An ancestor of the Tums bottle?

[lori]

Hello All. New member here. Great site.

I'm a seaglass junkie. This is the first whole bottle I've ever found. This is my first glass "investigation". What I think I know:

- Owens-Illinois Co., Clarksburg WV plant (#4).
- If that plant was only in operation from 1930-1944 then date code 5 = 1935? I cannot detect any signs of there ever having been a period next to the 5.
- Could not find any info on the "12" mark. (Proprietary to company it was produced for??)

It looks for all the world like a small Tums antacid bottle, complete with three finger depressions on each side. It's small, about 3 inches high. Although the top is broken it does not appear to have ever had threads. It was found in the salty surf. I'm thinking pharmacy/medicine even if it isn't antacid.

 

[cowseatmaize]

Hello and welcome.
It's nice to see someone do some research on their own. Nice work and 1935 sounds correct.
I think the bottle is a perfume, not Tums® though. A vanilla extract or something isn't out of the question either.