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<p>[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 382475, member: 88"]I found this Friday at the auction & got it for the DH to put out in his shop. His father worked at Sun Oil for 30 years as a machinist. I wasn't quite sure what it was when I bought it, but have since learned it is a c.1915 salesman sample bottle for some type of oil. According to a very helpful member of Oldgas forum, the logo on this label was used from around 1896 to the mid 1920's. It is 6 3/8" tall to the top of the bottle & is 1 3/8" across the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave it to him last night & he thought it was very cool indeed. He is going to fashion some type of holder to put it in, kind of like a cup holder, so it will not fall off or get knocked off the shelf.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332291_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332296_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332304_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332312_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bercrystal, post: 382475, member: 88"]I found this Friday at the auction & got it for the DH to put out in his shop. His father worked at Sun Oil for 30 years as a machinist. I wasn't quite sure what it was when I bought it, but have since learned it is a c.1915 salesman sample bottle for some type of oil. According to a very helpful member of Oldgas forum, the logo on this label was used from around 1896 to the mid 1920's. It is 6 3/8" tall to the top of the bottle & is 1 3/8" across the bottom. I gave it to him last night & he thought it was very cool indeed. He is going to fashion some type of holder to put it in, kind of like a cup holder, so it will not fall off or get knocked off the shelf. [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332291_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332296_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332304_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/3/2/6/8/2/webimg/999332312_o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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