Harry Pristis
Well-Known Member
This is one of the first bottles I ever bought, and I still don't know anything of its origin. I suspect this bottle may be British. Is anyone here familiar with this bottle?
This pickle bottle is 7.25" tall, with an applied lip and smooth base. I estimate it dates to about 1900. The base is embossed with a __4, the first number being "smudged." Could be "94".
The body is distinctively embossed within an oval. There are two flags crossed, British and American. Along the top margin of the oval is embossed TRADE / REGD / MARK.
At the lower margin is a crude monogram with an "S" and perhaps a "W" and other stick-like marks (see close-up pic).
This bottle is figured in Betty Zumwalt's book, KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES: 19TH CENTURY FOOD IN GLASS. On page 471 she says this:
The trademarked flags were unidentified, just one among many trademarks and patents not found. Perhaps someone will accidentally come across these marks and help to give some history to these desirable specimens.
Zumwalt does not mention the monogram, though it is evident in her illustration. I suspect she had as much trouble deciphering it as I have had. Perhaps someone here can decipher it.
(The yellow-amber pickle bottle in the image is a BUNKER HILL PICKLES.)
---------------Harry Pristis
This pickle bottle is 7.25" tall, with an applied lip and smooth base. I estimate it dates to about 1900. The base is embossed with a __4, the first number being "smudged." Could be "94".
The body is distinctively embossed within an oval. There are two flags crossed, British and American. Along the top margin of the oval is embossed TRADE / REGD / MARK.
At the lower margin is a crude monogram with an "S" and perhaps a "W" and other stick-like marks (see close-up pic).
This bottle is figured in Betty Zumwalt's book, KETCHUP, PICKLES, SAUCES: 19TH CENTURY FOOD IN GLASS. On page 471 she says this:
The trademarked flags were unidentified, just one among many trademarks and patents not found. Perhaps someone will accidentally come across these marks and help to give some history to these desirable specimens.
Zumwalt does not mention the monogram, though it is evident in her illustration. I suspect she had as much trouble deciphering it as I have had. Perhaps someone here can decipher it.
(The yellow-amber pickle bottle in the image is a BUNKER HILL PICKLES.)
---------------Harry Pristis