Need some info in this please.

louisiana_manlouisiana_man
edited December 2011 in Question and Answer
I found this bottle in a creek last year and it has no markings at all other than a seam. I would any information I can get. How old, what it was used for, and value.

thanks.

Comments

  • louisiana_manlouisiana_man
    Oh, here's the size. 7 3/16 long 2 wide and 1 1/4 thick.
  • historichistoric
    Hi Louisiana Man,

    this is a late 19th century generic bottle used for medicine. A bottle manufacturing company would sell these in bulk to a pharmacist or medicinal company.

    Bottle collectors call this shape a "paneled medicine" owing to its common use of recessed panels. Of course such bottles almost always were labeled.

    Unfortunately, without label or embossing, it is not worth much....perhaps a few dollars.
  • louisiana_manlouisiana_man
    historic,

    Thanks so much for the info. It'll be a conversation piece to a fun fishing trip. It has definitely peeked my interest in antique bottles.
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