What is it? Small 3" tall tappered bottle with narrow ridges

[mdnishimoto]

My son's co-worker gave him this bottle when she heard that I was into antique bottles. She found it in her yard while digging to plant a tree. The house she lives in is from the 1920s. It's small 3" tall and 1 1/2" wide near the bottom tappering to a narrow threaded mouth. The surface of the bottle has narrow horizontal ridges with a smooth circular area near the neck, presumably for a label.

Any ideas what it could be?

 

[Poison_Us]

Welcome! My first inclination is pepper sauce....or some other food bottle. Never seen one exactly like that, but traditional pepper sauce bottles are similar. Unless someone collects late food bottles, I dont know if it holds much value. Maybe someone with more time in that sect of bottles can tell you more.

 

[surfaceone]

Hello Mr. Nishimoto,

Welcome to the A-BN, and thanks for bringing by this mid 20th Century olive oil.

Ending momentarily.

This is the more modern small size.

 

[jamus]

Clear evidence shows that your bottle held Halo shampoo. Note the profile and the round smooth area for the label.

 

[jamus]

2nd

 

[jonahtroy]

Thanks for the info guys. Ifound about 5 of those yesterday and today and i wasn't sure what it was. I suspected shampoo but i wasnt sure. Thanks again []

 

[surfaceone]

ORIGINAL: jamus

2nd

Well done, James.

 

[Poison_Us]

Not a food bottle...

NOPE! Wrong again....

 

[mdnishimoto]

Wow! Thank you everyone for your responses! The shampoo bottle looks the most like my picture but I'm wondering, my little bottle has a flattened cross-section. The shampoo bottle looks conical. The picture below illustrates the cross-section shape. There's also the number "8" embossed on the bottom.

 

[jonahtroy]

To me it does not appear conical. If you look at the shadow on the second pic it appears slimmer than if it was conical. I think he hit the nail on the head IMO