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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Green Embossed Licoreria La Bodega Bottle.

 


Embossed LICORERIA LA BODEGA  INC. PONCE, P.R.

The Federal Law message pretty much dates the bottle.

The trade mark seems to be a sailing ship with something over it that looks something like an ax.

To give a better idea of the coloring here is another photo.





The bottom shows the I in diamond/circle trademark along with the number 65 on the left and 44 on the right.  Those would be decent numbers for the date range although I haven't been able to narrow it down with certainty.     Either of those numbers would be reasonable date codes from what I've learned.


Owens-Illinois Mark used from 1929 - present.


Sunday, November 16, 2025

FALLS CITY BREWING CO. brown embossed bottle.

 


Embossed on shoulder in star: 
FALLS CITY
BREWING CO.
INCORPORATED
LOUISVILLE, KY.

And on the heel:
REGISTERED.



The embossed labeling is small and not easy to read.

The story all began in 1901 when the biggest brewers in Louisville formed one giant company that made ALL the beer and owned almost ALL the tavern real estate in ALL the land. The tavern owners had to rent property and buy their beer from the Central Consuming Company, creating quite the monopoly.  By 1905, the local tavern owners were annoyed and fed up, rightfully so, and decided to come together and start Falls City Brewing Company and the rest is history….or is it?

By 1911, Falls City Beer had an annual production of 75,000 barrels and its first motorized delivery trucks...


Here is the link for the rest of the story. 

Horlick's Malted Milk embossed bottle.

 



Here is what I learned.

In the initial stage of manufacturing, milled malted barley and wheat flour are mashed together in hot water where the starch is converted into sugars.  To this sugar solution dairy powders are added. The water content is then evaporated to form a syrup that is dried in vacuum band driers to form a cake. This cake is milled into the finished powder...

1873: James Horlick, a pharmacist joined his brother, William, in the US and together they founded the company J and W Horlicks in Chicago to manufacture a patented malted milk drink as an artificial infant food...


    This bottle I found is not nearly that old.

    Tuesday, November 11, 2025

    Octagonal Mucilage Glue Bottle Bearing Crescent Moon Symbol as Hazel Atlas Maker's Mark.

     

    Octagonal Mucilage Glue Bottle.

    If you are not a youngster, you might recognize this bottle.  It is a mucilage glue bottle that had a rubber tip with an opening for applying glue to paper or other surfaces.  The glue was made by the LePage company.



    The bottom reads: CRESCENT PRODUCTS.

    The crescent moon symbol is the maker's mark.  In this case, it could be confusing since there were more than one bottle companies that used the crescent symbol as a maker's mark.  In this case, it is the mark used by Hazel Atlas, as hard as that might be to believe because of their very common and distinctive H over A symbol.

    That is what my research and AI tells me although it still seems pretty confusing if not doubtful.
    .

    Invented by William Nelson LePage in 1876, mucilage glue was originally made from fish skins and became a staple adhesive in classrooms and homes.

    The glue was packaged in small glass bottles with rubber applicator tops, and the bottles became collectible over time due to their distinctive shape and markings.

    LePage’s glue was eventually acquired by Henkel Corporation, which still owns the brand today.

    Here is a link to the company's history.  Very interesting.

    The History of Lepage's Glue | Just Use Glue


    Vintage Mucilage Retail Display.
    Source: See link above.


    In the 1990s the white PVC glues had largely replaced mucilage.


    Green Embossed Licoreria La Bodega Bottle.

      Embossed LICORERIA LA BODEGA  INC. PONCE, P.R. The Federal Law message pretty much dates the bottle. The trade mark seems to be a sailing ...