Zumwalt's Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces illustrates a Gulden's bottle very similar in style to yours but approximately 12 inches high and including eight of the donut-like ribs.  Unfortunately, she says nothing more about it than "rare."  She also provides some history of the company: Charles Gulden b 1843, by age 17 worked for his uncle, George . Niessen owner of the Union Mustard Mills.  Jacob, Charles' father, operated a mustard plant on Prince St., New York as early as 1860.  Jacob formed a partnership in 1864, setting up the Excelsior Mustard Co.  "Within three years, Charles branched out on his own.  It is suspected that at this time a brief partnership was formed with Adophus Liedecker."  In 1875 Charles was lcoated at 65 Elizabeth, with home at 244 E. 82nd.  There is a bit more information I gloss over.  Charles, Jr., took over management until his death in 1911, succeeded by brother Frank.  Company incorporated August, 1916, Frank, Sr., retired in 1934 and Frank, Jr., bec
 
ame head.  Zumwalt includes several bottle patents but not for the one you have.

Jim Murphy


----- Original Message -----
From: jakob crockett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2007 6:37 pm
Subject: Bottle ID help

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I recently recovered a bottle from excavations in Columbia, SC, but
> can't seem to identify the bottle type beyond "likely condiment."
> 
> Photographs of the bottle are available at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14689007@N02/
> 
> The maker's mark on the base of the bottle is CHARLES GULDEN / NEW
> YORK.  I thought, given the distinctive shape of the bottle, that
> Gulden (or someone at his company) might have patented the design. 
> A
> search using google's patent database yielded multiple mustard bottles
> (as expected), but nothing with this shape.
> 
> The bottle is 5 3/8-inches (13.7cm) long, has a 1-inch (2.5cm) neck
> dia., the finish is tooled, and appears to be a cup-bottom mold.
> Recovery context was a trash-pit associated with a small lunch-counter
> on an urban house-lot.  Feature creation can be firmly dated to 1909.
> 
> Any suggestions or references you might have would be much 
> appreciated.Thank you,
> Jake
> 
> -- 
> Jakob Crockett
> 
> Department of Anthropology
> University of South Carolina
> Hamilton College, Room 317
> Columbia, SC 29208
> 
> http://www.cas.sc.edu/anth/mann_simons/mann_simons.html
>