Help ID turquoise bottle

jaychen98

I found this bottle in about six inches of dust, in the crawl space under the house my great grandfather built in about 1890. I'm assuming it has been in that exact location since the house was built (a guess, of course).

Please help ID this bottle.

Description: COLOR: Blue-green to turquoise BOTTOM: Raised "A A" SEAM: The bottle seam is on two sides of the bottle and fades out towards the top of the neck. It does not continue onto the top lip of the bottle. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: It was found in Santa Maria, California MARKINGS: The front has raised intertwined letters S J P, order unknown. HEIGHT: 9 in.

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Thank you,

Jay

Chris

Here is an advert that says it all.

The product is malt extract which is used in beer making (thus the ad says "Beer of Health") Curiously, malt extract later became very popular during Prohibition for home brewers.

Yours looks to be a very nice clean example in a lovely teal blue. These bottles are fairly common but are quite collectible. Your bottle dates to the latter part of the 19th century.