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Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/5/2005 12:44:39 PM    glopf43   Posts: 190 Joined: 12/17/2004 From: NORTH CAROLINA Status: offline Hello all. I just dug up this pretty amber bottle 9 1/2" in hight, screw-top, Owens Ill. mark on base: 4<>8. As you can see in the photo it has a great embossing of a fisherman hauling a huge fish, nice color too. Any ideas on age, company, product, value, etc. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Keep Those Fingernails dirty, *GARY* ~Diggermeister~ Post #: 1

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/5/2005 3:42:55 PM    Dirranbandi   Posts: 104 Joined: 4/25/2004 From: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Status: offline G'day Your bottle is a Scott's Emulsion which used Cod Liver Oil and has been discussed on previous discussion threads - http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_11916/mpage_1/key_emulsion/anchor/tm.htm#12018 The Digger Odell website http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/1999miscel/question.htm lists the following information: "Your bottle is a product of Alfred B. Scott & Samuel W. Browne, who began to manufacture Scott's Emulsion around 1876 in NYC. The famous man carrying a fish was their trademark and logo and was embossed on the bottle beginning in the 1890s. Your bottle probably dates between 1876 and 1890. By 1915 they had grown tremendously and had moved their business to New Jersey. The product was a very popular one and so the bottles are quite common and can easily be found for $3-5, slightly more with the embossed trademark. Digger" . I have attached a copy of their 1915 Advert for your information. Cheers, Dirranbandi Attachment (1) (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 2

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/5/2005 4:56:14 PM    glopf43   Posts: 190 Joined: 12/17/2004 From: NORTH CAROLINA Status: offline Thanks Dirranbandi, I thought it was likely a cod liver oil product. Yummy! I dug it from a 1930s era dump. It still had a cap with lots of residue inside. Interesting smell too. I really appreciate the help... _____________________________ Keep Those Fingernails dirty, *GARY* ~Diggermeister~ (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 3

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/6/2005 10:39:40 PM    oldshoe4u   Posts: 211 Joined: 2/3/2005 From: Cental NY Status: offline http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_16264/mpage_2/key_/tm.htm# About 1/2 way Here's My scotts emulsion, but I don't have the guts to open it... < Message edited by oldshoe4u -- 3/6/2005 10:40:34 PM > _____________________________ BOB An old shoe in yer hole is good luck (unless theres a foot still in it..) (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 4

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/7/2005 3:43:07 AM    madman   Posts: 4688 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline heres mine these are cool bottles , even no there common mike Attachment (1) (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 5

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 3/7/2005 12:48:49 PM    glopf43   Posts: 190 Joined: 12/17/2004 From: NORTH CAROLINA Status: offline Hey Oldshoe, I'm not afraid. Send it my way and I'll clean it up but then I'll want to keep it! I'll even pay for shipping...I've already cleaned some funky stuff out of some of my bottles; scott'a emulsion, embalming fluid, nail & shoe polish, peanut butter (about 50yr's old). It's always an dventure! Thanks for the photo, madman! _____________________________ Keep Those Fingernails dirty, *GARY* ~Diggermeister~ (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 6

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 7/14/2005 11:17:42 AM    NORG   Posts: 310 Joined: 5/4/2005 From: Newfoundland, Canada Status: offline Here's some of my Scott's Emulsion's... Attachment (1) (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 7

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 7/15/2005 1:41:37 AM    madman   Posts: 4688 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey norg nice collection, what do you date those babys!! hey digger miester can i see a pix of the base of your bottle mike (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 8

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 7/15/2005 8:27:26 AM    NORG   Posts: 310 Joined: 5/4/2005 From: Newfoundland, Canada Status: offline madman, I think they're from the 1930's-1940's. Rob (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 9

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 7/16/2005 10:27:37 AM    diggermeister Posts: 149 Joined: 5/3/2005 From: North Carolina, USA Status: offline Hey Mike, Heres a pic of the bottom of my scotts bottle. Looks like a '4' and a '0' or '9'. Attachment (1) _____________________________ If I Wasn't Crazy; I'd Go Insane, GARY http://groups.yahoo.com/group/federal_law_forbids_bottles (in reply to glopf43) Post #: 10

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 4/27/2007 5:15:18 PM    jamus   Posts: 124 Joined: 4/21/2007 Status: offline The amber scott's emulsion were made after 1947 when they introduced the amber color to preserve contents. (in reply to diggermeister) Post #: 11

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 4/27/2007 6:31:01 PM    carling   Posts: 370 Joined: 9/30/2006 Status: offline About a month ago I posted photos of this one, with the original paper label.....It looks amber but the photos are before I cleaned it.  It is aqua. Attachment (1) (in reply to jamus) Post #: 12

RE: Man w/huge fish amber embossed - 4/27/2007 6:31:55 PM    carling   Posts: 370 Joined: 9/30/2006 Status: offline close up.... Attachment (1) (in reply to carling) Post #: 13

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