Bottles Used at the Dairy

In my search for milk bottles I have so far come across nine variations of bottles used at the dairy. There are possibly more just waiting to be discovered. One in particular that I am hoping to find is a bottle that reads " Zouave Dairy ". Now I have never been able to confirm if a bottle exists with the name " Zouave Dairy " on it, but I suspect there might be one. If anyone actually has or has seen a bottle could they let me know. The bottles shown are in possible chronological order from oldest to newest. Sometimes there are dates embossed on the bottles while the age of others is determined by patterns and other markings. All Ernest Cousins Bottles other than the square bottles that I have ever come upon are embossed and have this logo embossed on the front: "Ernest Cousins Limited Montreal". There are milk bottles with "Cousins Dairy" embossed on them but those are from various dairy's in the Toronto area with the same name. These dairies are NOT related in any way to Ernest Cousins Limited in Montreal. Everything that I know that has ever come from the dairy whether it be letterhead, milk caps, signs, milk crates etc., always has "Ernest Cousins Limited Montreal" included with it. The only exception would be the square milk bottles which were sold by case to restaurants where the only identifying feature would have been the milk cap. Therefore bottles missing the words "Ernest" and/or "Montreal" are not from this dairy.

I believe that this set of bottles is the oldest out of known Ernest Cousins bottles. This set I am missing the pint.

This set of bottles I am missing the Quart and Pint

This set of bottles I am missing the 1/2 pint

This set of bottles is interesting. I am not sure where it dates but I have yet to see if in fact a quart and pint exist.

These are pretty hard to come buy. "Loaned Deposit" is embossed on them. Guess everyone wanted there nickel back!

This set of bottles does not include the embossed "Blue Crest Dairy Products" label which is found on the the set following. I am missing the 1/2 pint.

These are the most common series of bottles availible. This is due in part to the number of years the bottles were availible. On the base of each is stamped the production date. I have bottles which range from 1938 to 1942. I have one which I believe is from 1958 but the date is blurred.