DUPRS_0024 Otto Brandt Bottle
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Title
DUPRS_0024 Otto Brandt Bottle
Subject
Glass Bottle
Description
The partial aqua blue glass bottle is missing the upper portion of its neck and rim, but is otherwise intact. The bottle is 15.7 centimeters tall and 6.2 centimeters in basal diameter. Some minor abrasion is apparent, potentially from the abrasive soil it was found in. Glass bottle fragments from additional Otto Brandt bottles of the same type and shape were also found at the site.
Creator
Otto Brandt
Source
Selective Surface collection, Zone East. Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)
Publisher
Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey
Date
1885
Contributor
Ava Valentino
Sophia Patti
Sophia Patti
Rights
The materials in this collection are made available for use for educational purposes only for research, teaching and private study. Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from the Department of Anthropology, Drew University.
Type
Glass
Coverage
Compared with other similar bottles found online, this partial glass bottle and fragments were 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 bottle's manufacture and identification origin.
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.
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.
From Industries of New Jersey:
“Otto Brandt, Manufacturer of Mineral Spring Waters, No. 287 Washington Street. — Mr. Otto Brandt is at the head of the manufacturers of this class of beverage in Newark and the most extensive manufacturer in the business. He has been established for over a period of fifteen years, he having founded his enterprise in 1867. The factory is a brick building of two stories, 18x55 feet in extent, and fitted with all the necessary appliances for the trade. The stock carried is estimated at $22,000 and consists of a large number of Mathews' fountains, etc. Seventeen experienced hands are employed in the various branches of the house and five wagon are kept in the delivery of goods. The trade done covers three of the adjoining counties to Newark, the sales reaching fully $35,000 per annum. Mr. Brandt is a German by birth and has been twenty-one years a resident of the United States, fifteen years of which he has spent in Newark in the development of his business. He has won an enviable rank in the social and commercial circles of his fellow-citizens.
http://www.oldnewark.org/busind/brewery/brandt.php
http://newarkbusiness.org/brewers/bb/brandt.php
Similar bottle with “PAT 85” written on the bottom for manufacture date:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1885-otto-brandt-newark-j-blob-top-473755845
Similar bottle from 1880’s
http://www.bottleland.com/idDM304.htm
Books:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kJlRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA49&lpg=RA5-PA49&dq=otto+brandt+newark+nj+soda+and+mineral+waters&source=bl&ots=5GydASgybV&sig=ACfU3U09EY4c0XmUjuLx10SWufHBSnECKw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrivuy_LbsAhVlc98KHWbaCzsQ6AEwEXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=otto%20brandt%20newark%20nj%20&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=cwVLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA638&lpg=PA638&dq=otto+brandt+newark+nj+soda+and+mineral+waters&source=bl&ots=ISRkS5dyln&sig=ACfU3U1ANaPAsuFZZCBkT_exNqo81o81Og&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrivuy_LbsAhVlc98KHWbaCzsQ6AEwEnoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=otto%20brandt%20newark%20nj%20soda%20and%20mineral%20waters&f=false
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.
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.
From Industries of New Jersey:
“Otto Brandt, Manufacturer of Mineral Spring Waters, No. 287 Washington Street. — Mr. Otto Brandt is at the head of the manufacturers of this class of beverage in Newark and the most extensive manufacturer in the business. He has been established for over a period of fifteen years, he having founded his enterprise in 1867. The factory is a brick building of two stories, 18x55 feet in extent, and fitted with all the necessary appliances for the trade. The stock carried is estimated at $22,000 and consists of a large number of Mathews' fountains, etc. Seventeen experienced hands are employed in the various branches of the house and five wagon are kept in the delivery of goods. The trade done covers three of the adjoining counties to Newark, the sales reaching fully $35,000 per annum. Mr. Brandt is a German by birth and has been twenty-one years a resident of the United States, fifteen years of which he has spent in Newark in the development of his business. He has won an enviable rank in the social and commercial circles of his fellow-citizens.
http://www.oldnewark.org/busind/brewery/brandt.php
http://newarkbusiness.org/brewers/bb/brandt.php
Similar bottle with “PAT 85” written on the bottom for manufacture date:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1885-otto-brandt-newark-j-blob-top-473755845
Similar bottle from 1880’s
http://www.bottleland.com/idDM304.htm
Books:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kJlRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA49&lpg=RA5-PA49&dq=otto+brandt+newark+nj+soda+and+mineral+waters&source=bl&ots=5GydASgybV&sig=ACfU3U09EY4c0XmUjuLx10SWufHBSnECKw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrivuy_LbsAhVlc98KHWbaCzsQ6AEwEXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=otto%20brandt%20newark%20nj%20&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=cwVLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA638&lpg=PA638&dq=otto+brandt+newark+nj+soda+and+mineral+waters&source=bl&ots=ISRkS5dyln&sig=ACfU3U1ANaPAsuFZZCBkT_exNqo81o81Og&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrivuy_LbsAhVlc98KHWbaCzsQ6AEwEnoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=otto%20brandt%20newark%20nj%20soda%20and%20mineral%20waters&f=false
Citation
Otto Brandt , “DUPRS_0024 Otto Brandt Bottle,” Omeka Sandbox, accessed October 16, 2024, https://drewmanuscripts.org/items/show/868.Item