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I have NO idea how old this bottle is can you help? - 4/8/2003 3:40:03 PM    Guest I need help identifying a bottle that was washed up on shore, someone with the expertise in the field of antiques and artifacts, American history or knowledge in old bottles. I found this bottle when I was out scouting for deer tracks and deer trails down in the wooded edge of the river bottoms. The bottle has a number on the bottom it reads 1845. Is there someone on the Internet that can help me identify this bottle? I have my own personal website with pictures of the bottle. If you can help please go to my personal page http://www.andydreamcatcher.com I hope someone can help me. Thank you for reading my message. Andy Attachment (1)   Post #: 1

RE: I have NO idea how old this bottle is can you help? - 4/8/2003 5:21:46 PM    Guest what does the embossing on the sholder of the bottle read ? i cant make it out from the pictures. i can tell by the bottom it is a newer bottle. after 1920 or so. (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 2

RE: I have NO idea how old this bottle is can you help? - 4/13/2003 8:47:43 AM    AndyR   Posts: 47 Joined: 1/8/2003 From: Conroe, Texas (but originally Massachusetts) Status: offline Hi! I have looked at your many pictures of this bottle and can tell you a few things. The embossing on the shoulder (which looks like 50 MILS) is a weight measurement for the contents. This is certainly a machine-made bottle from the 20th century. Since it has a cork-type opening, it is probably from the first 40 years of the century, so it is actually from 1900-1940, not 1845 as you had hoped. The 1845 number is a either a style number or possibly the date when the product was introduced, trademarked, copyrighted, or patented. I suspect it is British, so what makes the story interesting to me is wondering where it started its " swim" and what beach you found it on. It could have been a pharmacy bottle, but it looks more like an industrial use bottle of the machine fluid, solvent, or cleaning type. Hope this helps some. I have posted the same message on our web page so that our readers can see an answer to your inquiry there as well. < Message edited by AndyR -- 4/13/2003 8:49:29 AM > (in reply to Guest) Post #: 3

RE: I have NO idea how old this bottle is can you help? - 4/14/2003 10:48:36 AM    Guest this is a medical bottle. i saw one over the weekend it had a paper label on it that said MEYERS ST.LOUIS . the bottles had diffrent contents .hard telling what was in yours. it is from the 1920' s (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 4

RE: I have NO idea how old this bottle is can you help? - 4/16/2003 7:13:19 PM    Guest THE BOTTLE MAKER MARK IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM IS OWENS OF ILLINOIS YOUR BOTTLE WAS MADE BETWEEN 1932 AND 1943 . (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 5

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