Thomas A Edison bottle help

[djhughes]

Found this today please help. It says Edison Battery oil Bloomfield NJ, on one side. On the other side it says Thomas A Edison.

 

[djhughes]

Other side

 

[AntiqueMeds]

I beleive those held battery oil.
The early batteries use a liquid electrolite that tended to evaporate.
The oil was poured on the surface to keep the electrolite from evaporating as fast.

 

[Bixel]

100% a battery oil bottle. I find those still along the railroad tracks as they would use the battery oil for the telegraph batteries.

 

[Wheelah23]

Yes, Battery Oil. That variety of the bottle is EXTREMELY common and all but worthless. Cool to own a piece of Edison history though, I suppose.

 

[jarhead jim]

When I am able to upload some pictures I'll show you the first ones they made with the oil still in them. The ones I have are the cork top variety with the Thomas A Edison signature across the top with 4OZ SPECIAL BATTERY OIL under that and THOMAS A EDISON inc. under that with GRANGE NJ USA under that.

Jim

 

[Wheelah23]

If the one you described is BIM, I'd be interested in buying it.