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I have a old Victorian bottle with Browns Hop bitters embossed on it ! could anyone give me some more information on the item please / kevin

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I have a old Victorian bottle with Browns Hop bitters embossed on it ! could anyone give me some more information on the item please / kevin

Sorry I can't find a reference to Browns but I found an advert.

The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Tuesday, May 30, 1882;

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No proof of connection whatsoever.

George Beaver Brown, homeopathic chemist, 35 Church Street, house; 12 Wilkinson Street. 1879 directory.

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Thanks for the information guys ! I know its a hard one as theres not much to go on ! thinking he may be the chemist George B Brown / cheers / kev

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Thanks for the information guys ! I know its a hard one as theres not much to go on ! thinking he may be the chemist George B Brown / cheers / kev

Would be nice if the bottle had a beaver on it, like the rabbit bottle you asked about, ha ha ha ...

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8 foot three, built like a bulgarian outhouse, hence a normal-sized head - bald as a coot and sporting a very early set of Beats Audio headphones - a man well ahead of his time.

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