Old Listerine shot bottle

[Greg H]

Here is a Listerine bottle I found, looks like it would hold about 2 ounces, the cork top is missing but seems to be in good shape.It says Listerine on top and Lamber pharmacal company lower on the side, has a triangle on the bottom. I thought that it could be a rare find?

 

[Greg H]

2nd pic

 

[Wheelah23]

Hate to break it to ya... That's one of the most common bottles you can dig... [8D]

Still cool though, homeowners like 'em because Listerine is still used.

 

[Bixel]

Sadly, not rare. I found one of these early on too, and thought the same thing.

 

[samantha]

Yeah I have at least a hundred of the same bottle

 

[mtfdfire22]

why ever would you keep one hundred of those lol???? seems.....i dunno, strange

 

[JohnN]

I got one of these. When were they made? I don't care about how common they are, I just like to think about how old they are.

 

[Jim]

The cork top ones are from the 1920s-30s. ~Jim

 

[Wheelah23]

ORIGINAL: Jim

The cork top ones are from the 1920s-30s.  ~Jim

The blown ones are much earlier. Dug one like the one pictured in my 1890's dump, and a large sized one in an 1880's-1890's layer of a privy. Common nonetheless.

 

[Jim]

You're correct, Wheel, they do go earlier. I was thinking of the hundreds of ABM cork ones that I used to dig in dumps when I was younger. They must have switched to the screw caps sometime in the 30s, as I remember finding both types together in 30s dumps. The screw cap embossed ones were around into the 1980s in glass (I remember them). At least there will still be a few things for diggers to look for a hundred years from now[] ~Jim