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OVG monogram on the base of a Daisy & Button shoe toothpick holder in amber glass. (25% off), Sale Price USD 29.87 Minor wear inside the bottle towards the bottom. File #15: Continuation of the Thank you Kim W. Hi Kim, Dating old ink bottles - Join the leader in mutual relations services and find a date today. You will notice they appear to be the same shape, even though the glass color may be clear or green, and some are different brands. NOTE: To reiterate, this arrangement generally applies to Non-Liquor bottles. USD 26.99, USD 35.99 You are right that the 70 is a date code for 1970. There is a seam up to the top, but a large, messy pontil on the bottom. Thanks for your kind words about the site. Item discovered at ebay.com; When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in . [.] Thank you and best regards, Lockhart, Bill and Russ Hoenig. File #5: Continuation of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" It is a number which would have been used within the glass factory, such as on inventory sheets, communications such as order forms between the glass factory and the company the bottle was manufactured for. No, I dont know which O-I plant was assigned #62 as their liquor bottle permit number. 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. ~David. It would have been made in 1933, 1943 or 1953. Thanks in advance! Not nearly as often as double-digit date codes, but they were used occasionally, especially on smaller containers. Bill Lindsey Broad shoulders and a distinctive heel design featuring a customized brand mark and embossed writing. Russ Hoenig also noted the following I believe this jar was mostly used to contain pickles, olives, and/or perhaps molasses, honey, or some other food product. 3. being very accurate (1926) or within a year one way or the other (1920) via Original Price USD 15.59 Hope this helps, bottles made by the Clarion, PA. OI plant and "Whether this was normal with I hope this helps, 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. Yes! The bottom of the Jar has the (left to right) number 7 circle with an I inside then the numbers 75. next line is just the number 2. However, more research over the years has shown there was actually a gradual changeover from the old to the new trademark on containers, which occurred over a period of four or five years beginning in 1954 (with a few known exceptionssee note below discussing a bottle made in 1966 which carries the old trademark on the base!). 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. The Charlotte glass plant (according to a brief note in my records) was producing bottles from October 15, 1963 to April 1, 2010. An assortment of catalogs have been used in the preparation of this website to assist with bottle dating, and in particular, bottle typing - i.e., what a bottle likely contained Hi David, I recently found what I believe is an Owen-Illinois glass liquor bottle. Or where can I find a picture of it at? 20 (I) 62 (The I being in a circle rather than parenthesis). File #10: End of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" Its stippled around the top, the base and a band at the bottom. 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. On the bottom is the regular capital I in the O with the elongated diamond.. To the left of the that is a 7 to the right a 2 with NO period and there is no stippling or bumps. Hello Paul, The number on the right (7) is a date code, but since it is a ONE-DIGIT code, it is not possible to be 100% certain whether it stands for 1937 or 1947. Take care, Hi Michael, Best regards, Height is about 2in or so. The single-digit codes were used, in some instances, on various bottles and jars of different sizes and shapes over a range of decades. However, the right side is 4 without a period which would mean 1934? ~David. 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. I suspect your particular bottle was made in 1939. Duraglas was introduced in 1940, so we know your bottle was made after that year. Thanks. 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. But I invite any input from others as well. Best regards, David. 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. So at this point Im curious what the bottle was possibly used for (Soda, Beer, etc.) Duraglas trademark on bottles. There are other problems including: one must use the following Google search link: Logos and Codes. [In your case, the 2 is one of these type mold numbers]. (Its about 5 1/2 inch in diameter, maybe a gallon jug? Thanks, 1930-1935 Owens-Illinois Glass Co. (My email address is at the bottom of the page). If the design was popular it is possible they were produced for some years after 1932. /Users/owner/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/derivatives/C/CC45224F-594D-48DF-8B57-F750DA772B84_1_105_c.jpeg. Sellers looking to grow their business and reach more interested buyers can use Etsys advertising platform to promote their items. There may be a close similarity, but dont be surprised if you see something just a bit different in the finished product. It appears to have a screw top. USD 7.20, USD 8.00 David. David. products (18 catalog pages) - Continuation of various styles of druggist and 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). Diamond-I mark on bottom of amber bottle made by Illinois Glass Company. My father was a longtime employee for OI My mother worked for Libbey Glass .The collection we have are OI bottles We are interested in finding out more on their history . Take care, used commercially by the company until at least 1933, possibly 1934 (Lockhart & Hoenig 2015, soda bottle with different sports players on the front of it, on the bottom of the bottle it has #3 for the plant code, #48 for the date code,#1 for the mold code. 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. Hope this helps! Hi Samanda, From your info, I can only say that the bottle was made at their Alton, Illinois location (plant #7), the 4 is a mold number, and the date code is the 3. I found a brown amber, half-gallon jug. I will post a photo of representative examples I found info online about Owens-Illinois purchasing the plant in 2015, which was formerly called Bennu Glass. Earned the Photogenic Brew (Level 51) badge! Thanks catalog available for inclusion on this website! I did a search on ebay with the keywords green sunsweet bottle (without quotes) and came up with several examples of the older Sunsweet bottles listed there. Mfg mark of a Diamond with an I surrounded by an O. The only info I can provide with reasonable certainty is that the jug was made at their Alton, IL plant, and the 6 would stand for either 1936 or 1946 (probably 1936). File #1: Introductory Information (27 catalog pages) - This includes (15% off), Sale Price USD 4.42 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. The first one has a 7 than the circle with the I in it and then a 9 all in one row. Hi Tom, the 65 is probably a date code for 1965. David. Below all this are the large letters K.B.W. (Im sorry but this site is not set up to accept pictures uploaded by readers). My husband was uncovering a rock wall along our property and came across a Duraglass bottle. Division" products (18 catalog pages) - Includes a few more toilet Pre-Owned. Talk neck, very rounded and has a pinkish, purplish tint to the glass and fancy letters that look like WW on its side and N 3 on the bottom. Any information on this ? It has the following markings: 23- circle around the triangle and Im guessing a one (but looks like a dot)-2 I found a Duraglas bottle with the cap on the shores of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. Dont Know what this stands for? Your explanation of the markings on the bottom do not seem to relate to the jar I have. Can you send me a clear pic of this bottle,and a closeup of the base mark, if possible. Owens Medicine Bottle - Etsy Check out our owens medicine bottle selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our shops. It is not completely round as it has flat angles coming off of the flat bottom but then becomes rounded on top so is neither completely round nor completes a hexagon. For instance (just a random example), lets say a particular ketchup bottle is being made by machine. Although it is sometimes compared to the look of the planet Saturn, there was no real connection or intentional likeness, just a coincidental similarity. 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?) This mark has 3 lines outside the diamond, indicating production between 1993-1998. If so, the date code would probably be for 1956. Owens-Illinois made large quantities of these kinds of clear glass prescription/medicine bottles, in a wide range of sizes. The 13 is a plant code number for Owens-Illinois Glass Companys Chicago Heights, Illinois location. I purchased a Kolbs Bavarian Type Brew beer bottle. products prior to being "absorbed" into O-I Near the foundations of two log cabins I have previously found a tobacco tin dating to 1910 and a half pint milk jug from the 1930s. and molded closures for the O-I products. I have gathered so much information already. the O-I offerings (or vice versa). Jonathan, the bottles with the O in a square were made by Owens Bottle Company and date from about 1919-1929. The numbers are likely mold identifying codes . Many British bottles are seen with 2, 3, or 4-digit numbers on the bottom which are style numbers. I suspect it would be from 1940, although it might stand for 1950. David. (Remove underscore within first part of address). Although horseradish was packaged in many different shaped bottles over the years, that is one of the more common shapes used, especially in the 1890s and through the early 1900s. (10% off), Sale Price USD 2.35 Vicki, single digit date codes were still used in the 1960s and afterward. Best regards, David. 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. But is there any chance the bottle could be older than 1954? Can you help me date it? Have you ever seen this before? 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. Based on the above, and You can change your preferences any time in your Privacy Settings. See the picture posted of the 1966 bottle with their old trademark. might have started being produced in 1935 and began hitting the marketplace in FOR. I think it might have been a code designation for that particular bottle style/design. dating, and in particular, bottle typing - i.e., what a bottle likely contained