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Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/14/2005 6:39:21 AM    UPCaptioner65   Posts: 4 Joined: 12/14/2005 Status: offline Found this old Listerine bottle in the walls of our home as we are totally gutting and remodeling an old Victorian home built in 1902. Just wondering as to the age of the bottle? The markings on the bottom are the number 108 inside a diamond shape and then the number 5 underneath that. On the bottle itself it ays Listerine and Lambert Pharmacal Company. The corkscrew is still intact in the bottle and says Listerine in red letters. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/14/2005 6:41:13 AM    UPCaptioner65   Posts: 4 Joined: 12/14/2005 Status: offline Here's a picture of the label: Attachment (1) < Message edited by UPCaptioner65 -- 12/14/2005 6:41:35 AM > (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 2

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/14/2005 12:06:13 PM    capsoda Posts: 7911 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hi Sandra, and Welcome. Those listerine bottles usually aren't worth much but I have never seen one with the label and the cork. The cork is a rare find. They date from the late 1800s to about the mid 1920s, after that they had screw caps. That will display real nice. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 3

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/14/2005 2:15:15 PM    diggerjeff Posts: 555 Joined: 7/4/2004 From: central illinois Status: offline yours looks to be from the 1920 period. _____________________________ diggerjeff I DIG, THEREFORE I AM. (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 4

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/14/2005 8:10:07 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 809 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Cool bottle like Capsoda said I've never seen one with the label either. By the way Sandra what is the meaning of your forum name? _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 5

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/15/2005 1:36:14 AM    madman   Posts: 4856 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey very cool!! didnt no they used listerine for all that!??! wow interesting. never seen the label or the cork very nice rare ??? mike (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 6

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/15/2005 8:18:18 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5155 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The advertising corkscrew really makes that interesting. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 7

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/16/2005 8:25:14 AM    TheDiggerBoy91   Posts: 609 Joined: 10/11/2004 Status: offline I think Listerines used cork tops till at least the late 30's-early 40's. I agree with diggerjeff, looks to be about c.1920 < Message edited by TheDiggerBoy91 -- 12/16/2005 8:25:58 AM > (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 8

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/16/2005 8:23:29 PM    UPCaptioner65   Posts: 4 Joined: 12/14/2005 Status: offline DiggerJeff, My forum name UPCaptioner is just a name I use because I'm from the U.P. (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) and I work as a realtime closed captioner for TV. :) Thanks for all the replies! Now I'm really looking into the walls as we're remodeling as this bottle was wedged way down between the second floor and the first floor within the wall. We've also found a 1912 tobacco tin, a 1905 copenhagen container, and a 1902 newspaper. (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 9

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/16/2005 10:07:54 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Hey UP, Here's info on the maker's mark from www.myinsulators.com "Diamond with 2-, 3-, or 4-digit number or letter & numbers combination within it...Illinois Glass Company, Alton, IL, (1873-1929)...." (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 10

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/18/2005 7:40:52 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Hello and welcome. I just read that the IG co. got their first owens machime in 1910. For several years prior the were using semi auto machines. They had to remove 11 furnaces to accomidate it the Owens. Listerine and the Lambert co were probably one of their bigger accounts and went straight to being machine made ASAP. I'd guess if it's not you could date it prior to 1910. Listerine started in 1879 so that can help also. Check the seam on the side and look for a blow back mark or the "owens ring" on the bottom. Check here for those marks. BLM Bases Maybe you could post back with a picture of the bottom. _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 11

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/19/2005 2:29:02 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Alright!! Another Yooper!! Not many of us around of course. I actually live in Ohio now, but was born and raised near Carney. Where'bouts you from? Yooper14 (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 12

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/28/2005 8:00:57 AM    UPCaptioner65   Posts: 4 Joined: 12/14/2005 Status: offline Hey Yooper14! You mean there's another Yooper on this forum, eh? :P I'm from Escanaba. (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 13

RE: Listerine Bottle, What year? - 12/28/2005 10:37:14 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Escanaba, Eh! That's where my folks work. Like I said, I grew up in Carney (30 min west) and Escanaba was my hometown! I'm donw in Ohio now though....better digging down here I think, although I have a few great OLD places in mind next time I'm above the bridge. Tim _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to UPCaptioner65) Post #: 14

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