E R Durkee and Co. Salad Dressing Bottle.

Here is a bottle embossed E. R. Durkee and Co. Salad Dressing. 

E R DURKEE and CO SALAD DRESSING BOTTLE.

It is a blown bottle with some nice bubbles in the glass.  

E R Durkee and CO Salad Dressing Bottle.

The glass maker marks on the bottom are also interesting.   The bottle has the patent date clearly written out as April 17 1877.

Patent Date On Durkee Bottle.

Eugene R. Durkee – making spices and extracts in his basement at home – at 1850, and we have seen an advertisement for the firm as early as 1851 – the year given by most sources. The early ad noted that E.R. Durkee (no “& Co.”) was a “Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Brushes, Fancy Articles, Glassware, Congress Water, Leeches, Cigars, Pure Wines, Liquors, Oils, Camphene, Burning Fluid &c.” in Buffalo, New York. The only products specifically linked to his name were Durkee’s Venetian Liquid Hair Dye, Durkee’s Vermifuge, and Durkee’s Baking Powder (Matt’s Collectibles 2014) (Figure 1). Durkee developed his salad dressing during this period, probably in 1857, and won awards for it (Kovel 2010; Museum of the City of New York 1999:71)...

Here is the link for that information and much more.

ERDurkee&Co.pdf (sha.org)