The stoneware ginger beer bottle is finished with a glazing process. The reusable, durable pottery bottle could have been closed with a cork to preserve its contents.
This is a bell-shaped, light blue opaque glass perfume bottle. Its matching stopper is chipped. A portion of the base has a worn gold marking. The bottom of the bottle is numbered 33.
Oval clear glass bottle is embossed with the name "Universal Feeder." The bottle is designed to lie flat on its side, and the neck extends at an angle.
The amber glass Gail Borden half gallon milk bottle was patented in 1857. The bottle's design features the profile of Gail Borden within a white circle. He invented a process for condensing milk that preserved it without refrigeration.
On one side of this amethyst glass decanter are incremental measurement markings for 10, 20, and 40 cc (cubic centimeters). The bottle has a matching round glass stopper.
This clear cut glass decanter has an elaborately designed neck. A pattern of oval indentations surround the upper part of the decanter, with a cut glass wheat sheaf design on the lower half. The glass stopper is not original to the piece.
One side of this green glass bottle has the figure of the Madonna as its design. The decanter includes a matching stopper. The quality of the glass is bubbled, and it may have been manufactured in Mexico.
This clear glass bottle is shaped like a shoe with a lace design on the top. The opening of the bottle is located at the toe of the shoe. The aging process has given the bottle a frosted or etched appearance.
This dark amber cigar shaped glass bottle is embossed with a tobacco leaf design. The bottom of bottle tapers to a rounded point with a hole in the tip. Bottles such as this were made unique and dramatic in color, texture and shape to warn of...
This is a clear glass Stone Fort Beverage bottle. In producing the bottle, color was applied to the bottle and then fired into the glass. One side of the bottle has a label with a white background and "Stone Fort Beverages" lettered in green with...
The narrow cobalt blue glass bottle has a broken cork in its opening. Most medicines, cures, poisons and castor oil were stored in cobalt blue glass containers.
This black glass bottle is shaped like a bear in a sitting position with crossed arms. A reason for the production of black glass is that it protects the contents of bottles against the harmful effects of light. A melting technology based on the...
The cobalt blue glass holy water bottle features religious designs. One side depicts two angels kneeling before a candle, and the other side shows the Madonna and the words "Ntra. Sra. De Guadalupe.'' Holy water, in Christian churches, is water...
This cobalt blue glass bottle has an unusual clear glass handle. A broken cork is lodged in the opening. Most medicines, cures, poisons and castor oil were stored in cobalt blue glass containers.
A miniature clear glass basket featuring a woven texture contains two small matching square bottles. The basket has a handle and is divided to accommodate the textured bottles.
The clear glass bottle with a pale lavender tint is marked "Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic." It is shaped like a flask, and contained a quinine medication to prevent and relieve malaria symptoms.
