Fisher & Winston


Company Names, addresses, dates:1
  Bennett, Beers & Fisher, 125 Main St., Richmond VA (1856)
  Fisher & Winston, 125 Main St., Richmond VA (1858-1860)
  Fisher & Shepherd, 125 Main St., Richmond VA (1861)
  James R. Fisher, 115 N 3rd St., Richmond VA (1869)
  James R. Fisher, 201 E Canal St., Richmond VA (1869-1872)
  Fisher & Conrad, 201 E Canal St., Richmond VA (1873-1874)

Notes:
James R. Fisher (1829-1893)2 became a partner with the Bennett & Beers drug business at 125 Main Street in 18561.
In 1857, that copartnership was disolved due to the death of Charles Bennett, and Fisher took over the business with new partner Edmund T. Winston3.
In 1860, that partnership ended and Fisher took on a new partner. The new business was known as "Fisher & Shepherd". That business seems to have ended by 1862, possibly due to the Civil War.
Fisher shows up in City directories again at a new location and without any business partner in 1869, then he takes on a new partner in 1873 under the name "Fisher & Conrad". That business ended in 1874.

Edmund T. Winston (1821-1872)4 had a grocery business before he had teamed up with Fisher, and based on advertisements in Richmond newspapers, he continued to run that business even after he parted ways with Fisher5.



Bottles:

fisher_01 fisher_03
(base)
This is an aqua 10.25" bottle with an applied lip. It may have an iron pontil scar, but i's not obvious and there's no iron residue. It is embossed:
vertical: FISHER & WINSTON / DRUGGISTS / RICHMOND VA
base: (possibly an iron pontil scar)

Based on the size and shape, I think this bottle may have held Florida Water.


1 Book: "Bottled in Richmond 1811-1930", by Vernon Grant
2 Find-a-grave entry for James R. Fisher
3 Richmond Daily Dispatch newspaper, 09-29-1857, page 5
4 Find-a-grave entry for Edmund Thomas Winston, Sr
5 Richmond Whig newspaper, 07-04-1854 (page 3) and 02-04-1861 (page 4)


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This page last updated on July 12, 2020.