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Original vintage 1940s–1950s Packard Motor Car Company factory touch-up lacquer glass bottle, a remarkable piece of dealership history sourced directly from the parts and accessories division in Detroit, Michigan. This rare automotive collectible was originally sold straight over the dealership parts counter so luxury car owners could address minor paint chips on their vehicles. Featuring the classic, historic corporate styling lines and the iconic Packard script logo emblazoned across the front, this bottle represents an authentic artifact from the peak era of American motoring. This item serves as a premier historical centerpiece for antique automobilia collectors, Packard club members, or vintage garage display cabinets.
The antique glass bottle holds an incredible visual patina that beautifully highlights its mid-century heritage. The interior and neck area showcase a vivid, hardened residue of the original metallic cerulean blue lacquer paint, giving a perfect physical reference to a classic period-correct Packard paint color. The container is topped by its original, heavily knurled white ribbed plastic cap, characteristic of mid-century industrial packaging design. Measuring standard pocket size for handy garage storage, the heavy-gauge glass body remains completely intact with absolutely no cracks, chips, or fractures. The authentic paper label shows expected period wear, including a partial tear across the center and light surface staining, which enhances its genuine, untouched character.
Item Specifics & Manufacturing Identifiers:
• Subject Literature: Vintage Packard Dealer Touch-Up Paint Bottle
• Publishing Year: circa 1940s-1950s Production Era
• Publisher / Brand: Packard Motor Car Company Original Equipment Manufacturer Parts Dept.
• Specific Design Line: Factory Approved Touch-Up Lacquer Glass Bottle Automobilia Accessory
• Total Volume Quantity: 1 Physical Glass Bottle Assembly
• Included Volumes: Single 1 Fl. Oz. Glass Jar with Rigid Knurled Cap and Paper Label
• Material Composition: Heavy-Gauge Clear Molded Glass with Paper Label and Early Plastic Cap
• Manufacturing Origin: Authentic Original Factory Distributed Utility Made in Detroit, Michigan U.S.A.
Condition Grading & Technical Mechanical Inspection Report:
This vintage Packard dealership bottle stands in solid antique display condition. The glass vessel is structurally sound, holding its full original form with no chips along the base or cracks through the neck threads. The paper label is largely intact and fully legible, clearly reading "Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan" alongside the original "Inflammable Mixture" caution text, despite a clean historic tear running through the main logo block. This item is being sold strictly as a non-functional shelf display piece; the original liquid lacquer inside has completely dried and hardened into an inert solid gunk over the last seventy-plus years, ensuring it will not leak or spill when placed on a display shelf.
Professional Shipping & Archival Material Packaging:
To ensure this delicate piece of glass and paper history arrives at your destination in its exact surviving condition, it will be packaged with rigorous care. To guarantee that the fragile paper label does not suffer further tearing or rubbing and the historic glass container experiences zero impact stress during transit, this bottle will never be shipped loose or in a flexible paper envelope. The entire bottle will be wrapped securely in multiple layers of shock-absorbing bubble cushioning. The padded jar will then be nested squarely in the center of a rigid, heavy-test corrugated cardboard shipping box surrounded by dense packing materials to completely isolate it from external shocks or drops. Sent with full automated tracking and insurance options.
