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The bottom of the bottle has a 2 followed by the O with diamond logo followed by a 3. (Latest confirmed date code with this older trademark embossed on a bottle is 1966). File #5: Continuation of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" Examine the first clue to a site. Can you tell me more about it and it has a blue tint to it. The 91 is a date code. Was: $9.99. The Jar is like a flat sided fish bowl shape. Hi, This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. There may be a list somewhere, but if there is, I am not clued in to it! The 56 indicates the liquor bottle was made at their Charleston, West Virginia plant. B in a diamond mark on inside of Star & Dewdrop master salt dish in vaseline glass, made in 1994. I have a jar with a cork on top. Hope this helps a bit! However, those dates were confirmed as David. Also has the number 5 on lower left of the large triangle. My finds are mostly small bottles what look like medication or perfume bottles but I have found several Coke bottles dating 1945-47, and others what appear to be liquor bottles, that most have the single numbers after the OI logo. Sorry I cant be sure what it means! The date code would then certainly be 1965, and the 55 (placed on the left) is the permit number assigned to Owens-Illinoiss glass manufacturing plant at Huntington, West Virginia. dating, and in particular, bottle typing - i.e., what a bottle likely contained David. ~David. comm. This mark has 3 lines outside the diamond, indicating production between 1993-1998. C. 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The left number is 3, and the bottom number is 1. Cant find any information on the Heres How. Send me exclusive offers, unique gift ideas, and personalized tips for shopping and selling on Etsy. Hi Dorian, The 15 is the mold number. BROWN HOTEL LOUISVILLE APOTHECARY Vintage Duraglas GLASS BOTTLE 3iv . Would you mind shedding a bit of light for me? Hi Alisa, Please check out this link: Hello, I am something of a hoarder when it comes to old things including bottles and jars. Does this mean it was made in 1947? Pre-Owned. Hope this helps, Any idea what it could be? Duraglas was introduced in 1940, so we know your bottle was made after that year. Thanks for any thoughts you have. Thanks Reid, Reid, This example appears on the base of a clear decorative spirits bottle embossed with a horse head inside a horseshoe design, and the words Los Angeles Brewing Company, perhaps a limited-edition bottle made during the 1930s or 1940s for a polo club? Thanks for compiling this, its super interesting! Your jar indicates manufacture at their Los Angeles, Ca facility (plant code #23); I believe that number was used circa 1948 to 2004. Another is 2 and has only an 18 on the front bottom as opposed to the actual heel. The left no. I couldnt figure out how to just post a question so hopefully this gets to you. Hello Dawn, Take care, David. Perhaps someone out there will have better info and can chime in on this question! The bottom of it has a 7 then the old O I logo with the diamond followed by a 4 to the right. Any clue what that may indicate? See On the bottom of the jar, there is the I in an oval O, but no diamond. The I is inside the O To the left is a 4. the "Owens-Illinois Plants" at the time with illustrations of those plants. Take care, I also have noticed that the number 56 is not in the list of liquor bottle permit numbers posted online (and that info was copied from papers published many years ago), so I suspect it was a relatively short-lived bottle making location and for some reason was not producing bottles during the time period the bottle permit lists were produced. IMPORTANT NOTE: Many liquor bottles and flasks made by Owens-Illinois have a DIFFERENT mold code configuration on the base, as compared to the way the numbers are arranged on most other types of bottles they made. It appears all of them (that I found, anyway) also have the PAT APPLIED FOR marking on the base. Best regards, The market value is merely the ending price of the item, and that sales price may or may not give us solid information on real worth to collectors. Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Complete list (with links) of all articles on the GLASS BOTTLE MARKS website, Glass Manufacturers Marks on Bottles and other Glassware, Brookfield Glass Company (Bushwick Glass Works), Federal Glass Company, Columbus, Ohio (1900-1979), Fenton Art Glass Company, Williamstown, WV (1905-2011), MASONS PATENT NOV 30TH 1858 Antique Fruit Jars Summary, Numbers seen on the bottoms of glass bottles and jars, Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this Bottle Marking, https://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/IGCo_BLockhart.pdf, Maryland Glass Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland (1907-1980), Owens Bottle Company: O inside a square mark, Dr. W. B. Caldwells, Monticello, Illinois ~ bottles, Glass Manufacturers' Marks on Coca-Cola Bottles, "Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this Bottle" Marking, Glass Bottle Marks (Alphabetical List) ~ Page 1 (A-B), Glass Bottle Marks (Alphabetical List) ~ Page 2 (C-D), Glass Bottle Marks (Alphabetical List) ~ Page 3 (E-L), Glass Bottle Marks (Alphabetical List) ~ Page 4 (M-R), Glass Bottle Marks (Alphabetical List) ~ Page 5 (S-Z), AB (connected) mark on antique glass bottles, AB (connected) bottle base mold codes list, Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation: Anchor and H entwined logo, Atterbury & Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Binghamton Glass Company, Binghamton, New York (1880-1957), Bottle inside oval mark on British Ten Pin style soda bottle, Boyds Crystal Art Glass, Cambridge, Ohio: B in a diamond trademark, Boyds Genuine Porcelain Lined Cap (Milk glass discs), Brockway Glass Company (B inside a circle marking), Brody Co. Cleveland, O. U.S.A. (E. O. Brody Company), Bromo-Seltzer, Baltimore, MD ~ Cobalt Blue Glass Bottles, Brookfield Glass Company / Bushwick Glass Works, Brooklyn, New York, Caldwells (Dr. W. B. Caldwells, Monticello, Illinois) ~ bottles, California Glass Insulator Company, Long Beach, CA, Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Carnival Glass (What is Carnival Glass? mark on base of amber beer bottle. On the bottle listed on ebay, they show the number on their example as 754 (or 154?). It has the I in the circle but there is only a single digit for the date code. products. Im trying to locate an all-encompassing list of mold numbers for O-I. ~David. 9.5\" tall. Can any one help me? 5 3/4 inches tall. Its the first bottle from the 1960s Ive found bearing the old trademark, and Ive been collecting soda bottles since I was 15 years old (1978). David. Any idea what the date of manufacture could be? about the catalog's date. You are correct, although I am thinking the 4 most likely stands for 1944. It has an art deco design. H, Heather, the #4601-CB is not a patent number. Bottom is a hexagon shape with 3 markings (left to right) 8, square with an O, and 8. (Lucas County Bottle Co. 1940s; Owens-Illinois Glass Co. 1952; 1962). ACL labeling. Some possibilities for random items include hunters, fishermen, hikers, surveyors, farmers, nearby landowners, vagrants, ATV riders, or just teens or children out exploring the neighborhood and leaving litter! It appears the date and plant codes are reversed. This corporation is now generally known simply as O-I. (See list of 20 currently operating glass container plants in North America, farther down on this page). First use of this mark is claimed to have been on December 17, 1997, according to information posted on the justia.com website, here: The top portion of the mark is missing, it looks like 1/4 of it was cut off. The 55 liquor bottle permit number indicates the bottle was made at O-Is Huntington, West Virginia glass plant. with Heres How on them. (Duraglas brand name was introduced about 1940, so we can be sure it isnt from 1932). Best regards, David, Hello David, (30% off), Sale Price USD 7.20 David. I am a collector of all things King Kalakaua. The bottles were used for many purposes including liquid chemicals such as chlorine, rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, fertilizers, cleaning agents, as well as medicines and other products. Any contact with this bottle before? You can send it to the email address shown at the bottom of any page on this site. File #22: Continuation of the "Closure Division" section (17 catalog Thanks. and the mold #3 below. Would this indicate 1930s? To the side at a 90 degree angle is the O-I diamond. However, currently there is a similar water bottle on ebay, and the look of the logo (diamond and oval) is such that I think the original marking was just a diamond and I inside but the oval was added (engraved) in the mold later, after the merger of Illinois Glass Company and Owens Bottle Company in 1929. I do think the 2 on your example is a date code for 1932, and the 5 on my piece stands for 1935. mark on antique glass bottles & jars, Letter L in cursive script mark: Libbey Glass Company, Liquor Bottle Permit Numbers Numerical List, Lynchburg Glass Corporation, Lynchburg, Virginia, M inside a circle: Maryland Glass Corporation, Baltimore, MD, MASONS PATENT NOV 30TH 1858 Fruit Jars Summary, Maywood Glass Company, Compton, California (1930-1959) ~ MG Connected mark, McLaughlin Glass Company, Vernon, California, M.G.CO. Is this bottle unique or why did this happen? The bottle was not made in 1940. I just know its gotta be a medicine bottle but could you tell me the year or date or at all what it might have once been. I cant say which. Its clear and embossed with a heart design. Any info would be great! That does help a lot. It also has raised swirl type markings on the bottom, which I see on several jars for sale on eBay. (I do NOT subscribe to the theory that ALL date codes without a dot to the right of the number necessarily means it is from the 1930s, and all date codes WITH dots are from the 1940s or later, but that seems to be true in quite a few cases). The 55 is a liquor bottle permit number, and by checking a list of liquor codes online (here is a pdf file https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/LiquorBottlePermits.pdf the past 90 years. Bottle Typing/Diagnostic Shapes: I assume that is the case with your bottle. However, there is no better source for determining potential use and period In 1929, Illinois Glass merged with Owens Bottle Company of Toledo, Ohio to form the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. Cork still in the smaller bottle. Note: This index is useful but a bit hard to use. Found an antique medicine bottle (with unknown medicine inside) while out on a run through a Missouri River flood area. and still use. It had its own railroad spur line. Bill, Bill, Im not familiar with the bottle, but Owens-Illinois has made tens of thousands of different bottles over the years. Also Metal Cap says keep in refrigerator after opening and serve chilled. The R-174 is a rectifier number and here is an info webpage (.pdf file) someone has put together with a number of distiller code numbers and rectifier numbers. So this could theoretically be either 1941 or 1951. David. It is likely some LYRICbottles post-date 1929 since it would have taken some time for all bottle molds then in use to be re-engraved with the new mark used by Owens-Illinois. That seems conclusive though could have been added to this O-I library archival David. O V entwined on base of cobalt blue Acqua della Madonna water bottle from Italy. in 1935.). This bottle has the 3ii on the back near the neck indicating size but no side markers. This article is Unfollow antique medicine bottles and vintage amber glass bottle dating antique bottles old prescription bottle, with accurate, antique medicine bottle. https://ibb.co/nRgN0DV (Full Bottle, has 12 sides) Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. This can help narrow down the production date of some glass containers. Thanks and take care! The Leading Glass Bottle Manufacturer Owens-Illinois | O-I Crafting the Iconic Wine: Drusian Traditional oak glass color combined with an extraordinary shaped bottle. Encyclopedia of Manufacturers Marks on Glass Containers: Lockhart, Bill, Russ Hoenig, I think the #7 is the factory in Alton, IL, & the #4 below is the mold #. Best regards, Perhaps an inventory or catalog number assigned to that particular bottle design? Owens-Illinois Glass Company is, of course, the company who manufactured the glass bottles which were sold TO (purchased BY) the Kankakee Bottling Works to use for their products. They are two entirely separate, unrelated businesses, and sometimes this is confusing to people who might assume that the product as well as the bottle were both made by the same company. a large heart on one side, and a smaller one on the other side with what appear to be leafy vines in between. No idea of the age of this bottle. Most of them were of the flattened fishbowl shape, although other designs were used for that particular name brand of prune juice over the years. Included within this grouping (page xxvii) is listed the Hazelhurst, PA. plant. Dating old coke bottles. I would guess either 1954 or 1964. Thank you again for the great website. Below the trademark are 64, D-1, 46 stacked on top of each other. File #19: End of the "Large Ware Hope this helps, Hi Cheryl, https://photos.app.goo.gl/pZqpdxGLBq1z1R5w5 used commercially by the company until at least 1933, possibly 1934 (Lockhart & Hoenig 2015, Im confused cause mostly what I have found says most everything after the 50s had double digit date codes. I have hundreds of Owens-Illinois soda bottles, and the ones I am certain were manufactured after 1940 (bottle design, graphics, etc.) Exactly what type of bottle are you referring to? Value is subjective, but since these are common jars, typically they might have 50 cents to a dollar or two value to jar collectors. Im guessing the number 4 indicates the plant in Clarksburg, W.V., the one that interests me is the M258270. File #4: Continuation of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" I found a green bottle with a screw top lid. We found the bottom of an Owens medicine bottle on the beach in FL- it has measurement lines up whats left of the side. about milk bottles. The exact cursive style changed slightly several times over the years. I dont know which Owens-Illinois plant was given the number 56 as their liquor bottle permit number. I can send pictures is you would like. (Photograph courtesy of Penny Garcia). Bureau of Land Management (retired) - Formerly headquartered at Toledo, OH; now based at Perrysburg, OH, Owens-Illinois, Inc. had (and has) many glass manufacturing locations worldwide. To my knowledge the plant ran until its closing in the early 80s. I have what looks to be a small old round (maybe half pint size) possible medicine bottle? The bottom has Duraglas, to the left #3 the diamond with the O and 48 to the right. Hemingray was a prolific maker of electrical insulators (of many types and sizes) for power lines, telegraph, telephone and other uses. Free shipping for many products! never quit making beer and liquor bottles during Prohibition. beginning of the very large "Food Container Division" products (27 catalog pages) - downloads than any other makers marking article. liquor bottle section; "F" for Food, and so forth, although the DRUGGIST, EXTRACT & MEDICINE BOTTLES Page 23 - Improved Citrate of Magnesia with a porcelain stopper Page 24 - French square prescription bottles, narrow mouth Here, as embossed on the base of a small cobalt blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle. Thus, some bottles made long after 1964 are seen with the phrase. B in a diamond mark on inside of Star & Dewdrop master salt dish in vaseline glass, made in 1994. Hello John, Some relatively recent bottles made by Owens-Illinois do not conform to the typical marking system/configuration of earlier years. (1940s? Also handwritten along the side of that same page is the notation "Catalog finished Dec. Maybe like some type or error. Any info? Hope this helps, Other brand names used by O-I on insulators include Lowex and Kimble. Pre-Owned. I believe they were made by Owens Corning and have a gold colored cap lined with cork so they can be filled with cold water/ice. I have a large, probably 2.5 or 3 gallon jar I am researching for a friend. I was making a trail through my property in the UP of Michigan. Code underneath 3. The 2 is the date code, and most likely would stand for either 1962 or 1972. I found a brown half gallon Clorox Duraglas bottle. Keep in mind that low mold numbers such as 2 or 7 were used on thousands of different styles of containers over the years, so there is no direct relation between a (for instance) 2 seen on an Owens-Illinois-made soda bottle and the 2 on a coffee jar or beer bottle. within all important bottle type categories of any bottle maker at that time. . Left is 7, right is 5, bottom is 5. Amateur collector. following information he discovered recently: "In the 1931 In general, (and this is my own understanding.I invite clarification or corrections from readers!! David. But is there any chance the bottle could be older than 1954? (30% off), Sale Price USD 83.99 To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Hi Brian, The S.B.W. of course stands for Sanitary Bottling Works of Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Logos and Codes. The 8 is a mold number. The markings on the base indicate it was made at Owens-Illinoiss glass plant at Streator, Illinois (plant #9). On the bottom, it has the diamond and circle with the I in it, so looks to be Owens Illinois. The bottom says OWENS and the right below is the diamond oval and on the left side of the diamond oval is a 7 and on the right is a 5, with no other marks prevant, the label look fairly old and has a plastic screw cap it still has oil in it which i thought was interesting based on the state of the bottle itself. Presumably most of these jars were made within just a few years of the issuance of the patent in 1932, but I dont know for how long. (Please see my webpage on the Hemingray Glass Company for more information on Hemingray insulators.). I know the Illinois abbreviation changed after 1963, but still not sure how old it might be. There are no markings on the bottom. I do not subscribe to the theory that only 2-digit date codes were used after 1960. There is an inscription the bottom that says owens, inside of a circle. The jar says Presto supreme mason with manufactured by owens illinois glass company on the back. I just excavated a coke bottle with an F above the I inside the O logo with a 5 on the left (assuming the Charlotte, MI plant?) Sapphire Blue Eastlake Childrens Mug, made by Atterbury & Company of Pittsburgh in the 1880s, Hobnail candy dish in Amberina glass (Fenton inside an oval mark is on the base), Owens-Illinois Glass Company I inside an O trademark, VM (MV) logo on CD 642 Gingerbread Man style insulator made by Verreries de Masnieres, BIRCH LEAF pattern milk glass cream pitcher Unknown Maker. Libbey in the 1930s, and in 1935 absorbed the I found a fairly large piece of brown glass with the Duraglas logo (circle inside diamond) the number to the left of the logo is a 6, and there is a 29 under the logo. Just like a medicine vial. Original Price USD 19.20 page group links below have that date as part of the URL). The patent design looks exactly like the bottle! B inside a diamond ~ mark on the base of a blue-aqua horseradish or pickle bottle made by Binghamton Glass Company, VE mark used by Vetreria Etrusca, glass company in Italy, ARCOROC USA ~ base marking on small dessert bowl. Each mold is identicalbut would be numbered from 1 to 12. Currently, the company is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, with 79 plants in 21 countries. Join and search! The 7 stands for their Alton, Illinois glass plant. I would guess 1943 but cant guarantee it! For instance "L" followed by a number is a page in the Sorry but I dont know which year it would be. Beneath the O is a period and beneath the period (all of this on the left) is the number 13 on the left and then the diamond and O plus I shape and also to the right a number 2. It has the Duraglas logo as well. https://ibb.co/djCRNk1 (Bottom of bottle, with a 2 and a 9). Hi Ken, Sometimes a bottle in clear glass (of the same profile and measurements) is seen. Of course there would have originally been a label affixed to the front, and a wire bail which may be missing on most of them found today. reference to "The selection of containers for the new products of distillers http://www.tias.com/5747/PictPage/3924038412.html, We have a duraglas from the Alton plant #7 on the left, the number 6 on the right (36 or 46?) (Most of the LYRIC bottles are also marked with the I inside a diamond mark on the base). David. Other G-numbers are out there (used by Owens-Illinois for various other mold styles of soda bottles), but this seems to be one of the most common ones they used, especially in the 1940s and 1950s. The 56 (in this case) is a liquor bottle permit number assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Company (indicating the bottle was produced at their factory at Charleston, West Virginia), and the 9 is a date code, standing for either 1939 or 1949, but I cant say for sure which year is right. Any Idea! catalog is dated from between 1930 and 1935. It looks like it was a twist-top style lid and there is still a rusted metal band around the bottom of where the lid was. It was an 8 with a period after it. It also has the town name on the bottom. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. In the case of your Listerine bottle Im not sure why there is a period next to the mold number, and the 5 is almost certainly a mold number. For a complete history of the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" products (10 catalog Hope this helps! The 17 is a mold number. Russ Hoenig noted the I just dug my first bottle and would love to know more about it. Typically, they are found in ordinary clear glass (often the glass is stained with a dull surface sickness from long burial, as are the two bottles shown here). There is also a VERY slight possibility that the mold for that jar was made in 1952 and the logo was re-tooled but the date code was not updated before that particular jar was manufactured from the mold. Thank you so much! If anyone who lands on this site has better information on the changeover, please contact me and I will update the page. I have read that plant # 62 has been recorded by others on liquor bottles but can find no information about the plant itself. Each mold in a series of identical molds is numbered to facilitate identification should problems arise with the finished product. Dating soda bottles Advertisement - - rich woman looking at which the age. (15% off), Sale Price USD 10.15 However, I am of the opinion that it stands for 1946. I have a Del Monte coffee jar with a 1. date code, which denotes 1941. Hello Shay, Thanks! numbers by section. David. It is a 9 fl oz clear glass bottle, it has raised cursive letters saying sanitary brand and then next to it not in cursive says sanitary bottling works also raised, in the middle of the bottle. File #13: End of the "Prescription Ware Division" products and All rights reserved. outnumber many fold the questions this websites' author receives about any The 6 on the left does represent their Charleston, WV bottle factory, and the 6 on the right is a date code. Please. ~David. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Clear Glass Owens Bottle 3ii 60 CC Medicine Apothecary at the best online prices at eBay! To do a word/phrase The trademark crown is certain to be an insignia used by a particular distiller / whiskey company, although I do not know off-hand what company that isIm sure a reader or knowledgeable whiskey bottle collector will recognize it. Chris, the 1 is a year date code but we cant be sure what year it would mean. Note: For a webpage on this site with an extensive list of glass companies that made electrical insulators (which are now considered collectible items), please check out this page: Glass Insulator Manufacturers .