Holland Dairy Milk Bottle – 1952 Maspeth Queens NY

Holland Dairy operated out of Maspeth, Queens — one of dozens of neighborhood dairies that supplied New York City households through the mid-twentieth century, before consolidation eliminated most local operations by the 1960s. Bottles like this one are the primary physical record that most of these small dairies existed at all: the name, the borough, and the neighborhood embossed into glass that outlasted the operation itself. The Holland name and Maspeth origin make this traceable to a specific Queens neighborhood and a specific window of local commerce.

Embossing: HOLLAND with dairy name and Maspeth, Queens location on the body. Crisp, legible lettering in clean clear glass.

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

Dimensions: 4.75" H × 2.75" W | Clear glass | Good vintage condition with honest patina

The Maspeth Queens attribution gives this bottle a local NYC specificity that most dairy bottles lack — it’s not just a mid-century milk bottle but a documented piece of Queens neighborhood history. Works on a farmhouse kitchen shelf or windowsill as a bud vase for a single dried stem, in a local NYC history collection alongside other Queens and Brooklyn-attributed glass, or as a Cottagecore accent where the dairy provenance and the small half-pint scale both contribute to the aesthetic.

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