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Bottle, Milk

Object Name:
Bottle, Milk
Object ID:
1989.020.02
Date:
1955-1987
Description:
Bottle, milk. Clear, colorless glass. Square body with tapered neck. Half-pint. Pyroglazed green lettering on front: "Berlin / DAIRY / Northland's Finest / MILK & DAIRY / PRODUCTS / BERLIN, N.H." with mountain scene. Pyroglazed red lettering on back: "Mother: / BE SURE TO / USE Real Cream / FOR WHIPPED / TOPPING / IT'S MORE DELICIOUS / IT'S MORE / ECONOMICAL / IT'S THE ORIGINAL." Embossed around base: "HALF PINT LIQUID 10 REG. SEALED 52S."
Material:
Glass
Dimensions:
H-5.5 W-2 Dia-2 inches
Provenance:
Berlin Dairy used milk bottles from 1955 to at least 1987.

Purchased by donor at Burlwood Antique Center, Meredith NH, May 6th, 1989.

Granite Bottling Co. listed in Concord Directory 1892-1899 (as Granite Bottling Works 1898-1899) and 1910-1926.
Credit Line:
Gift of Douglas Copeley
Subjects:
milk
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