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From 1954
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Upright I enclosed by an oval, with the diamond removed. This Pepsi bottle illustrates the later logo, alongside separate customer, date and mould codes.
Identification guide
Bottle date codes
Bottle date codes must be read in the identified glasshouse’s system; a mould number or patent date is not a universal year code.
Owens-Illinois as a worked system
In a common Owens-Illinois arrangement, the maker logo is central, the plant code is at the left and a year code is at the right. A one-digit year repeats across decades; the logo form and bottle type help select the decade. Some liquor bottles use permit-number arrangements instead.
Common Owens-Illinois base layout
| Position | Typical role |
|---|---|
| Left of maker logo | Plant code; some liquor arrangements differ |
| Centre | Maker logo |
| Right of logo | Manufacturing-year code |
| Other base number | May identify mould or product |
What to check next
Record the exact logo and all surrounding numbers before reading the right-hand code. A dot is not a universal decade rule. Use the plant history, bottle form and closure with the code when more than one decade fits.
Related marks
496 marks
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From 1997
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
O and I joined by a short horizontal line; the I is outside the O rather than enclosed within it. Shown on a green bottle heel.
c. From 1913
Unattributed marks
glass · Evansville, Indiana
The source identifies Graham Company’s inverted-bottle-over- logo, introduced . The image caption shows it on an amber straight-side Coca-Cola bottle.
From 1932
Unattributed marks
The illustrated amber bottle is captioned as made in 1957; 1872-90 is a style code.
glass · Glenshaw, Pennsylvania
The source reports that Glenshaw Company’s -in-square mark has been used . In the caption, is a factory code for the bottle style, not a date.
From 2014
Unattributed marks
The illustrated Yoo-Hoo bottle has a 2022 date code; this dates the example.
glass
The image caption identifies the stylized anchor or downward arrow as Anchor Container Corporation, introduced in , on the heel of a clear Yoo-Hoo bottle.
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glass · Essen, Germany
The image caption identifies on a miniature sampler whiskey bottle made by Wisthoff & Company Glashutten, .
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Unattributed marks
The caption identifies 47 as a 1947 date code on the illustrated bottle; this is an object date.
glass
The image caption identifies in circle on 32-ounce chemical bottle made by Armstrong Cork Company.
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Unattributed marks
impressed · glass
The image caption identifies on an amber bottle-base shard made by Fairmount Company.
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glass
The caption identifies on a dark amber export beer bottle as Adolphus Busch Manufacturing Company; J 11 is a mould identifier.
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glass
The caption identifies connected on a light aqua beer bottle with P 11 code. The source entry concerns unconnected A B and is uncertain between American Bottle Company and Adolphus Busch Manufacturing Company.
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incised · glass
The image caption identifies A / L / 55 on a dark olive green bottle as unknown.
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glass · United Kingdom
The caption describes alone on the rounded base of light green torpedo mineral-water bottle with an applied crown lip, made in ; Alloa Work is suggested but explicitly unconfirmed.
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Unattributed marks
The illustrated shard is captioned as dated 1975; this dates the example.
glass
The image caption identifies as Alexander H. Kerr on an amber beer-bottle shard.
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Unattributed marks
glass
The image caption describes stylized or sawhorse with IT or IY below on clear ketchup-bottle base.
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Unattributed marks
glass
The image caption identifies on the heel of a blob-top squat Schanzenbacher mineral-water bottle from Louisville, Kentucky.
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Unattributed marks
The caption dates the illustrated bottle to around 1970; this is an object date.
impressed · glass
The image caption describes embossed on a black- Pot Belly Stove men’s cologne bottle, around 1970.
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Unattributed marks
The illustrated Orange Crush bottle bears a 1964 date code.
glass
The image caption identifies inside an oval on an amber Orange Crush bottle.
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Unattributed marks
The caption tentatively dates the illustrated bottle to the 1970s or 1980s; no use interval is established.
glass · Germany
The image caption identifies with a wavy underline inside a circle as Glashutte-Budenheim GmbH, , on a green Jägermeister bottle.
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Unattributed marks
glass
The image caption describes on an unidentified applied-lip yellow olive amber mineral or soda-water bottle, probably from Great Britain.
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Unattributed marks
glass
The image caption identifies inside a diamond on a blue-aqua horseradish or pickle bottle made by Binghamton Company.
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Unattributed marks
glass
The image caption identifies Brockway Company’s in a circle on an emerald green soda bottle.
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Unattributed marks
impressed · glass
The image caption describes on a teal aqua-green bottle without identifying its maker.