Q:I have an eight-sided “Dr. Cronk Sarsaparilla” bottle and haven’t been able to find any information about it. Can you tell me anything?

A:Dr. Cronk sarsaparilla beer was bottled in both stoneware and glass eight-sided bottles. All of the bottles, as well as Cronk bottles in other shapes, appear to date from the 1840s-60s. Some experts think the brand name “Dr. Cronk,” while originally used by a brewer named Cronk, was later licensed to various manufacturers and bottlers. A stoneware Cronk bottle in excellent condition sells for $50 or so. A glass bottle sells for at least 10 times as much.

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