H. Clay Glover Co. New York Embossed Cure Bottle.

 

Bottle Embossed H. CLAY GLOVER on One Side and NEW YORK on the Other.

Because of the top of the bottle I thought this would be another hair care bottle, but my research, showed that Dr. Glover was a veterinary surgeon who primarily produced remedies for dogs, but also for man.

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Source: HAIR RAISING STORIES

The H. Clay Glover Company, Inc. was founded in 1876 (incorporated June 19, 1916) by Henry C. Glover in New York City, New York. Its industry was veterinary medicines and its headquarters were in New York City, New York (1876-1949).

See H. Clay Glover Company | MyCompanies Wiki | Fandom.

Also H. Glover Mange Factory at 9 Robbins Street - Hidden History Trail - Toms River

Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil With Lime and Soda Bottle

 

Embossed Scott's Emulsion Bottle.

This bottle is embossed, SCOTT'S EMJULSION, followed by a picture of a man carrying a fish, and  TRADE MARK, and then COD LIVER OIL WITH LIME AND SODA.

Cod liver oil was a very common remedy and widely used long before Scott's emulsion, but Scott's emulsion also had lime and soda added.  Here is some of what I found.

Scott's Emulsion has a long tradition dating back to the late 19th century, when in 1873 Alfred B. Scott left England for New York with his partner Samuel W. Bowne to present an innovation.

Scott's revolutionary was not cod liver oil, which by those years was already well-known in the United Kingdom for Nordic influences, but its taste, more tolerable than its competitors. It was this that made him gain public acceptance.

By the 1890s, Scott had boosted his brand internationally. The company distinguished by the image of the man with the fish in his back, knew to reinvent for good a recipe that was believed to be unbeatable.

The problem of this substance was the unpleasant taste for the children and therefore, it was thought to modify the recipe so that it had a taste as pleasant as the one of the milk. Scott, although he was not a doctor or a chemist or a chemist, he did have visionary ideas.

The rapid development of scientific medicine between 1890 and the entire 20th century tested Scott's Emulsion, but it resisted the challenge and passed the scrutiny of the specialists. Although there is still much debate regarding the risks and benefits of cod liver oil, there is no doubt as to the efficacy of Scott's Emulsion. It has even been sponsored by the GlaxoSmithKline , One of the big companies dedicated to the pharmaceutical industry.

While a cod liver oil was used for a lot of years, the maker's mark on the bottom of this bottle narrows the bottle down to a ten-year period.  It has an O in a square, which indicates the Owens Bottle Co, and a date range of 1919 - 1929.

Two 5-Cent Florida Store Milk Bottles with embossed outline of the state.

 

Here are two embossed 5-cent Florida milk bottles showing the outline of the state of Florida. One side is embossed FLORIDA STORE BOTTLE and the other side shows an outline of Florida with the word FLORIDA. The five-cent mark and other decoration goes around the bottle and on the bottom. Both bottles are pretty much the same.

The five cents is for the bottle, not the milk.

You can also see the Owens Illinois maker's mark on the bottom.

Embossed 2 Fluid Oz. Penslar Bottle.

 

Treasure Coast Penslar Bottle Find.

Penslar sold products like toilet water and face creams.  I'm not sure what this bottle held.

Below is an old advertisement showing some of the Penslar products.

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J. R. STAFFORD'S OLIVE TAR Bottle.

 

J. R. Stafford's Olive Tar Bottle

The color of the bottle does not show in the photo.  It is actually greenish.

J.R. Stafford’s Olive Tar was a versatile Victorian medicine, first sold in the 1850s. It could be inhaled for its “healing balsamic odors” to soothe the throat and lungs. Or else you could take it “upon sugar” as a sort of makeshift cough syrup. And if you had muscle pain or a skin irritation, you could take whatever of the Olive Tar that you hadn’t inhaled or eaten and rub it on for “its magnetic or concentrated curative powers” of relieving pain.

It was supposed to be “a highly refined extract of the juices of the Olive and the Pine,” according to an 1880 advertisement in the National Repository...

Olive Tar was also supposed to work as an ointment for horses, too. Letters in the Working Farmer (1855) testify to its efficacy in healing the backs of horses, as well as cases of croup and asthma in people.

J.R. Stafford also made Iron and Sulphur Powders to “Re-Vitalize and Purify the Blood,” to energize the nervous system, invigortate the liver, strengthen digestion, “regulate the Secretions of the Body” and worked on “all Female Weaknesses” in the bargain. But at a dollar it was twice the price of Olive Tar.

Mr. Stafford’s establishment was at 442 Broadway, New York on “the east side of the Battery.” ...

Source: Stafford’s Olive Tar – The Vintage Medicine Cabinet (wordpress.com)

According to what I've found, the date range is 1875-1899.

Here is another good link.

J. R. Stafford’s Olive Tar – Bay Bottles

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Large American Bottle Company Blown Bottle.

 

Large Blown American Bottle Company Bottle.

This bottle is about fourteen inches tall and has bubbles in the glass.  According to the SHA.org site, the A B Co maker's mark, which is very faintly embossed on the bottom, indicates the bottle was made by the American Bottle Company, with a date range of 1906 - 1916.  I don't know what it held at this point.  Perhaps I'll find that out someday.  It is the largest blown bottle that I've ever found.  

Bottle embossed Chas. H. Fletcher's CASTORIA

 On one side reads: CHAS. H. FLETCHER'S and on the other side: CASTORIA.

This product started as Dr. S. Pitcher’s Castoria, the formula being patented on May 18, 1868.  Several years later the rights to that product and recipe was sold to Charles H. Fletcher, and marketed through the J. B. Rose Company,  and later the Centaur Company.

The 17-year patent for the original Pitcher’s Castoria product expired on May 18, 1885.   Several years after the patent expired,  in 1896 the firm  Heinsfurter & Daggett of Fargo, North Dakota began selling their own product under the name “Pitcher’s Castoria”.   Centaur brought this to court, and in January 1897 the judgment went in favor of Heinsfurter & Daggett to sell their product as “Pitcher’s Castoria”.

(Meanwhile, probably sometime during the period of 1893-1897, bottles sold by Centaur changed from being marked “Dr. S. Pitcher’s”, to “Chas. H. Fletcher’s”.)

These bottles measure about 4.75 inches tall.

See post showing Dr. S. Pitcher's bottle.

This 

Bottle embossed DR. S. PITCHER'S and CASTORIA.

 

Embossed Dr. S. Pitcher's Castoria bottle.  Embossed on one side CASTORIA and on the other side DR. S. PITCHER'S.

It is five inches tall, has bubbles in the glass and the seam only goes part way up the neck.

This product started as Dr. S. Pitcher’s Castoria , the formula being patented on May 18, 1868.  Several years later the rights to that product and recipe was sold to Charles H. Fletcher, and marketed through the J. B. Rose Company,  and later the Centaur Company.

The 17-year patent for the original Pitcher’s Castoria product expired on May 18, 1885.   Several years after the patent expired,  in 1896 the firm  Heinsfurter & Daggett of Fargo, North Dakota began selling their own product under the name “Pitcher’s Castoria”.   Centaur brought this to court, and in January 1897 the judgment went in favor of Heinsfurter & Daggett to sell their product as “Pitcher’s Castoria”.

(Meanwhile, probably sometime during the period of 1893-1897, bottles sold by Centaur changed from being marked “Dr. S. Pitcher’s”,  to “Chas. H. Fletcher’s”.)

See post showing Chas. H. Fletcher's bottle.

Embossed TIPO Wine Bottle.

 

TIPO Bottle Find.

TIPO, one of California’s most Iconic and Historic Wine Brands has come back to life. TIPO was originally established in 1906 and was considered “America’s Greatest Wine” both before and after Prohibition. TIPO was a popular brand for over seven decades.

Now it is being reintroduced by Stama Windry in Lodi, California...

It has an Owens Illinois makers mark on the bottom that shows it can't be older than 1929.

Here is a good history on that company and its marks.  OwensIllinois2018Part2.pdf (sha.org)