The bottle is a "blob top," which was popular from the 1890s through the 1910s. Its stopper was a horseshoe-shaped wire attached to a thick rubber washer — when it was pulled up, it made a seal. 20.

Marco Rubber & Plastics, a portfolio company of Align Capital Partners, has acquired Colonial Seal Company, a Westville, New Jersey-based distributor of oil seals, O-rings, gaskets and shaft seals ...