Hi Rob, It has a medal screw top lid. On front side bottom Duraglas. BTW, that appears to be some kind of food bottle, perhaps for a condiment of some type. Small knick on the mouth. I think I have learned some things but would love to verify. The 4-digit number is surely a number that identified that particular style of bottle, or mold design. If so, the date code would probably be for 1956. Thanks for writing and take care! Hope this helps, Sorry for any confusion. Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:36:50 +0000 View Detailed Check-in. 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. APPLD. Does anyone know what its worth? David. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. He may even have a beard. Please check out my summary page on Sea Glass / Beach Glass. powder jars and a few other oddities. base of several hundred million papers) I discovered the absolute earliest I have several Duraglas green bottles 7 oz. What would the history be of this bottle. The mark is sometimes misinterpreted as the representation of an eye or of the planet Saturn. HOME: Typical 1920s-era "fluted sides" ketchup bottle made by Owens Bottle Company. I have found one bottle on the internet that is plain with no shield or the Federal law forbids sale or re-use of this bottle. Any ideas? Specifically, betty boop . Thank you David! On many bottles, a single-digit date code along with the Diamond/Oval/I mark may indicate the 1930s. Thanks for writing, and I hope this helps! Your piece sounds like a generic or all-purpose type of liquid pharmaceutical bottle, probably dating from sometime in the 1930s-1950s period. O V entwined on base of cobalt blue Acqua della Madonna water bottle from Italy. Hi Samanda, You've already signed up for some newsletters, but you haven't confirmed your address. Antique Duraglas Green Pharmacy Jar Glass Medicine Bottle Mercantile Stock. 1 below mold cavity number? The liquor bottle permit number 56 was used by the Owens-Illinois glass plant at Charleston, West Virginia. ), there are two basic types of mold numbers: 1) A range of numbers assigned to a series of IDENTICAL MOLDS being used to produce a particular type of bottle. Sorry I dont know which year it would be. (Please see my webpage on the Hemingray Glass Company for more information on Hemingray insulators.). as they use the slashed O letter ( ) as part of their alphabet. Yes! the "Owens-Illinois Plants" at the time with illustrations of those plants. Hi SAMRK, I havent found another like it online. Still, a nice little piece of mid-20th-century Americana! Brenda, 2 55 9 pickles, "Presto" canning jars, preserves and jams. 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??). 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. Antique glass "LYRIC" Medicine Bottles - GLASS BOTTLE MARKS 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. 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. David. Thank you David for all the information/help! Lynchburg daily Virginian. Owens-Illinois continued to have the great majority of insulators marked with the HEMINGRAY brand name, with very few exceptions in later years. The top is a screw top and its got like a indicresiant coat on it and its clear, Lindsey, the weird 3 symbol stands for ounce so your bottle is a 2 oz. I am assuming by logo you mean the diamond and oval with an I inside. Alicia, Im glad to hear this website has been helpful. the 45 is probably a date code for 1945. Most bottles from the late 1940s into the 1950s and 1960s have two-digit date codes. Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. Owens-Illinois Glass Company made huge quantities of emerald green salve and ointment jars of many different designs and sizes. The term "OnIzed" is mentioned throughout the listings portion (majority) of My source for this is an article by Bill Lockhart called The Dating Game, that appeared in the summer 2004 edition of Bottles and Extras. For more detailed discussion on Owens-Illinois Glass Company and their date codes, and a detailed, updated chart of O-I plant location codes, please check out this comprehensive article written by Bill Lockhart and Russ Hoenig: The Bewildering Array of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. David, (25% off), Sale Price USD 4.20 This is on the base of a small green glass jar, perhaps for an ointment. Hope this helps, I have an Owens 3 oz medicine bottle that still has the cork in it, along with a little bit of clear yellowish syrupy liquid you can tell the cork hasnt been removed for ages.. . Wendy, in many instances, the patent illustrations or model will not be EXACTLY like the bottle(s) that are actually produced. Division" products and the beginning of the "Beverage Division" products (26 For instance, if the bottle also carries the DURAGLAS brand, we can be sure it was made after 1940, the year Duraglas was introduced. product - "I agree, that it looks like a work in progress. I do not subscribe to the theory that only 2-digit date codes were used after 1960. 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. The 18 may be a mold identifying number. I cant figure it out can you please help? Thats a liquor flask, as evidenced by the D-26. The diamond looks too small to add anything inside of it. ~David. Thanks. 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! Take full advantage of our site features by enabling JavaScript. Take care, David. It has the following markings: 23- circle around the triangle and Im guessing a one (but looks like a dot)-2 Also, I dont know what brand of liquor your bottle contained. Note: This index is useful but a bit hard to use. Any ideas about what it was used for and how old it is? I came across an amber colored bottle. Hope this helps, That number would probably have been used in invoices, catalogs, etc. In the center its marked: NET CONT. There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. On the very bottom of the bottle it has 20 then the diamond, then a 3 with no period. Any info? (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!). Art deco symbols on all 4 sides. NOTE: any bottle which is also marked with the brand name/ trademark DURAGLAS dates from 1940 or after, never before that year. Thanks so much for your articles and responses to all inquiries! I saw that someone said this is an early Dr Pepper bottle. However, green is more common for soda, and amber is more common for beer, just in a very general sense. voluntary movement has started among employees which has led to the formation of This piece measures 11 inches in diameter. We've sent you an email to confirm your subscription. (Send me a pic of the bottle to email address listed at lower right on any webpage on this site). (Most of the LYRIC bottles are also marked with the I inside a diamond mark on the base). Near the opposite edge of the bottle is a larger G 11. Can you tell me how old the bottle is? Manufactured in Charleston West Va. ? lol. And it has 7 rings around it. I think the email address you left with your comment has a typo. catalog is dated from between 1930 and 1935. The 15 is the mold number. Brad, it is a medicine bottle (and probably held cough syrup or some other liquid medicine). The 2 is a date code which probably stands for 1942. For instance (just a random example), lets say a particular ketchup bottle is being made by machine. Hope this helps a bit! David. If you wish, send me a pic of the bottle to my email address, listed in the bottom right-hand corner of any page on this site. (O-I) end of year report, under It was and owns duraglas bottle!! to 1933.). For more info with a more extensive, detailed chart of known Owens-Illinois plant location codes, please check out the article by Bill Lockhart and Russ Hoenig at this URL: The Bewildering Array of Owens-Illinois Glass Co. Join and search! The 51 is a date code for the year the bottle was made: 1951. Want to know more? The photocopy of this catalog reproduced here was Owens-Illinois Glass Co. and a rich source of information. 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. The Donald Duck June 9th, 1934 debut in "The Wise Little Hen." Thanks! David, Casey, a single digit, such as 3 on the right side of the old Owens-Illinois logo (Diamond and oval superimposed, with I inside) can theoretically stand for several different years, including 1933, 1943 or 1953. The 56 to the right of the logo is a date code for 1956. ~David. Take care, David, Hi Cari, /Users/owner/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/resources/renders/4/4803A160-6980-48CD-B714-FE290B9EA31F_1_201_a.heic This thing Best regards, I found a bottle in a farmhouse basement that is green with the I O diamond mark. 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Hope this helps! catalog available for inclusion on this website! researcher of ACL bottles and glassware) contacted this websites author and David. The bottle was not made in 1940. It has Des.Pat. Questions? David, HI, I have a 10 in tall x 4 in wide Amber Glass Bottle, Diamond/ Oval and I inside marking on bottom. There may or may not be a number (mold identifying number) situated directly underneath the logo. Just some thoughts! 64 is the liquor bottle permit number assigned to Owens-Illinois Glass Company at their Alton, Illinois plant. I am reasonably sure the date code 2 would stand for either 1962 or 1972. Hi Earnel, David. 359-G is probably a code number for that particular style/shape bottle. The #42 is on the bottom. About like a baby food jar. Bottom is a hexagon shape with 3 markings (left to right) 8, square with an O, and 8. The Eric, there are examples out there that seem to make no sense, according to what information is known on the factory location and date codes. his communications (which has been further edited down from what was here prior I have seen one similar bottle for sale in a group of green bottles on ebay but the person had no information. It has the number 7 to the left or the diamond, the number 6 to the right of the diamond and the number 9 at the bottom of the O. Introduction to the liquor and wine bottles section. If you respond I would appreciate it very much. I havent seen that particular one. this The 23 is a manufacturing plant code number for their Los Angeles, CA location. The 5 is a date code. Beautiful, the owens-illinois, as a bottle is 5. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. I suspect it could have been for an obscure brand of pepper sauce or maybe some other type of condiment. I have located the large markings of the I inside of the diamond with an oval around them on the top of the base. Best regards, specialty bottles including salt & pepper shakers, show globes (for druggists), That date code stands for either 1936 (most likely) or 1946. "Food Container Division" products (23 catalog pages) - Includes more packer The global Airless Packaging market is valued at US$ 5.2 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.2% over the forecast period of 2022-2028. Please double-check those folders in your email app/program after a few days if you haven't heard from me!! available at the following link: The right appears to be 3. See "OWENS Also has the number E1152 On the heel rim at the bottom of the bottle? I am trying to find any info on these bottles. In general, these types of bottles were made in very large numbers, and are considered relatively MODERN by bottle collectors and do not have a lot of monetary value in todays collector marketplace **at the present time**. I have a duraglas players 10 oz. Hi Brian, In regards to the makers mark, it is an I inside of an O, with a 7 to the left, a 2 to the right, and a 15 on the bottom. to the right is a single number 6 and below the logo is the number 7 which I understand to be the mold number. Owens-Illinois | Waco History 2/2019). Owens-Illinois Glass Company Part 2 - The Bewildering Array Any info would be great! As pictured, it can vary slightly from one container to another. Im familiar with the article, and I am going to add another paragraph of text on this page, along with a link to that article. Most Owens-Illinois liquor bottles do not have their base code numbers arranged in the same configuration as is seen on many of their other typical, common bottles and jars (such as soda bottles).