Small Vaseline

Reconsidered Trifle - New Old Bottles, Limited edition ceramic cast, of antique bottles.  History you can put your lips to. 
 
Chesebrough MFG CO Vaseline 
Bottle Circa: 1880s- 1890’s
Origin: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Manufactured: 1860 - Present
Dimensions: 2 inches tall and 1 1/4 inches round
Patented in 1872 by Robert Augustus Chesebrough, under Chesebrough Manufacturing Company (an oil company), in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Story goes that in 1859 after hearing of a oil discovery in Titusville, Pennsylvania  Robert Chesebrough went to see the prospects.  It was there he encountered ‘rod wax’ a byproduct material that built up on the tubing and rods of plumping wells. It is from this material that Chesebrough was able to extract what became known as Vaseline.
The original extraction process involved vacuum distillation and repeatedly filtering through ‘bone black’ (charcoal made from bones)
The name Vaseline is derived from the German word for water (Wasser) and the Greek word for Oil (elaion)
From the manufacturer
“Promises to be of considerable value in the arts, and to enter into very general use for medicinal, pharmaceutical and toilet purposes.”
 
Food Safe, Hand Wash Only. Corks currently unavailable for this bottle.  
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