Milk bottle made with a two-piece mold, dates from between 1850-1920.

Reconstructed flask.

Liquor bottle, “Warranted Flask,” dates from 1870-1900.

Mineral water bottle embossed with, “HIGHROCK CONGRESS SPRINGS/C&W/SARATOGA NY.”  This spring is located in Saratoga, New York.  The water was first bottled in 1863, and this bottle construction dates from between 1850-1870.

Mineral water bottle embossed with the text, “HENRY FINGER/GLASSBORO, NJ/THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD.”  Bottle dates from between 1875-1920.

Mineral water bottle embossed with the text, “H. KNEBEL/IMPROVED/MINERAL WATER/No. 458 4th ST/NEW YORK,” dating from between 1850-1920.

Mineral water bottle embossed with the text, “MISSISQUOI/A/SPRINGS.”  An 1878 advertisement for Missiquoi Spring Water in the New York Times says, “the water of this great spring is a specific for CANCER, BRIGHT’S DISEASE [kidney disease], SCROFULA [skin disease], CUTANEOUS AFFECTIONS, and all diseases arising from impurities of the BLOOD.”  A physician in 1889 by the name of Thomas Maben wrote, in The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transaction, an analysis of the mineral water and its supposed healing properties.  What he discovered was that it was purely spring water, with no healing properties.  This bottle dates from between 1850-1920.

Mineral water bottle embossed with the text, “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO./E SARATOGA, N.Y.”  This contained water from the Congress Spring in Saratoga, New York, one of the most famous 19th century springs, the water from which was supposed to have a curative effect.  According to the 1871 Saratoga City Directory, the Congress & Empire Spring Co. owned their own glassworks and bottling house, indicating that it was a fairly profitable company.  Bottled from between 1863-1885.