Topic: Just some Glass Bottles

[antiquerose123]

Hi, I have these smaller bottles, and little measuring thing.  Two of the bottles say *Listerine* on them, but I was wondering if anyone knows the age of these, since so many things are in plastic now days.  Also have the little glass measurement (for medicine, I believe...) as I recall this from when I was a child, so must have a few years on it.   The other little glass thing, i remember from when I was a kid...do not remember what it was from, but I know my Mom used to keep toothpicks in it on the stove.  Any ideas of age, etc., on anything here?  TIA

[Carolyn Preston]

Can you get any information as to the history of listerine on the company's website? I would think it was relatively old as it has been a while since bottles were molded with the name of the contents on it. (Also, it looks like it would be stopped up with a cork, rather than a screw top).

Again, good luck.

Carolyn

[Lustrousstone]

The little 'toothpick holder' looks like a baby formula bottle or a meat paste jar, the sort that had a sort of snap-on metal lid

[antiquerose123]

The little 'toothpick holder' looks like a baby formula bottle or a meat paste jar, the sort that had a sort of snap-on metal lid

That little 'toothpick' holder, is ONLY about the height of a toothpick....it is quit small.  I believe you are right, as I know it was from my young days -- but what came in it, I can not recall at all.....maybe.....I am thinking, it is what cream use to come in, just like the glass milk bottles.  I do believe it did have a metal cap to it, and I am (thinking) cream shots.  We used to have a quite a few of these around in the older days.

Yeah, that is what I thought, even though they were LISTERINE, it has been a while that things were in glass....I will try that, the history of listerine, and its bottles etc....or something like that, as I came up empty handed before...googling.

The measurement things is in oz. etc, for measuring....Remember getting cough medicene given to me out of this....and also used a measure *shots*....... :spls2: (no comment....lol)

[Ivo]

listerine is rhyming slang for anti-american as septic tank = yank and antiseptic = listerine.  :spls:

source: QI