It is quite a rare find for that itself. (bottom of bottle) makers mark is on top 3 is on left 2 is on right 9_ is on bottom. On the bottom, it has the diamond and circle with the I in it, so looks to be Owens Illinois. David. To the right is a 2, the bottom seems to be stamped off center so cannot tell what was stamped to the left. Brenda, The mark may not have been, in actual practice, engraved onto all their bottle molds (in their inventory or being used at that time) until sometime in the year 1930, simply because of the time and effort involved in re-tooling/altering large numbers of molds already in use. Since your jug dates from 1952, thats an instance of a relatively recent mold error. Unfortunately, this catalog was not officially (30% off), Sale Price USD 7.20 Hi Crista, I gathered from the articles youve posted it is an Illinois made container dating possibly 37 or 47. Any ideas on date/orgin? I have seen one similar bottle for sale in a group of green bottles on ebay but the person had no information. Opens in a new window or tab. I found 4 bottles 2h x maybe 1/2 w cyclinder with a ever so slight green tint and bubbles in the glass. The 1845 is a stock or code number (could also be described as a model number, design number, catalog number, style number or inventory number) assigned to that particular bottle type. Patent 90023. The exact cursive style changed slightly several times over the years. Here is a webpage from Google Patents which describes the jar: http://www.google.com/patents/USD86712 Take care, final top-of-the-page Google paid ads.). amber whiskey bottle Owens-Illinois marked many of their soda bottles with a G-number on the bottom. Never noticed it before last week, Hi Dee, appropriate. other particular glass/bottle maker. Owens Bottle Company (and its successor Owens-Illinois Glass Company) made tremendous numbers of bottles of many styles including lots of small medicine bottles and vials such as for products including aspirin, merthiolate, iodine and many others. Hello! Hi Kimberly, 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. * (Perhaps a reader, or another researcher, has more information that can clear this up). Lockhart, Bill and Russ Hoenig. The 17 is a mold number. Coca cola bottles appearing on antique and there are stamped typically on her bottles - is it. "Food Container Division" products (23 catalog pages) - Includes more packer Thoughts? I suspect the jug was made at Oakland, California, and the date code stands for either 1942 or 1952, but Im not sure which would be the correct year. The side at the bottom is marked 4/5 quart which I know equals a fifth in slang terms. Thank you =), Hello Nora, I sent an email directly to you, but just received a Mailer Daemon notice since apparently your email address contained a typographical error, rendering it as unknown. It has the I in the circle but there is only a single digit for the date code. On either side of the mark there is the number 9. This is the very latest instance of use of the old O-I mark that I am aware of. May 1. All, or most, liquor (whiskey or other distilled liquor) bottles made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company bear a D-code on the bottom which is a distiller permit number. ABJ111 $9.00 Material: Glass Condition: Very good This information is from a publication indexed online, at this link: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$c127996&view=1up&seq=11&q1=LIST%20OF%20GLASS%20MANUFACTURERS%20TO%20WHOM%20PERMITS%20TO%20MANUFACTURE%20LIQUOR%20BOTTLES. Len Fergusen. or Best Offer +$18.90 shipping. I am not 100% sure if this is truly a bottle made in 1978, but I do find this very interesting]. To the left is a 7, to the right is a 7, and a 4 on the bottom. Any ideas on what date this jar may be from, and which plant ? Bill, Bill, Im not familiar with the bottle, but Owens-Illinois has made tens of thousands of different bottles over the years. It has a big 0 with a line through it and a capital L next to it..and a small 3 under both (one 3, just under the 0L. Thanks Jim Roth, Jim, Im not familiar with your bottle, but yes you are correct on the plant code, and the date code 9 is probably for 1939. (Send me a pic of the bottle to email address listed at lower right on any webpage on this site). The 7 below the logo is a mold number. Thank you for your interest, understanding and support! Donald Duck's debut was in 1934 in "The Wise Little Hen" which didn't seem to I also found 4 simalar bottles one in which is 2.5h and is a screw top with a oval diamond symbol on the bottom. . Another is 2 and has only an 18 on the front bottom as opposed to the actual heel. Honestly, I dont know. It sounds like it might be a Four Roses brand whiskey bottle. 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. Unfollow antique medicine bottles and vintage amber glass bottle dating antique bottles old prescription bottle, with accurate, antique medicine bottle. I know the Illinois abbreviation changed after 1963, but still not sure how old it might be. The number to the right is 5. (with period) and the number below is 2. Hello! Hope this helps! Dating glass coke bottles He takes bottle somewhere if it does include an image of the best antique coke by erika franz. The numbers are likely mold identifying codes . in many variants, and were distributed in a number of cities. Some Coke bottles made by Owens-Illinois for a particular town might be worth more because of their rarity and difficulty in finding a piece in good condition. David, Hello, what a great informative site you have! I have a 5 gal clear Duraglas bottle with an I inside a circle and a diamond. Public collections can be seen by the public, including other shoppers, and may show up in recommendations and other places. I have located the large markings of the I inside of the diamond with an oval around them on the top of the base. (20 catalog pages) - Includes pepper sauces, various specialty ware like shelf Vintage Glass Bottle Set: Pepsi, Heinz, Owens Medicine Co.: $25.00. The 11 is a mold number. Take care, David. being very accurate (1926) or within a year one way or the other (1920) via David, Item discovered at ebay.com; When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site . David I have a George Dickle bottle that has the newer O I mark but still says federal law forbids and the date code is 1970 but I know that they ended this in 64. ~David. Thanks! Any Idea! Typical 1920s-era "fluted sides" ketchup bottle made by Owens Bottle Company. (My email address is at the bottom of the page). With its success came expansion, and the company opened a plant in Waco, Texas, on February 22, 1944. 56 is the date code for 1956. Also, all typical American-made fruit jars are made of ordinary run-of-the-mill container or bottle glass which does not contain lead and is perfectly safe to drink from. fluid and miscellaneous styles. Dirty on the inside. The 55 liquor bottle permit number indicates the bottle was made at O-Is Huntington, West Virginia glass plant. Logos and Codes. Hi Marie, The practice of placing a dot after a single digit year code to indicate the 1940s may have been standard for most if not all soda bottles, but was this true on all of the other types? tablets, paint jars, castor oil flasks and rounds, citrate of magnesia, and OVG monogram on the base of a Daisy & Button shoe toothpick holder in amber glass. Just wish I knew for certain what year it is. Search the SHA/BLM Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information view an enlarged and of relatively high quality (a bit over 2 MB's per file) scan of It also has the town name on the bottom. 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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? William, this is a problem with many Owens-Illinois bottles from the 1930s and later. Although most (not all!) The last 4 do not have the green tint or bubbles in the glass but the shape seems to be almost indentical. The numbers on either side of the oval /diamond are a 7 on each side so when was this made? David. The logo no. David, I would like to find out a price for this bottle I found in this abandoned water drain in my yard. Captcha failed to load. Porter, The bottle was made at the Alton, Illinois factory, but I cant say with certainty what year it was produced. The I is inside the O To the left is a 4. 6\" tall. Shown on this page are pictures of typical trademark variations used on glass containers, especially during the early years. Not sure if this is enough to identify, but I am curious. The drawing in which the number below the logo is labeled unknown code is rather odd, since it has been known since Toulouse published his Bottle Makers and their Marks in 1971 that the number below the logo is usually the mold or mold cavity number. Perhaps another reader or collector will land on this site and clue us in on the year those bottles were first produced, or have info that helps hone in on the year meant by the 3! One of the best sources for determining bottle types based The one thing I cant find any information about is the number C2989 located next to the name Duraglas at the bottom of the jar. David, David: Very nice site full of use full information. I believe that means it is an Owens bottle. 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 . You can email a pic of the bottle to the email address listed at the lower right-hand corner of any page on this site. Below all this are the large letters K.B.W. Captcha failed to load. ~David. USD 7.20, USD 8.00 This can help narrow down the production date of some glass containers. the importance of firming up a date for this important catalog: 1. (NOTE: The liquor section of this file was scanned The logo is the I in an oval and a diamond. We've sent you an email to confirm your subscription. specialty bottles including salt & pepper shakers, show globes (for druggists), This mark consists of a Diamond and O (oval) entwined, with an I in the center and dates from 1929 into the middle and late 1950s. It has been told (dont remember where I read this) that the initials helped identify bottles that were being returned for refilling. Thank you for any information you can supply. I did find a similar bottle (probably not exactly the same, but a similar style) in the Worthopedia site auction listings archives. On the back top, middle is a 3iii looking thing but the three looks like a lightning bolt and there are measurements on both sides 2, 1, lightning bolt 3 on the left and 80, 60, 40, 20, CC on the right. marks on antique bottles & fruit jars (Mississippi, Missouri, Modes), Milk Glass~ Vintage Cold Cream, Salve & Ointment Containers, N in a square mark Obear-Nester Glass Company, East St. Louis, IL, New Albany Glass Works, New Albany, Indiana (1867-1872), Newark Star Glass Works, Newark, Ohio (1873-1904), Ohio Valley Glass Company, Pleasant City, Ohio (1902-1905), Owens Bottle Company (O in a square mark), Reed & Company, Massillon, Ohio (1881-1904), Rawleighs W. T. Rawleighs / Freeport, Illinois, Robin in Tree childrens mug Bryce Brothers & Mosser Glass Company, S G mark on glass containers Saint-Gobain / Verallia, Southern Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky (1877-c.1885), Surname-oriented Antique Bottle Collecting, Target Balls (Antique Glass Target Balls), Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company (c.1904-1985), Vaseline Jars / Chesebrough Manufg Company, Wax Sealer Fruit Jars List of Primary Markings, Whitall Tatum Company, Millville, New Jersey, Whittemore Boston U.S.A. / Antique Shoe Polish Bottles, WEB LINKS to some other sites / other interests (Not glass-related). Hi Lynnette, Author reserves the right to update this information as and still use. "Food Container Division" products (24 catalog pages) - Includes more olive Basically, the D-126 is a distiller code number. Yes, the 27 is a mold number. See It has the diamond with the IO on it on the left is a 12 and on the right is an 8 with a 10 underneath the emblem. Found a owens glass mason jar which has saturn symbol and left number is 23, right number 3. Take care, 6 was the plant code for their Charleston, WV plant. Visit our channel and see a new and even more satisfying video of this. The 7 stands for their Alton, Illinois glass plant. I havent found another like it online. Miniature Owens Illinois Brown Glass Medicine Bottle in Collectibles, Bottles & Insulators, Bottles . ), Owens-Illinois took over operation of the Hemingray Glass Company factory, located in Muncie, Indiana, in 1933. If your bottle carries the old logo, I think the chances are highest that it stands for 1933, but I cant guarantee that. This may or may not indicate any commercial production of Federal law forbids sale or re use of this bottle.. Would this indicate 1930s? Logos and Codes. I believe the 81 is a date code for 1981, but Im not sure what the N represents. Maybe an antique bottle collector / digger will land on this page and identify it for us! USD 14.70, USD 19.60 ), 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. The top portion of the mark is missing, it looks like 1/4 of it was cut off. ~David. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. with Employees" - "In all of the plants a For an informative, in-depth discussion on the Illinois Glass Company and the various identification marks they used on their glass containers, please see this web article by Bill Lockhart and others. These bottles were made in a range of sizes, and were generally intended to serve as generic medicine bottles, often containing a liquid pharmaceutical product such as cough syrup. Hi Duncan, 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. The first one has a 7 than the circle with the I in it and then a 9 all in one row. Based on the above, and 4. 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. ~David. Evidently the Brownie sodas were made for some period of time (1940s-1960s??) In your case the 10 is a mold number..i.e. Also any clue what brand of liquor bottle this is? File #19: End of the "Large Ware Very hard to tell. So my grandma has this bottle with the Owens-Illinois label on it.. 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! The Owens-Illinois date code on your bottle is 7 which would stand for either 1937 or 1947. David. I have a bottle with the I inside an O mark with a date code of 1982. 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. To the left is the number 7 (Alton, Il.) not sure on their exact interpretation. David, What is the context of your question?? Hi Justin, Mary. OOPS! You are correct, although I am thinking the 4 most likely stands for 1944. Owens-Illinois Glass Company Part 2 - The Bewildering Array Best regards, Thanks for anything you can provide!! I feel I have started a hobby that my Father also shares a passion for, collecting glass bottles. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Bottle+%22G-18038%22&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_osacat=0&_odkw=Bottle+%22G-18038%22 If it is an I Inside an Oval, or letter O, then yes, the 89 probably is a date code for 1989. A bit of fading to logo. I dug up multiple old bottles. USD 5.40, USD 6.00 Hi Dorian, Owens-Illinois Glass Company (1929-to date) (Owens-Illinois, Inc. ~ since 1965) This corporation is now generally known as simply "O-I". along with newly designed containers more in keeping with modern packaging The 64-6 is a liquor bottle permit number (64 stood for Alton, IL), followed by a single-digit date code which was in all likelihood, either 1936 or 1946. 2018t. Russ Hoenig noted the Hi Randy, To my knowledge the plant ran until its closing in the early 80s. 7 Nov 22 View Detailed Check-in. this 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). Sounds like it would be a crown lip style bottle. But, in general those bottles are considered pretty common (to longtime collectors). I am assuming this is 1951? So, any bottle with the I inside an O may date from several years AFTER 1954, but not before. File #23: End of the "Closure Division" section and beginning of (Lucas County Bottle Co. 1940s; Owens-Illinois Glass Co. 1952; 1962). Hello Ken, Thanks a lot for your information. Can you provide any more information, please? introduced in 1934. The 5 is a date code. The number to the left is 9. The previous article(s) on the 1930-1935 Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Its in perfect condition. Does this mean it was made in 1906? A bit of thanks is in order. We found the bottom of an Owens medicine bottle on the beach in FL- it has measurement lines up whats left of the side. ACL products, but it is certainly possible that such was being made by 1932. View Etsys Privacy Policy. (Photo courtesy Frances Riley, Prince Rupert, BC), W in a diamond used by Westite Glass Company, as it appears on the base of a jade green milkglass vase (photo courtesy of Abby Chovanec). I enjoy receiving comments with interesting background info like this~ this catalog but is not noted in the introductory information. [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/J7cWT89t/mb2.jpg[/img][/url], Hi Eric, Thanks! Does this mean it was made in 1947? vinegars, grape juice, syrup, and tomato juice. Approx 8oz. And how would I know which year its from? In terms of revenue,. products (20 catalog pages) - Cylindrical "rounds" of various sizes, handled They were usually made in 5-gallon sizes. Thanks The code on the bottom has the oval and diamond with a small line in the middle that is very hard to make out but Im assuming is the I. 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