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Antique medicine bottle?

Description

My husband finds all sorts of bottles at his work. It looks to me like a old medicine bottle but we cannot find ANY information on it at all! On the bottom it is engraved B.D. & CO. Rutherford, NJ. It's pretty small the a little bigger then my palm and I'm average medium girl hands. There is a seam on the side of the bottle but the top looks like it was melted in seperatly. Any info on this would be awesome! Thank u!

Category Antique Bottles
Medium Glass
Distinguishing marks Weird seam on bottle part, the top looks like it was pushed in by hand bottom has engraved B.D. & CO. Rutherford NJ
Condition Good
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Max1960 🌱 Newbie 9 years ago

 

This could be an ink bottle.. I have some nearly the same in my collection.. here in the UK.

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scott berry 🌱 Newbie 8 years ago

it looks much like a small pill bottle or worm expectorant pill bottle possably ,Becton dickson & co . they made medical equipment also. bottle just embossed on the bottom and this style rarely have much value. it does sem to be applied top bottle made before 1915.  i can only see this bottle brining 2-5$ under normal circumstances. similar shaped bottom embossed bottles rarely bring much more than that.  a collector of the medical equipment that was related to him may be much moreintersted and may pay more . finding that person is like a needle in a haystack.

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