This is a little intriguing. It is a clear older machine made bottle embossed with the Maltese (Iron cross) on the bottom. Does any one know anything about it? Thank you!
I believe it stands for Imperial glass co of Bellair Ohio, at least that was what I found on the glass company marks .com site.........Andy.....send me your e-mail addy and I will forward the site to you ravolkerts@Hotmail.com
"Meanwhile, in a project unrelated to this research, Lockhart was looking into the
possibility that some individual mold makers left their “signatures” on bottle
bases. One such signature was the Maltese cross found on bases of beer bottles from
several different companies, including F H G W. All of the other companies using
bottles bearing this “signature” were located in the St. Louis, Missouri, area.
Even before this evidence was presented, Whitten had insisted that the bottles were
probably from St. Louis or nearby. He was finally able to visit St. Louis in the spring
of 2005. There, he found the answer."
You'll have to read the rest to get a better idea. FROM
Thanks Andy and cowseatmaize(You are going to have to explain that one) I appreciate the leads but I am not sure I am there yet. The mark that I found that looks almost identical is on the bottom of a mason jar. Do you think they made regular bottles as well?Matt
Anything is possible with the unknown I guess but I highly doubt it had anything to do with Hero, the time frame just doesn't fit.That cross is an ancient symbol that had many variations and could have been used by anyone.
Also a maltese cross was used by the Hero Fruit Jar co from 1896- 1908 the KFJC co also contracted out to other glasshouses for bottles,so as Cowseatmaize stated just about anybody could have used this mark. It has even been found on the bottom of some Ball fruit jars....Andy.....And just for S&G cows eat maize cows love corn?? Do cows love corn?? inquiring minds want to know.........