This bottle and the trademark it bears date it as an early example of Colgate's bottles. This bottle was made using a full-size mold which left its telltale vertical seams from the base to the neck. The upper neck and lip have been finished by hand. (By the late 1800's, Colgate's bottles were made using automatic bottle blowing machines.)

The trademark on this bottle is an early one. The text "C & Co" is run in a diagonal line through the center of an ornate shield. Later bottles bear a larger, simplified trademark on the back of the bottle.