Who Made Bixbys?

[surfaceone]

Greetings Bill,

Thanks for the wonderful photo of your collection.

"BiXby……………..S.M.Bixby & Company, New York, New York. A prolific producer of ink, shoe polish and glue (“mucilageâ€)products. Their bottles are found in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. No doubt a number of glass bottle manufacturers produced them." David Whitten.

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[Bixby Bill]

Thanks for the input everyone, you`re probably right about Bixby contracting with more than one glasshouse. It can`t hurt to ask in case someone does have some info, you never know. I`m planning on writing a small book on Bixby and their products this winter, or at least get started on it. I`m stil finding advertising of theirs that I`ve never seen before, like the Bixby woman of Dave`s, I have two similiar ones but his is a different woman altogether. Maybe I`ll put tidbits on here on the bottles they used. There is a lot of interest in Bixby stuff out there so it might be helpful. This evening I`ll see if I can start it.

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Bill,

Are you not a fan of the bluings?

 

[Bixby Bill]

I like the blueings too, so far I`ve found 5 different sizes of the embossed ones and two different unembossed ones with remains of labels. The large one is the hardest one to find, so far it`s the only big one I`ve seen.