Royal Crown Soda Bottle with Debossed RC and Star on Shoulder. Nehi Bottling Company. 1935 1939.

 

Royal Crown Bottle
with Debossed RC and Star on Shoulder.

Royal Crown Cola was introduced to a limited audience in mid-1934 but was not fully available to the public until the following year. The new cola soon came to dominate the Nehi product line. The initial bottles appear to have been produced with paper labels that were similar to the ACL labels that followed in 1936 (Vaughn 1995a:28-31). 400 Although later bottles were made with ACL neck designs, the technology was not sufficiently advanced to produce ACL on the early ones. It was not until ca. 1937 that ACL machinery was able to apply the enamel to two curves in the glass at the same time, although the 1937 bottle used at El Paso did not yet use this technology. Thus, the earliest two logos were embossed or debossed on the bottle’s shoulder (Figures 10a-10 & 10a-11)  Source: EPChap10a.pdf

Tbis is a transitional bottle.  ACL machines were not yet able to print on two curves so the shoulder marks were embossed or debossed.  This bottle is debossed.

Also some bottles at this time had paper labels and others were ACL.  I think this bottle had a paper label.  There is absolutely no indication of any ACL paint on the bottle.

Debossed RC and Star.

Michael Elling (personal communication) noted that the bottles with embossed/debossed shoulder label was used from 1935-1939. He further claimed that paper-label bottles were used during the same period of time. Only the larger, more successful bottlers used the ACL bottles at that time.  Source: EPChap10a.pdf

Embossed: PROPERTY OF NEHI BOTTLING CO.

For additional information see EPChap10a.pdf

Two Embossed Blue Milk of Magnesia Bottles.

Five-Inch Tall Milk of Magnesia Bottle

Embossed:  MILK OF MAGNESIA

Trade Mark symbol

REC'D IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE

AUG. 21. 1906.

THE CHAS. H. PHILLIPS

CHEMICAL COMPANY

GLENBROOK.  CONN.

In 1885, The Phillips Camphor and Wax Company incorporated as the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company. After Phillips died of apoplexy in 1888, his four sons continued to operate the business. In 1923—fifty years after Phillips patented Milk of Magnesia—the pharmaceutical giant, Sterling Products Corporation, bought the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company. It quickly added Phillips Milk of Magnesia Toothpaste, Phillips Dental Magnesia Tooth Powder, and Phillips Milk of Magnesia Tablets. Heavy advertising, particularly of the original product, bolstered their national presence.

The Sterling Drug Company continued production in Stamford until 1976, when it shifted its operations to Gulfport, Mississippi. In 1994, Bayer AG acquired the over-the-counter U.S. business division of Sterling Winthrop from the British firm Smith Kline Beecham. The purchase included Phillips Milk of Magnesia and its iconic blue bottle.

Here is the link for more about that.

Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia Originated in Stamford - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project 

Nine-Inch Tall Milk of Magnesia Company.

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HYBSON, WESTCOTT AND DUNNING small embossed bottle for mercurochrome.

This small embossed HYNSON, WESTCOTT and DUNNING bottle once held mercurochrome, an antiseptic commonly used in the 20th century.  The bottle would have a glass stopper/applier, which is not with this bottle.

I did not find when the company was formed.  They did produce a product, perhaps the same or different product, that was sold in a cobalt blue glass bottle.  I've not found one of those.

Here is a vintage or antique ad for mercurochrome.

Brown Embossed Springfield Breweries Beer Bottle.

 

Broken Springfield Breweries Bottle.

The beer bottle is embossed SPRINGFIELD (top and bottom) and BREWERIES/REGISTERED between.

The following link shows that Springfield Breweries Co. dates to 1899 - 1918.

See Springfield Breweries | Beer Bottle Museum (tbbm.org)

M. N. Porter and Co., Prescription Druggists, Chicago, Embossed Old Pharmacy Bottle.

Bottle Embossed
M. N. PORTER and CO,,  PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS, CHICAGO

I'm trying to go through my bottle finds, get them researched and posted.  I just got started on that, and  I haven't learned anything about the history of the company yet.  With the amount of information on the  bottle, it shouldn't be difficult.  

If you can find some history on the M. N. Porter and Co., it would be much appreciated.  

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STUART BOTTLING WORKS Embossed Bottle.

 

This bottle measures about 8.5 inches tall, and has a bottom diameter of about two inches.

I have six of these bottles.  The one shown here has nearly clear glass.  The others are more green and opaque.  All were found between Stuart and Fort Pierce, Florida.

STUART BOTTLING WORKS
embossing.

Other than the glass, its color and condition, so far I've found no differences in the six bottles.

Here is some history on the Stuart Bottling Works.

In July 1913, James Elersly Weir, Jr., purchased a pitch pine wooden building owned by Joseph A. Lucas, a real estate developer, located on an isolated dirt road (Decker Street) south of Stuart; he had it converted into a bottling plant, Stuart Bottle Works. Soft drinks were bottled, sealed with large snap off caps and distributed in Stuart, Palm City, Jensen, Salerno, Hobe Sound, even to Fort Pierce and Jupiter. Weir only remained in Stuart a few years, joining family in West Palm Beach, in the plastering business and later, an auction house.

The bottling plant building was eventually owned by Ira L. Decker, who operated a concrete manufacturing business and was used primarily for storage. In the afternoon of Feb. 6, 1933, while Decker and local firemen were battling a brush fire nearby, the building caught fire. The wooden structure quickly went up in flames making it impossible for Ira to retrieve equipment, vehicles or machinery.

At least two bottles from the plant survive, clearly marked Stuart Bottling Works, one of which can be seen at the Stuart Heritage Museum...

That comes from Historical Vignettes: Some of Martin County's 'firsts' -- Part 2 (tcpalm.com)

Embossed Dr. Shoop's Family Medicines Bottle.

 Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Green Deeply Paneled Bottle Embossed DR. SHOOP'S FAMILY MEDICINES, RACINE, WIS.

The bottle is a deeper green than the picture shows and has deep panels and embossing.  It is about 6,25 inches high and 2.5 inches wide and deep.

Dr. Shoop's Medicine Bottle Showing Large Bubbles in the Glass.

There is no maker's mark on the bottom.

Bottom of Dr. Shoop's Medicines Bottle.

I was fortunate to find a lot of information on Dr. Shoop. Here is one paragraph from a much larger article on Dr. Shoop.

Dr. Shoop opened a medical practice in 1883 and by 1890 established a line of cure - all patent medicines which were sold door to door by agents. Dr. Shoop’s Family Medicine Co. was incorporated June 30, 1891, (Capital, $20,000) with Shoop, Jackson I. Case and Charles A. Corbitt as officers. Unable to find suitably large quarters Shoop had plans drawn for a new plant. A lot was purchased and the first three stories of the Shoop Building were completed in 1893, with three additional stories added in 1899 making it the tallest commercial building in Racine.

Here is the link if you want to learn more about this local bottle find.

Racine Post: Celebrating 175 years: Dr. Shoop, Racine's creator of 'nerve tonic'

Cobalt Blue Embossed Larvex Poison Bottle.

Embossed LARVEX Bottle.

 Larvex Corporation was a company which manufactured Spraying Larvex, a pest control product used in moth proofing woolen fabrics. The firm was acquired by Zonite Products Corporation in October 1926. Zonite added Rinsing Larvex to its line of products after the takeover was finalized. The pesticides were also referred to as Larvex liquid and cake.

Larvex Corporation continued as a subsidiary of Zonite Products Corporation until December 31, 1936. On this date Zonite Products Corporation informed the New York Stock Exchange that it was dissolving its six subsidiaries.

Bottom of the Larvex Bottle Showing
Maryland Glass Company Mark.

The circle M indicates the bottle was manufactured by the Maryland Glass Company.

Maryland Glass was acquired by the Dorsey Corporation in 1968, and I believe that the “M” mark was used for a time thereafter, but eventually discontinued sometime in the  1970s.

Granite State Spring Water Company Bottle.

Embossed Granite State
Spring Water Company Bottle.

 Embossed: TRADE MARK GRANITE STATE SPRING WATER CO.ATKINSON DEPOT, N.H. 

A bottle of this type was featured in the Sept. 2010 Antique Bottle and Glass Collector Magazine (pg. 29).

It dates between 1895 – 1905.

Measures 9” tall and 2-1/8” diameter.

It shows two Native Americans.

1895 - 1905 Granite State
Spring Water Company Bottle.

The company was located in Plaistow, N. H.

When the company went bankrupt, about 1938, it was purchased by Leroy’s Beverages, Inc. of Newburyport, Massachusetts, which later produced 7-UP.

Silver Palace Pharmacy Bottle, Fort Pierce, Fla.

Silver Palace Pharmacy Bottle, Fort Pierce, Fla.

Partially Cleaned Silver Palace Pharmacy Bottle.

The bottle was found just south of Fort Pierce.  The Silver Palace Pharmacy was formed in 1927 and operated for some time at 2nd and Orange in Fort Pierce.  It became an inactive corporation in about 1965.

GORDON'S DRY GIN Bottles.

Two Very Similar Gordon's Dry Gin Bottles.

Front reads: GORDON'S DRY GIN.

One side reads: LONDON, and the other side: ENGLAND.

I've found a few of these and they all have the wolf's head symbol on the bottom.

Bottom of Gordon's Dry Gin Bottle.

The other bottom embossing varies on different bottles.

Both bottles show REGD 610617 on the back.

No. On One Side of Same Bottle.

The BayBottles.com web site (link below) says that number means the bottle dates to 1912 -1913.

The lips on these two bottles are different.

Lips On Same Two Bottles.

The lip on the greener bottle looks more crudely made.  The lip of that one is applied over the neck, which makes a more narrow opening.

The BayBottles.com web site also provides the following information.

The initial Gordon’s Distillery dates back to 1769 in London and they began making a form of dry gin sometime after the advent of continuous distillation in the 1830’s.

Gordon & Company merged with Tanqueray  in 1898 and it was around this time  that listings for Gordon Dry Gin began to appear in U.S. newspaper advertisements. The first mention that I could find in a New York City newspaper were several advertisements for Macy’s, who listed Gordons Gin under the heading “Fine Wines for Medicinal Use.”

Esquire Shoe Polish Embossed Bottles. Three Bottles. Skuff-Kote. Lanol. White.

Esquire Shoe Polish Bottle.

During the Great Depression Sam and Albert Abrams, chemists and entrepreneurs from Brooklyn, took over an ailing boot polish maker, the Knomark Manufacturing Company of Williamsburgh, Brooklyn.  In 1938 they purchased the Esquire brand.  After a saturation advertising campaign in 1944, the company became the best selling shoe polish manufacturer in the US... In the late 1950s, they sold the Esquire brand and the 1914-built Esquire Building on 330 Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn. In 1957, Revlon acquired the Esquire brand which made annual sales of 15 million dollars. Revlon sold the Esquire shoe polish brand and other Esquire product brands in 1969...  (From Wikipedia.)

Esquire Shoe Polish Bottle.

Bottom of Bottle Shown Immediately Above.

Notice the NOMARK INC. mark above the 555.

ESQUIRE LANOL WHITE.

Embossed West Palm Dr Pepper Bottle.

Consumer's Brewing Company Bottle.


A little research revealed that the Consumer's Brewery Company, as it is embossed, existed from 1895 until 1902, when it became the Arlington Brewing Company.  That makes the bottle older than I originally thought.

Reads:

Cosumer's

Brewing

ROSLYN, VA.

Condition:

Good.  As found.  Barnacles attached.  Needs cleaning.  No big chips or cracks.

Vintage Embossed TryMe Soda Bottle

TryMe Soda Bottle

Reads:

DRINK
Try-Me
BEVERAGES
TRADE MARK REG
TRY ME
CON 10 FL OZ

Other Side:
DRINK
Try-Me
BEVERAGES
TRADE MARK REG
BEVERAGE CO.

Bottom:
MIAMI
PATENTED
APRIL 24, 1924
FLA

Condition:
Small scratches and nicks.
Stained on inside.\
Could use a cleaning.