Seeking Info on Sauce & Perfume Type Bottles

[NewbieBottler]

Hi! I think maybe some of these are sauce bottles?

#1 (far left) and #2 are unmarked. #3 has a partial label which reads:
Eau De Cologne Bemis & (??)erned. It has embossed stars
on the other three sides. #4 has tag on which someone indicates
it was from the New England Glass Works. The pretty green on the
right (#5) is marked S & P Pat.App.For.

Any info on any of these bottles....manufacturer or price value or
what they might have contained would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! []

 

[woody]

Other than the cologne bottle, #3, I believe the others are peppersauce bottles.

 

[GuntherHess]

The right and left end bottles are definately peppersauce. The three clear are a bit harder to tell but are sauce style bodies but have lips more typical of colognes.

 

[capsoda]

Yeap, I agree with Matt. The two colored ones are sauce bottles and the other three are colognes.

 

[fsperry]

Hi Newbie, Bottle #4 is identical in style to a cologne example shown on page 270 of Michael Polak's "5th Edition Antique Trader, Bottles Identification and Price Guide" published in 2005. I have the exact specimen in white milk glass at 8" tall while the one in the book appears to be a deep purple color. Kovel's 12th Edition also shows this style on page 57 in a lavender hue, valued at $504.00. I'm not sure if a clear variation is more rare than the colored types, but it is definitely a keeper. Congrats. Fred S. Perry

 

[David E]

The lavendrer hue is most likely sun glass, depending on age of glass.
Dave

 

[NewbieBottler]

Thank you Matt & Warren for identifying which are cologne / sauce
bottles.

Dave ~ What is sun glass?

Fred ~ Thank you so much for looking up the info in your
reference books. I have different editions of both of those
books and neither shows a picture, darn it! My bottle has
just the slightest lavender hue. Do either of the books
give an approximate age or manufacturer or mention why
they're so valuable?

Thanks all! []

 

[KentOhio]

#1 is from the 1860's. I just bought one on ebay for $12.75, but I got a great deal. Usually it's $35 to $60. On #5, the S&P stands for Stickney & Poor, a sauce manufacturer from Baltimore, I think. It's 1890's and is worth $40 to $60. The three clear colognes are from 1860 to 1880.

 

[fsperry]

Hey Newbie, I have found nothing regarding age or exact value for the cologne bottle, but I would assume that it is indeed Victorian (1880ish) and the only pricing was for the colored variants. Now that could either mean your bottle is very common or very rare. I'll keep looking and let you know if I find any more info. Fred

 

[fsperry]

P.S. I'll also try and send a picture of my milk glass bottle like yours and try to copy the pages from the books so you can reference them.