We stock vintage, generic milk bottle caps in several sizes to fit most milk bottles. Industry standards
measure the outside diameter of the bottle top to determine the size of the insert cap. All generic caps
are priced at $.25 each, which includes postage.
Sizes available are:
56mm (fits most round milk bottles), 51mm (large
square & some round bottles)
48mm (smaller square bottles), 38mm (square bottles with out cap seats - plastic snap caps
or foil dacro caps available)
3 sizes of plain white creamer caps to fit 1oz.& 3/4oz., 1/2 & square creamers, large caps in
2 sizes to fit sour cream & cottage cheese jars.
The Purple Cow has the largest selection of vintage milk caps in the area. We buy, sell and trade all over
the US. and Canada. Send me your want list to see if I have caps to match your bottles. All caps are genuine vintage caps
collected from closed dairies and will add value to your collection or extra interest to your sales stock. Let us help you complete
your collection. To catalog and sort your cap collection we also sell the special vinyl pages made especially for milk
caps that hold 20 caps each. these are no longer being made so get them while they last at $.25 each.
DUO-CAPPER
To protect your investment and place caps correctly and securely every time, try the newest item being offered
by The Purple Cow. This handy tool has one end which will crimp 38mm aluminum caps evenly and tightly while the opposite end
will insert 56mm flat disc or coverlip caps without the danger of breaking vintage caps which become brittle with age. Made
of high inpact plastic it fits your hand comfortably. Try our exclusive DUO-CAPPER available now for $10.00 post paid in the
USA.
Use the male end down to seat 56mm flat disc caps and use female end to crimp and seal aluminum dacro caps
Press firmly and evenly to seat caps securely without risk of damaging vintage caps
We're Grade "A"
Size Gauge
The photos are actual size caps to help you with your selection. These are vintage
generic samples and the wording may differ from what you receve, but none will contain a specific dairy name. Industry
standards measure the OUTSIDE diameter of the bottle top to determine the size of the insert cap. 56 mm fits most round
milk bottles; 51 mm fits large square & some round bottles; 48 mm fits smaller square bottles; 38 mm fits square bottles without
cap seats (plastic snap caps or foil dacro caps). The creamer caps come in 3 sizes to fit 1 oz. or 3/4 oz., 1/2 oz.
& square creamers. The large caps come in 2 sizes to fit most sour cream or cottage cheese jars. They will add
the final touch to your collection and keep the filler from spilling from the bottles. You can print the picture by right clicking
your mouse on photo and select print picture. The picture that prints will be the full size of the caps.
