I need information regarding dates of manufacture, and in some cases name of
manufacturer for the following artifacts.  These items date from late
19th-century to early   20th-century contexts. in California.  The actual
marks are in quotations.  Some items are referenced in major sources. "..."
indicates an incomplete mark, "/" indicates a new line,  "//" indicates a
new side or panel, and "///" indicates mark on base of a bottle with side
markings.
 
Mike Meyer  [log in to unmask]
Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University
 
Hard Rubber Combs:
 
  "I R Comb Co" India Rubber Comb Company.  The Collector's Encyclopedia of
Buttons   (Luscomb 1992:101-102) lists 1880s-1890s New York.  I suspect
these may date from the 1870s.
 
  "C.C.C0 G'YEARS PT MAY.6.51 EXT.65"
 
  Bottles:
 
  "CURLING'S/CITRATE OF MAGNESIA" Blue glass listed without a date in The
Bottle
  Book ( Fike 1987:141).
 
  "MARTHA J. ALLEN'S/ FEMALE RESTORATIVE" Aqua glass listed as advertised
  1897 in Patent and Proprietary Medicine Bottles (Baldwin 1973:33)
 
  "VINCENT/HATHAWAY/& CO/BOSTON/GINGER/ALE" Aqua glass round-bottom
  soda water bottle.
 
  "BAILEY & EATON//SEWING/MACHINE OIL//PARAFINE" Clear glass ball-neck
  panel bottle.
 
  "VERBENA" Shoulder seal on amber glass wine bottle.
 
  "LAMPLOUGH'S/EFFERVESCING/PYRETIC SALINE" Blue glass rectangular
  chamfered corner bottle with bead finish.
 
  "J.C. SPENCER'S/FRAGRANT/SAPOINE//FOR THE TEETH//IT HAS NO EQUAL.."
  Clear glass ball neck panel bottle.
 
  "ELIXIR DE GUILLER" Shoulder seal on olive glass bottle.
 
  "THE ROYAL/LYNCH & CO./LONDON/FEEDING BOTTLE" Colorless glass.
 
  "MOUTARDE DIAPHANE/LOUIT FRERES & CO." Clear glass barrel mustard jar in
  Ketchup, Pickles, Sauces (Zumalt 1980:285)
 
  "SINGLETONS GOLDEN EYE OINTMENT" Cream colored stoneware lid.
 
  "SPERM/SEWING MACHINE/OIL" Colorless glass ball-neck panel bottle
 
  "B.C.ASSOU/UNIVERSITY/MOUND/DAIRY/MILK AND CRAM//THIS BOTTLE
  MUST BE RETURNED" Colorless glass milk bottle.
 
  "WM GOLDSTEIN'S/IXL/FLORIDA WATER" The Bottle Book ( Fike 1987:243).
 
  "DOUBLE REFINED TABLE SALT/W & W's" Light green glass bottle w/cap seat.
 
  "DOWELLS/PATENT" Aqua glass conincal ink or glue bottle.
 
  "D.F.& CO./DEPOSE" Colorless glass jar w/fold over finish Ketchup,
Pickles, Sauces
  (Zumalt 1980:285)
 
  "A.F. & CO./CIN" Blue glass barrel mustard jar.
 
  "DR. HENRY'S BOTANIC/PREPARATIONS" Aqua glass panel bottle w/patent finish
  The Bottle Book ( Fike 1987:166).
 
  Ceramic:
 
  Eureka Pottery Co., Trenton, New Jersey.  I have fragments of a "Prunus &
Bird" plate
  attributed to this company in American Majolica 1850-1900 (Rebert
1981-63).
 
  Metal:
 
  "..OPER'S/CACHOU/AROMATISE/LONDON BRIDGE" Stamped copper alloy 1-1/2"
  diam. can lid.
 
  Toothbrush:
 
  "MORGAN BROS./LONDON/IVORY/CEMENTED/M/TS" Bone or ivory toothbrush.