Description
1880s BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO. ST. LOUIS MO Aqua Hand Tooled Banded Top Bottle
This is a bottle from an estate collection that had been in storage from 1966-2017. The original collection was over 4000 bottles. The family that built this collection was deeply into historical preservation and conservation. They did their own digging, which included collecting all the of the paper travel memorabilia as they traveled across the American West looking for these old bottles (and insulators, and rocks – but we didn’t get those collections). In some cases, we have items that were prepared for going to shows, and then we have boxes and boxes of bottles that are “freshly dug”.
Please see our other listings for many other bottles from this collection, as well as the many paper collectibles.
Exact wording embossed (i.e. raised lettering) on the bottle.
on front, inset, embossed raised letters:Â Â BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO. ST. LOUIS MO
Left side, flat, plain:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â n/a
Right side, flat, plain:                 n/a
No wording on bottle back or bottom
Color: AquaBottle Size:Â 4.25 x 2.25 x 1.125
BIM bottle:Â Â Side seams (2) end approximately 3/8? below lip;
Age:Â 1880s
Style of Top: Tooled Banded Cork. No closure, Concave base, hinged mold mark.
No marks on the base.
