Antique shop find

[Tony14]

Picked this guy up for $25 at an antique shop yesterday...pretty much attic mint with a slight bit of corosion on the token. ITs a quart fountain city dairy Which was in fond du lac from about 1915-1933. And its a rare one.

 

[Tony14]

heres the token side.

 

[Tony14]

and heres where i need some help. Ive never seen a cover like this on a milk before. It looks like aluminum and has a little hook thing on each side. The top is stamped A&M Spec. Co. Boscobel Wis. Patent Pending. Anyone ever see anything like this?

 

[cobaltbot]

Very nice, never seen a token milk before. Creamtops were also pat'd in 1925.

 

[Tony14]

thanks for the comment cobaltbot. This one comes in quart, pint and 1/2 pint sizes as well as an extremely rare cottage cheese jar with the token. I was lucky enough to dig at least one of every variation but the cottage cheese and pint were when i first started digging and i sold them both for next to nothing [] Ive never seen either of them since. I now own 2 quarts and 2 half pints.

 

[treasurekidd]

That's an awesome bottle! I've seen similar tin caps like that one, but I've never seen a bottle with a token molded into it like that. That's sweet, and it's even better that it's a local bottle. Nice find!!

 

[Stardust]

nice find Tony....love antique shops.....[] hey enjoy the holiday!

 

[beendiggin]

Very cool, Tony. That is unusual with a token. I don't know a lot about milks but I like the variety.

 

[Tony14]

Thanks for the comments guys! there is one more from wisconsin that has a token in it and thats got a baby on the token! That ones a little more rare than this though []. These are the only milk bottles that i keep(unless i double up). I sell the rest that i get.

 

[Trying not to break it]

hi tony, really nice bottle, don't have any thing like that around here, that i know of. nice to get some rare ones. good luck, rhona