Beginning of the "Prescription Ware Division" Not sure how to post a photo, but it is a 5 amber medicine style bottle with straight sides and a cork top. 7 is the Alton plant location code number. Hello David, great article here full of info. You can change your preferences any time in your Privacy Settings. Thank you- Betsy, Betsy, The A might be a makers mark for Armstrong Cork Company, but I do not know when the jug was made. 2) A particular number assigned to a specific style or design. Was able to read by an article provided by you above that the plant was most likely closed by 1969 but could find no further information. D in a diamond mark on base of cobalt blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle made by Dominion Glass Company (Photo courtesy of Tyler Cazes). I am particularly interested in anything related to Diamond-I mark on bottom of amber bottle made by Illinois Glass Company. and between sections. David. Also has the number 5 on lower left of the large triangle. The most recent one I picked up has a rooster on it and says bitters above it, overlayed in sterling silver. It has the logo (I inside o with diamond) to the left is a 4, to the right is a 6, underneath is an I or a 1. This is for a large pickle jar. This piece measures 11 inches in diameter. 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. Old familiar shapes again become popular Triangle mark, used by Vidrio Formas, Lerma, Mexico. Hope this helps, Thank you for your time, Candice. If anyone who lands on this site has better information on the changeover, please contact me and I will update the page. Early American Prescut (EAPC) serving platter made by Anchor Hocking. Virtually all of the LYRIC bottles are machine-made, and were made in very large numbers, being found frequently in trash dumps of the period. Without seeing the bottle, Im not sure what it was used for, but if you can, send me a pic to my email listed at the right bottom corner of the page. Hello David, we found a small clear bottle with N [IO] 81 N8 printed in a single line at the base of the bottle. The mark is a diamond with a circle an the I in the middle. With this information, would the plant be Alton, IL..date 1906.and mold number 4? mark on base of amber beer bottle. I cant say which. It has the number 7 to the left of the symbol, 6 to the right, and a 3 below it. I love these old bottles but anyways could you please help me out man. The bottom of the bottle has a 2 followed by the O with diamond logo followed by a 3. (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!). Pre-Owned. D-9 is a distiller code. Thanks again! On some bottles this mark is very tiny or indistinct, often looking like a small 0 (a zero, or the letter O) with the I in the center hard to discern. Illinois Glass Company of Alton, IL made many of the Presto fruit jars, apparently starting in the mid or late 1920s. It says duraglas on 2 sides with a c2993. File #14: Continuation of the M in a circle mark used by Maryland Glass Corporation. The one different thing on this bottle that I can not seem to find on any other bottles on the web is that on the front just above the 3iii says: pour here with an arrow pointing upwards toward the lip of the bottle. Hi Jeremy, This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. ~David. Craig, Here are my DURAGLAS bottom markings: 7 ,the oval, 5 and at the bottom 11. consult the following references: Questions pertaining to the products of the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. known information on the complicated history of the company into two I have an Owens-Illinois bottle with the following 4 lines on the bottom: If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Basically, I realized I had a similar fish bowl shaped bottle/jar, and the base on this example is marked: 7 [Owens-Illinois mark] 5 (over) 23. Hope this helps, Numbers seen on the bases of Glass Bottles and jars. Thus, a plant code 11 (used at the Evansville plant) may have been left as-is for some period of time after the mold was moved, and might have been correctly later, but the date code was retooled. KPP mark on base of amber Budweiser beer bottle, date coded 1972 (Photo courtesy of Shannon Brown). Additionally, the jar lacks shoulders and is a screw-top. available at the following link: (Note: Russ Hoenig is a now retired senior engineer of the. I didnt know about that plant. BTW, that appears to be some kind of food bottle, perhaps for a condiment of some type. The bottle is clear and has 4/5 Pint four times in a ring around the base and a very obvious seam line running up both sides. final top-of-the-page Google paid ads.). 86712. within all important bottle type categories of any bottle maker at that time. I found it yesterday while clearing some brush on our very remote property in southern Oregon. GLASS FACTORY INFORMATION ~ Antique Glassware ~ Manufacturers' Marks, Logos & Emblems used by Glassmaking Companies in the USA ~ Antique Bottles ~ Fruit Jars ~ Glass Electrical Insulators ~ Tableware ~ Dating Information ~ Articles about different types of Glass, Vintage & Antique ~ Summary Articles on Selected Glass Companies. That seems conclusive though could have been added to this O-I library archival 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. NOTE: To reiterate, this arrangement generally applies to Non-Liquor bottles. Owens-Illinois Glass Company (O-I) catalog on this website - a catalog that with Heres How on them. Since you found it yourself and it can be considered as a part of the local history of your own home, I would find it of interest and I would definitely keep it, sort of as a souvenir or conversation piece. this passage (image to the right) shows what is noted in the second I was metal detecting at a private property and boy did I ever find treasure. They were sold to, and heavily used by many apothecaries, druggists, doctors, medical laboratories and other such entities. "classified index" of bottle styles. Federal. This type of data sharing may be considered a sale of information under California privacy laws. It has the I inside the O and Diamond logo on the bottom rotated 90, and R 377 on one line in the center and 56-6 on the second line. It sounds like the bottle was made by Owens-Illinois in 1972, at their Alton, Illinois factory (plant #7). From the markings you describe, I would say the jar was made at Alton, Illinois (their main plant, indicated by the number 7) in 1975. I found what appears to be a Snowdrift (name on jar) shortening jar with marking on the bottom that look like the diamond and circle with what could be a I in the middle. Based on the articles I found the 3 refers to the manufacturing plant (Fairmont, WV) and the 55 refers to the liquor permit (Huntington, WV). Coke bottles is determined, check out the flea market. Thanks for writing, and I hope this helps! There are lots of questions and anomalies concerning Owens-Illinois date codes. Owens-Illinois, Inc.. 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. Hello, The number to the right is 5. (with period) and the number below is 2. David. There is a 3 to the left of logo, 3 and a period to the right with a 7 at the below then the word Dura glass. File #21: End of the "Milk Bottle Division" products, the entire Please bookmark this site, and I hope you will return often. I have inherited what seems to be a large-sized Owens Illinois Glass Company water bottle. David. ALSO, near the neck of the bottle is stamped a fancy crown with TRADE, W, MARK stacked on top of each other, all within the crown. Hi Trisha, The Charlotte glass plant (according to a brief note in my records) was producing bottles from October 15, 1963 to April 1, 2010. Patty, it sounds like an amber beer bottle from 1962. 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. The 4-digit number is surely a number that identified that particular style of bottle, or mold design. USD 83.99, USD 167.98 To the side at a 90 degree angle is the O-I diamond. company into its own organization." Of course it can still be used for practical purposes and if in decent condition (no cracks or chips) will always retain some utility value, regardless of collectability value. commercial purposes. towards the back of the catalog. company into its own organization. (30% off), Sale Price USD 14.70 . Hi David, Mind if I butt in? I often advise readers to, just for the heck of it, examine glass containers in their cupboards and refrigerators, and see if they can find various mold numbers on modern, present-day glass containers. Quick and find a 2010 vintage 7up seven up to drink beer bottles and. Bottle. ADVERTISEMENT The Owens Bottle Co. (1919-1929) was part of a series of companies that began with the Toledo Glass Co. (1895-1920), the firm that developed the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine. Now, in your particular case, the 9 to the left of the Owens-Illinois logo indicates the bottle was made at their Streator, Illinois plant, and the 9 on the right is a date code, which would stand for either 1939 or 1949. Yes, the 27 is a mold number. Consistently earned 5-star reviews, shipped orders on time, and replied quickly to messages, Looks like you already have an account! R inside a sun representation. So would this indicate 60s? See this page on Google Patents: https://patents.google.com/patent/USD92116 David. It also shows some of those "old familiar shapes" with the relatively Yes, 4 is the mold number identifying that particular mold. In any case, from your description, the number on the left (7), typically a plant location code, indicates production at the Alton, Illinois factory. Would you be able to email me a photo of this 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. And how would I know which year its from? The neck is fairly short and bulges slightly in the middle and the top is threaded for a twist off type cap (that I do not have). 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. DIAMOND & OVAL SUPERIMPOSED WITH AN I INSIDE MARK, Note: For a webpage on this site with an extensive list of glass companies that made, 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, The Bewildering Array of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Hi SAMRK, The "Closure Division" section starts noting it produces "Metal Pontil marks are only seen on handmade bottles. That was my intention for getting them. The bottom of the jug is not smooth, has a very textured finish. Any idea what would have been in this jar? I found this bottle in very good condition laying on top of the ground in some old woods in Saratoga Springs NY. Hi. Although, if you havent already, check out the page on Clorox.com that shows all of their early glass jugs and bottles. Value? Im confused cause mostly what I have found says most everything after the 50s had double digit date codes. David. http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/LiquorBottlePermits.pdf There is still remnants of the gold label on the front with black script and a State of California seal. The 56 is a liquor bottle permit number, which in this case was the number assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Companys plant at Charleston, West Virginia. (It is almost certainly one of those years.) of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. David. One notable exception is a period of time when some Coke bottles made by Owens-Illinois had the date codes on the LEFT, and the mold number on the right. powder jars and a few other oddities. It has an art deco design. This article is In the great majority of cases, the firm who made a bottle is not the same company that made the product, such as a beverage, that is contained IN the bottle. This article is 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. The 3 may be a date code for 1933. It had the O I Diamond logo on the bottom with a 13. below. & Hoenig 2015), Bill Lockhart recently combined all of the currently There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. dating, and in particular, bottle typing - i.e., what a bottle likely contained I usually have trouble finding exactly what Im searching for on that website). me to suspect the production of the Disney tumblers started soon after they were This can help narrow down the production date of some glass containers. Great! However, there is no better source for determining potential use and period My bottle is green and has G-94 duraglas then 3 the O and diamond symbol with an I in it, 49 and at the bottom 15. Small knick on the mouth. Libbey in the 1930s, and in 1935 absorbed the It appears all of them (that I found, anyway) also have the PAT APPLIED FOR marking on the base. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. David, What is the context of your question?? Division" products (19 catalog pages) - Square and oval (Note: Russ Hoenig is a now retired senior engineer of the I grew up in Brockport NY, where there was an Owens Illinois plant, located on Owens Rd. a number that identified the particular mold in which the bottle was formed. It also has the town name on the bottom. What year is this jar and do items like these ever have a value? [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/J7cWT89t/mb2.jpg[/img][/url], Hi Eric, David. Thank you Kim W. Hi Kim, Beginning and end of the "Package Division" section covering 56-41 Any ideas? However, I assume they were quite popular and were made in large quantities for that time period. I have added his photo to my article here about Owens-Illinois. I would love to know what the just what I picked up. Dating soda bottles Advertisement - - rich woman looking at which the age. My site is not really geared toward values, and more about the history of glass, so I cant give you a definite value. "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" products (10 catalog It has 7 on the left of the Logo, and a 1 on the right side. (Hoenig pers. were of bottles familiar in the pre-prohibition era" and finally a The patent design looks exactly like the bottle! Known as Owens-Illinois, Inc. since 1965, (and officially known as just O-I since 2005), this corporation is currently (2022) the largest manufacturer of glass containers in the world. Im guessing it would be a generic gallon jug used for liquids such as bleach or other cleaning / chemical products. David, Mike this is so cool believe it or not today I purchased at a garage sale the same exact jug with the same markings on the bottom except mine has 1931! Approx 8oz. wine and liquor shapes from the pre-prohibition era along with a few "art deco" The bottom has a balancing scale and of course the usual marking. Looking at the bottom, at the top theres a marking that looks like maybe a #1? I know youve said on here that a period may indicate the year it was produced, but as you noted, thats typically to the right of the diamond mark instead of below. The bottom of the bottle has a mold circle and has the Owens Illinois mark flanked on the right by a 2, on the left by what may or may not be a 1 and beneath the mark there is a 14. I am wanting to restore the jar- lid & handle- for my parents but I am not positive what the jar was used for. From my reading i believe it to be from the late 30s to early 40s. Given the It has an aluminum looking screw cap with a cork inside and threads for another cap possibly. APPLD FOR, it also has the round rough uneven circle around the bottom of the jar. I dont know anything about an M.E.CO. but I would assume it stands for the name of the unidentified beverage bottling company. Antique LYRIC brand medicine bottles. inferred an end to National Prohibition but does indicate that some plants were Unfollow antique medicine bottles and vintage amber glass bottle dating antique bottles old prescription bottle, with accurate, antique medicine bottle. Hey David! Hemingray was a prolific maker of electrical insulators (of many types and sizes) for power lines, telegraph, telephone and other uses. The bottom shows the I within the O with a 7 to the left, a 7 to the right, and an 8 to the bottom. Maybe an antique bottle collector / digger will land on this page and identify it for us! The front of the bottle says ONE GALLON but on top of that has like a capital D with a 0 or o in the middle. I found a Duraglas bottle with the cap on the shores of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. I was thinking along the same lines as you are. end of File #10 above.) Best regards, Wendy, in many instances, the patent illustrations or model will not be EXACTLY like the bottle(s) that are actually produced. The 7 on the right is a date code and I assume it stands for 1937. druggist and medicinal bottles, ammonia & bluing, polish, embalming 3) I have a small emerald green vial, marked with a single digit date code (9) to the right of the newer (second) trademark, just an I inside an O. The E1152 is possibly a mold number (mold design number) assigned by Owens-Illinois to that particular bottle style. I am assuming you do mean that the logo is ONLY an I inside an oval with NO diamond, correct? The Owens Bottle Company, now known as Owens-Illinois, Inc., headquartered at One Michael Owens Way in Perrysburg, Ohio, just south of Toledo, is still the world's leading maker of bottles for alcoholic beverages. 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? Carnival Glass bowl, aqua glass, unidentified maker, ruffled pattern. 2) If a date code does NOT have a period after the number, that still leaves room for error because it could potentially stand for any decade, right? (Photo courtesy of Dan Goorevitch). (More info, below, in the paragraph on the I inside an O trademark). Hey So Ive got an O-I bottle, but Im not sure (1) who it was made for, (2) where it was made, or (3) when it was made. (For instance, some hold that a period indicates another decade, i.e. 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 mark you see on the base is often called an Owens ring or Owens scar, produced during manufacture by machine. Other brand names used by O-I on insulators include Lowex and Kimble. Manufactured in Charleston West Va. ? As I tried to explain in my main text of this page, there was actually some period of time beginning in 1954 when many of the molds then in use were re-tooled with their second mark (eliminating the diamond). There is no way to be sure what was in it unless there is an intact label. Etsy uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, enabling things like: Detailed information can be found in Etsys Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy and our Privacy Policy. 1930s. However, there are some exceptions to this general rule, and single-digit date codes were also used in later decades along with the later I inside an O mark (but without a period placed to the right of the code). USD 4.20, USD 6.00 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. This piece measures 11 inches in diameter. 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. No idea of the age of this bottle. Can you give me any information on that and what the bottles might be worth. 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. Hi Kim, I found a 5 gal bottle with the I in the middle of the O and to the right is a 7B. Thanks again David you lead me to find its match however this Etsy listing does not share markings and its identical based on my markings seems like it was produced in 1928 (not 1930s). Age? I have read that plant # 62 has been recorded by others on liquor bottles but can find no information about the plant itself. The bottle has markings on the bottom 33 I IN O 91 with a big R directly under and a 2 under thatany idea what this might be? The jar says Presto supreme mason with manufactured by owens illinois glass company on the back. Dating gordon's gin bottles Gordon co gin carries a gordons sloe gin bottles, has been the drink contains the 1950's to date and our export rest of interest. Best regards, David, Hi David. download limited copies of posted material. Am I correct? (I assume you meant diamond not triangle). Items include bitters bottles seen in 18th-century england, beauty, and serums, but are ideal for online dating of its products in which is the bottles. It is clear in color and has a metal screw on type lid along with a wooden rotating handle fitted to a metal bracket attached along the base of the neck. 1930-1935* Owens-Illinois Glass Co. merged with the Owens Bottle Co. in 1929 to form the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. For a complete history of the Illinois Glass Company consult the following reference; . Sorry I cant be sure what it means! "Food Container Division" products (23 catalog pages) - Includes a wide array of The 51 is a date code for the year the bottle was made: 1951. About the Federal Law Forbids phrase.it is apparent that some bottles continued to have been made with the marking even into the early 1970s. ), Diamond Glass Company, Royersford, Pennsylvania, EUREKA design on base of unidentified tumbler / jelly glass, Fairmount Glass Works / Fairmount Glass Company, Falls City Glass Company, Louisville Kentucky (1884-1892), Faroy Glass Candle Holders FAROY U.S.A., Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this Bottle Phrase, Fishing Floats (Glass Fishing Net Floats), Fletchers Castoria / Pitchers Castoria bottles, Frank Millers Crown Dressing ~ Victorian Era shoe polish bottles, Frederick Heitz Glass Works, St. Louis, MO (1882-1898), G. The Note: Because of time and energy constraints, I can no longer answer all emails personally, but you may contact me directly at: dav__erwhi "at" gmail.com. This corporation is now generally known simply as O-I. (Photograph courtesy of Penny Garcia). Ali, there is a lot of confusion on the date codes, as you have realized. Amazing to find this article by simply googling o with diamond logo glass mark. Owens-Illinois Inc., one of the largest glass bottle manufacturers in the world, originally came out of the famous Glass Capital of the WorldToledo, Ohioin 1903. Does this mean it was made in 1906? On the bottom it has the O inside the diamond but DOES NOT have an I inside the O.
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