Milk Bottle

There are hundreds of similar bottles with embossed cows online but wonder if some are more valuable than others?

 

Those are decorative and new-ish. That green recycled glass typically comes from Valencia, Spain although China may be producing look-alikes now. To the best of my knowledge, there are none that are more desirable than others (so prices should be similar.)

Debora

 

Thanks. So, there are no older bottles in that color and pattern?

 

The picture in this listing is awful but if you look real close I think the cow is similar. Also, think the 'new-ish' cap might be an indication of lack of age.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...4df-15aac5223b10&pf_rd_r=YYVD5RK3EYPNNMKKWEKE

 

I don’t see anything of that cow.

 

I do. Lack of corrosion on metal parts says new to me.

 

To the best of my knowledge, they're not reproductions of older items; they're new-ish items that look older than they are because of the flip-top cap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-top

Debora

 

D***, I'm good.

Debora

 

They apparently sell similar (these made in Italy) in the Monticello gift catalog, yet nowhere do they even suggest that it's a reproduction of anything from Jefferson's day. (Perhaps they hope buyers will just assume it is?)

https://www.monticelloshop.org/0205...P34EfBLBgq2uZrdA9OjXgYX2N3W9A-qhoCbK0QAvD_BwE

 

The original milk bottle with the cow and "absolutely Pure Milk" on it is from 1884 - 1889 by the Dr. Harvy Thatcher and made by Whitall Tatum factory at Millville, New Jersey. There have been 1000's of repo's of that bottle. Here is an article a bit more in depth.
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Thatcher_BLockhart.pdf