Bottles
Fishing related bottles come in all shapes and sizes and contain many different potions. Some obvious contents of fishing related bottles are reel oil, rod varnish and dry fly oil. But, there are also bottles that contain things as unexpected as casting line! I am always looking to add tough, early, American bottles to this collection …so please keep me in mind.
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Three Early Bottles With Cork Stoppers: VL&A Rod Varnish, Shakespeare Dry Fly Oil Bottle (Note The Raised Glass “Skakespeare” Signature), And My Favorite Of This Bunch, The Kelso “DRIFLI” Oil Bottle …Which Has A Glass Application Paddle.

Reel Oils by Wm. Mills & Son And Meek-Horton, Bristol, CT. This Was The Last Type Of Bottle Used By Horton.

A Nye “Fishing Tackle Oil” Bottle And A Bottle Marked “Fine Reel Oil Put Up Expressly For Dealers In Sporting Goods”. The Nye Bottle Came In A Protective Wood Tube.

A Bottle of Wm. Mills & Son “Fine Fish Rod Varnish” In Its Protective Wooden Cylinder. See The “Tins” Section Of This Site For a Tin Of Mills Rod Varnish.

“Specialized Varnish For Fishing Rods” From The Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company. Iver Johnson Was Founded In 1900 When He Purchased The John P. Lovell Arms Company.

The Earliest Bottle Of Nye Fishing Tackle Oil I’ve Seen, With Corkscrew, Which Is Marked “William H. Nye”. Nye Oil Is Sperm Whale Oil, Hence The Whaling Scene On The Label.

This Bottle Of Abbey & Imbrie Reel Oil Is Quite A Bit Larger Than Other Reel Oil Bottles From The Same Vintage

The First Version Of Hardy’s Waistcoat Pocket Fly Oil Bottle. Hardy’s Catalog Description States “The Bottle Is Fitted With A Long Sleeve , Which Prevents The Oil From Flowing Back When Filled To The Line Mark”.
Circa 1900 …And Spill Proof !

Pflueger’s “Chancellor” Line Was Packaged In Bottles In 1919. Line Bottles (Tubes) Are As Rare As They Were Impractical.
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Three Early Bottles With Cork Stoppers: VL&A Rod Varnish, Shakespeare Dry Fly Oil Bottle (Note The Raised Glass “Skakespeare” Signature), And My Favorite Of This Bunch, The Kelso “DRIFLI” Oil Bottle …Which Has A Glass Application Paddle.

Reel Oils by Wm. Mills & Son And Meek-Horton, Bristol, CT. This Was The Last Type Of Bottle Used By Horton.

A Nye “Fishing Tackle Oil” Bottle And A Bottle Marked “Fine Reel Oil Put Up Expressly For Dealers In Sporting Goods”. The Nye Bottle Came In A Protective Wood Tube.

A Bottle of Wm. Mills & Son “Fine Fish Rod Varnish” In Its Protective Wooden Cylinder. See The “Tins” Section Of This Site For a Tin Of Mills Rod Varnish.

“Specialized Varnish For Fishing Rods” From The Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company. Iver Johnson Was Founded In 1900 When He Purchased The John P. Lovell Arms Company.

The Earliest Bottle Of Nye Fishing Tackle Oil I’ve Seen, With Corkscrew, Which Is Marked “William H. Nye”. Nye Oil Is Sperm Whale Oil, Hence The Whaling Scene On The Label.

This Bottle Of Abbey & Imbrie Reel Oil Is Quite A Bit Larger Than Other Reel Oil Bottles From The Same Vintage

The First Version Of Hardy’s Waistcoat Pocket Fly Oil Bottle. Hardy’s Catalog Description States “The Bottle Is Fitted With A Long Sleeve , Which Prevents The Oil From Flowing Back When Filled To The Line Mark”.
Circa 1900 …And Spill Proof !

Pflueger’s “Chancellor” Line Was Packaged In Bottles In 1919. Line Bottles (Tubes) Are As Rare As They Were Impractical.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I Buy Old Tackle ~ Click Here
reelsmith@aol.com
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All Rights Reserved