Small Bottle?

[JohnN]

I found this small bottle just laying in my neighbor's yard, and I would like to get as much info about it as possible. I think it is machine made, but it has what to me is an odd seam pattern. There is a seam circling the base of the bottle, faint seams up all the way to the top, but also a seam that circles just below the lip. It is about 3 1/2" tall, and on the bottom there is the Pierce Glass Company mark, so it is from some time between 1905 - 1980's. There is also a 287 and below that a 6. The seams didn't really show up in the picture, so I highlighted them in yellow. Let me know if you would also like the original.

 

[JohnN]

Another picture, seams again highlighted.

 

[JohnN]

One more picture. Let me know if you would like any more pictures or other help.

-John

 

[surfaceone]

Hello John,

Welcome aboard the A-BN bandwagon. Looks like a shoe polish to me. It most likely had an applicator attached to the cork fastener. Here's a slightly older model with offset seams.

http://bottleinfo.historicbottles.com/machinemadedating.htm

 

[JohnN]

It very well could be shoe polish. We're always digging up shoes around here, and I bet they liked the shoes polished. Any idea on the age?

 

[surfaceone]

Hey John,

You didn't show us the base, where often there are clues. I'd guess first quarter of the 20th Century.

 

[JohnN]

I have a picture, but it is hard to see any details on it. I'll try to get a better picture, but I'll post the one I have for now.

 

[JohnN]

Actually I have 2, but I'm not sure which one is better. Here is the other one.

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello NJCollector; Well it is obviously an ABM made bottle. The seam under the finish was caused by the use of a guide ring in the neckring mold part. The neckring seam usually lines up with the mold seam. Pierce Glass had two plants I think in Pennsylvania, one was at Port Allegheny PA; and that plant was bought by Ball Corp. of Muncie Indiana. It could have been a bottle for a lot of products. RED Matthews

 

[cpackjr]

I've seen quite a few of those bottles, I recognize the 2oz indication on the bottom. They are usually shoe polish, I have found a few with an old rusty applicator and fuzzy ball still in the bottle and white residue. I've even seen an ad somewhere. I keep them when they are aqua colored.