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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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Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

Tel: (215) 898-6965
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