asthma Cure Tin

Safe Yeast Container

Honorable Mentions:

Frankfurt Safe Cure Pint in ABM only in Amber

London Animal Cure in Olive Green

Frankfurt Nervine Half Pint in Amber and Green

Three Cities Safe Cure Pint w/ Abbreviated Countries (e.g “LONDON, ENG.”) Sometimes called the English Three Cities

Rochester Diabetes Remedy in clear only

Rochester Safe Cure (not K&L Cure)

I am sure that I have left something off these lists and welcome corrections and suggestions. I think it is “safe” to say that if you include any of the above bottles in your collection, you are playing in the big leagues. However, there are plenty of great Warner’s bottles that aren’t on any of the above lists. Best of luck!

Photos from left to right: London Compound (5 1/2″) strap sided; (No Safe) Remedies Company in 12 1/2 oz and 6 oz sizes; Pressburg Safe Cure in aqua; 4-Cities Rheumatic Cure and Melbourne Safe Remedies Pint.

 

 

 

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