Thatcher Milk Bottle
Im new to this but I picked up a bottle at thrift store the other day. On lip of bottle it reads: A BOTTLE OF MILK IS A BOTTLE OF HEALTH. At base of bottome it reads: HALF PINT LIQUID mTc SEALED 1-11-14. On the bottom it has a L on one side & S on other & a circle with the numbers 35 in it. Both sides of bottle has a very light acl lettering. One side says: Enjoy Angelene Ice Cream "All flavors meet with flavor" the other side says: Drink More Blu'Ribon Pasturized Milk "It's safe". I tried to research & the only thing I know at this point is that it is Thatcher Milk Company. If anyone could give me some info it would be greatly appreaciated.
Comments
Can you post some photos?
- The painted label (ACL) markings on the bottle are quite faded. The fading appears to be uniform so the bottle probably was buried or was out in the sun for a long time.
- The chipping on the base shown in picture 3 hurts the value of the bottle considerably. It's fairly substantial damage by bottle collectors' standards.
- The round mark on the base is a valve mark, which is the result of the machine manufacture of the bottle. This indicates a 20th century manufacture.
- Being a half pint, it held cream, not milk.
- Not sure which state this is from. You might search around on ebay
- Note that there are 1001 reproductions of a large bottle marked Thatcher. Most, if not all reproductions, are marked with an image of a man milking a cow. Originals of this particular bottle are very valuable. However, I scanned ebay quickly yesterday and did see a few that may have been from the same dairy.
HTH
Chris