Milk Bottle

Object/Artifact

Berkeley Historical Society & Museum

2015.052.001a

Name/Title

Milk Bottle

Entry/Object ID

2015.052.001

Description

One quart glass milk bottle with text in red: "South Berkeley Creamery, Oakland, Independently Owned, J.A. Sabatte." Also shows picture of a baby next to a milk bottle "Baby's best friend in glass." J.A. Sabatte, a French immigrant, lived in Berkeley (on Webster Street, as listed under Dairy in 1908 and 1911 phone directory along with Peter Sabatte) and bought a small milk distribution business in South Berkeley then started his own company in 1910. It grew and moved partly to Oakland. In 1956 his sons took over and renamed it Berkeley Farms. In 1998 it was acquired by Dean Foods. See duplicate bottle 2008.061.002.

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, Berkeley Farms, J.A. Sabatte

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Circumference

12 in

Location

Other

E6-9