Dairy bottle: Property of Wenzel & Raubenheimer, Willow Ave & 2nd St, Hoboken, N.J. Registered. (1 pint) No date, circa late 1880s-1900. Amber mold-blown glass, 3-1/8" diameter x 6-3/4" high; embossed lettering front and back; lip described by a previous owner as tin lip.
An uncommon amber milk bottle.
Front lettering:
[monogram] W & R
Property of
Wenzel & Raubenheimer
Willow Ave & 2nd St
Hoboken, N.J.
Registered.
Back lettering:
This Bottle
Warrented [sic - Warranted] to Contain
A Full Pint
No maker's marks on base or elsewhere.
Archives 2012.001.0219 is a mid-1890s printed postcard from this dairy and carries the name and address as:
WENZEL & RAUBENHEIMER,
MILK AND CREAM,
Cor. Willow Ave. and Second St.,
HOBOKEN, N. J.
See that record for full text of the card and where the bottle is described as amber or light brown, not sepia.
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Acquisition
Accession
2013.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Date made
1885 - 1990
Notes
Date: 1885-1900
General Notes
Note
Notes: Very little information about them has yet been found. A contemporary apothecary (druggist) Max Wenzel had his business at 4th St. and Willow Ave. in Hoboken. Whether he was associated with Wenzel & Raubenheimer has not been established.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-02-25
