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Friday, July 8, 2022

Old Embossed California Fig Syrup Company Bottle.

 



The front is embossed as follows.

CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
CALIFIG
STERLING PRODUCTS (INC.)
SUCCESSOR


The California Fig Co. opened at Reno, Nevada, in 1878, selling its only product, Syrup of Figs. The firm had a rocky beginning, reorganizing twice before it achieved success with the final 1897 corporation. The Sterling Remedy Co. purchased the California Fig Co. in 1912, and it remains in business to the present. California Fig packaged its products in a total of six different embossed bottles as well as at least one variation used in England. In addition, the different incarnations of the firm used generic bottles with paper labels both before and after the adoption of the embossed containers – an apparently common phenomenon in remedies successful enough to remain popular from the 1870s to the 20th century...

See CaliforniaFigSyrup.pdf (sha.org) for more information on the company.



There is an O in a square on the bottom of the bottle.  That mark was used by Owens Bottle Co., 1919 - 1929.  

That information was found on the SHA maker's marks web page, which is a great site.

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