Small bottle with Old English "C"

[halfdime]

Small bottle with Old English "C"

I was actually detecting in my back yard yesterday when I saw this small (about 3 inches) bottle in the bottom of a hole I'd dug. It's very thick walled, and has an Old English "C" on one face. There are no other identifying marks that I can see. It would have had a screw on lid. Help!

 

[sodetraveler]

Re: Small bottle with Old English "C"

Look slike a salt shaker to me.....
Hard to tell the age from the picture
It's either ABM (machine made = post 1915) or BIMAL (hand blown) - I'm guessing ABM
If the top looks like it's been ground down (i.e. rough surface) it's probably BIMAL

 

[halfdime]

Re: Small bottle with Old English "C"

Look slike a salt shaker to me.....
Hard to tell the age from the picture
It's either ABM (machine made = post 1915) or BIMAL (hand blown) - I'm guessing ABM
If the top looks like it's been ground down (i.e. rough surface) it's probably BIMAL

I was thinking salt shaker as well; I wonder if the "C" was an initial for the family name. For example, maybe a wedding gift for the Clintons or Calhouns. Seems kind of fancy, but sometimes that's what wedding gifts are all about. I know my parents received a set of glasses with an Old English "T" on it.

 

[Mackaydon]

Re: Small bottle with Old English "C"

I'm thinking Cinnamon or Cocoa shaker.