Interstate Chemical Co. Blackberry Cordial

[cobaltbot]

Recently picked up this Baltimore bottle at an indoor antique mall for $9. It's listed in the Baltimore bottle book as uncommon. They don't mention the I.C.Co. banner logo embossed on the bottle, but it's probably the same bottle.

 

[idigjars]

Steve, nice find. Congratulations! The top looks different on it. Thanks for sharing your find with us. Paul

 

[cobaltbot]

Thanks Paul, It's still a tooled top even though the partial label mentions the Food & Drug Act of 1906. Sideways in red on the label it says something about being 18% Alcohol (also says absolutely harmless!) I thought the Food and Drug Act required them to list the ingredients(or was it only the nasty ones)?

 

[cobaltbot]

From what's left of the box we can tell it cost 25 cents and besides the Blackberry Cordial they also had a bottle for liniment and possibly something called Speedway Stock Food. Looked pretty bad with all the dryed up contents in it. I saved some of that stuff before I washed it.

 

[cobaltbot]

Hey justaddirt, now you know what might of come in the bottle you found last year.

 

[justadddirt]

Thank's for the info on the Interstate bottle Steve. Would have never guessed in a million years that bottle held Blackberry Cordial. I thought it held some kind of chemicals. Thanks a lot Steve!!

 

[cobaltbot]

Cool, good chance it was the 25 c blackberry cordial but it could have also held linament or stock food or something else if they used the same bottle for their various brands.

 

[capsoda]

Great bottle Steve. 18% alcohol!!!! Sounds like Boone's Farm Blackberry Cordial! [sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]

I don't think they started the "what's in it" label listing until later except for alcohol.

 

[cobaltbot]

It'd be interesting to put some of the dried ingredients through some analysis. To see what all was actualy in there.