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Thanks for your response, I appreciate it! It has Des.Pat. All of the pages of this O-I The numbers are 1929 and 156. Without seeing the actual markthe format for liquor bottles was usually the bottle maker permit # on the left (which would be the 55 Huntington, WV)and the year of manufacture on the rightso 1965which seems 1 yr too long for the Federal warning law bottles that began in 1935. Thank you, Hi Randy, is 7 and the right side no. Take care, David. The list of liquor bottle permit numbers that has been posted online and that most interested parties have referred to is (at least partly) from 1969, after the Charleston plant had been closed. File #9: Continuation of the Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. is 6. Details: the bottom of the jug has the O-I diamond, 23 on the right side and 4 on the left. Learn how your comment data is processed. They were usually made in 5-gallon sizes. 1933 Owens-Illinois catalog. May 1. I have a Duraglas bottle-quart size-with the Duraglass logo on the bottom along with 17 top left- 51 top right- a capital A in the middle left. on the bottom it has 9 then the diamond/circle/I logo and then 3 with a . ), there are two basic types of mold numbers: 1) A range of numbers assigned to a series of IDENTICAL MOLDS being used to produce a particular type of bottle. (Try searching that site only if you have lots of free time and dont mind being frustrated by long wild goose chase searches. packer jars, "Lightning" canning jars, barrel jars, mustards, horseradish, to various glass containers." ~David. Thats the best I can do. ~David. plant, and colors and designs are being applied Bottles and jars with single-digit dates can be distinguished by whether or not there is a period after the date. The number to the right is a 6, but there is no dot next to it. Many soda bottles (especially) of the 1910s to 1950s often have initials in large lettering on the bottoms. In conclusion, I cannot give you any information that I can guarantee is absolutely correct. Code to right 5. We found the bottom of an Owens medicine bottle on the beach in FL- it has measurement lines up whats left of the side. It sounds like the bottle was made by Owens-Illinois in 1972, at their Alton, Illinois factory (plant #7). I honestly dont know for sure. Code underneath 3. Unfortunately, this catalog was not officially Has the federal law forbids on the back. Hi, I found a bottle with a crimped top that has a rubber seal right in the middle. Original Price USD 6.31 Take care, David. Logos and Codes. Im sure the information is out there Somewhere, but to my knowledge it is still a mystery at the present time! Maybe I am off base, or maybe there is nothing else that can be determined. Coke bottles is determined, check out the flea market. The only 89 number is for a distillery that came about nearly ten years after the bottle was made! The sides of the bottle has sort of a decorative look. From what I can gather it is a bottle made in gas city and possibly manufactured in 1938 but I cant figure out the 10. See this link here which lists liquor bottle permit numbers assigned to several glass companies: So the This bottle base has 1949 date code to right. following information he discovered recently: "In the 1931 Thank you for any information you can supply. If the 3 is accompanied by the newer mark (I inside an O) it could stand for 1963 or 1973. This particular bottle was made at plant number 7 (Alton, Illinois). products (18 catalog pages) - Continuation of various styles of druggist and Youll see ad results based on factors like relevancy, and the amount sellers pay per click. Although Owens-Illinois has made containers of many different shades of color over the years, the great majority of glass bottles commonly found (especially older containers that show up often at flea markets, antique malls, yard sales, junk shops, ebay, etc) are found in clear (colorless), green (emerald, forest green or seven up green) and amber (beer bottle brown) glass. The 9 on the left does indicate your bottle was manufactured at Owens-Illinois Streator, Illinois factory. My guess would be PROBABLY 1935, (because single digit date codes were used on most of their 1930s-era bottles) but there seems to be no way to be 100% sure on many O-I bottles. The F on Coke bottles made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company apparently indicates their Fairmont, West Virginia glass plant. Carnival Glass bowl, aqua glass, unidentified maker, ruffled pattern. Any idea what it could be? Alexandria, Hope this helps! Left is 7, right is 5, bottom is 5. Above that it says John Morgan, it also says it is a 1 Pint bottle, below that it has a g178 and it says New York, N.Y. would love it if you could help me figure out anything about it, thanks. Im having a hard time making out the center of the trademark though it does have the diamond and oval. rounds. These bottles are 10 quart bottles with a stippled surface and a clear rectagular space at the lower portion of the bottle that has the dairys name etched into it. Thank you David for all the information/help! Just wish I knew for certain what year it is. NOTE: PLEASE be aware that sometimes my replies via direct email are accidentally diverted into recipients' Junk or Spam folders. Hi Randy, Not sure about the R but the 2 is likely a mold number. Please let me know if you are able to pin down the date with their chart. I have been finding bottles from the Owens era around the plant I work at in southeast Pa, since there has been a lot of excavation. You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. Any idea what date this is from? There are, however, various clues within this mystery 1930s catalog as to its It has been turned into sea glass. The 91 is a date code. The principal investors in the Toledo company then created the Owens Bottle-Machine Co. (1903-1919) to manufacture and lease the Owens Machine, and the latter company in . Bottom of bottle is 6 emblem 2. 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Although it is sometimes compared to the look of the planet Saturn, there was no real connection or intentional likeness, just a coincidental similarity. Just an idea! Please bookmark this site, and I hope you will return often. Thank you. ~David. Thanks for all of the information you have gathered and shared on this page! David. I believe this jar was mostly used to contain pickles, olives, and/or perhaps molasses, honey, or some other food product. I dont know of a foolproof way of knowing, at least on that bottle, which date is correct, although my guess would be 1940. Jose, Hi Jose, Has the name Owens on bottom with the number 1 to the left of the diamond and oval and the pontil mark is not completely round its almost oval shaped. I believe the 1845 may have been the standard catalog number assigned by Owens-Illinois to a particular series of round amber medicine or chemical bottles with the graduated numbers embossed along the side. David. On the bottom, it has the diamond and circle with the I in it, so looks to be Owens Illinois. As a last resort, I may email O-I requesting a mold number list, but figure my chances are slim to none to get one. ~David. Columbus Ohio Found Bottom jar As Presented.. 1930." Great website! prohibition and why this author originally used 1933 as the date (and why all jive with the 1933 catalog date. comm. catalog available for inclusion on this website! Thanks for including the links to photos of the bottle! With a 3 date code and the later I inside an O mark, your jar may date from 1963. I didnt know about that plant. Would the date on this be 1933? Since then the plant has been torn down, the South Ave ext which dead ended at the plant was opened all the way through, and a park now exists where the factory once stood. It does have the seam line running all the way to the top of the lip, which is a rounded with band. KPP mark on base of amber Budweiser beer bottle, date coded 1972 (Photo courtesy of Shannon Brown). Best regards, Thank you. I think, however, that the date code 6 on the right of the logo indicates 1936. Ill Be Specific. From information compiled in Bill Lockharts article (link below) on Owens-Illinois date code markings, it appears that, on containers with this earliest trademark, if a single digit date code (such as a 1 or 4 placed to the right of the logo) is followed by a period, the chances are very good the bottle in question dates from the 1940s, especially the 1940-1947 period. Many millions of insulators were made at Muncie, the very last being manufactured in the year 1967. Owens-Illinois Glass Company was the result of the 1929 merger between two glass-making giants of the industry: Owens Bottle Company (Toledo, OH predecessor Toledo Glass Company began operation in 1896) and Illinois Glass Company (based in Alton, Illinois, with glass production dating from 1873). For more information on the brand name Duraglas, you might want to check out my page here: Hey David! of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. Your website has provided me with my first lead! Can you help me identify it? https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/OwensIllinois2015.pdf (Photo courtesy of Dan Goorevitch). (Tens of thousands of different glass soda bottles have been made in the US just within the last 150 years, and no one has seen them all!). (25% off), Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! USD 5.40, USD 6.00 beginning of the "Large Ware Division" products (24 catalog pages) - Includes I have found an old Owens Bottle Co. Want book and Price List dated 1929. Thanks We simply cant be 100% sure of many bottles with a one-digit date code, such as the code on your bottle (assuming there are no other markings that could potentially give evidence or info that might help pin down a year date). markings, date and plant codes and related features f0und on their products. Owens-Illinois Inc. currently [2020] operates 20 glass manufacturing facilities within North America. Original Price USD 7.00 (1940s? is 5250. Some bottle molds already in use were not re-engraved until as late as 1957, 1958, 1959, even, as mentioned, in 1966. David. (Send to the email address listed at the very bottom of any page on this site). Update: (posted October 1, 2019) also check out the base photo of a possible 1978 bottle, shown farther down on this page. catalog and to a large degree the style names used, are typical of the Your site is such a wonderful resource for nosy people like me, and who enjoy old things. Thank you, David, that is what I figured, especially since it is such a large bottle that probably had a low run rate. Numbers seen on the bases of Glass Bottles and jars. Shown on this page are pictures of typical trademark variations used on glass containers, especially during the early years. I have a bottle that has a 7 to the left of the diamond I oval mark and a 78 to the right of the mark. jellies, preserves, pickles, peanut butter, candy, relish, and a few others. 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Specifically, betty boop . I love these old bottles but anyways could you please help me out man. fact that the catalog's introductory pages xxvi and xxvii note presumably all inferred an end to National Prohibition but does indicate that some plants were Under the diamond/oval emblem is the number 18. On the very bottom of the bottle it has 20 then the diamond, then a 3 with no period. One is a coke bottle with 68 on the leftthe I inside the oval/diamond (Owens-Illinois)and 45 on the right. I havent found another like it online. Im sure it was a soda pop brand name. The brand name Duraglas was introduced in 1940, so we know the jar cannot date earlier than that year. http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/LiquorBottlePermits.pdf, The 60 is a liquor bottle permit number assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Company in reference to their glass plant located at Gas City, Indiana. In your case the 10 is a mold number..i.e. A white cap that says PD the bottom is: 7 i in a circle 72 and then 14 under those. I also used an URL shortener, as the resulting link was quite long: https://ebay.to/2OIVM2e, Bright emerald green glass has been used for a very wide variety of bottles, both soda and beer as well as other beverages. There is an area I hunt where I have found the remnants of an old homestead, hasnt been touched in goodness knows how long. Can you send me a clear pic of this bottle,and a closeup of the base mark, if possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
