Talk of the town.......Help!!!!!

[tfredrich]

I found this bottle today diving my favorite spot in the river. It looks to be about 1890's. light green aqua strap sided medicine. Embossed TOWN TALK/TRADEMARK REG. I have found hundreds of patent meds while diving but this one has me stumped! What the heck is TOWN TALK?????
Thanks!
Tom

 

[Penn Digger]

Different bottle. Where are you finding this botttle, as the embossing is not very specific?? Have never seen or dug one.






PD

 

[tfredrich]

I found this bottle under an old train bridge in a civil war era river town in Southeastern Wisconsin. After an exhausting search on the internet, I have discovered that this is one of the earliest bottles from The Town Talk Silver Polish Co. in the United Kingdom. As a matter of fact the company replied to my e-mail to them, that this is one of the early bottles, and the company was founded in 1895, which is what this one dates to give or take.
Tom

 

[RICKJJ59W]

Cool bottle,I guess its some good stuff,you drink it and your the talk of the town hahahah.
Never seen the name.

 

[appliedlips]

Cool bottle Tom.Even though it was made for an English company it looks like an american made bottle.There are quite a few druggists blown in that mold.

 

[Tony14]

i like it tom!

what kind of camera do you use? The pics turn out great!

 

[capsoda]

Great bottle Tom. I agree with Doug. The bottle looks American so maybe they shipped the stuff in bulk and it was up to the distributor to re-bottle it. re-bottling from bulk still goes on today but it is not a new idea.

 

[tfredrich]

Thanks everyone for your insight. I love to post non Wisconsin bottles here because you guys always answer any question I have and put the mysteries to rest. When I found this thing , I literally scratched my head. What relevance could it have to Fort Atkinson Wi. as it was lying right beside a beautiful 1890's druggist from this town. Now we know these people believed in polishing their jewelry. The company has a person in charge of their archives and apparently he is going to shed some light on where this bottle fits into the past. I already offerred to send it over there and to donate it to their area of company memorabilia. I haven't heard back yet, but when I do I will post it here.
Thanks again! Tom
PS, Tony my camera is an older Olympus FE 100. It works great for this kind of stuff!
TF

 

[tfredrich]

Here are the two other bottles I found within a foot of the Town Talk bottle. It was a small pile of discarded bottles in the river.
TF

 

[Tony14]

love that hutch and the druggist looks really nice too[]