Silver Crest Dairy was a family-run pasteurization and bottling operation in Middle Village, Queens, that delivered milk across New York City for decades before independently operated neighborhood dairies were absorbed or shut down entirely. This half-pint bottle carries the dairy's name embossed front and back, and the bottom code E 52 dates it to approximately 1952 — a documented piece of a specific, now-vanished New York City neighborhood business.
Embossing: SILVER CREST HALF PINT LIQUID on the front, SILVER CREST REG. SEALED on the back, with base code E 52.
Condition is good, with minor surface scratches and light wear consistent with age.
Dimensions: 4.75" H × 2.5" diameter | Clear glass | Good vintage condition
Named, independently operated New York dairies like Silver Crest are increasingly hard to find in bottle form, which makes pieces like this genuinely collectible — well suited to a farmhouse windowsill, as a bud vase for a single stem, or as a gift for anyone with Queens roots.
Recovered from New York City's historic shorelines and landfill sites by Brooklyn Sea Glass. Ships carefully packed.
