Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Not really sure where to throw this thread... From reading a post about poisons on this site, I stumbled across the term 'Bakelite.' So, I Googled it and did a little research, but things are not making sense in my mind right now. So, I was hoping someone would be so kind as to tell me the basics between just what Bakelite is and how to tell if this cap is Bakelite or plastic. It's a medicine bottle I found. Tiny, four paneled and amber with a dull black cap--I had assumed plastic and left it to be forgotten till now-- with a glass rod inside the cap. 2 inches high or less. I'm guessing early 1960s even if this cap is Bakelite, but... I have no idea. Not my sort of thing. It's an Owen-Illinois bottle with the winged oval (as I call it) and the I in it, and on the left 7 and right 4, at the bottom 12 (Code on base, the bottle is not embossed otherwise). The last Owen-IL bottle I tried figuring the number code out on confused me so much I said, "Never again". 3 on left and right, 7 on bottom? I don't recall the date I put on it. It's like an inch high and bright green jar with it's original contents sealed under the cap I can't get off. Anyway, I just derailed the topic of discussion so back to Bakelite! When'd they stop using Bakelite?