owens glass medicine bottle
With this information, would the plant be Alton, IL..date 1906.and mold number 4? Im sure the information is out there Somewhere, but to my knowledge it is still a mystery at the present time! Owens-Illinois Glass Company made huge quantities of emerald green salve and ointment jars of many different designs and sizes. types reflecting the "modern packaging trends" common to the late 1920s and File #10: End of the "Pharmaceutical and Proprietary Division" Hi Eric, Hi Ken, Hi. Many bottles made by Owens-Illinois are hard to date exactly. One H.J. Thanks to both Phil, Russ and O-I for making this The liquor bottle permit number 56 was used by the Owens-Illinois glass plant at Charleston, West Virginia. It was made at the Huntington, West Virginia plant, and the 11 is a mold number. introduced in 1934. Since the DURAGLAS brand was introduced in 1940 by Owens-Illinois Glass Company, we know it must date sometime after that year. Triangle mark, used by Vidrio Formas, Lerma, Mexico. Me with this one, Hi Timothy, It has been turned into sea glass. KPP mark on base of amber Budweiser beer bottle, date coded 1972 (Photo courtesy of Shannon Brown). Details: the bottom of the jug has the O-I diamond, 23 on the right side and 4 on the left. David, Hi Cari, To do a word/phrase copy by someone in later years estimating when the catalog was completed? downloads than any other makers marking article. nursing bottles, citrates, dropper and iodine bottles, bathroom bottles, various Hi! Some of them may have been packer jars (containing various foods, bought retail at the grocery store) and they were frequently saved to reuse as canning jars or containers for storage (nails, nuts, marbles, buttons, screws, etc.) The crown top is typical of soda bottles, but the fluted sides are more common on ketchup bottles. first page of the liquor section notes the following: With the return of legal "Spiritus Frumenti," many of the well known old Also, was green typically used as soda or alcohol? Round. Original Price USD 37.34 Duraglas trademark on base of generic amber half-gallon bleach jug. http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/LiquorBottlePermits.pdf Small knick on the mouth. Note: This index is useful but a bit hard to use. Do you think this might be from 1933? There are no ther dots or marks on the bottom of the bottle. Yes, I believe the 5 date code in this instance does stand for 1955. includes large boxes and crates to store and protect such items. You would probably know. voluntary movement has started among employees which has led to the formation of Opens in a new window or tab. Above is the older owens-illinois mark with 9 on left and 5 on right. David. Then below the circle is the diamond with circle that has the I in the center. Below the FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE there is D11 56 9 on the upper flatter side. Russ Hoenig noted the The bottle design patent number was actually issued in April of 1934. Includes an array of traditional and new styles of liquor, liqueur, bitters and 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. How long did owen illinois use the I inside an O mark. I think the jug would date from either 1954, 1964 or 1974. I found a 5 gal bottle with the I in the middle of the O and to the right is a 7B. I have acquired a large 2 1/2 gallon jug with 1/2 gal increments on 2 sides and very detailed decorative molding on opposing sides side panels at the half gallon areas. about milk bottles. This is mentioned (briefly) within this really comprehensive article written by Bill Lockhart, here: https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/OwensIll_BLockhart.pdf That article includes a lot of detailed background info, much more than I have on my site. Curious what the F stands for I believe its 1958 bottle ,mold number 19. The exact cursive style changed slightly several times over the years. Hi David, I recently found what I believe is an Owen-Illinois glass liquor bottle. (These catalogs can also be useful at times for the bottles made by the Clarion, PA. OI plant and "Whether this was normal with Hope this helps! I would love to know what the just what I picked up. Hey David, glad i found your site! and certainly by 1934 when Donald Duck was introduced to the public in June of David. With a 3 date code and the later I inside an O mark, your jar may date from 1963. 3. I found a clear jar. However, I am of the opinion that it stands for 1946. 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. I am at a loss as to what this might be, can you help? I then read that any dates after 1960 I believe, would be two digit numbers. amber whiskey bottle to various glass containers." Same designer as D90023! from your description, the 7 to the left of the logo is the plant location code, which in that case stood for their main plant (at the time) located in Alton, Illinois. Hi Lisa, ), Sarah, it could stand for 1935, 1945, or 1955. Could you tell me more about it? I read your page and its awesome to know someone actually cares about history as much as I do. Also, if there is no Distiller number it may be difficult to identify what product or distilling company was involved. Captcha failed to load. Take care, David, If it is a 9 w/o a period it was probably made in 39. the importance of firming up a date for this important catalog: 1. Please double-check those folders in your email app/program after a few days if you haven't heard from me!! Plus, one pharmaceutical medicine bottle labeled Owens on the bottom. I havent found another like it online. It has small bumps all over the bottle except around the center of the bottle where the label may have been? Bottle. The top has a 4 opening and it has a wire metal handle with a wood handle over the top of the wire. products (17 catalog pages) - Includes more styles of Base of emerald green glass 7-UP soda bottle. It has the following markings: 23- circle around the triangle and Im guessing a one (but looks like a dot)-2 But the value assigned to that bottle with the original label would be considerably higher than a bottle with no label. Any info on this bottle would be greatly appreciated. Hi Jeremy, https://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/IGCo_BLockhart.pdf. Your jar indicates manufacture at their Los Angeles, Ca facility (plant code #23); I believe that number was used circa 1948 to 2004. Hope this helps, 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. Under the diamond/oval emblem is the number 18. -Mark O., North Carolina, Hi Mark, You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. 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. 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. Many Oakland-produced bottles are found in the Western states, and also occasionally in areas around the Pacific including Hawaii. not sure on their exact interpretation. Hi David. Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. David. ~David. /Users/owner/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/renders/D/D4884D53-C9F5-42E6-BD88-D07E7B7D083B_1_201_a.heic together over a period of several years beginning in 1930 and ending in 1935. Most bottles from the late 1940s into the 1950s and 1960s have two-digit date codes. Hope this helps, Isabel, On the bottle listed on ebay, they show the number on their example as 754 (or 154?). Owens-Illinois Inc. currently [2020] operates 20 glass manufacturing facilities within North America. You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. I am assuming this is 1942? Aquamarine wide mouth external thread bottle with three indented panels on each side. (BTW, periods seen on some glass insulators made by Owens-Illinois, Whitall Tatum, Kerr and Armstrong CAN indicate years, but this is a separate issue from bottles). Note: Any of these bottles that are found in a very strong, dark purple color HAVE BEEN IRRADIATED, meaning the color has been altered in recent years. Hi Rich, 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? The market value is merely the ending price of the item, and that sales price may or may not give us solid information on real worth to collectors. The 6 on the left is a plant code number that stands for the Charleston, West Virginia glass plant. Unfollow antique medicine bottles and vintage amber glass bottle dating antique bottles old prescription bottle, with accurate, antique medicine bottle. 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. I understand the 2 means Huntington, WV, the 3 is a mold number, but is the 5 for 1955 or 1945? The following is an edited version of Thanks and sorry I dont have better information. 1930-1935 Owens-Illinois Glass Co. I am trying to find any info on these bottles. The base is marked with the H over smaller a logo. On very small bottles, the mark may be rather indistinct and the I may be virtually invisible, or just a tiny dot. and molded closures for the O-I products. This is an important and substantive update that goes further I found a small (approx. Vintage Glass Bottle Set: Pepsi, Heinz, Owens Medicine Co.: $25.00. (Although, I think the most prolific maker of those types of vials is Wheaton, using their W in a circle or T. If you meant there was a number 2 directly to the right of the logo, that is a date code, and probably stands for either 1942 or 1952. The left number was 3, which you wrote was from the Fairmont, WV plant, or post 1981 Muskogee, OK. My question was the right side date code.