Name/Title
Bottle, MedicineEntry/Object ID
2001-012nDescription
Clear glass rectangular bottle with a round neck and top. There are mold seams at two of the corners that extend from the bottom up to but not over the lip. There is a horizontal seam at the bottom. There is the remains of a cork in the top opening. Embossed on the side is "Watkins" and "trial mark". On the bottom is "34" inside a diamond and a "5". From the company's history on their website: "Watkins first introduced the “Trial-Mark Bottle” and America’s first money-back guarantee in 1869. Relying on door-to-door sales, Watkins gave customers a risk-free way to try his products by adding a molded “trial mark” to each bottle. Customers who used the natural products and stayed above the mark could get a full refund."
The bottle was created by the Diamond Glass Company or the Illinois Glass Company for the J. R. Watkins Company product.
Bottle was found on the Kinney family property 920 Sleater-Kinney Rd NE, Lacey, WA.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Diamond Glass Company, Illinois Glass CompanyDate made
1920 - 1930Notes
Date: 1920s circaInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Manufacturer's MarkTranscription
TRIAL MARK
WATKIN'SMaterial/Technique
EmbossedDimensions
Height
8-1/2 inWidth
1-3/4 inLength
3 inRelationships
Related Publications
Notes
http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/j-r-watkins-co-bottles/
https://www.jrwatkins.com/timeline.aspx
