I recently bought an antique bottle at a garage sale. It is embossed, "Ringrose's Pure Horseradish" on one side and "This Bottle is Never Sold" on the other side. I found one on Bonanza and one on Etsy and I am trying to sell mine on Ebay. Where and when was this bottle made? Is it really rare...
It looks very similar to this bottle on Etsy, a pharmacy bottle. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1448779267/vintage-purple-glass-pharmacy-pint?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=antique+purple+glass+medicine+bottles&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1
Yes, after doing more research on the internet, I found that the six pointed star was used in Hinduism, a symbol that indicates the unity of opposites (two triangles oriented in opposite directions.) A hexagram figure of a six-pointed star was also used in mysticism/occultism as a talisman or...
I agree, but since this bottle was sold in Germany as evidenced by Ye Olde Prospector above, perhaps they used the Latin letters instead. It is an enigma with all these various symbols together.
My sources are these: My own historical knowledge of Nazis stealing from Jews and reusing, reselling their possessions, (plus research to verify this online at history websites) the knowledge that the symbol on the bottles is definitely the Star of David, a symbol of Jews and Judaism, a...
My research shows these were used in synagogues or temples and held holy anointing oil. I'm wondering about the box and paper shown above by Ye Olde Prospector that shows it was a doll's milk bottle from Germany. I think these bottles were taken by Nazis from temples/synagogues during WWII...
Sorry I can't see your image right now, but if it is a small bottle with the star of David on the front and the initials MO, it is a bottle that held anointing oil in Jewish synagogues. Not a toy doll's bottle. MO probably stands for Myrrh Oil.