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. 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. Hi. Earned the Keg Champion badge! LYRIC was Illinois Glass Companys brand name assigned to a particular line of prescription/druggist bottles. I have an Owens-Illinois liquor bottle with a 3 and a 55-51 code on it, as well as the federal law statement. (The number 10 had also served as the factory code number for their Newark, Ohio glass plant earlier on, but that was in use circa 1929-1938). What would the history be of this bottle. Thank you David! The 5250 is, I believe, a code number for that bottle type. The 9 on the left does indicate your bottle was manufactured at Owens-Illinois Streator, Illinois factory. I dont know which year would be correct. Item discovered at ebay.com; When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in . I found a bottle in a farmhouse basement that is green with the I O diamond mark. David, The letter-numbers code is an inventory ID (style or design number) used in catalogs or invoices between Owens-Illinois and the end user company. It has helped greatly with bottle identification. With this information, would the plant be Alton, IL..date 1906.and mold number 4? First use of this mark is claimed to have been on December 17, 1997, according to information posted on the justia.com website, here: There is a 6 to the left of the logo and an 7 to the right. Here are my DURAGLAS bottom markings: 7 ,the oval, 5 and at the bottom 11. Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. Is there any way to find how many were produced and the where? plant, and colors and designs are being applied The number to the left is 9. I suspect your particular bottle was made in 1939. Opens in a new window or tab. There are other problems including: Does this mean it was made in the 30s, or after? base of several hundred million papers) I discovered the absolute earliest provided some glassware related information that points to a 1934 to 1935 date This bottle base has 1949 date code to right. Here, as embossed on the base of a small cobalt blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle. It does have the seam line running all the way to the top of the lip, which is a rounded with band. Hope this helps, File #2: Introductory Information and beginning of bottle styles (24 its a pretty cool bottle would love to send at picture of it.. but any information would help thank you.. Hi Alden, Hi Jessi, Hope this helps a little. Owens-Illinois mark as seen on 1951 soda bottle Owens-Illinois logo- date code 1952 On the very bottom of the bottle it has 20 then the diamond, then a 3 with no period. $7.95 shipping. 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. I would love to know what the just what I picked up. Hi Garrett, Hi Justin, Pre-Owned. below is 5 and the top of the logo no. USD 4.42, USD 6.31 Duraglas, I have an Owens Illinois Glass Company decanter with the image of a crown and the signature of Kalakaua 7887 above it. I am trying to find any info on these bottles. prior version printed about 1915. Viewers are encouraged, for personal or classroom use, to It also has the town name on the bottom. 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. Update: (posted October 1, 2019) also check out the base photo of a possible 1978 bottle, shown farther down on this page. Hi Duncan, Logos and Codes. Thanks and sorry I dont have better information. You can find a list of liquor bottle permit numbers ( assigned to various glass companies) by searching with those four words on google. 2/2019). 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). Best regards, dated. bottles, chili sauces, salad dressing, cocktail sauce, club sauces, olive oils, Honestly, Im not sure what the M258270 indicates. Any help that you could provide in dating this candleholder would be appreciated. David. A very few bottle makers catalog were reproduced in the I understand that 10 was a factory code number for Atlanta, Georgia location, but that plant number was instituted around 1960. Im wondering if this means its from Owens-Illinois Atlanta, Georgia in 1955-65? 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. Hi Alisa, Please check out this link: In any case, I may have been unclear in what I was trying to write, and may need to re-edit my text. this I am guessing the ACL (Applied Color Label) markings have faded from the bottle which makes it harder to identify. There is some additional ACL and Sometimes the color of the glass may also be turning toward a very faint purple/amethyst color. Can you study your bottle closely and compare with the pictures and information presented on this webpage on the Clorox company site? How can I find out what the bottle was used for? I just dug my first bottle and would love to know more about it. The 3 may be a date code for 1933. 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. from its formation in 1929 (a combination of many glass companies including the The base is marked with the H over smaller a logo. David, I would like to find out a price for this bottle I found in this abandoned water drain in my yard. linked PDF files containsanywhere from 10 to 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. There is no number to the left and the number to the right is a 4 with no period. Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. Can you post your query again or send me an email directly (my email address is listed under CONTACT INFO / NOTES near the bottom of the page). In the case of your jar, the I inside an O trademark dates AFTER 1954. 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. David. ), C B B; C B K ; C B M marks on antique pickle jars, Coke Bottles (Glass Manufacturers Marks on Coke Bottles), Collectible Milk Glass General Information / Overview, Depression Glass (What is Depression Glass? C. W. & CO. marks). Other brand names used by O-I on insulators include Lowex and Kimble. Hi Arnulfo, Probably is a good way to put it, as you have done. What can you tell me about it? Im sorry, but I dont do appraisals. Hope this helps a little. (10% off), Sale Price USD 5.04 There does not appear to be a period next to the three. honey, mayonnaise, candy, mason packer jars, and other packer jar styles. Im just curious if you are able to help me determine when my jar was made. The 11 is a mold number. Much thanks must be given to both Phil Perry and However, those dates were confirmed as David. Bottle. Thanks, David, I have a green bottle with cap unscrewed trying to figure out the dates and markings are AT with the I circled 85 G2 any help is appreciated. Original Price USD 15.59 The G-94, from all the evidence, just stands for a specific mold shape/style of bottle made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company (regardless of glass color, brand name or markings on the side). The field of Owens-Illinois is a VERY WIDE field, and its very hard to make a statement without making clear there are lots of exceptions here and there. 1936. catalog is dated from between 1930 and 1935. In any case, that is a soda bottle, and the G-94 is a code number that Owens-Illinois used to identify that particular shape/style of bottle. It sounds like it might be a Four Roses brand whiskey bottle. shape names than these old catalogs. My question is what was this jug used for? Thank you for taking the time to look into this for me. File #11: Continuation and completion of the "Liquor Ware Division" products and Im guessing the number 4 indicates the plant in Clarksburg, W.V., the one that interests me is the M258270. Hey David. Why would it be marked by two different companies? Take care, So the prohibition and why this author originally used 1933 as the date (and why all I think, however, that the date code 6 on the right of the logo indicates 1936. The Charlotte glass plant (according to a brief note in my records) was producing bottles from October 15, 1963 to April 1, 2010. Its white glass and slinder, shaped like a whiskey bottle and is about the size of my hand. Tom Dup is drinking a Punition by Maison DB at Au R De Roubaix. This has been happening especially with Gmail addresses!! Thanks! Hope this helps, 28 original catalog pages combined. The 7 to the left of the logo is the plant code number which stood for Alton, Illinois. mark on base of amber beer bottle. Owens-Illinois Inc. currently [2020] operates 20 glass manufacturing facilities within North America. Etsy is powered by 100% renewable electricity. 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. However, I would submit (my guess) that in some of these instances, the bottle mold might have been moved to another plant but the engravings were not all updated (retooled) correctly on the molds. If your bottle carries the old logo, I think the chances are highest that it stands for 1933, but I cant guarantee that. She thinks it was a whiskey bottle..and it has patriot on the bottle with a few other cool markings like a boat and 4 stars and has one pint under the patriot.. also I believe on the back of the bottle it has at the top. No, I dont know which O-I plant was assigned #62 as their liquor bottle permit number. 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). Please let me know if you are able to pin down the date with their chart. to 1933.). Any hints or ideas? I am assuming the jar was just a random late-throw, as is sometimes found at sites where virtually everything else is much, much older. Can you give me any information on that and what the bottles might be worth. ~David. As pictured, it can vary slightly from one container to another. a number that identified the particular mold in which the bottle was formed. The right side number 5 is a date code, perhaps for 1955. It has a finger loop at the neck and the Owens Illinois diamond on the bottom. I dont know what type of bottle you have, but you could email me a pic of the bottle to my address which is listed on the lower right-hand corner of this webpage. 3 Diff Vintage Owens Illinois Glass Drinking Tumblers 10 Ounce -- Service Award. Thus, a bottle with, say, the style number 2579 might theoretically also be marked with the mold number 6 if it is being made on a machine with a number of identical molds numbered 1 to 10 or 1 to 12. product - "I agree, that it looks like a work in progress. 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. The sides of the bottle has sort of a decorative look. There is an area I hunt where I have found the remnants of an old homestead, hasnt been touched in goodness knows how long. Since 81 was to the right of the new IO mark, we figured it stood for the year 1981, but is the N to the left of the IO the plant code? Any ideas on what date this jar may be from, and which plant ? 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. 3 Owens Illinois Green Depression Glass Salt/Pepper Shakers Waffle Hoosier For Sale 3 Owens Illinois Green Depression Glass Salt/Pepper Shakers Waffle Hoosier: $49.95 . 2) A particular number assigned to a specific style or design. Hi Jeremy, Jack, in my opinion there is no foolproof way to date some Owens-Illinois bottles with 100% certainty, and this is an example. Illinois Glass Company of Alton, IL made many of the Presto fruit jars, apparently starting in the mid or late 1920s. the "Large Ware Division" of the catalog which includes large water and fuel oil produced during that era by O-I. To my knowledge the plant ran until its closing in the early 80s. page group links below have that date as part of the URL). And yes, aqua bottles usually have a little bit more value than clear, but it depends on what bottle is being discussed. All rights reserved. But I could be wrong! The 2 is a mold number. various paneled medicines. The bottom has a balancing scale and of course the usual marking. 9 the I in the circle then an 8 above a 7 Id like to know a little more of the history of these items. Left of the diamond-I logo is a 3; to the right is a 6; below is a 2. Your bottle was made at the Clarion, Pennsylvania glass plant (facility #17), and yes, the number 47 on the right side of the O-I logo would indicate 1947. Find out more in our Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. It looks like this: The 5 is centered and has a period next to it. Those partners may have their own information theyve collected about you. The diamond logo within a circle is on the bottom of the bottle. 1960s and 1970s, but all are long out of print and variably difficult to obtain. Thanks very much, Duncan, for the base pic!! There is conflicting info and theories online about the significance of periods placed to the right of date codes. wine bottles. The trademark PRESTO was registered in 1928 although it was probably used for a time before that year. The PD might stand for Parke-Davis, the drug company, but I cannot be sure about that. Thanks for writing, products prior to being "absorbed" into O-I The Duraglas trademark began in 1940. A dot on the top and bottom middle and a 5 all the way to the right side. On most older bottles, when the original label is still intact that usually adds value to antique bottles (because labels equals more information, more background, more provenance, more interest as far as colorful contemporary graphics, etc.) However, that doesnt always hold true. Hope this helps! Many of them have the code G-94 embossed on the bottom along with the Owens-Illinois Glass Company trademark and a date code. The left number is a 7 (Alton, IL? Owens-Illinois has made a lot of generic Mason canning or fruit jars. I would guess 1935 (since single digit date codes were more common during the 1930s although there are later exceptions) but I cant be 100% sure! Just an idea! The number 011 is probably a mold number. It has small bumps all over the bottle except around the center of the bottle where the label may have been? The number to the right is a 6, but there is no dot next to it. BROWN HOTEL LOUISVILLE APOTHECARY Vintage Duraglas GLASS BOTTLE 3iv . 3 WINE 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. Vicki, single digit date codes were still used in the 1960s and afterward. The principal investors in the Toledo company then created the Owens Bottle-Machine Co. (1903-1919) to manufacture and lease the Owens Machine, and the latter company in . Sometimes additional information about the bottle can narrow down the date range. Take care, 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. I cant find anything for D89. pages) - Includes more toilets, perfume shapes and bath salts, round, square BALL logo, as seen on a BALL PERFECT MASON jar from the period c. 1910-1923. 1. (emphasis added; Hoenig pers. & Hoenig 2015), Bill Lockhart recently combined all of the currently 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. Owens-Illinois Glass Company I inside an O trademark, AB (connected) mark on base of light aqua beer bottle with P 11 code. 7 is the Alton plant location code number. See the paragraph on this page below, titled Liquor Bottle Permit Numbers). FAQ #21. $10.00. On the bottom, in the center are is the letter D followed by 26, under that is 64-6. This can help narrow down the production date of some glass containers. Hi David. I cant say for sure which year is correct. Would you have any idea what that would mean? Hi Lindsay, Hello, second picture of green glass ointment jar attached. I just found 2 bottles in Okinawa. On very small bottles, the mark may be rather indistinct and the I may be virtually invisible, or just a tiny dot. Not sure about the R but the 2 is likely a mold number. under the logo there is the number 14 and under that is the PAT. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. David. Good afternoon I was hoping you could help me identify a jar I found, Its a regular mouth quart canning jar and on the front is the word Mason under that a star then under the star the word Jar. reference to "The selection of containers for the new products of distillers Google only turns up various whiskey code lists, none of which match. It sounds like the bottle was made by Owens-Illinois in 1972, at their Alton, Illinois factory (plant #7). 9.5\" tall. I found it yesterday while clearing some brush on our very remote property in southern Oregon. ~David. Many British bottles are seen with 2, 3, or 4-digit numbers on the bottom which are style numbers. specialty bottles including salt & pepper shakers, show globes (for druggists), They are often quite old, but have relatively little collectible value since they are typically marked only on the base, and were made in such large quantities that the supply and demand rule has kicked in. I found a Duraglas bottle with the cap on the shores of Lake Michigan in southwest Michigan. The weird 3 is a symbol that means ounce, so your bottle held 3 ounces. You may rest assured that it IS a product of that company. Unfortunately my site is not set up to accept photos uploaded directly by readers. The numbers are located in the middle of the bottom with the symbol located to the side and the numbers read 0126 and below those it reads 56-51 and the on the posited side of the oval away from the owens symbol it has the number 18 or maybe an I 8 if you could help me out that would be great and it also does have the federal law forbids sale or re-use of this bottle. I found a clear seamed glass seven ounce pry-off cap style soda bottle embedded in a bank on a wayward beach on the Hawaiian island of Molokai and have been unable to find a conclusive identification for it. Bottle Grand Island Neb clear glass 7 oz. We found the bottom of an Owens medicine bottle on the beach in FL- it has measurement lines up whats left of the side. It is shaped like an old lemon juice bottle. Thatcher Glass MTC mark on emerald green beach glass shard from a juice bottle. It has the following markings: 23- circle around the triangle and Im guessing a one (but looks like a dot)-2 Your bottle was made at plant # 7 (Alton, Illinois) and the 7 on the right of the logo stands for either 1947 or 1957. The E788 would be the catalog number assigned to that particular bottle mold. Hi Tyler, ), C B B; C B K ; C B M marks on antique pickle jars, Coke Bottles (Glass Manufacturers Marks on Coke Bottles), Collectible Milk Glass General Information / Overview, Depression Glass (What is Depression Glass? (Julian Toulouse stated this mark was first used in 1911, but according to U.S. Patent & Trademark Office data, Owens claimed first use was not until 1919! Thank you! The 2 is a date code which probably stands for 1942. AB (connected) mark on base of light aqua beer bottle with P 11 code. This bottom of bottle has a number 6 in the middle and above that has just the circled I (no diamond) followed by a single number 9 on the left of the circle I and single number 8 on the right side of the circle I. I found a green bottle with a screw top lid. Duraglas trademark on base of generic amber half-gallon bleach jug. David. Hi David, Mind if I butt in? front: 4/5 QUART It has no labels left. Vintage Medicine Bottle - Made by Owens-Illinois Glass Company BeaconwoodDettman (404) $22.00 FREE shipping More like this Vintage 1920s to 1950s Small Green Glass Bottle Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Embossed Bottom Medicinal Bathroom/Home Decor Window Sitter No Cap KimsKreations17 (6,839) $15.99 More like this Take care, The 6 is a date code which would have indicated 1936, 1946 or 1956. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. The 56 is a liquor bottle permit number assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Company, indicating their factory at Charleston, West Virginia. 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. Hello T.J., The D126 is the liquor distillers codewhich I havent Found a list ofyet. Owens-Illinois Glass Company Part 2 - Logos & Codes. 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. Owens Glass Bottles - Etsy I am inclined to believe 1962 is more likely, because this is the first year ending with a 2 since the Owens-Illinois trademark was changed to the simple I inside an O. (Try searching that site only if you have lots of free time and dont mind being frustrated by long wild goose chase searches. Jose, Hi Jose, I have read that plant # 62 has been recorded by others on liquor bottles but can find no information about the plant itself. with the company and student of the history of Owens-Illinois Glass Co.. Early American Prescut (EAPC) serving platter made by Anchor Hocking. To the right is a 2, the bottom seems to be stamped off center so cannot tell what was stamped to the left. catalog are hyperlinked below in the order they appear in the That does help a lot. David. I dont know anything about an M.E.CO. but I would assume it stands for the name of the unidentified beverage bottling company. in 1935.). Any info, this is a glass one made by Owens-Illinois glass company of Toledo, Ohio.
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