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LolaInSF

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I've seen a lot of milk bottles, but never one quite like this. No idea of its age, as I found it in a charity shop. I can't tell if the spout is supposed to look like it does or if the end was sliced off for some reason. It's about 4" tall, and the only markings are a W and 12 on the underside. Thoughts?
 

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Looks like someone got sick of cleaning the neck and just so happened to have a wet saw handy. DD
 

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These pints come up fairly regularly.
Technically not a milk, but it came from a dairy.
 

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That National Dairy bottle is really cool! I never saw one of those before.

I think that first "bottle" is actually tea steeper. It would have had a lid and possibly an insert for the tea. Put in the tea, add hot water, steep it, and pour it into a cup. I don't know why anyone would cut the spout off like that though, because it won't work too well anymore!
 

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Interesting thought! Google searches don't turn up anything antique for "tea steeper" or "tea infuser"... can you point me to one?
 

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Has anyone here actually seen a piece like this before, with an intact spout? I've seen bottles with a little spout at the rim (though that National Dairy bottle is cooler than any I've seen), but none with the spout further down and a handle -- tea pot style-- like this. I assumed it was a milk bottle of some sort just based on the basic shape of the vessel and the prominent rim, but maybe I'm completely off base.
 

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I found it! https://www.google.ca/search?q=glas...HYTWA7IQ9C8IHw&biw=1280&bih=893&dpr=1#imgrc=_

It's actually, strangely, supposed to have that sheared off spout. This doesn't conclusively say what it is because it's described as both a creamer and a "watering pitcher" (which it seems awfully small for) but it does indicate that it's mass-produced like that for some reason. I'm guessing that it dates from around the 1970s to the 1990s.
 

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WOW!!! Thank you! One of the descriptions says "for syrup or nuts." Syrup seems wrong, but nuts might make sense....that wide, stubby spout might work for sprinkling chopped nuts on a sundae or waffles...or whatever one sprinkled nuts on in the '70s. Mystery solved!!
 

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