H J Heinz #13 (Pickles)

[robertk]

Bottle Vitals​

Embossing	Date	Color	Shape	Size (Height x Diameter)	Value*
H J Heinz Co 13	1890	Clear	Rectangular short neck	2.25" x 7" x 1.75"	$15.00

Bottle Views (click to enlarge):

Front	Back	Side	Side	Bottom
				H J Heinz Co 13

H J Heinz company needs no introduction -- they're practically a household name in condiments, and have been for over a century. This bottle is one of many they've produced over the years. It most likely originally contained horseradish, pickled onions, or other pickled goods. It was hand blown in the Heinz glass factory in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, between 1888 and 1895. It would have been sealed with a cork, then covered with a foil wrapper.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find very much information about it online, other than the production location and dates. It could have contained horseradish, or pickled onions, or a variety of other pickled goods. Heinz muddied the water further by producing several different bottle styles that also held these same condiments. It is possible that the "1" in the number "13" on the base is a weakly struck "7", but even if so, that wouldn't change anything, since "73" is another generic condiment bottle from that time period, and has the same lack of information as the #13 does.

I did find a lovely contest from 1893 that I wish I could have entered. The bottle style is just slightly different in the picture, but it's the same product, so here you go.

And finally, here is the before and after. Soap and water long soak and bottle brush cleaning.



* The value is a guess based on similar bottles from the Heinz company from that time period. I could not find an example of this exact bottle having been sold.

 

[Limitool]

Again good job Mr. Robert...! I remember that bottle but had no idea it too was a Heinz bottle. Now I know. Maybe some others are Heinz bottles. Your coming right along sir.

 

[pepperj]

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Bottle Vitals​

Embossing	Date	Color	Shape	Size (Height x Diameter)	Value*
H J Heinz Co 13	1890	Clear	Rectangular short neck	2.25" x 7" x 1.75"	$15.00

Bottle Views (click to enlarge):

Front	Back	Side	Side	Bottom
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				H J Heinz Co 13

H J Heinz company needs no introduction -- they're practically a household name in condiments, and have been for over a century. This bottle is one of many they've produced over the years. It most likely originally contained horseradish, pickled onions, or other pickled goods. It was hand blown in the Heinz glass factory in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, between 1888 and 1895. It would have been sealed with a cork, then covered with a foil wrapper.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find very much information about it online, other than the production location and dates. It could have contained horseradish, or pickled onions, or a variety of other pickled goods. Heinz muddied the water further by producing several different bottle styles that also held these same condiments. It is possible that the "1" in the number "13" on the base is a weakly struck "7", but even if so, that wouldn't change anything, since "73" is another generic condiment bottle from that time period, and has the same lack of information as the #13 does.

I did find a lovely contest from 1893 that I wish I could have entered. The bottle style is just slightly different in the picture, but it's the same product, so here you go.

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And finally, here is the before and after. Soap and water long soak and bottle brush cleaning.

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* The value is a guess based on similar bottles from the Heinz company from that time period. I could not find an example of this exact bottle having been sold.

That was quite the contest, and I would like to know how many words were in the longest list.
1st prize was 1.20 oz. of gold as the standard price in 1893 was $20.67 an oz.

 

[robertk]

That was quite the contest, and I would like to know how many words were in the longest list.
1st prize was 1.20 oz. of gold as the standard price in 1893 was $20.67 an oz.

It could have been a very large number. I ran "Heinz's evaporated" through an online anagram solver and it found over 4,000 words. Then I ran "horseradish" and it found another 600. The entire phrase is too long to run, but I would imagine the whole would be considerably larger than the sum of the parts, so I'd guess there are at least 5000 possible words, probably more.