"JSP" teal bottle....?

[FlouiseA27]

This is what I mean about Polak! I just looked at page 150 and 155 and I laughed... where does this guy get his info?! UPS? Cracks me up. Thanks for your replies, and the compliment.

 

[Wilkie]

I found this online at http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/august2002/august_2002_questions_ask_digger.htm

"thanks Digger"

These are very pretty bottles. For many years, I wondered myself what they contained. Here is an 1890 ad which gives the details. According to the ad, the product was first put on the market in this country in 1866 and sold as Hoff's Malt Extract by one Leopold Hoff. In 1868 the business was "transferred" to Joseph S. Pedersen, hence the JSP monogram. Apparently the next year the product became property of Tarrant & Company. Digger

 

[logueb]

From reading the label, I picked up a clue as to where Polak got his "prussion blue". Apparently the stuff was originally made in Hamburg, Germany, which used to be called Prussia. And, there is a color called Prussian Blue according to the web. So I guess that Polak misspelled that also. Anyway, love the bottle and the color , whatever it is. I always like those fancy monograms.