gillets chinese liquid blueing

[mikmis]

i cant find any information on this bottle .it says gillets chinese liquid blueing .the bottle was made in pittsburg it has a.&d.h.c in a circle on the base .i also found a beer with s.mc kee & co.on the base also from pa but no other emossing .thanks for any help

 

[GuntherHess]

That's a cool bottle but blueing bottles are one of those bottles that dont seem to easily fit into any collecting categories. I guess they fall under HOUSEHOLD bottles with glues, furniture polishes, cleaners and other such bottles.

 

[mikmis]

thanks for the information .thats about all i could find too but nothing on gillet

 

[GuntherHess]

where did you find it? That may be useful info.

 

[GuntherHess]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Gillet-s-Jamaica-Ginger-bottle_W0QQitemZ270198886339QQihZ017QQcategoryZ13910QQcmdZViewItem

Found this bottle but dont know if its related. may give some search clues...

 

[GuntherHess]

One thing that may make searching difficult is there seems to be variations in the way his name was spelled.
I see bottles with both Gillet and Gillett spells, not an uncommon thing in 19th century america

GILLET[/b]/CHICAGO[/b] Fike 1987:163
GILLETT'S/ESS JAMAICA/GINGER[/b]/E. W. GILLETT/CHICAGO[/b] Fike 1987:117, 128
GILLETT'S/ESS JAMAICA/GINGER[/b]/F. W. GILLETT/CHICAGO[/b] Wilson 1981:34

 

[mikmis]

thanks matt that first one looks like the same spelling .i found it at about 9500 ft in the colorado rockies there was also an unembossed cone ink burried there too.ive seen some pretty brutal pictures of guys draging heavy machinery up the mountains by mule and sled .its crazy that they survived the trip all the way from the east coast

 

[GuntherHess]

Were Chinese laundries just a western phenomenon?

 

[GuntherHess]

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:_wFshtYvoAYJ:www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/vol26/26GSJ21g.html+chinese+laundry&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us

duh... I guess not, at least in R.I.

 

[mikmis]

i remember digging in a place near fairplay colo.when i was a kid my dad said it was a camp where the chinese railroad workers had set up camp .not sure what the date of the site was but we found alot of oxen shoes . that article said that alot of them opened laundries after building the railroads.