Bob,

May I suggest:

Betty Zumwalt
Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces: 19th Century Food in Glass.

for sale from

Mark West Publications
P.O. Box 1914
Sandpoint, Idaho 86964

$25.00
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Robert L. Schuyler
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> Subject:        Bottle ID
> Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:36:58 -0400
> From:   Robert L. Schuyler <[log in to unmask]>
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> We have a number of clear glass bottles (date ca. WW I) that are
> probably olive bottles.  Most are 6 3/4" high but with a long neck (1
> 1/2' to 2") and they all have Owen's scars, side seams up to the top,
> etc. They also have an inset  mouth, probably for a paper or cardboard
> sealer. They perfectly match olive bottles in period ads for Libby and
> other companies.
>
> Only one, however, has remaining fragments of a label - two parts, one
> on the face of the bottle and one around the neck. We can not read the
> company but think we can make out in white script the word "OLIVES".
> The labels are green with a white dot pattern - four dots make a square
> with a fifth dot in its center. This pattern - white dots on a green
> background - is repeated across the entire label and also on the label
> around the neck of the bottle.
>
> Can anyone identify this brand of olives. The pattern does not match
> Libby or Heinz labels for olive bottles in period ads.
>
> Bob Schuyler
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