DUPRS_0024 Otto Brandt Bottle

DUPRS_0024 Otto Brandt Bottle

Glass Bottle

Intact glass bottle with missing upper portion of the neck. The bottle measures 15.7cm tall and 6.2cm in basal diameter. Some minor abrasion is apparent, potentially from the abrasive soil it was found in.
The lack of seams on the interior but presence of seams on the exterior suggests that it was made by blowing hot glass into a mold. Furthermore, the interior varies in thickness, which implies that it was blown from a single piece of glass placed inside a multi-part mold rather than being constructed of separate pressed glass elements that were fused together.

Otto Brandt 287 Washington St. Newark, NJ

Selective Surface collection, Zone East. Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)

Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey

c. 1885

Ava Valentino

http://www.bottleland.com/idDM304.htm
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1885-otto-brandt-newark-j-blob-top-473755845

Glass

Compared with other similar bottles found online, this glass bottle was most likely manufactured sometime between 1880-1890, with emphasis on the year 1885 due to a similar bottle found with “PAT 85” written on the bottom. The embossed writing on the bottle that reads, “Otto Brandt 287 Washington St. Newark, NJ” represents the bottles manufacture and identification origin. Based on internet research of bottle collector forums, Otto Brandt was one of three brothers who were all bottlers in the Newark area. Otto bottled and sold mineral and soda waters in the region from the late 1880’s to 1910, owning both a bottling plant and multiple stores to sell his wares.
Based on Brandt’s type of business and trade negotiations, his products were sold to 3 counties surrounding Essex county, which includes Morris county. This was probably a daily commodity in Chatham and easily accessible to residents.