Unknown bottle

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

I dug this bottle at a site that could go back to the 1860-70s, but occupied up through the 1930-40s. I’m trying to find a bit of information about the maker, if anyone could help track it down. Dug in Louisiana. Not a big bottle only holds a couple ounces.

 

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[Anduril]

It's got one of those weird overlapping letter logos on the front.
Always difficult to decipher.

I see FMCx maybe?

 

[Red-Coat]

A few of these have turned up over the years but, as far as I know, have not been reliably attributed. All I can tell you is this:

- All of the bottles appear to be small. I haven’t seen one taller than three inches.

- The glass always seems to be very thick.

- The suggested dating is sometime between the late 1800s and early 1900s

- Most people refer to them as perfume or druggist/apothecary bottles. Some folks believe they might be for smelling salts or something similar, and I’m in that camp.

- The monogram is ‘RMC’. Some folks suggest the intended order might be ‘MRC’ but I’m sure the dominant letter is the ‘R’; that the ‘C’ almost certainly stands for ‘Company’; and the ‘M’ might be for ‘Manufacturing’ or possibly some derivation from ‘Medicine/Medical/Medicinal’.

- The monogram is for the company that made the contents of the bottle, not the company that made the bottle itself. Your monogram is within a star, but bottles also exist without the star, as below. There’s no record of it being a registered trademark in the US, either with or without the star.

 

[stewielouie]

I'm thinking perfume

 

[billb]

Congratulations on your nice recovery.. so far I find bits of broken glass and hope one day to find some bottles also

 

[BuckleBoy]

A few of these have turned up over the years but, as far as I know, have not been reliably attributed. All I can tell you is this:

- All of the bottles appear to be small. I haven’t seen one taller than three inches.

- The glass always seems to be very thick.

- The suggested dating is sometime between the late 1800s and early 1900s

- Most people refer to them as perfume or druggist/apothecary bottles. Some folks believe they might be for smelling salts or something similar, and I’m in that camp.

- The monogram is ‘RMC’. Some folks suggest the intended order might be ‘MRC’ but I’m sure the dominant letter is the ‘R’; that the ‘C’ almost certainly stands for ‘Company’; and the ‘M’ might be for ‘Manufacturing’ or possibly some derivation from ‘Medicine/Medical/Medicinal’.

- The monogram is for the company that made the contents of the bottle, not the company that made the bottle itself. Your monogram is within a star, but bottles also exist without the star, as below. There’s no record of it being a registered trademark in the US, either with or without the star.

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thank you for your informative reply, great information there, I appreciate it! Yeah this one is small and thick glass as you described. Holds two fl ounces only. Fascinating. I like this one with the star design. We will certainly be back to eyeball this field again after it’s turned over

 

[BuckleBoy]

PS interestingly I have dug a blank bottle without the insignia exactly like the one you posted without the star. It is also a small, thick glass bottle holding only about two ounces.

 

[Red-Coat]

PS interestingly I have dug a blank bottle without the insignia exactly like the one you posted without the star. It is also a small, thick glass bottle holding only about two ounces.

Thanks. If only one would turn up with a label on it to solve the mystery.