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just curious - 11/12/2003 12:04:19 AM    Python   Posts: 128 Joined: 11/11/2003 From: Alabama Status: offline I'm curious to find out something about this bottle I found today. It says it's 4/5 quart and from what I could find on my own, I assume it was made in the 60's but I couldn't swear to that. On the front it says "Federal law forbids sale or re-use of this bottle" and on the bottom it has a bunch of numbers and the Ball logo. It has (or at least it had) a screw on cap so I know it is at least somewhat recent. I haven't been able to find out anything about Ball bottles so I assume it's not very collectable and probably not worth anything but I am interested in finding out a little of it's history. Thank you in advance for any help you might offer. Post #: 1

RE: just curious - 11/12/2003 7:36:36 PM    woody   Posts: 1637 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Ball is the company who made the bottle. What it held was some type of alcoholic beverage made after the prohibition of alcohol. Sorry to say it isn't very collectable, but keep looking. Here is your glass company. http://www.ball.com/bhome/history.html < Message edited by woody -- 11/12/2003 7:40:57 PM > _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Python) Post #: 2

RE: just curious - 11/12/2003 9:36:50 PM    Python   Posts: 128 Joined: 11/11/2003 From: Alabama Status: offline Thank you for the help. I've been looking at some of the bottles posted here, and find it utterly fascinating. My fiance says I'm addicted now. There were alot of other bottles where I found the Ball bottle and I'm going back tommorrow to get them all. I'm also going back to some family land and go through the piles of bottles there. I never thought about researching the history of bottles, but thanks to this website, I'll look at every bottle I see differently now. Again, thanks for the help, and I will definitely come back for more history lessons. (in reply to Python) Post #: 3

RE: just curious - 11/23/2003 3:11:53 AM    David E Dearden   Posts: 196 Joined: 7/16/2003 Status: offline Hi Python they did not put those marks on liquor bottles after 1964. _____________________________ David E Dearden (in reply to Python) Post #: 4

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