1890’s Antique Andreas Saxlehner (Hunyadi Janos Mineral Water) Bottle

1890’s bottle… Excellent condition “Saxlehner’s water is often mistakenly classified as a “bitters” because the name “Hunyadi Janos Bitterquelle” is pressed into the glass forming the bottom of the bottle. “ “Hunyadi Janos.” During his lifetime his name was synonymous with deeds of valor on the field of battle and destruction of human life; today it is synonymous with preservation of health and life. Pacific Medical Journal, March, 1898 Andreas Saxlehner, whose Hunyadi Janos Natural Mineral Water occupied a significant niche in the market of United States nostrums at the time of the Spanish-American War, probably never even visited this country and, because he seems to have lived and died in Hungary, may not have ever considered America significantly in his thinking. While the company participated as a member of the powerful Proprietary Association of America and the market for Hunyadi Janos Water was booming in the United States in 1898 – the very year the company issued a 129 page manifesto, from which the introduction above is quoted – Saxlehner was not even alive by that time. He was born in Pest in 1815 and died in the unified city of Budapest in 1889. Yet the business, after 1889 owned by his wife, Emilie, and managed by his son, Kalman, was always conducted in his name. Extant immigration records indicate that Kalman visited the United States at least in 1897 and 1905.” Historical pictures for interest