National Creamery Diamond Thick Sole Pint Milk Bottle Boston Antique c1930
Original vintage National Creamery Co. one-pint milk bottle from Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts, featuring an orange Diamond Thick Sole advertising label, embossed diamond shoulder design, “Deposit Bottle” lettering and heavy textured glass base. Dating to approximately the early 1930s–1940s, this is an appealing piece of Massachusetts dairy and advertising history.
Condition: Shows age-related wear, cloudiness/residue, scratches and substantial fading/wear to the original orange applied-color graphics.
- Manufacturer/Dairy: National Creamery Co.
- Brand/Pattern: Diamond Thick Sole
- Form: One-pint dairy / milk bottle
- Capacity: 1 pint, embossed “CONTENTS ONE PINT”
- Marking: Embossed “DEPOSIT BOTTLE”
- Graphics: Orange applied-color label / ACL advertising
- Design: Repeating embossed diamond motif around shoulder
- Base: Heavy textured “thick sole” style base
- Material: Clear molded glass
- Color: Clear glass with orange graphics
- Design Style: Depression-era / early American commercial dairy glass
- Estimated Date: Early 1930s–1940s
- Company Location: Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts
- Historical Note: National Creamery Company was established in the early 1930s and dealt in cream cheese, milk and cream.
- Dating Note: Historical records show National Creamery Co. was acquired in February 1947, making a pre-1947 date particularly plausible for this independently branded bottle.
- Collecting Interest: Massachusetts dairy advertising, milk bottles, ACL bottles, Boston/Somerville memorabilia and local history
6" H x 2 3/4" OD
14 oz weight
SKU 8038
Condition: Shows age-related wear, cloudiness/residue, scratches and substantial fading/wear to the original orange applied-color graphics.
- Manufacturer/Dairy: National Creamery Co.
- Brand/Pattern: Diamond Thick Sole
- Form: One-pint dairy / milk bottle
- Capacity: 1 pint, embossed “CONTENTS ONE PINT”
- Marking: Embossed “DEPOSIT BOTTLE”
- Graphics: Orange applied-color label / ACL advertising
- Design: Repeating embossed diamond motif around shoulder
- Base: Heavy textured “thick sole” style base
- Material: Clear molded glass
- Color: Clear glass with orange graphics
- Design Style: Depression-era / early American commercial dairy glass
- Estimated Date: Early 1930s–1940s
- Company Location: Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts
- Historical Note: National Creamery Company was established in the early 1930s and dealt in cream cheese, milk and cream.
- Dating Note: Historical records show National Creamery Co. was acquired in February 1947, making a pre-1947 date particularly plausible for this independently branded bottle.
- Collecting Interest: Massachusetts dairy advertising, milk bottles, ACL bottles, Boston/Somerville memorabilia and local history
6" H x 2 3/4" OD
14 oz weight
SKU 8038
Description
Original vintage National Creamery Co. one-pint milk bottle from Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts, featuring an orange Diamond Thick Sole advertising label, embossed diamond shoulder design, “Deposit Bottle” lettering and heavy textured glass base. Dating to approximately the early 1930s–1940s, this is an appealing piece of Massachusetts dairy and advertising history.
Condition: Shows age-related wear, cloudiness/residue, scratches and substantial fading/wear to the original orange applied-color graphics.
- Manufacturer/Dairy: National Creamery Co.
- Brand/Pattern: Diamond Thick Sole
- Form: One-pint dairy / milk bottle
- Capacity: 1 pint, embossed “CONTENTS ONE PINT”
- Marking: Embossed “DEPOSIT BOTTLE”
- Graphics: Orange applied-color label / ACL advertising
- Design: Repeating embossed diamond motif around shoulder
- Base: Heavy textured “thick sole” style base
- Material: Clear molded glass
- Color: Clear glass with orange graphics
- Design Style: Depression-era / early American commercial dairy glass
- Estimated Date: Early 1930s–1940s
- Company Location: Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts
- Historical Note: National Creamery Company was established in the early 1930s and dealt in cream cheese, milk and cream.
- Dating Note: Historical records show National Creamery Co. was acquired in February 1947, making a pre-1947 date particularly plausible for this independently branded bottle.
- Collecting Interest: Massachusetts dairy advertising, milk bottles, ACL bottles, Boston/Somerville memorabilia and local history
6" H x 2 3/4" OD
14 oz weight
SKU 8038
Condition: Shows age-related wear, cloudiness/residue, scratches and substantial fading/wear to the original orange applied-color graphics.
- Manufacturer/Dairy: National Creamery Co.
- Brand/Pattern: Diamond Thick Sole
- Form: One-pint dairy / milk bottle
- Capacity: 1 pint, embossed “CONTENTS ONE PINT”
- Marking: Embossed “DEPOSIT BOTTLE”
- Graphics: Orange applied-color label / ACL advertising
- Design: Repeating embossed diamond motif around shoulder
- Base: Heavy textured “thick sole” style base
- Material: Clear molded glass
- Color: Clear glass with orange graphics
- Design Style: Depression-era / early American commercial dairy glass
- Estimated Date: Early 1930s–1940s
- Company Location: Somerville and Boston, Massachusetts
- Historical Note: National Creamery Company was established in the early 1930s and dealt in cream cheese, milk and cream.
- Dating Note: Historical records show National Creamery Co. was acquired in February 1947, making a pre-1947 date particularly plausible for this independently branded bottle.
- Collecting Interest: Massachusetts dairy advertising, milk bottles, ACL bottles, Boston/Somerville memorabilia and local history
6" H x 2 3/4" OD
14 oz weight
SKU 8038
National Creamery Diamond Thick Sole Pint Milk Bottle Boston Antique c1930
$12.00