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Dr. J. C. Ayer & CompanyScroll Down for Photographs of Our CollectionThis page has some of
the more unique items in our collection and a little about them.
Display Cases  Photograph from the collection of David Ayer These display cabinets hold just some of our bottles and products.  What a tremendous find! 
 Photographs from the collection of David Ayer Please Note: This wonderful rare jug is now for sale HERE: This 7 1/2 inch
personalized Stoneware Jug was most probably used by J. C. Ayer himself
in his early days and may well be a one of a kind piece.
Here is our justification for this statement. We estimate the age of this jug to be from circa 1840 to 1852 and here is why.
Perhaps more jugs were made with names for other people, and in fact we found another one almost identical, made for Taylor Druggist & Grocer of Cabotville, Mass. We believe that these were probably handmade by a local potter and thought maybe the maker was the F B Norton Company from Worcester, Mass. Worcester is midway between Lowell and Cabotville so that would make sense however, unless this piece was made before they actually became the F. B. Norton Company in 1858 we believe the Norton Company may be a few years too late. Either way we doubt many of these jugs had the name J C Ayer Druggist on them. We would be interested to hear from stoneware collectors or other historians who might be able to shed some light on this mystery. Counter Display Cards  Photograph from the collection of David Ayer Above is the complete set of four Counter Display Cards that advertised some of Dr. Ayer's various products. The tallest card is approximately 13" tall and they all had easels on the back as well as advertising. Many times the bottom printing was trimmed off and the easel removed in order to fit in a scrapbook. The House That Jack Built  Photograph from the collection of David Ayer 
 Photographs from the collection of David Ayer 
 Photographs from the collection of David Ayer  Photograph from the collection of David Ayer This
is a vintage advertising set issued by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.
dating
from circa 1897. This is The House That Jack Built game with game
pieces and advertising pieces.
It has the a total of 15 die-cut pieces of which 11 were for the game: The Cock, the Priest, the Man, the Maiden, the Cow, the Dog, the Cat, the Rat, the Malt, the House and of course Jack. There are also 4 die cut pieces included for Ayer's Products: Cherry Pectoral, Cathartic Pills, Sarsaparilla and Hair Vigor. All of these pieces were stored in a 5" by 6" envelope that has a line drawing of the house. The envelope says "Return to J. C. Ayer & Co. Lowell, Mass." On the back of the house are the instructions of how to play the game. It was made to accompany the children's rhyme by the same name. We are sure you all remember that one. Here is the last verse: This is the cock
that crowed in the morn
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog that worried the cat That killed the rat that ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. "This Is the House That Jack Built" was a popular British nursery rhyme, first popularized by Randolph Caldecott when he produced an illustrated version in 1878. It was first published circa 1755, when it was included in "Nurse Truelove's New-Year's-Gift", or the "Book of Books for Children". This page is still under construction and more items will be added soon, so please check back again! Dr. J. C. Ayer & Company |
