J R Watkins what was in it?

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Have a J R Watkins bottle - when I took cork out there was a strong odor that definitely was not vanilla.

Does anyone know what it might be?

Thank you,
Nancy
 

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Hi Nancy-

Welcome to the Forum ....

I have a few of the JR Watkins bottles too, but I don't know what was in them. Someone will be along shortly that knows....

-Julie
 

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Wow Woody!!!! You musta' been typing at the same time as me. Thanks for your input!

-Julie
 

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I use Watkins liniment when I get a sore back.[:mad:]
You can buy it at Walmart.
They make alot of different products.
 

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Hi Woody,
I am new at this - and I am still researching about my JR Watkins Co bottle I found at a garage sale.
When I was able to carefully pull the cork out and smell the little bit of dark residue in it , it smelled like
a strong cleaner of some sort and not vanilla as I suspected it might be.
I did look on the internet about the history of the company, and they did make cleaning products. Or maybe
someone could have used the bottle to store some other product. Their bottles were covered in dirt and must
have been buried somewhere when they were discovered.
It is about 8 1/2" tall and in real good shape with the cork still in it, and 3" x 1 1/2" flat bottle
Do you know of any other product they produced?
What do you think?
Appreciate any other opinion you may have.
Thank you very much.
Bunny!
 

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Hi Woody,
Thanks so much for the info. The link to the history of Watkins products was very informative
and interesting.
Thank you for taking time to answer my question.

Bunny
 

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