This looks like the post you are looking for: https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-299329/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm#299826
I found it by typing the following into google: site:antique-bottles.net coca cola mold
This link may answer your question. Looks like the company took the name "A.S. Watson and Company" in 1871, but operations in Manila didn't begin until 1884, so I'd say GuntherHess hit the nail on the head with the date of your bottle. The site details milestones in the company's history from...
Found a website with quite a few .pdf's of old texts regarding botanical medicines. The "Fenner's Complete Formulary and Handbook (1888) " files are particularly interesting because it details the formulations of the contents of the bottles we are finding (bitters, cures, tonics, remedies...
This was found in a pile of jars and bottles a few yards away from an old house foundation. Everything in the pile seemed to be 50's - 70's or so.
The snowman measures about 2.5 inches high. At the top of the snowman is what appears to have been a wire loop (now gone) that was inserted...
Thanks for all the info guys. I'm totally sure this isn't a repro. It was covered and filled with dirt when found...I just put the cork in it for "ambience" [:)] I'll try to post pictures of some of our other finds from this dump, but I think this poison is probably our best find to date.
Hi everyone,
I've been lurking here for a few months now. I really appreciate the fact that you treat all bottle collectors equally. The newbie who posts a picture of a common screw top from the 60's gets the same congratulations and encouragement as the veteran collector posting the rarest...