1880-1890 blob top from Owen Clarke - Long Island City

williamh6

Hi guys, I’m new here and looking for a little help. My husband came across this old bottle and we have found some history on it. However, we can’t seem to find anything comparable to appraise it. I will post pictures and any help would be greatly appreciated! Like I said, we are newbies when it comes to our bottle collecting, so I’m looking forward to learning some new stuff! Thank you!!

Chris

Owen Clarke was one of over 18,000 bottlers of his time (roughly 1880s) and little is known about most of them

There are four documented bottles from his operation:

http://sodasandbeers.com/SABSearchResults.aspx?Source=Firms&Firm=58515&SourceDesc=Clarke%2c+Owen

This would have been a soda bottle, and was returned for cleaning and re-use.