Brown Fehr's Beer Bottle with Embossed Label.

FEHR'S Beer Bottle.

I've not found much information on this Fehr's beer bottle yet, but I did find the pair of Fehr's bottles sold on eBay (shown below).

Vintage Fehr's beer bottles.

The green bottle on the left seems to have the same label as the brown one at the top of the post

Generally, before the 1930's beer came in green bottles, but after the Prohibition they were bottled in brown glass to better preserve freshness by filtering out the sunlight. So, it seems that the brown bottle is later. And it looks like it.

I've found very little information on the Fehr's beer company.  I assume, though, that it is the same as the Frank Fehr Brewing Company of Louisville, KY.


In 1872, Frank Fehr moved to Louisville, Kentucky and started brewing. He developed the recipe for Fehr’s XL (Extra Lager) and won Louisville’s Southern Exposition, every year from 1883 to 1887.

Fehr’s XL was the most widely consumed beer in Louisville when prohibition started in 1920.

Fehr’s Brewing sales peaked in 1949 as the brewery began wrestling with competition from large, national breweries. After putting up a good fight for 15 years, Fehr’s last pour was in 1964. 

Source: fehrsbrewing.com | It' Always Fehr Weather

I did a post on an older bottle from the Frank Fehr Brewing Company (shown below).

Olive Green Embossed John & Robert Harvey Whiskey Bottle. Glascow, Scotland.

 

Embossed: JOHN & ROBT HARVEY CO LTD
              GLASCOW  SCOTLAND

The bottle is olive green although the photos do not show the true color well.

John & Robert Harvey was an old, if not the oldest, whisky business in Glasgow, and dated back to 1770.

Like many in the industry the firm suffered badly in the wake of the Pattison crash that began in December 1898, and approached DCL with a view to a merger. The timing wasn’t right for the DCL, but in 1902, attracted by Harvey’s blending and exporting potential, the company – along with its closed Dundashill distillery – were acquired. Harvey’s became a fully owned subsidiary, although Dundashill was permanently closed in view of the DCL’s concerns around over-production at that time.

Yet by the early 1980s John & Robert Harvey was still listed as licensee of Aultmore distillery near Keith, and with a Glasgow HQ which it shared with Bulloch Lade and John Begg, among others.

Source: Harvey's Special | Scotch Whisky

John & Robert Harvey Embossed Whiskey Bottle.

On the shoulder of the bottle is the Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of This Bottle embossing, which was used from 1935 to 1964.

Bottom of the Same Bottle.

You can see the UGB makers mark on the bottle.

• U G B ……………………………… United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited (large conglomerate of many glass factories in the United Kingdom). This mark dates from 1913 to about 1968 and is found on the bases of innumerable bottles of many styles and sizes that were made in Great Britain.   UGB included glass factories located at Ravenhead, St. Helens;  Sherdley, St. Helens;  Portobello, Scotland; Charlton, London;  Shettleston, Scotland;  Castleford, Yorkshire;  Harlow, Essex;  New Cross, London;  Brimsdown, London;  Kinghorn, Scotland;   Alloa, Scotland and Peasely, St. Helens.  The history is confusing and some factory locations operated for a very long time but others were relatively short-lived. 

From: Glass Manufacturers' Marks on Bottles & Other Glassware - Page 5

CHIVAS BROTHERS ABERDEEN SCOTLAND Green Embossed Bottle.

 

CHIVAS BROTHERS ABERDEEN SCOTLAND 
Embossed Green Bottle.

CHIVAS BROTHERS ABERDEEN SCOTLAND
Embossed Green Bottle.

The bottom is embossed C. B. C or G. which I take to mean Chivas Brothers Company or Glass.

Also on the bottom is a 3 in the middle and what looks like 101A.

Chivas Brothers Bottle Reading: 

Chivas Brothers was formed in 1857.

A Royal Warrant was originally granted by Queen Victoria to James Chivas in 1843, as ‘Purveyor of Grocery for Her Majesty in Ordinary’. The first Royal Warrant for Scotch Whisky was granted to Chivas Brothers as ‘Purveyors of Scotch Whisky’ in 1923. Chivas Brothers no longer hold a Royal Warrant...

In 1853, a new Act permitted vatting under bond for individual distilleries and The Spirit Act of 1860 allowed whisky from different distilleries to be blended without payment of duty.

This opened the door for modern blending and it is believed that James Chivas created his first Brand Name blended whisky during this time.

The Chivas traditions in the art of blending have been passed on to blenders and master blenders over the years...

Here is that link for more about the company history.  Our Story | The Chivas Brothers Story

And here is another link for more about the company history.

PowerPoint Presentation

This bottle appears to be the one on the left in the illustration below, there fore dating between 1939 and 1961.

Embossed Drambuie Bottle Edinburgh Scotland Brown Liquor Bottle.

 

This bottle is embossed on the heal: THE DRAMBUIE LIQUEUR CO. LTD.

                                                            EDINBURGH SCOTLAND. 

The FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE message is on the shoulder, which puts the date between 1935 and 1964.

The concave bottom reads: BOTTLE MADE IN

                                          UNITED KINGDOM

There are also some numbers on the bottom.

Drambuie was first commercially produced in Union Street in Edinburgh in 1910. Only twelve cases were originally sold. In 1916, Drambuie became the first liqueur to be allowed in the cellars of the House of Lords and Drambuie began to ship worldwide to British Army officers' messes.

About 1940, the company moved to bonded premises in Dublin Street Lane where the liquor was compounded (the process of flavouring and sweetening the whisky spirit). The bottling plant was in the same lane while the company office was in York Place. After a short period at nearby Broughton Market, in 1955 the operation was moved to premises at the foot of Easter Road in Leith. Further expansion led to a move to purpose-built premises on the western edge of Kirlinsin 1959. These premises were vacated in 2001 and thereafter production was contracted out, in the first instance to the Glenmorangie bottling plant at Broxburn and, in 2010, to Morrison Bowmore Distillers.   Source: Wikipedia.

There is a lot of history to this liquor.  Skipping a few pages to get down to the bottom line, here is a bit of the story.

Skipping down to the end...

Here is a link to a much longer history.

History - The Drambuie Liqueur Company Ltd

Embossed Kerr Self Sealing and Kerr Mason Canning Jars.

 

Canning Jar Embossed:
KERR
SELF SEALING
TRADE MARK REG.
WIDE MOUTH MASON.

 

Kerr Mason Jar with AHK Mark on the Bottom.

"Businessman and entrepreneur Alexander Hewitt Kerr (September 4, 1862 – February 9, 1925) organized this company in Portland, Oregon in 1903 under the name Hermetic Fruit Jar Company.  The official name was changed in 1904 to Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company.  Kerr did not actually manufacture glass during the earliest years but was, more accurately, a sales company/distributor during the period from 1904 to 1909 and had jars made for them (with the Kerr name embossing) by other glass companies.

The first jars made for Kerr were evidently the Kerr - Economy brand jars, and that type was made in the earliest years  (c.1903-1909) by Illinois-Pacific Glass Company of San Francisco, and also by the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company (based in Washington, PA and later at Wheeling WV) from 1906 to 1909.

On February 15, 1909, Kerr purchased the Altoona Co-Operative Glass Company of Altoona, Kansas (which had recently gone bankrupt) and within a month or so KERR brand fruit jars were being produced at that location"...

Here is a link that provides dates on the trade marks and bottle maker's marks.

KerrGlass.pdf

Here is another link on the company.

Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation - Maker of Fruit Jars (glassbottlemarks.com)

The most common canning jars I've found on the Treasure Coast are Ball, Presto and Kerr.  Also a couple others such as Tropical and Presto.

Embossed Parsons Ammonia Household Cleaner Bottle.

 

PARSONS' HOUSEHOLD CLEANSER Bottle.

Embossed: PARSON'S HOUSEHOLD CLEANSER.

Other found Pareson's bottles are embossed PARSON'S SUDSY AMMONIA.

Parsons Ammonia and Cleanser Bottles.

Parsons Household Ammonia dates back to 1881. That makes it one of the older consumer products in the United States. Today, it has a new life as a sister product to the Brillo pad.

The brand was originally a product of the Columbia Chemical Works of Brooklyn, with offices on Jay Street. Through the 20th Century, it was known on every grocery shelf across the country, and under most kitchen sinks.

Ammonia has a slew of uses. Today, it is mostly seen as something that is used in window cleaners, but it was seen as a laundry item in an earlier time...  

Source: Parsons the Classic American Ammonia | BrandlandUSA

Source of the ad:

1909 Ad Columbia Chemicals C. C. Paron's Ammonia Cleaner Rag Cleanser – Period Paper Historic Art LLC

Small Ball Bottle. Embossed 2.5 OZ. 3.5 Inches Tall.

 

3.5 Inch Tall Ball Bottle.

This small bottle stopper type bottle is embossed on the neck. 2 1/2 OZ.

The bottle is 3.5 inches tall.

The Ball mark on the bottom would probably date to between 1933 and 1960 and I would believe made by the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company.

I don't know the product it held.  I would guess a product for canning or jelly/jam production.

Any additional information would be appreciated.