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1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 10:53:21 AM    msmeower   Posts: 5 Joined: 6/26/2008 Status: offline I am new to this board- I love antique bottles and have shelves full from yard sales and flea markets. I found this bottle the other day under the old tenant house on our TN farm. Although the picture makes it look brown, it appears to have been thick clear glass. There is a line halfway across the bottle. Above and below the line it says "1/2 CUP" with an arrow pointing to the line. No other words are embossed on the bottle. The bottom of the bottle has a symbol with a 4 on one side and a 0 on the other- also the number 16 and an E. Any ideas about this bottle? What is the best way to clean the dirt out? WWM  Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 11:20:42 AM    OsiaBoyce Posts: 3734 Joined: 12/8/2005 From: Chinquapin Falls, S.C. Status: offline See if I can spell. Magneisum Citrate a laxitive. _____________________________ Wise men talk because they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something. (in reply to msmeower) Post #: 2

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 12:29:57 PM    towhead Posts: 2677 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: GREAT LAKES Status: offline Invest in some bottle brushes for cleaning.... (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 3

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 1:12:18 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline It's a CERTO bottle http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-73081/mpage-1/key-certo/tm.htm#73086 (in reply to towhead) Post #: 4

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 1:23:14 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Certo is a liquid fruit pectin used for making jams and jellies. It is used to give it its jel consistancy so that it isn't watery. < Message edited by woody -- 6/26/2008 1:35:17 PM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 5

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 1:28:03 PM    L C   Posts: 3420 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline Right on Woody. As for cleaning out dirt , I go to my local concrete company and sponge a bucket of sand, and keep it on hand .If its only dirt in the bottle , just add some sand (about half full) with water , and shake it well . Quick and easy , as well as gets into the bottom inside edge of the bottle really well . You can also save the sand after each use. A small amount of sand in a bucket will last for quite a long time for those quick and easy clean outs. < Message edited by L C -- 6/26/2008 1:30:49 PM > (in reply to woody) Post #: 6

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 3:36:43 PM    glass man Posts: 7721 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline SEEN alot of  these bottles from dumps around 1915 or 20s. _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to L C) Post #: 7

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/26/2008 10:14:49 PM    msmeower   Posts: 5 Joined: 6/26/2008 Status: offline Thanks to everyone for the quick ID. So is this bottle that old? (1920's)??? (in reply to glass man) Post #: 8

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 10:28:03 AM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I'd say the age is more likely from the 1940-1950's. Certo is a long established product, first created by General Foods (USA) in 1929. It is today well known throughout the western world as the leading pectin for use in home jam making. The Certo product is made only from apples and in accordance with the proven specification originally developed by General Foods (USA). < Message edited by woody -- 6/27/2008 10:30:31 AM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to msmeower) Post #: 9

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 12:31:50 PM    glass man Posts: 7721 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline Got to say Woody  is right ,as he seems to know what he is talking about,unlike some of us brain damaged folk! I have seen a lot of them...at a ..well what WOODY said. _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to woody) Post #: 10

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 12:42:53 PM    capsoda Posts: 9832 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Woody, You gonna tellem why you know so much about Certo and pectin???? _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ http://www.bornagainamerican.org (in reply to glass man) Post #: 11

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 12:52:45 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Here ya go!!! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Woody (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 12

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 12:52:50 PM    glass man Posts: 7721 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline What is this: WOODY, THE UNTOLD STORY ABOUT A MAN AND HIS CERTO? OK ,THE TRUTH HAS BEEN REVEALED ! DID YOU DO ALL THAT CANNING ,WOODY? My wife was saying the other day how she never learned to can,though her Mom and Granny did it for most all their years. A good thing to know these days! < Message edited by glass man -- 6/27/2008 12:58:08 PM > _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 13

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 12:56:14 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Actually, we use Ball fruit pectin. It sets up better. LOL!!! _____________________________ Woody (in reply to glass man) Post #: 14

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 3:40:35 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 1161 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Well Woody I see you are of the opinion that you don't need the rings for the maters (in reply to woody) Post #: 15

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 4:06:10 PM    glass man Posts: 7721 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline I thought it was vegtable soup. anyway Why not put the rings on ? Any thing to do with sealing it? _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 16

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/27/2008 4:22:21 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Some people take the rings off after the jars are sealed. I suppose it really doesn't matter either way. You can reuse the rings but not the lids. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to glass man) Post #: 17

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/28/2008 1:34:36 AM    msmeower   Posts: 5 Joined: 6/26/2008 Status: offline Woody, how do you get the liquid level so high in your beans and potatoes? I pressure canned both a couple nights ago. I left an inch of head space like the book says, and all my quart jars lost a fair bit of liquid. I've got two inches of beans and potatoes sticking up above the fluid line now! Maybe I should have used Certo? WWM (in reply to woody) Post #: 18

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/28/2008 1:50:53 AM    RedGinger Posts: 6727 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline This post is making me hungry. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVTdY2BI3g (in reply to msmeower) Post #: 19

RE: 1/2 cup measure bottle? - 6/28/2008 10:25:19 AM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Fill them almost to the top, Wendy, because once you pressure cook them the water will evaporate some. Also push the beans down good in the jar when you pack them, to get the air bubbles out. What you thought was potatoes in the picture is actually pears. You only use fruit pectin for jellies and jams. LOL. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to RedGinger) Post #: 20

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