Any idea on this old bottle????

Teri
by Teri
As I went hiking into the woods today I found this neat bottle. Does anyone know what maybe came in it. Has some neat glass detail, but no words or numbers.
Little bow mark on bottom front
  15 answers
  • TJ TJ on May 02, 2014
    does it have a seam on each side to indicate a mold made bottle? what is the cap made of?
  • Carole Carole on May 02, 2014
    If it is a screw cap, I am guessing by the size of the bottle and the design that it may have contained medicine, such as calamine lotion - used for itchy skin and such, or perhaps kaolin and morphine which is used to settle an upset tummy. These products are commonly sold in bottles similar in appearance to yours.
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    • Carole Carole on Feb 17, 2015
      @Carole Not sure if they still sell it. Come to think of it, the last time I had it would have been in the UK some 20 odd years ago. I am also wondering it the bottle might have contained olive oil due to the colour of the bottle?
  • Lavende Lavende on May 02, 2014
    Looks like a liquor bottle to me...relics from a festive camping trip?
  • Jane Rowinsky Jane Rowinsky on May 03, 2014
    ?vanilla extract
  • Carolyn Carolyn on May 03, 2014
    Olive oil?
  • Beatriz Maria Beatriz Maria on May 03, 2014
    The bottle is dark to protect some precious liquid. It could be,olive oil because the cap but the little bow sugest any other thing. You can find something in google looking for the bow as a mark registered.
  • Becky Wood Becky Wood on May 03, 2014
    If my memory serves, looks like an old vanilla extract bottle my Mom had. Might have been a Watkins product.
  • Nancy Dean Davis Nancy Dean Davis on May 04, 2014
    I think it may have been medicinal. Love it!
  • Joanna Carrisal Joanna Carrisal on May 04, 2014
    Reminds me of an old macurcolhm bottle(I'm sure that's not the right spelling). Does it have the little thing on the cap for applying anything?
    • Janis Hill Janis Hill on May 04, 2014
      @Joanna Carrisal it's to large for that. Those bottles were only about 2" tall. :-)
  • Ivy Lynne Ivy Lynne on May 04, 2014
    maybe a snuff bottle?
    • Janis Hill Janis Hill on May 08, 2014
      @Ivy Lynne this bottle is the wrong size and shape for stuff. They are open at the top so one could reach a couple of fingers in to get a 'pinch' and they were short so one could reach to the bottom. :-)
  • Janis Hill Janis Hill on May 04, 2014
    It is a medicine bottle or a flavoring bottle of some sort. The brown color is indicative of that. Is there any writing on the bottom of the bottle?
  • TJ TJ on May 08, 2014
    One of the better indicators of age is by looking at the side seam marks. If the seam goes all the way up through the lip, it is a new bottle. If the cap is plastic, then of course it is newer. It is way too big for a snuff bottle. When I first looked at it, I, too thought Watkins Vanilla. The darker colors were commonly used to keep direct light from affecting the contents.
  • Sandi Gavlak Plotner Sandi Gavlak Plotner on May 09, 2014
    Are there any markings on the bottom? The neck is too short to be an extract bottle from Watkins, I think. Very interesting. Hope you post the result of your sleuthing.
  • The Krafty Krone The Krafty Krone on May 09, 2014
    Not sure but here's another site that may assist you in identifying it: http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks/
  • Linda T Linda T on Feb 17, 2015
    If it has what appear to be ridges all around the bottle, or at least on the two sides, it indicates a 'poison' bottle. Meaning anything from bleach to chloroform, to arsenic. The ridges were for people with failing eyesight to be able to identify things you must NOT drink, at least, 'til they are diluted by the pharmacist. (Arsenic was used for a tonic when I was growing up)