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I found this bottle recently and am wondering about what the contents may have been. Most of the research I found on this company referenced food products. Overall 10" in height and 2 3/4" across the base. The only marking is the Bishop & Company on the bottom and what appears to be a 4 (Mold #) I'm guessing. Shaped is decagon (10 sided) almost like a Ketchup maybe, any Ideas?



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Los Angeles business, looks like a sauce bottle to me, nice coloration...
 
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Thats Kind of what I expected, this company must have specialized in food products from the information I've researched. Be looking I have several more from finds I've came across the past month or two. I have two more that have me stumped. I'll be posting later this evening. Thanks for the info.
 
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Definitely Ketchup. I have dug a lot of these in Ca. Only a couple purple.
 
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Being originally from California just South of L.A. I dug a fair number of those bottles but I believe I never got one THAT purple. I probably discarded them before I let them sit out in the sun long enough or put them in the "Purpling box". That's a beauty.
 
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I've found a few of these here in S. Carolina, also. This bottle though is not as deep color as it appears in the picture. Often when I photograph bottles I will use the "auto-correct feature" to bring out imperfections etc. This also brightens the colors as well. You can see in the picture, the grass in my yard is not that as green as the picture makes it appear.

I need to read up on some of the photography threads. I'm more of a bottle digger than a bottle photographer. Hahaha
 
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