Friday, August 31, 2012

Listerine Cork-Top Glass Bottle [Obear-Nester Glass Co.]


Listerine sold by Lambert Pharmacal Co. beginning in 1885.





Text on front of bottle:  "LISTERINE" at the top, "LAMBERT Pharmacal Company" at the bottom.

Base of bottle:  The letter 'N' within a square and '16' (with an underline to denote orientation).

Based on the design of the glass maker's logo on the base, we can determine that it was manufactured by Obear-Nester Glass Company in the year 1916.  

Also, it's difficult to see in the pictures, but this cork-top bottle was produced in a cup-bottom mold:  there are two side seams run from lip of the bottle to base, and a heel mold line running the circumference of the base with an almost nonexistent heel.

1 comment:

  1. I dug up a similar bottle but it has a diamond on the bottom of the bottle wit a number in it (500?). Other than that it is exactly the same.

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