Historical information

Sauce came in bottles bought at the local grocery store or at a large city store on a shopping expedition. The shape and size of bottles changed as did the stopper used to seal it.

Significance

Historical: Change of bottles - shape, size,stopper
Aesthetic: Display showing embossing, shape, size.

Physical description

Clear glass bottle 8 sided - 3 equal sides at each end and sides front and back twice as long as each of the 3 sides. Straight sides two thirds of the way up and one third is a straight neck. Embossing on the base. Screw top. 1860's shape.

Inscriptions & markings

Base: '866' with 'M' underneath