early mellins jar

[madman]

heres a mellins food jar i dug today, the bottle is machine made, but it has whittle marks ??? mike

 

[madman]

bottle reads mellins food co. other side says boston u.s. small size w on base

 

[Elihu]

Did you ever get a year on this bottle found the same one yesterday.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Looks post 1900. Mellins food for infants and invalids. Developed by Gustav Mellin in 1866. A soluble dry extract of wheat, malted barley and bicarbonate of potassium diluted with cows milk and water it was called a milk modifier. The only perfect substitute for mother's milk, it was not a complete nutritional substitute. They came in 3 sizes early ones were corktop and later screwtop.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I have seen Mellin food bottles which came with a granular powder that you mix with milk and or water as late as 1940s-50s.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[mytauntaunsbeat]

Looks post 1900. Mellins food for infants and invalids. Developed by Gustav Mellin in 1866. A soluble dry extract of wheat, malted barley and bicarbonate of potassium diluted with cows milk and water it was called a milk modifier. The only perfect substitute for mother's milk, it was not a complete nutritional substitute. They came in 3 sizes early ones were corktop and later screwtop.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

i have a Mellins i just got in a tote of bottles, so good to know thanks

 

[Harry Pristis]

A cork neck liner, but a hard rubber stopper on some Mellin's jars.

 

[jarsnstuff]

This one has a glass stopper, it's possible that it's not original, but looks good. With original label.