I’ve never had a whole lot of interest in glass, but since a recent discovery of an ancient Roman glass bottle I’ve started paying a little attention, mostly just looking for things that feel miraculous in one way or another! And so of course I lit on this deformed c. 1920 pale aqua Tournades Kitchen Bouquet Table Sauce bottle, which I have to think melted in a fire. While the lip was not altered in the least, the whole body of it was, with three different concave areas that feel as if custom shaped in order to accommodate the tight squeeze of a hand (mine quite exactly.) Pretty satisfying and pretty miraculous to me!

Tournades Kitchen Bouquet Table Sauce—developed in the late 19th century and originally manufactured by the Palisade Manufacturing Co. of West Hoboken New Jersey-was (and I believe still is) a browning and seasoning sauce for soups, sauces, gravies, roasts and stews. This particular bottle I belleve dates sometime between the 1910s-20s.

5 3/8" t; 2 1/16" w x 1 3/4" d at base. Great melted condition! No chips or cracks or issues; there are a few dark stains.