Blue Label Ketchup

[alampe]

This was found in the woods in Freedom NH earlier this week. It's a Blue Label Ketchup bottle. If I had to guess, I'd say it circa 1920s but that's just a guess, so I figured I'd ask you guys. Any thoughts? Thanks ~

Here's an alternate view of the bottom in case it helps anyone? thank you all again ~

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Blue label ketchup. It is hard to see in the picture there is a glass manufacturers mark from owen glass the number to the right of mark is what looks like a number 9. That would date the bottle At 1939. The style definitly screams 1930's to me. I always find pride of the farm and of course heinz.

 

[Dogo]

Robby may be right, but the circle around the base embossing looks like the mark from the earliest automatic bottle machines, so it could be much earlier.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

It is hard to see. A clearer picture would help.

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

I believe these are late 1920s early 1930s. I also have one.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

The owen glass mark diamond and O entwined with an I in the center dates from 1930's into the 50's. The 9 stands for 1939. If there is a dot after the 9 then that represents 1949. Hard to clearly because of a bright reflection on the mark in the picture.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

1929 Owen glass merged with Illinois glass. 1929 and before owen glass mark was an O inside a square. I still say 1939.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

After Owen merged with Illinois in 1929 they changed their mark to the diamond and O with an I in the middle. It took up to 2 years to change all there automatic bottling machines to the new mark.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Robby may be right, but the circle around the base embossing looks like the mark from the earliest automatic bottle machines, so it could be much earlier.

If so it would have the old owen O inside a square mark.

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

After Owen merged with Illinois in 1929 they changed their mark to the diamond and O with an I in the middle. It took up to 2 years to change all there automatic bottling machines to the new mark.

I believe there are earlier variations too because mine has an earlier date code of 1931. I think the Owen's diamond mark was definitely used in 1929 based on the fact that this style of ketchup top was not commonly used in the late 1930s.