J K & S. embossed light green Kilner Glass embossed food container bottle. Circa 1870 - 1900.

Light Green John Kilner and Sons Wide Mouth Bottle.

It was very difficult to photograph the embossing on the bottom of this bottle but it is embossed J K & S  in an arch and under that in an inverted arch is what appears to be 2684, supposedly the mold number.  The six, if that is what it is, has a very long straight vertical staff and an incomplete cirble.  It looks more like a long handled backwards J.

This bottle has some nice big bubbles.  I can't find any evidence of seams.  

Beginning with John Kilner in 1842, the Kilner family continued as owners and operators of glass plants at Yorkshire, England, for three generations. The senior Kilner brought his two oldest sons into the business in 1844, opening a plant at Wakefield – eventually bringing in the younger two sons as well. The firm purchased a factory at Thornhill Lees in 1847 and operated the two until John Kilner’s death in 1857. When the senior Kilner died, there was a break in the family. John Kilner, Jr., took over the Wakefield plant, bequeathing the firm to his son, Barron, probably in 1900. The remaining brothers formed Kilner Brothers at the Thornhill Lees factory, opening a new plant at Conisbro in 1863. Eventually, their sons took over the operation. Both groups eventually became limited partnerships (or corporations), operating until the late 1930s. Several types of Kilner bottles – mostly food containers – are fairly common in the U.S

... JK&S (1857-1900) Urquhart (1976:128) illustrated the only example of this logo that we have found – “JK&S (arch) / 1938 (inverted arch)” on a product jar (Figure 14). Note that the four-digit numbers on Kilner products often began with “17,” “18,” or “19” – but these were model or catalog numbers rather than date codes. This mark was probably Figure 13 – Codd bottle (eBay) used during the 1870-1900 period – although that should be taken as the “best guess.” A more conservative range would be 1857-1900

Here is the link for much more about Kilner and Kilner Brothers Glass.

KilnerGlass.pdf

White Horse Whiskey Distillers Ltd. Glascow, Scotland. Brown Embossed Bottles with Painted White Horse.

 

You can see the White Horses on each bottle.  On the shoulder of both of these brown bottles is the embossed FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR REUSE OF THIS BOTTLE, which means the bottle dates to between 1935 and 1964.

Bottoms of Both Bottles.

The bottoms are embossed with the name of the company as well as the location.

On Sir Peter Mackie’s death in 1924, the company went through a re-organisation and non-core activities such as the BBM (Bone, Blood & Muscle) flour operation were sold off and the company changed its name to White Horse Distillers Ltd., after its best known product. The company also closed the Hazelburn distillery, despite trying to rebrand the product as a Kintyre whisky to overcome the poor reputation of Campbeltown whiskies at the time.

In 1927 White Horse Distillers Ltd. was taken over by the Distillers Company Ltd (DCL) which, for a number of years, used it as a holding company and granted it the licence to a number of distilleries including Lagavulin and Glen Elgin.

DCL also withdrew White Horse blended whisky from its home market, concentrating on overseas sales, and, although the whisky itself is still produced, new owner Diageo dissolved White Horse Distillers Ltd. as a company in 2010...

Here is the link for more information about the White Horse Whiskey Distillers.

White Horse Distillers | Scotch Whisky