This is an unusual, antique cork-topped bottle with a dauber, likely
dating between the late 1800s and 1930s. The gorgeous bottle is a
lovely aqua to blue-green color with nice clarity. It is embossed on
the bottom, "2 1/2 fl oz" with a circle above and a "7" below. Shape is
also unique, with indentations on both sides making it octagonal. I am
not sure what the bottle's intended use was but turn of the century
bottles similar to this were used for shoe polish, glues and pastes,
perfume, liniment and medicines such as Mercurochrome. The dauber, or
applicator, may have been cotton and discolored by the bottle's
contents. The dauber, originally attached through the cork with a metal
wire, is broken. The remnants of the dauber are in the bottom of the
bottle. My father, an avid bottle digger, found the bottle more than 40
years ago in the ruins of an old home in Virginia. The bottle is in
nice condition, free from breaks or cracks. I did not remove the cork to
clean sediment as I didn't want to damage the dauber. The bottle
measures about 3.5" x 2" x 1.25".