Need help identifying a bottle

DieGlocke · Apr 22, 2012

I was digging out an old fire pit today and this popped out of the side of the hole, this is the first unbroken bottle from this firepit. I was hoping you guys could help me identify it since there's no embossing on it at all, except for the bottom. It looks like an old ketch bottle to me but I'm new to this hobby(mainly collect Military gear/ WW2 rifles)

DieGlocke · Apr 22, 2012

2/3, what's embossed on the bottom

DieGlocke · Apr 22, 2012

3/3, if anyone wants more pictures, let me know.

Thanks,
George

andy volkerts · Apr 22, 2012

Looks like a 1900s-1910 ketchup bottle to me, made by the Owens Illinois glass works, probably worth a buck on a good day, but there may be better bottles in that hole.........

cowseatmaize · Apr 22, 2012

Interesting, plant 21 shows as 1960 up in Portland Oregon but the 6 looks in the 1926 range. I think it looks ketchupy too, except the crown top. That doesn't sit well with me.[8|][8|][8|]

Bottles r LEET · Apr 22, 2012

I would have said that the 6 meant 1936. I don't know about the maker, though.

cowseatmaize · Apr 22, 2012

ORIGINAL: Bottles r LEET

I would have said that the 6 meant 1936. I don't know about the maker, though.

Yup, could be. It could also be the "." isn't showing for 1946, the "I" isn't either.
Maybe it's just a weak embossing? I'm still curious about the plant number and the ketchupy shape with a crown top. It looks more sodaie with that.

This is a bit old so maybe it's been updated.
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/OwensIll_BLockhart.pdf

DieGlocke · Apr 22, 2012

Thanks for the help and info guys, I went back this morning and didn't find anymore complete bottles within a 4-5 foot radius so this one might be the only complete one in this fire pit. Found lots of pieces to some other bottles that I've brought back from previous trips, so I'm gonna try to piece them back together when I've got more time.

George

surfaceone · Apr 22, 2012

ORIGINAL: cowseatmaize

I think it looks ketchupy too, except the crown top. That doesn't sit well with me.[8|][8|][8|]

Hey Eric,

It's a Catsup, in form, and in finish for a certain part of Catsup history.

"The finish pictured below right is (or is similar to) one of the multi-closure finishes described and illustrated in the 1929 article as it does accept a screw cap, crown cap, and almost certainly a Goldy cap also. The pictured finish is on a colorless, machine-made HeinzÂ® catsup bottle made by the Illinois-Pacific Glass Company (San Francisco, CA.) in the 1920s.

It is likely that the finish on this linked catsup bottle also originally had a Goldy cap, since Lief noted they were most popular on catsup bottles. However, when found this bottle had a crown cap in place, although that may not have been the original closure. The slightly different finish on another similarly shaped catsup bottle (click to view finish close-up) is also considered a Goldy cap accepting finish. Unfortunately, we have no example of an original Goldy cap to photograph although Caniff (2008) does contain several images of Goldy caps on various types of food bottles. (That referenced article is also an excellent source of information on this closure type.)" Thanks to Bill Lindsey.

blucat1000 · Apr 22, 2012

I believe it is a ketchup bottle from the early 1900's.

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