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bcboy

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hi, i have a few older bottles but know nothing about them and was wondering if someone out there could tell me anything about them. the big brown one i purchased at a garage sale for a few bucks and i found the other one near the ocean and on this one it says: CHESEBOROUGH VASELINE MANUFACTURING CO.
 
Hello,
Your brown bottle has a couple of interesting features which could denote that it's quite old. Firstly, the lip appears to have been applied after the bottle was made. There are creases at the base of the neck, so called "stretch marks" from the maufacturing of it. I don't see any bubbles in the glass which is also a good indication of age of the earlier makes. Looks like an ealier porter bottle to me.
The vaseline bottle is very similar in shape to the old perfume and essence bottles I have, and they are fairly old, from late 1800's to early 1900's. The bottle is definitely an older type, the raised lettering, irregular bottom, bulging shoulder design, and just the look of the glass in general. If any of your bottles have stretch marks and bubbles, it's a good indication of an earlier made bottle.
Cheers Angela
 
wow, you know your stuff. id never of guessed. im just getting into this relic and metal detecting stuff and am on a very sharp learning curve. I live in British Columbia , Canada and theres alot of historic areas around my area that id like to check out. Thanks again for your helpful insight.
 
Vaseline Petroleum Jelly - the 'Wonder Jelly' introduced in 1870 and Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion have helped deliver healthy-looking, moisturized skin for 135 years.

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly was created by Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a 22-year-old chemist from Brooklyn, New York. Oil rig workers discovered that rod wax, a petroleum by-product from oil rig pumps, healed their cuts and burns. Chesebrough extracted petroleum jelly from the rod wax and gave it to Brooklyn construction workers to treat their minor scratches and abrasions.

Chesebrough rented a small plant and spent years refining and testing the product. By 1870, he had received several patents on his petroleum jelly formula and Vaseline was a registered trademark. Vaseline Petroleum Jelly became a household name. Within 10 years, Americans were buying it at the rate of a jar a minute. Today, Vaseline Petroleum Jelly is a staple in medicine cabinets across the country.
 
thanks for sharing your knowledge on the history of this vaseline bottle. Are you a historian? How did you come up with all that info? thanks again.
 
[quote bcboy]thanks for sharing your knowledge on the history of this vaseline bottle. Are you a historian? How did you come up with all that info? thanks again.[/quote]

Unprofessional. I just love history. I'm the one in the center.

I have the fortune/misforune of collecting useless bits of information that stick with me ~ and have gotten pretty good with search engines (I moderate a muzzleloading/history forum).
 
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