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This is a vintage 1954 glass half-pint milk or cream bottle from Boutwell Dairy, which was manufactured by the famous Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company. This was a prominent dairy farm located in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, founded by William A. Boutwell in 1927. Boutwell Dairy is actually famous in American culinary history: William Boutwell invented "half-and-half" cream there in 1927. He mixed equal parts whole milk and heavy cream to serve to his customers, creating a brand new staple product. At its peak, the farm spanned 700 acres and milked over 1,000 Guernsey cows. This bottle was produced just two years before William Boutwell retired and stopped regional distribution in 1956. The bottle has a bit of cloudiness or "sickening" but is in good condition otherwise.