Description: This vintage Brookfield dairy baby top bottle is a charming addition to any collection of milk and juice bottles. With a clear glass body that says Brookfield on the top and a capacity of 1 quart, this bottle is perfect for storing milk, cream, or juice. The bottle comes in a beautiful clear glass. You are purchasing a vintage used 1 quart Brookfield baby top bottle. There may be minor scuffs or scratches from general use. The glass is clear and smooth looking with a babies face embossed in the neck of the bottle. The glass has some small air bubbles gives it a nice vintage look. BACKGROUND Although the “Baby Face” bottle wasn’t invented until 1936, the basic idea of the “Cream separator top” bottle goes back at least to the 1920s. On March 3, 1925, patent #1,528,480 was issued to Norman A. Henderson for his new invention – a milk bottle with a “bulbous” or “head like” upper portion and a constriction between that and the lower (main) portion of the bottle. The bottle was designed so that the cream that rose to the top would be more or less contained within the “bulb” area, and a rubber disc attached to a handle could be inserted into the bottle, and then the cream poured off while the milk was retained in the bottom portion of the bottle. On February 18, 1936, a refinement on that basic style of bottle was patented: the “Baby Top” bottle with the upper portion fashioned into the shape of a baby’s face. This patent (patent #98,609) was issued to Michael Pecora of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania and assigned to Pecora’s Farm Dairy. Pecora’s Dairy at Hazleton, PA was the first dairy to use those bottles, but many other dairies (including BROOKFIELD DAIRY, HELLERTOWN, PA) eventually used the style but with their own name and city pyroglazed on them. Here is a link (courtesy of Worthopedia) to a typical pint size bottle from Pecora’s Dairy in Hazleton. The bottles were marked with the catchphrase “For Mothers Who Care”.
Price: 15 USD
Location: Bethany, Oklahoma
End Time: 2024-11-11T00:01:15.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Volume: 1 quart
Color: Clear glass
Bottle Type: Milk
