late 1860's privy dug antique american aqua green malt extract/tonic style bottle designed and bottled/manufactured for joseph pederson, new york city, ny. the slender body has a slim neck and bore and is finished with a relatively crude applied tapered collar and ring. the finish has a small vertical bubble and concentric marks in the glass. the neck has a long vertical bubble near the finish and a number of smaller bubbles all over. side seams go 3/4 of the way up the neck. a large open-lined monogram “jsp” is embossed cleanly on the front of the glass. the base is smooth. the bottle would have contained johann hoff’s malt extract, a product that was first introduced in europe in 1847, and sold in america in 1866 by leopold hoff. in 1868, according to various ads, the business was “transferred” to joseph s. pederson, and a year later became the property of tarrant & company, both based in new york. the malt extract was a medicinal beverage promoted as, "johann hoff's malt extract (beer of health), a healing remedy for the stomach, dyspepsia, etc., gold medal winning medicinal product in london 1862."