Bottle experts - I need your help!

[LHHScurator]

Thank you all for your help with this. I appreciate the time you took to share your expertise!

 

[carobran]

man,that maks my sick bottles look mint[]

 

[botlguy]

ORIGINAL: GuntherHess

I would say your Southern Glass Co. guess is probably accurate.
It is an early post mold. The lip looks like the thin applied types typical from the midwestern glass houses.
I would guess mid 1870s to early 1880s. That style was typical for patent medicines like Jamaica Gingers.

That picture of the applied collar says mid 1870s to me, agreeing with Matt, so I strongly vote for Southern Glass Co. , their time frame seems to fit best.

 

[dollarbill]

That would be Southern Glass Co. Louisville,Ky. With that one being 1880 to 1883 or so. from what I've found .I myself have dug several like the one you have here in my neck of the woods in Ky .There are flasks,wax sealers,gingers like yours and pickels and a few other types of bottle with the same makers mark from this co.The 1880s seem to have been there most productive time to.
bill

 

[RonJonbold]

That is a cool looking bottle and learning about old glass is the main reason I'm here. I saw an old advertisement from the Southern Glass Co. a while back; apparently they were an important company in the late 19th century in Kentucky. Here's a link to a PDF with info on them including some pictures of their products that do look a lot like that bottle, albeit newer: http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/LouisvilleGlass2_Whitten.pdf

 

[GuntherHess]

4) S.G.Co. (Chemical bottles, wax
sealers, ginger ovals, John J. Smith tonic
bottles)


I think the Ginger ovals would be the bottle in question.

 

[DavidW]

LHHS Curator - I just accidentally ran across your post from about 12 years ago! Just wanted to add that yes, that is a typical bottle style that was made by Southern Glass Company of Louisville, KY. The date range is from 1877 to about 1885. They made at least two sizes of those bottles (that I have seen over the years). The smaller size is marked "S.G.W. / LOU. KY." on the bottom and measures about 6 and 3/8ths inches tall. The larger size is marked "S.G.CO." on the bottom and typically measures between 7 & 1/4th inches and 7 and 1/2 inches tall (depending on the applied lip configuration - sometimes it is a bit extended).
Although they are described as "ginger ovals" (similar to the bottles that F. Brown's Jamaica Ginger" were bottled in) in glassmaker catalogs, they were used as "generic" or "all purpose" bottles and I am sure was used for a variety of products by local businesses, including medicines, laundry bluing, cough syrup, etc.