McCreary Drug Company Bottle. West Palm Beach, Fla.

This is a larger Drug Company bottle.  It measures about 7.5 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide.

It has one big chip on the lip.

 

The crescent moon mark on the bottle is from an unidentified manufacturer.  Most bottles that bear this mark seem to be pharmacy or drug co. bottles.

Old Showing McCreary's Location.
Source: FloridaMemory.com

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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.

LAXOL Bottle. Cobalt Blue.

 Cobalt Blue LAXOL bottle.

It seems the cobalt blue color is most common.  Some other colors are know and can bring high prices.

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.

Small Brown Luyties Pharmacy Co. Bottle. St. Louis.

Small Luyties Pharmacy Bottle.

The Luyties Pharmacy bottle is just 2.5 inches tall, with a .75 by .75 inch square base. 

Here is what I found on Luyties.

His earliest knowledge of and training in business came to him through the Luyties Homeopathic Pharmacy Company, a business which was established in 1853 by his father, Dr. Luyties having been one of the earliest representatives of the school of homeopathy in the middle west, and in connection with his practice he established a pharmacy in order to supply homeopathic remedies to the trade.

Thoroughly acquainting himself with the business, Herman C. G. Luyties won promotion until he became vice president of the company and so continued until 1907, when he disposed of his interests...

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.

Three Small Ink Bottles: Carter's, Higgins, and Sanford's.

Three Small Found Ink Bottles.

I showed several found ink bottles before, but they were all of a larger size than these.  These ones are 1 ounce and 3/4 ounce ink bottles.

The one on the left above is a cut glass Sanford's ink bottle.

Sanford's Ink Bottle 

The center bottle is a Carter's ink bottle.

Carter's Ink Bottle.  One Oz. 

The Carter's bottle shows the Hazel Atlas symbol.  My father packed bottles in a Hazel Atlas plant in the early 1940s, so I wonder if he possibly packed that bottle.

The cork top ink bottle on the right of the top photo is a Higgins Drawing Ink bottle.

Higgins Ink Bottle.

I assume it is the oldest of the three, but haven't yet researched the dates yet.

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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.

Waterman's Barrel Ink Bottle.

In another post I showed three Waterman's ink bottles that are more recent than this one.  This is a 2 oz. bottle for no. 6 ink.

Waterman's Ink Bottle.

Opposite Shoulder of the Same Bottle.

Bottom of the Same Bottle.

Three Waterman's Ink Bottles.

Three Waterman's 2 Oz. Ink Bottles 

of the Same Type Shown From Different Angles.

Waterman's Pen Company was founded by Lewis Edson Waterman in New York City in 1884.  

Bottoms of Same Three Bottles.

Of course the bottles changed over the years, but bottles of basically the same shape as those shown are still sold today.

An old barrel shaped Waterman's ink bottle is shown in another post on this site.

J. L. Prescott Liquid Stove Polish Bottle.

 Reads: LIQUID STOVE POLISH
MANUFACTURED BY
J. L. PRESCOTT CO.
NEW YORK

This is a nice clean bottle a piece of the cork still inside.

It has a small gouge (shown in the above photo) that was evidently made while the glass was still soft.  The glass from the gouge is on the surface of the bottle (smaller arrow).

Two Green Blown Blob Top Bottles

Two Green Blown Bottles Found on Treasure Coast.

Lip of Lighter Green Bottle.

Bottom of Lighter Green Bottle.

Large Bubble in Neck of Dark Green Bottle.

Two Blown Brown Applied Lip Beer or Ale Bottles.

Bottle on Right.

Bottle on Left

Closer View of Lip of Bottle on Left.

Bottom of Bottle on Left.

I.G.CO.L…………..Ihmsen Glass Company, Limited, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (c.1876-1900). Also listed as Ihmsen Window Glass Company. Pittsburgh directory listings show this company included the “Limited” in their name from 1876 to c.1896. Bottles bearing this mark can definitely be attributed to this company.

The other bottle has no bottom labeling.

Embossed West Palm Dr Pepper Bottle.

Van Stan's Stratena Bottle and Information.

Advertising Card for Van Stan's Stratena.

For more about the product:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A106572

Henry Muhler 1889 Blob Top Bottle, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Reads: REGISTERED TRADEMARK HM 1889 - HENRY MUHLER 772 BEDFORD AVE. BROOKLYN, N.Y.

Vintage Hires Root Beer Extract Bottle. With Instructions.

The other side says PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Hire's Extract is still sold.  Here are the instructions for making your own root beer.

Homemade Root Beer

Carbonated with dry ice and ready to enjoy in just 15 minutes.

Making delicious homemade root beer with The Big H Root Beer Extract is as easy as ABC

1. Add sugar and The Big H Root Beer Extract to cold water and mix thoroughly in an open food-safe container. Do not cover the container with a lid while preparing root beer since pressure created may cause the container to explode.
2. Add dry ice to the mixture in a well-ventilated area and stir frequently to prevent dry ice from clumping to the bottom of the container. Continue to stir until all of the dry ice has dissolved. For root beer slushes add slightly more dry ice. (Dry ice is available at most grocery stores.) Preparation time: 15 minutes. Making the root beer is half the fun!
3. Enjoy!