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SPERM SEWING MACHINE OIL 1890s DUG LUBRICANT BOTTLE FROM SPERM WHALE FOR GUNS

$ 13.2

Availability: 67 in stock
  • Condition: ONE SHALLOW BRUISE ON TOP SURFACE OF LIP & TINY PINHEAD PING AT BASE
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Color: Clear
  • Time Period Manufactured: Antique (Pre-1900)

    Description

    A hand blown Sperm Sewing Machine Oil bottle from the 1890 era that once contained real sperm whale oil, which was used in lubricating machines, as well as gun oil, for bicycles, etc....
    SPERM SEWING MACHINE OIL
    ( emb on sunken front panel) ....
    MADE IN U.S.A.
    on side panel....Hand blown in mold....hand tooled square ring lip....clear...4 1/2"tall....square.....it has one shallow bruise on top surface of lip & a tiny pinhead ping at base; no other damage. A patch of light haze on back.  We dug this bottle from an 1890s outhouse privy pit..... Sperm Whales were hunted almost to extinction in the 1800s. Their oil made excellent lubricating oil for guns, machines and lamp fluid.
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    THIS IS A FIXED PRICE, BUY IT NOW BOTTLE FOR SALE IN MY STORE.
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