Oriental "Show-You" sauce bottle with original label.

[Robby Raccoon]

Around from 1924 to 1963, Oriental was one of the first Shoyu, or Soy-Sauce, makers in America. Read more on this old thread. It's both paper-label and embossed. According to a second-hand source on the MSU archaeology page, this bottle came in 3 sizes (mine is a 9-oz.) I believe mine to be 1940s. They seem to be very rarely seen (1 I saw online) with the original label. Bottle's common usually, though. One sold lacking the back label completely, of which I believe might have held a coupon-- hence why most of mine is also missing. I couldn't resist the light risk at $3.

I actually had to do 'label-surgery' to keep it together. Handling it was a danger-- so imagine how it fared both many hands (likely) in the store and a 12-mile ride back home via bike. Real color of the glass seen here. Overall, it's in very rough shape; but if the bottle goes for 4+ dollars... The label should raise that. It also has just a little original product saved in its interior, preserved by a cork broken in the mouth.

 

[hemihampton]

Cool, Never seen the label before, I dug a few of those in a 19teens-20's dump before. LEON.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I linked your old thread on it (one) in the first blue text. Label seems rare.

 

[goodman1966]

Nice Robert ! Columbia city is a small town. That should be a plus. Looks like it had a screw cap ? Maybe you can find one to fit it. On the right side of the label does it say "for chop-sue" ? Mitch

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I don't have a Worthpoint account, so I do not know how much the other labeled one went for. e-Bay sold an unlabeled one for $4 recently. Left:

Right indeed does, amigo:

It's "For Meat & Fish" and "For Chop Suey" as well, Goodman.

 

[hemihampton]

No Screw cap on mine. Mine had to be from the 20's. Maybe Spirit Bear has a early 60's screw cap? LEON.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I have a lot of caps, Hemi. I haven't tested any but could dig out a bunch of screw-caps from the '40s+. Most are labeled, though. I have one from an old whiskey-- metal cap-- I might try. Nothing on it. Even then, I know where I could dig a bunch from the '40s-'50s. But I just filled in that pit last week. Hah hah! Still not the original cap, though.

 

[hemihampton]

I'm talking about your bottle, not actual caps.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I am confused. We're talking about finding a screw-cap for the bottle, yes? I'd need one from the 1940s for it.

 

[hemihampton]

NO, We are talking about my Oriental bottle being a older 1920's blob or cork top (NOT screw cap) And your newer Oriental bottle being a newer Screw cap version of my bottle. LEON. P.S. at least thats what i was talking about.