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John Hart & Co.
John Hart was born in Penn. in about 1835. The son of immigrants from Baden Germany, by 1860 he was listed as a Barber in Lancaster, PA. The 1870 census showed him as the "Manuf. of Hair Restorer." At some point he also sold a bitters. Hart patented the heart shaped bottle in 1868 (View Full PDF).

Hart's Patent

BOTTLE DESCRIPTIONS
1 heart-shaped, 7", double-ring top, no panels, BIM, amber, same on both sides: "JOHN HART & CO."
John Hart