Original Listing Description

eBay I collected these small milk bottles (also sour cream and cottage cheese jars) in the 1980s and now I'm downsizing and selling them as a lot. All are in perfect condition, with no chips, cracks, or scuffs. The printed colors are as bright and vivid as new. Included are 8 half-pint milk bottles, one 6-ounce milk bottle from England, two sour cream jars, and two cottage cheese jars. All are American except for the one made in the UK. I'll describe them in the order in which they appear in the photos (most of which show both front and back):(1) Cedar Farm, Westminster [Mass.], half-pint with green print. Reverse side shows emblem of a baby seated on the globe and "Building Americans with Cedar's Milk."(2) Hamilton Farm Dairy, Jefferson, Ohio, half-pint with orange print. Reverse side shows image of a rural dairy barn and motto "Where Cleanliness Prevails." (3) Shadow Brook Dairy, Tunkhannock, PA, half-pint with red print. Reverse side shows image of barn and silos. (4) Anderson Erickson Dairy Co., Des Moines, Iowa, half-pint with orange print. Reverse side shows children with AE insignia and motto "Drink More Milk, Nature's Most Nearly Perfect Food." Has postal code, so dates from 1963 or later.(5) Plains Dairy, "A. Augusto" [Valley Falls, Rhode Island], half-pint with two-color (red and green) print. Front shows four cows and reverse shows a coat of arms. Label "STORE" appears in green on both sides. (6) Silver Seal Meadow Gold, half-pint, no color, embossed. Reverse side is not shown in photos. (7) Buddhurst Farm Registered, Chatham, NJ, half-pint, no color, embossed. Reverse side is not shown in photos.(8) Borden's, in orange-red print on a square, short and squatty half-pint. With pictures of Elsie the Cow and the name "Elsie" beneath. Reverse side (not shown) is identical.(9) Pure Farm Fresh Milk, in red print with picture of a cow. Otherwise unbranded. Reverside reads "Rinse and Return / Made in England." This is a small 6 ounce bottle. (10) Unbranded half-pint sour cream jar, no color. Embossed on front "Sour Cream," and on back "Contents Half Pint Liquid 3 c deposit." (11) Borden's half-pint sour cream jar, no color. Embossed on front "Property of Borden's Farm Products Co. Inc. Please Wash and Returns." On reverse is the circular seal: "Borden's Trademark Quality Service 8 oz." A beautiful jar with a pattern of vertical embossed lines. Photos show only one view.(12) Turner and Wescott Inc. [Philadelphia, PA] pint cottage cheese jar, with orange print. Reverse reads, "Your Relish Dish is complete with Cottage Cheese" and an image of a serving tray.(13) Sanitary's Best by Test [Cleveland, Ohio] pint cottage cheese jar, two-color (blue and red) print. Front reads "Sanitary's Best by Test Pasteurized Milk & Real Ice Cream," and back reads "Cottage Cheese Old Fashion Style" plus banner "Good With Any Salad" and images of a serving platter in red and a country cottage in blue.Comes from a non-smoking home. The bottles will be carefully and securely packed, in small boxes within a larger box. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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