Dimensions: 10.5″ tall

Bottle Markings: square bottle with decorative fluting on shoulder, embossed “Dr. C. Bouvier’s Buchu Gin” on the back

This saloon bottle was made for Nicholas I. Bembnista of Detroit, MI. He did not run a saloon in either the 1900 or 1910 census but worked in a chain factory. The bottle is early: Bouvier’s Buchu Gin was a bitters-based tonic or cure-all, and the company went out of business in 1908 or 1909. The bottles embossed with “Dr. C. Bouvier” were not made after 1903. The sign for “Find the Missing Man” is painted right on the floor. The saloon has two American flags, and the name “N. I. Bembnista” cut from a printed card and glued above the “SALOON” sign.