Eagle Bordens Tall Pint Milk Bottle

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Eagle Borden's Tall Pint Milk Bottle

Hey guys, just came home from a dig (pics will come of the other stuff) but this has me stumped. This is the weirdest milk bottle I've found. Why would anyone make a milk bottle so tall and thin? It says GAIL BORDEN EAGLE BRAND TRADEMARK PROPERTY OF BORDEN'S CONDENSED MILK CO. on the front and BORDEN'S 1 PINT on the back. Anyway I haven't seen one online after a quick search, anyone know anything about them? Thanks!

 

[epackage]

Has me scratching my head, thinking something besides regular milk.

 

[epackage]

OK here is my guess, it was meant to hold milk just like the others, but was made the same height as a quart so it could be filled by the same machine as the quart. I bet they didn't last long because they would be very easy to knock over due to their narrow base.....

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

OK here is my guess, it was meant to hold milk just like the others, but was made the same height as a quart so it could be filled by the same machine as the quart. I bet they didn't last long because they would be very easy to knock over due to their narrow base.....

Just now I found a website that said the same thing, good guess! I would think it would be easy to tip, too.

 

[cje]

That is a sweet milk bottle.

 

[RelicDude]

That is a nice milk bottle. I know that Gail Borden started his eagle brand condensed milk here in burrville CT which is a hamlet of torrington in the mid 1800s. Then it looks like they moved the company to new York.

 

[unclemac]

early version of a single serve milk container?...like a soda.