RoyalRuby
Well-Known Member
Figured I'd start a thread about these unloved bottles. I had asked in my return trip to the Duke dump thread if anyone knew why the de-bossed line was in the bottom of these earlier Butterworth bottles. The more I thought about it I may have answered my own question. I think it's there to keep the bottle straight going down the filling line to apply the label where it needs to be. I searched through the first year, '61 and up until it wasn't used anymore which was '73 best I can tell, the '61 bottle didn't have a line, just a notch on the back, from '62 until '72 the de-bossed line was used, and by '73 the line was gone and a notch was then used again that was molded in the back bottom of the bottle more than likely just a "new then" way to hold the bottle straight to put the labels on. I did find an image of a 1972 bottle having both the de-bossed line and a notch on the back, maybe a transitional/trial time period, or so bottling lines that hadn't been up-dated yet could still be used. Not sure why they used a notch on the '61 bottle and switched to the de-bossed line then went back to using a notch later on....... '61 bottle shown first then '62 then '73 then '72 with both line and notch.
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