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Bottles & Jars 

SOLD Antique Canning Jar Golden State Mason, Ben Schloss ABJ112.

Comments: This is a lovely old jar that has gone gently purple over time; this is due to the presence of manganese in the glass mix. Because of this, some old glass will remain remarkably clear and clean over time, while those items made without manganese in the mix will turn a nasty dirty yellow over time. The lid is extremely fragile and I will not attempt to remove it for fear it will disintegrate under the stress. As you can see in the pictures, a small piece of it has fallen off inside the jar. The jar itself has nice bubbles that are unbroken and a lot of very crisp embossing. The back face is blank and the front face is embossed GOLDEN - STATE PAT. DEC. 20TH 10 PATENTS PENDING with the letter S in a triangle and MASON below that. The bottom is embossed BEN SCHLOSS MANUFACTOR PATENT APPLIED FOR S.F. CAL all very easily readable. This would be a quart jar and a very nice addition to your growing collection!


ABJ112 $45.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Clear turning purple
Size:
•Depth: N/A"
•Width: 3 7/8"
•Height: 5 7/8"

SOLD Antique Bayer Aspirin Bottle with Lid, Small Size ABJ111.

Comments: Remember when Bayer Aspirin used to come in glass bottles instead of plastic ones? I do and this little bottle revived those memories. The lid is very rusty and slightly fragile; it screws off and on but I wouldn't do that too many times. The bottle has some slight amber staining in one bottom corner, but that may come out with cleaning if it bothers you. The bottom of the bottle has a mold circle and has the Owens Illinois mark flanked on the right by a 2, on the left by what may or may not be a 1 and beneath the mark there is a 14. The sides, front and back, are embossed THE BAYER COMPANY DIV. Nice little bottle for your medicine bottle collection!


ABJ111 $9.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Clear
Size:
•Depth: 3/4"
•Width: 1 1/2"
•Height: 2 5/8" with lid

SOLD Antique Ink Bottle, Parker's Quink Cobalt Blue ABJ110.

Comments: The lid on this bottle is that sort of plastic that is hard and heavy and sounds like glass when you tap it with a fingernail. The bottle is remarkably clean both inside and out, plus the label is still nice and clean and easily legible as seen in the photos. Embossed printing on the bottom reads PARKER MADE IN U.S.A. 2 FL. OZ. 59 CC and has a circled M in the bottom corner. As I've mentioned previously, that mark is usually attributed to the Maryland Glass Corporation, but as they closed their doors in 1941, it seems rather unlikely in this case.


ABJ110 $9.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Excellent
Color: Cobalt Blue
Size:
•Depth: 2 1/4" point to point
•Width: 3" point to point
•Height: 2 1/4" with lid

SOLD Antique Ingram's Shaving Cream Jar, Cobalt Blue ABJ109.

Comments: No lid and has indications of having been buried at least for a time. There is a chip in the body that doesn't go all the way through. There are many methods for cleaning this kind of old glass, but rather than choose one that you would not have chosen, I have elected to do nothing.

Lots of embossed printing for a jar so small, around the top it says INGRAM'S SHAVING CREAM and around the bottom rim it says BOTTLE PATD. No. 4 8 1953 which of course must be the year it was made. Centered in the bottom is the letter M in a circle which is generally attributed to the Maryland Glass Corporation, but that company closed its doors in 1941.


ABJ109 $9.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Cobalt Blue
Size:
•Depth: N/A"
•Width: 1 3/4"
•Height: 2 7/16"

Antique Glass Medicine Bottle, Pale Green ABJ108.

Comments: On the bottom is a 1 in a circle; not much information was gathered searching that, but it seems that like most of these bottles, it was a patent medicine or patent oil bottle. Also on the bottom, it is embossed 2 1/2 FL. OZ. with a number 1 (not in a circle) below. Residue inside and outside may be cleaned by someone proficient in the art; someone other than me. It's a small bottle with a fairly wide mouth considering the size of the bottle. Inside of the mouth is very smooth, suggesting a cork rather than a glass stopper. Marble included to prevent dust from accumulating in bottle while on display.


ABJ108 $5.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: pale green
Size:
•Depth: 1 1/4"
•Width: 2"
•Height: 3 5/8"

Antique Glass Bottle, Pale Blue, Pinex ABJ107.

Comments: Several unbroken bubbles present in this pale blue or aqua glass bottle. The face is embossed with Pinex in script, underlined, and below that is embossed TRADE MARK. The bottom has a mold circle that runs up onto the back of the bottle. The circle crosses and partially obscures what might be the number 8 and in the middle of the circle is the letter I in a diamond shape. Research indicates that this mark is Illinois Glass Company of Alton IL and that this particular mark was used from 1915-1929, although there are suggestions that the mark appeared as early as 1910. See this page for that information. Pinex was evidently a manufacturer of various medicines including cough syrup and laxatives; this bottle would have been for the cough syrup. Some interior residue present, smooth interior suggests a cork stopper rather than glass. Marble included as a decorative dust-preventer.


ABJ107 $6.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Pale blue, aqua
Size:
•Depth: 1"
•Width: 1 7/8"
•Height: 5 7/8"

Antique Glass Medicine Bottle, Brown Amber FGW ABJ106.

Comments: I've no idea what this bottle contained, but the presence of the four words: SHAKE BEFORE EACH DOSE embossed around the bottle near the neck would indicate something either helpful or dire; your guess is as good as mine. The bottom of the bottle is also embossed; in the center there is a very elongated G that is flanked by F on the left and W on the right. Above that is the number 85 and below it is what is probably a 1 but that is uncertain because a mold circle runs right through it. Two seams run vertically all the way to the top; the smooth inside of the mouth suggests cork stopper rather than glass. No chips, no cracks, but a number of bubbles toward the bottom of the bottle. I mention them because while for a very few (usually novice) collectors, the bubbles are a problem while for veteran collectors they are a bonus. Marble included in lieu of a cork and as an interesting way to keep dust from accumulating in the bottle while on display. The only information I was able to gather on this bottle suggested that it may have been a bitters bottle and that it was most likely circa 1910. The information was offered by a collector and I make no allusions to either the authenticity or lack thereof regarding that claim. Just a nice bottle.


ABJ106 $5.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Excellent
Color: Brown, Rootbeer, Amber
Size:
•Depth: N/A"
•Width: 1 3/4"
•Height: 5 7/8"

Antique Glass Medicine Bottle Fahrney & Sons ABJ105.

Comments: Lots of internal residue from (most likely) being buried should be removed by someone who knows the proper way to do so and that person is not me, so I leave it to you. The exterior of the glass feels oddly 'silky' and very smooth. The smooth mouth interior suggests a cork stopper rather than a glass one; the marble is included as a decorative way to keep dust from accumulating in the bottle once you've properly cleaned it. The bottom of the bottle is embossed FAHRNEY CHICAGO and in the center is the Owens Illinois mark and the numbers 9 3 and 6. One side of the bottle is embossed with PREPARED BY DR PETER FAHRNEY & SONS CO CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A. and the opposite side is embossed THE RELIABLE OLD-TIME PREPARATION FOR HOME USE. This is from the age of 'patent medicine' which could also be thought of as 'quack' medicine. Fahrney produced terrifying sounding things like Infallible Worm Syrup, German Liniment, Preparation For Cleansing the Blood, etc. This bottle would have contained his Teething Syrup For Babies which contained morphine and chloroform! Most likely just knocked the baby out so that the poor child slept through the teething phase...read about Fahrney's products on this page.


ABJ105 $9.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Good
Color: Clear
Size:
•Depth: 2 5/8"
•Width: 2 5/8"
•Height: 8 7/8"

Antique Glass Bottle, Watkins Scalp Tonic ABJ104.

Comments: My favorite thing about this bottle is the neck, which as you can see in the photos is not quite straight. I assume that this is due to the bottle being removed from the mold while it was still too hot, thereby allowing the narrow neck to list somewhat to the side. Look carefully at the photo of the bottom of the bottle; there is a half circle visible that looks like some kind of mold mark and it is very sharp to the touch; almost as though the bottle was scored along this line. Also there is that black thing at the corner; it is on the outside of the bottle but I am afraid to try to remove it for fear it is something actually incorporated in the glass. While the bottom of the bottle discloses no information, the sides do. One side is embossed J.R. WATKINS MEDICAL CO. WINONA MINN. U.S.A. and the other side is embossed WATKINS DANDRUFF REMOVER AND SCALP TONIC. Technically, this is an eight sided bottle due to the flattened or 'cropped' corners of the body. The mold seams go all the way to the top of the wide flange of the mouth and since the inside is very smooth, I think this one had a cork rather than a glass stopper. The marble is included simplay as a whimsical way to keep dust out of the inside of the bottle.


ABJ104 $10.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Clear
Size:
•Depth: 2 3/16"
•Width: 2 1/2"
•Height: 6 5/8"

Antique Glass Bottle, Aqua Blue, McElree's Cardui ABJ103.

Comments: Bottom marked with C 36, one side embossed CHATTANOOGA MEDICINE CO. and one side embossed McELREE'S CARDUI. The bottle is a nice blue green or aqua color and would have had a screw on cap which I believe makes it circa 1930's. The two seams are offset from center and run all the way to the top of the mouth. Residue on the inside should be cleaned by someone who knows the proper way to do it; I do not know and it doesn't detract from the display factor, so I've left it alone. The marble is included simply as a whimsical way to keep dust out of the inside of the bottle. Superficial exterior scratches consistent with age. Evidently, Cardui was a medicine (word used very loosely) for women's menstrual complaints. Some of the ingredients may or may not have been beneficial in this way, but the 20% alcohol content was likely more responsible for any relief that may have been found in using the product. If you are so inclined, you can read the original claims ascribed to this product by viewing this page.


ABJ103 $7.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Aqua, blue-green
Size:
•Depth: 1 1/2"
•Width: 2 3/4"
•Height: 8 3/8"

Antique Glass Medicine Bottle, Woodwards Chemist London ABJ102.

Comments: Nice little bottle for who knows what sort of medicine; the slight roughness inside the mouth makes me think this one had a glass stopper instead of a cork stopper. Clearly embossed on one face, it says WOODWARD CHEMIST LONDON while the other face and bottom are blank. No chips or cracks, two seams that run all the way to the top of the lip.


ABJ102 $5.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Very good
Color: Clear
Size:
•Depth: 1 1/2"
•Width: 2 1/2"
•Height: 6"

Antique Glass Cobalt Blue Jar, Vick's ABJ101.

Comments: Ever since Vick's started packaging their Vapo Rub product in plastic jars, the glass ones have become more collectable and harder to find. I'm happy to present one here for you in excellent condition; there is no label and the lid may or may not be original. The bottom is clearly marked so that there is no mistaking what product the jar once contained. Nice start to your cobalt collection or just another nice piece to add to your bottle and jar collection.


ABJ101 $6.00
Material: Glass
Condition: Excellent
Color: Cobalt blue
Size:
•Depth: N/A"
•Width: 2"
•Height: 3 1/4"