Seaforth AS

[Pepin]

I picked up this ceramic AS bottle at an antique store yesterday.

Any idea what time period it was made? I have a glass one from the 1960's, but have never seen the ceramic Seaforth.

 

[August West]

No clue Brother. But I will bump it.

 

[Littlemax]

If memory serves me right, I believe Seaforth is from the 60's. !!! Ebay has some Vintage Seaforth offerings.

 

[econjoe]

While it doesn't have a date, I have a pricing sheet that has each Seaforth! item in a container listed for $1.00. Soap was $0.35 each.

 

[mblakele]

I see a few 1956 ads showing what looks like a glass bottle, like this one in LIFE: http://books.google.com/books?id=xkEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74.

Yours could be pre-1956, or it could be a special edition of some kind. According to http://www.trademarkia.com/seaforth-73277821.html the brand dates back to 1939.

[EDIT] This could be it, from LIFE in 1946: http://books.google.com/books?id=WUkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48. The pattern looks about right, and McKelvy appears in the ad. So maybe it was ceramic from 1939 until sometime 1946-56, then glass?

 

[August West]

http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Seaforth

 

[California Cajun]

I picked up this ceramic AS bottle at an antique store yesterday.

Any idea what time period it was made? I have a glass one from the 1960's, but have never seen the ceramic Seaforth.

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I feel confident that the bottle you have is from the 1940s. Look at Seaforth ads on ebay, some are dated.

 

[Pepin]

Thank you for the information.

It does look like the ones in the 1946 ad.

 

[whittjt3]

Picked this one up at a local antique store a few weeks back. At the time I did a quick search and thought it was from the '40s. The markings are a bit different than the OP's.

 

[nemo]

Wartime.

 

[Pepin]

That is a great ad.

DO you have it posted on the wall of your shave den?

 

[nemo]

Do you have it posted on the wall of your shave den?

No, I've got this one.