5 gallon collector
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A 5-gallon water bottle, pics attached, made for the Crystal Springs Water Company, S. F. Cal. (San Francisco, I suppose) is marked with a simple '5' on the base. The spout suggests a date before 1930, so the '5' might indicate 1925 --- or might indicate the volume, 5 gallons (more likely, I think) ---- or something else. A few early California 5-gallon bottles are completely unmarked on their bases. Most bear a maker's mark - Illinois Pacific, or Owens- Illinois, McLaughlin or Latchford, etc. This is the first I have found with a very clean base and just a numeral - the '5'. Do any of you know which glass company, before about 1930, perhaps/likely in the Bay Area, used this form of marking?
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