What came in this bottle?

[rtde3]

Here is a bottle I found last fall. It's in good shape with no chips or cracks. As you can see it is about 6" tall & 1 1/2" wide. I can only wonder what came in this shot glass looking bottle back in those days. Does anybody know? And what is the best way to clean it up & get the barnacles off it? Help!

[Cfm]

Usually condiments come in a bottle of that style..

[rtde3]

Thanks CFM, Someone told me that maybe cream/milk came like that or condiments. So maybe thats it!

[rtde3]

But, what is the best way to clean it up & get the barnacles off it

[tracey]

the barnacles definately give it character! sorry i dont know how to clean it.

[Cfm]

rtde3,

Barnacles are easy to remove when they are still alive and wet, but dried out are hard, you can try scraping them off but they will leave a white ring on bottle...

Its a condiment bottle, neck is too narrow for milk or cream...

[rtde3]

Thanks CFM!
I guess I should have tried to get the barnacles off when I first pulled it up. But I just put it in a bag with some other bottles I found that day & figured I would get to them later. I was more interested in the coins & token I found that same day & kinda forgot about the bottles. That is untill my wife noticed the SMELL coming from my office! I didnt think about thoses things being alive! Man, stunk up the whole place! I had to stick it out in the garage untill the smell died down!

[Bladeii]

I believe these are called pickle jars, they carried various food items... I have two exactly like this one. I think they are from about the 1920's...that is the time period of the bottle dump that mine came from.

[Coin_Saver]

Hmm, I found a bottle that has alot of barnicles on it! heres a pic of it its pretty cool i know its prolly not worth anything jus kinda cool looking! HH CS oh yea its aa old bottle of Hires!

[Sammyt97]

Hi,

I might be crazy, but if it's a bottle without any color, writing, or anything that can be ruined, I will fill a bottle with 10 parts water and one part bleach. I find it gets the stubborn stains out pretty well. Maybe it'll kill the barnacles.

[treasurebum1]

WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN OLD MUSTARD BOTTLE VERY NICE FIND GREAT HUNTIN

[Sara77]

Those barnacles are pretty cute, I say leave em for the charachter. That smell was probably them rotting .

[Rich]

limeaway will remove the barn's...or let it sit in a hydro per bath for 24 hours.....,\
the bottle is a food jar,,,,,,,

[diggummup]

It's an olive jar.................H.H.

[downindixie]

diggummup is correct!It is a olive jar!

[Chris in BC]

looks more like an opium vial to me, I have smaller medicine vials, cork topped, found in mining camps circa 1890's-1900. Chris