Caldwell Dairy Milk Bottle – Brooklyn Half-Pint Clear Glass

Caldwell Dairy was a Brooklyn-based milk operation that supplied local households through the mid-twentieth century, part of the dense network of neighborhood dairies that served New York City before consolidation eliminated most local operations by the 1960s. The CALDWELL embossing on this half-pint bottle is accompanied by the C STORE commercial use designation — indicating this bottle circulated through retail or commercial accounts rather than home delivery routes, adding a specific layer of distribution history to the piece. The half-pint scale was the standard individual-serving dairy format of the era.

Embossing: CALDWELL dairy name on the body; C STORE commercial designation; HALF-PINT LIQUID capacity marking.

Condition is good with authentic age-appropriate patina from ground recovery. No chips or cracks. The embossing is sharp and fully readable throughout.

Dimensions: 5.25" H × 2.5" W | Clear glass | Good vintage condition with honest patina

The Brooklyn attribution and the C STORE commercial designation give this bottle a specific local history that generic dairy bottles lack. Works on a farmhouse kitchen shelf or windowsill as a bud vase for dried botanicals, in a local NYC history collection alongside other Brooklyn and Queens dairy glass, or as a Cottagecore accent where the neighborhood dairy provenance grounds the display in genuine local character.

Recovered from New York City’s historic shorelines and landfill sites by Brooklyn Sea Glass. Ships carefully packed.