Such beer brands as Heineken are bottled in green glass. Any info would be great! Hello David, we found a small clear bottle with N [IO] 81 N8 printed in a single line at the base of the bottle. Take care, David. Also has the number E1152 On the heel rim at the bottom of the bottle? Thanks so much for your articles and responses to all inquiries! Heres the only info I can be reasonably certain about: Its a liquor bottle, and the numbers 54-51 are: Liquor bottle permit number #54 (which is the number issued to Owens-Illinois Glass Co. plant located at Fairmont, West Virginia) and the 51 is a date code for 1951, the year your bottle was made. On many bottles, a single-digit date code along with the Diamond/Oval/I mark may indicate the 1930s. markings, date and plant codes and related features f0und on their products. The I is inside the O To the left is a 4. Very good condition. I have several Duraglas green bottles 7 oz. Sorry for any confusion. To do a word/phrase It has an odd texture and 2 vertical seems running up the sides. Marked Grand Island Neb. Yes, 4 is the mold number identifying that particular mold. On the bottom is also Des. It has a 3 on the left of the diamond over the oval emblem. For more information on the brand name Duraglas, you might want to check out my page here: Vintage OWENS 3i Fluted Embossed Glass Bottle - Clear Graduated Medicine Pharmacy Bottle - 3.5" Tall SilverliningByTravis (4,299) $14.50 FREE shipping Antique Owens 3iv Apothecary Bottle With Cork TackyShackOutlet (120) $15.00 Owens Medicine bottle VintagestudioByCarol (5) $15.00 FREE shipping Can you see any faint residue of a name such as 7-up? products (20 catalog pages) - Cylindrical "rounds" of various sizes, handled 8 to the right. The single-digit codes were used, in some instances, on various bottles and jars of different sizes and shapes over a range of decades. catalogs have been used in the preparation of this website to assist with bottle Best regards, and then also in big letters says S.B.W can you help me figure out what or when it is from its driving me crazy! (Probably 1937). Also has the number 5 on lower left of the large triangle. I was wondering if you could help me date an Owens-Illinois glass jar I recently found. Hey David! Many soda bottles (especially) of the 1910s to 1950s often have initials in large lettering on the bottoms. There are a number of them also listed on ebay and I was trying to see some of the base pics (uploaded by sellers) of other examples of that bottle. Front and rear say half pint. I cant see the price on worthpoint due to membership requirement. Choose from the product. The F on Coke bottles made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company apparently indicates their Fairmont, West Virginia glass plant. looks like a diamond in an oval with 0 9 on either side. Mike, yes, it is a multi-purpose container. Also, virtually all Owens-Illinois bottles are machine-made, and do not have a true pontil mark. Duraglas was introduced in 1940, so we know your bottle was made after that year. Hi Shelly, I have a clear half gallon presto supreme mason jar. I found a 5 gal bottle with the I in the middle of the O and to the right is a 7B. I found an old bottle with this logo but there is a 6 to the left of the logo, a 17 under the logo, and a 6 to the right. Thanks for writing, and sorry I dont have information about it. (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). I suppose it is very possible that the 3 could be a date code for 1933 but I cant verify that with absolute certainty. I have a clear glass, 1 pint, flask/bottle measuring 3.75 Wide x 2 Deep x 7.5 tall. Dating glass coke bottles He takes bottle somewhere if it does include an image of the best antique coke by erika franz. mold numbers. David. David, David: Very nice site full of use full information. Left is 7, right is 5, bottom is 5. Manufactured in Charleston West Va. ? Hi Mary! Hope this helps a bit! Probably is a good way to put it, as you have done. Boyd glass chick salt covered dish in lilac glass. Thanks! David. (Photo courtesy of Michael Aden), D inside a circle mark attributed to Degenhart Art Glass, Cambridge Ohio, 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), Hobnail candy dish in Amberina glass (Fenton inside an oval mark is on the base), Brockway Glass Company base of 1983 amber beer bottle, Sapphire Blue Eastlake Childrens Mug, made by Atterbury & Company of Pittsburgh in the 1880s. The 12 is a mold number. 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. With this information, would the plant be Alton, IL..date 1906.and mold number 4? Please double-check those folders in your email app/program after a few days if you haven't heard from me!! The number to the right is a 6, but there is no dot next to it. I hope this info helps a bit! Any help identifying appreciated as I cannot find anything like it with my own research. According to the reference book The Fruit Jar Works, Volume 2 (Alice Creswick & Steven B. Creswick, published 1987), there are a number of variations of the Presto jars with the marking Manufactured by Owens-Illinois Glass Company and their production period was from 1929 to circa 1946. G-94 was the bottle style number. Old familiar shapes again become popular See the picture posted of the 1966 bottle with their old trademark. new style closure that was smuch less common prior to Prohibition: external As near as I can determine, Owens-Illinois purchased Libbey Glass in 1935. If I were you I would perhaps try doing saved searches with keywords on ebay, over a period of time, and you might find similar listings and see what they actually sell for. I have a half gallon mason jar that says presto supreme mason on front and on back it says manufactured by Illinois Glass Company. Its fun trying to identify my finds. 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. Im guessing one of the numbers is the year the bottle was made? And I would like to learn more about the designer. The date code 6 could conceivably stand for either 1936 or 1946. That much tells me I have (what I think is) a 1943 bottle manufactured in Clarksburg, WV. 3. *Russ Hoenig (pers. 1) Stippling (as you know, an overall pattern of tiny dots) on the base of many bottles makes it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to ascertain whether or not there is a specific dot engraved after the single digit. I appreciate your input. Alexandria, Try using a different browser or disabling ad blockers. Hi Jessi, "classified index" of bottle styles. 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. medicinal bottles. It sounds like it might be a Four Roses brand whiskey bottle. Thank you David! Please I would love some info. I think, however, that the date code 6 on the right of the logo indicates 1936. David. amber whiskey bottle   Bulgaria   |   English (US)   |   $ (USD), remembering account, browser, and regional preferences, remembering privacy and security settings, personalized search, content, and recommendations, helping sellers understand their audience, showing relevant, targeted ads on and off Etsy, remember your login, general, and regional preferences, personalize content, search, recommendations, and offers. Any info would be appreciated. They have made tens of thousands of noticeably different types (counting all the different models, shapes, profiles, sizes, glass colors, and markings) and the truth is that most of them do not have much monetary value to bottle collectors at the present time,mostly because they are relatively recent, have no markings except for the bottoms, and are often of clear glass. and Molded Caps for Glass Containers.". Im sure the info is out there somewhere, but Im not sure offhand exactly when the Duraglas brand name was discontinued (not sure if it HAS been discontinued??). Original Price USD 6.00 USD 7.20, USD 8.00 It could stand for 1931, 1941 or 1951, assuming the logo is the Diamond/Oval/I logo used from 1929 to the mid-late 1950s. Illustrated among the pics on this page is the base of a bottle made at the Columbus, Ohio facility (plant #18) with a date code of 7 which in this case probably stands for 1937. I have a blue Shell oil bottle. In 1929, the Owens Bottle Co. merged with the Illinois Glass Co., forming its current company (with a few changes along the way). Thanks so much David. APPLD FOR, it also has the round rough uneven circle around the bottom of the jar. It is difficult to figure the date, since everything I have read states that the I inside an O is after 1954. The #42 is on the bottom. I found a Duraglas bottle with the cap on the shores of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. I found 4 bottles 2h x maybe 1/2 w cyclinder with a ever so slight green tint and bubbles in the glass. Hi Hannah, With the original label missing, I dont know of a surefire way of finding out what was originally contained in the bottle. were any made in the 1940s that does not carry a period? I have a large pickle jar, which has Duraglas embossed on the bottle heel. The sides, front and back, are embossed THE BAYER COMPANY DIV. File #3: Continuation of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" dating, and in particular, bottle typing - i.e., what a bottle likely contained I found it yesterday while clearing some brush on our very remote property in southern Oregon. Hi Kimberly, Best regards, It would be cool to know it was very old as well. Whitall Tatum Company logo: W over T inside inverted triangle. The Kolb Brewery was in Bay City, Michigan and closed during or shortly after prohibition. being very accurate (1926) or within a year one way or the other (1920) via David. Top line 15 SB Middle line 4 (OI Diamond) 1 . Hi Crystal, And yes, aqua bottles usually have a little bit more value than clear, but it depends on what bottle is being discussed. Hello, David. Thank you for creating it! in many variants, and were distributed in a number of cities. 1930." 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. Any ideas about what it was used for and how old it is? The 2 is a date code which probably stands for 1942. In general, (and this is my own understanding.I invite clarification or corrections from readers!! reference to "marketing conditions have changed greatly since 1920." https://patents.google.com/patent/USD73096S/en?oq=d73096 This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. ~David, I have a clear gallon sized jug with ribs along the top, a zinc cap and the letter A on the bottom with the number 6576 and a 6 under it. Hi, I found a beautiful emerald green bottle, similar to Sunsweet juice container Ive seen elsewhere (but it is not stamped Sunsweet). This bottle along with many other beer bottles (mostly Japanese) were found on or around the beaches from WWII era. hi david my name is les I have searched and searched to find the year of this one gallon jug w2ith a Barrell that says quality control in it and it also has grapes and leaves or vines on it also it has 20 diamond logo 2 and 5676 W with a 5 under it any ideas? Thanks for writing! I suspect your particular bottle was made in 1939. They were Learn how your comment data is processed. With your information, I found the design patent on the web with a google search. I understand your reluctance to make blanket statements. Curious what the F stands for I believe its 1958 bottle ,mold number 19. Sounds like a neat piece! Visit our channel and see a new and even more satisfying video of this. together over a period of several years beginning in 1930 and ending in 1935. Since the number to the right of the diamond is a single 6 how would I know which year this is? [Update ~ edited April 8, 2021] Hannah, the liquor bottle permit number 62 was assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Companys plant at Terre Haute, Indiana. File #8: Continuation of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Thank you for your interest, understanding and support! dated. or Best Offer +$18.90 shipping. All in raised glass. first page of the liquor section notes the following: With the return of legal "Spiritus Frumenti," many of the well known old Please let me know if you are able to pin down the date with their chart. David. Those jugs were used for various liquids, such as vinegar, soda syrup, apple cider, etc. David. The bottom of the bottle has DES PAT 87834 then below that is a circle with D8 on top then 64-8 below that. I just found 2 bottles in Okinawa. Please check out my summary page on Sea Glass / Beach Glass. Logo of two water drops Pasabahce, Turkey. Thank you very much! The bottle is not a beer bottle but a whiskey flask (or other high-alcohol spirits/liquor bottle). ~David. But I couldnt find those markings although the bottle is there. Consistently earned 5-star reviews, shipped orders on time, and replied quickly to messages, Looks like you already have an account! It is shaped like an old lemon juice bottle. Here is a link to the patent page: https://patents.google.com/patent/USD90023S/en?oq=d90023, I would assume this bottle was made in a range of sizes, and was produced for a number of years. below is 5 and the top of the logo no. We excavated a 32oz clear jar/bottle, which cleaned up quite nicely! O-I mark currently used by O-I (Owens-Illinois, Inc). https://ibb.co/1vKM5YW (Has a 5 on the side of the bottle) $42.91 . The logo no. (Duraglas brand name was introduced about 1940, so we can be sure it isnt from 1932). Thanks again! (30% off), Sale Price USD 7.20 Deep scratch or cut near the base of the bottle that my fingernail definitely catches on. I am not 100% sure if this is truly a bottle made in 1978, but I do find this very interesting]. Today on my hike I found a bottle. Dating soda bottles Advertisement - - rich woman looking at which the age. Hope this helps, pages) - Includes more toilets, perfumes, and bath salts. Just like a medicine vial. /Users/owner/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/renders/D/D4884D53-C9F5-42E6-BD88-D07E7B7D083B_1_201_a.heic But is there any chance the bottle could be older than 1954? 1930s. David. Numbers seen on the bases of Glass Bottles and jars. Hi Today I found the bottom of a clear bottle. I know, thanks to you, that 55-70 is the liquor stamp and it was made in 1970. photocopying. Thanks! I am not sure about the other bottle you describe. lol. The flat front and back of the bottle have a set of 3 raised arcs at the 3, 6, 9, and 12 positions. David. 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In your case I suspect the 3 is a mold number, not a plant code. catalog (an exception noted for File #11). This is a very well known company and its symbol is shown on the bottom of the glass. Antique LYRIC brand medicine bottles. Owens-Illinois Glass Company Part 2 - Logos & Codes. available at the following link: I have gathered so much information already. If you were to find other bottles of the exact same style/shape/type, you might find a different number in the same position as the 10. Any Information would be appreciated! Division" products (17 catalog pages) - Includes a continuation of OnIzed Clubs." NOTE: To reiterate, this arrangement generally applies to Non-Liquor bottles. Hi Eric, and still use. Im having a hard time making out the center of the trademark though it does have the diamond and oval. Your bottle was made by Owens Bottle Company (O in a square was their trademark) and it would date from sometime in the 1919 to 1929 time period. The 7 to the left of the logo is the plant code number which stood for Alton, Illinois. USD 31.66, USD 37.25 This particular bottle was made at plant number 7 (Alton, Illinois). Presumably, when this particular mold was pulled out of the storeroom, and used to produce some more bottles (probably for a relatively small order), it wasnt considered important enough to take the time to re-engrave the trademark. My email address is listed at the bottom of the website page. 4) Without seeing it, I cant be sure of purpose, but most of these small screw-type clear bottles made by Owens-Illinois in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s are quite common, and so have little market value to collectors. C. Co mystery mark solved ~ Glaser-Crandell Company, Chicago, Illinois, Glass Containers Corporation, Fullerton, California, Glass Insulator Embossings (Some primary markings), Great Western Glass Company, St. Louis, Missouri (1874-c.1887), Hemingray Glass Company, Muncie, IN & Covington, KY, HEMINGRAY No 9 // PATENT MAY 2 1893 glass telephone insulator, Hillsboro Glass Company, Hillsboro, Illinois (1961-1997), Hobnail Pattern Glass Votive Candle Cups / Candleholders, Horseshoe & Star design on the base of jelly glasses, Indiana Glass Company Hen-on-Nest Dishes, I inside a Diamond or Diamond I trademark (Illinois Glass Company, Alton, Illinois), Insulators (General Overview on Glass Insulators Basic Information), Interstate Glass Company, Kansas City, Missouri, Irradiated Glass / Altered Glass / Artificially Purpled Glass, Kentucky Glass Works Company, Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky Glass Works Company list of employees, L.G.CO. 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. Russ Hoenig noted the I found this bottle in very good condition laying on top of the ground in some old woods in Saratoga Springs NY. styles and In general, I agree with you, and you are more than likely correct about O-I soda bottles..but I hesitate to make any blanket statements on this site since I seem to find exceptions to nearly every rule. Hope this helps, Best regards, The 6 on the right is the year manufactured ? The 2 to the immediate right of the Diamond and Oval logo is a date code. Lastly the others (both 2) have a circle in a square on one and just 3 bumpson the other but otherwise seam identical. It is staggering in scope and many hundreds of pages long. introductory section followed by water bottles, a variety of sodas and ginger Thatcher Glass MTC mark on emerald green beach glass shard from a juice bottle. I can send pictures if needed. manufacturing dominance of this company at that time, the bottle styles listed in David. Not exactly sure what It should be labeled as. A G C inside map of Arkansas mark as it appears on the base of a clear glass packer jar. Within a year or two, most glass insulators produced at Muncie were carrying date codes. The sides of the bottle has sort of a decorative look. pickles, "Presto" canning jars, preserves and jams. Any help is appreciated. The You are correct, although I am thinking the 4 most likely stands for 1944. This is on the side of the bottle, near the bottom. Clear Glass Medicine Bottles (4) Owens 3 iv Bayer Aspirin Virginia Dare Extract. (Its about 5 1/2 inch in diameter, maybe a gallon jug? (Photo courtesy of Dan Goorevitch). not sure on their exact interpretation. Website, E-published October 2018. See this page on Illinois I in a diamond trademark. David. The range of type 1 mold numbers may extend well into the double digits on some types of bottles, such as soda bottles. Left of the diamond-I logo is a 3; to the right is a 6; below is a 2. Can you see what it says? Original Price USD 15.59 You can change your preferences any time in your Privacy Settings. Want to know more? How can I find out what the bottle was used for? Hi Bill, The S.B.W. of course stands for Sanitary Bottling Works of Indiana Harbor, Indiana. I found a gold decanter that has the OI on the right and D126 above 55 65 and 10 on the right. David 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. It may be misinterpreted as the number 1. currently operating company, including the myriad of plants the company used Rob did more research and he actually found out the brand of soda bottle.its a Brownie soda bottle, made in 1957 by Owens-Illinois at their Fairmont, West Virginia plant. The following also appears around the edge of the base,PROPERTY OF VALLEY CANDLE CO. and PAT APP FOR. David. Hi Xavier, Im not sure when the I inside an O mark was discontinued. Quick and find a 2010 vintage 7up seven up to drink beer bottles and. I gathered from the articles youve posted it is an Illinois made container dating possibly 37 or 47. No material may be copied for During the late 1920s and extending into the early 1930s there was a surge of interest in antiques (old flasks and other glass antiques in particular, partly due to such publications as Magazine Antiques which ran articles on old glass factories; and books about glass & glassware by Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Ruth Webb Lee, Stephen Van Rensselaer and others) so the issuance of this flask arrived right on time, combining the popularity of the father of our country with the popularity of glass as a medium of expression. M in a circle mark used by Maryland Glass Corporation. You can find a list of liquor bottle permit numbers ( assigned to various glass companies) by searching with those four words on google. However, I assume they were quite popular and were made in large quantities for that time period. There are many little dots along the base and the direct bottom of the bottle. It also has the town name on the bottom. 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. Owens-Illinois has made thousands of different containers, and on many of them the markings do not always conform exactly to the most typical factory/date/mold code configuration. Owens-Illinois glass, evaluating, girlfriend, once they are. No, I dont know which O-I plant was assigned #62 as their liquor bottle permit number. Hi Garrett, Patent 90023. BALL logo, as seen on a BALL PERFECT MASON jar from the period c. 1910-1923. a large heart on one side, and a smaller one on the other side with what appear to be leafy vines in between. I honestly dont know. Etsy Search for items or shops Close search Skip to Content Sign in 0 Cart Holiday Sales Event Jewelry & Accessories I dug up multiple old bottles. The 55 liquor bottle permit number indicates the bottle was made at O-Is Huntington, West Virginia glass plant. For instance, if the bottle also carries the DURAGLAS brand, we can be sure it was made after 1940, the year Duraglas was introduced. Here is another online publication with more lists of liquor bottle permit numbers: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$c127996&view=1up&seq=19&q1=LIST%20OF%20GLASS%20MANUFACTURERS%20TO%20WHOM%20PERMITS%20TO%20MANUFACTURE%20LIQUOR%20BOTTLES. and vintners", "Naturally, distillers and vintners' first thoughts willie nelson funeral, abigail cristea bio,