Tiny 1 1/2 Inch Long Bottle Found at an 1800s Farm Dump

[jolteon]

Tiny 1 1/2 Inch Long Bottle Found at an 1800's Farm Dump



Any information about the bottle or the "tools" would be great. I especially want to know how old the bottle is because I think a bottle that small should have screw top not a cork hole. ( If screw top was developed at the time.) Please tell me this information thank you!!!

 

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[jolteon]

How old do you think this bottle is?

 

[epackage]

Looks to be a 1920-30's pill bottle, tough to tell by looking at it on a video

 

[jolteon]

O that is very neat why did it not be screw top if it was made at that time period?

 

[epackage]

Some bottles didn't get screw tops until later, they still make and sell cork top bottles today

 

[jolteon]

Yeah I know that just I didn't think that small

 

[jolteon]

So you think it is a pill holder what are other possibilities there are not a lot of uses for a bottle that small.

 

[jeff of pa]

could be perfume or a vintage trap scent or even medicine.

I'm not familiar with Nitrostat coming in Clear glass .
a lot of possibilities though

 

[jolteon]

Yeah I think it is a pill holder what do u guys think?

 

[jolteon]

Is there any other possibilities?

 

[Trooper733]

It kind of resembles bottles used to hold veterinary vaccines. If that is what it is at one time it would have had a crimped metal lid. Im no bottle expert just passing along what it resembles to me.

 

[jolteon]

Ok thank you any other ideas or information?

 

[yakker]

some reason I can't see image... Yak

 

[jolteon]

O sorry

 

[yakker]

Little med. I've found a ton of them over the years. You might poke around a website-- 'Digger Dave's' to put a little perspective on the things you find- bottle-wise. The internet is a useful tool-- you can learn just about anything just by entering a key word or phrase. And I agree w/ epackage . Still pics are Much more effective in id-ing things. I was about 4 minutes into the video before I saw glass... so...
good luck. With a little research, you may have a better grip on what you're after- or what you should be after by spring thaw. Yakker

 

[jolteon]

Thank you for the information!

 

[jolteon]

Any other ideas?

 

[outdoorfunblonde]

It kind of resembles bottles used to hold veterinary vaccines. If that is what it is at one time it would have had a crimped metal lid. Im no bottle expert just passing along what it resembles to me.

That's what I was thinking... small med bottle with crimped metal lid... still made like that today.
I found a really cute, but modern mini bottle that had a cork and looked like old style.
Came from a liquor store. I peeled the label off and kept the bottle. It is 4.25 inches tall

 

[jolteon]

I found it at a site with bottles that are over 100 years old. I do not think it would be a modern bottle.

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Jolteon

This link is to a 1906 Illinois Glass Company catalog. Scroll to the very bottom and click on the "Machine Made Items" pages. Your small bottle looks like a vile. If it has a number/letter/symbol on the base it could be a makers mark or possibly a mold/style number. If it only has a number, it might match one of the mold numbers in the catalog.

Illinois Glass Co. 1906 Catalog