Listerine Bottle, What year?

UPCaptioner65 · Dec 14, 2005

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.

UPCaptioner65 · Dec 14, 2005

Here's a picture of the label:

capsoda · Dec 14, 2005

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.[

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diggerjeff · Dec 14, 2005

yours looks to be from the 1920 period.

DiggerBryan · Dec 14, 2005

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?

madman · Dec 15, 2005

hey very cool!! didnt no they used listerine for all that!??! wow interesting. never seen the label or the cork very nice rare ??? mike

GuntherHess · Dec 15, 2005

The advertising corkscrew really makes that interesting.

TheDiggerBoy91 · Dec 16, 2005

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

UPCaptioner65 · Dec 16, 2005

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.

ronvae · Dec 16, 2005

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)...."

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