Milk Bottle

Object/Artifact

Berkeley Historical Society & Museum

Name/Title

Milk Bottle

Entry/Object ID

2000.017.001

Description

Cream top glass milk bottle with cardboard cap/pull tab. Clear glass with red text on bottle. Bottom 2/3 of bottle is squarish and top part dips in, then out, to a roundish neck, where the cream would separate. Cap is red, white & blue. Text on sides of bottle: "South Berkeley Creamery, Oakland" on front and "Baby's best friend" on the back. On the back a picture of a small child, sitting down with a milk bottle to the side. Text around the top of the bottle: "Independently owned J.A. Sabatte' ". Cap text: "SOUTH BERKELEY CREAMERY J.A. SABATTTE GRADE A MILK PASTERIZED OAKLAND 875-58TH ST. OAKLAND". Renamed Berkeley Farms in 1956. See also 2015.052.001 for a history of the company.

Made/Created

Date made

1910 - 1956

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Bottle, Milk

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Serving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel, Drink Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Search Terms

South Berkeley Creamery, J.A. Sabatte, Berkeley Farms

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Location

E5-2