Haven't been out for a while, people get a little nervous when they see you with a duffle bag& shovel.

[Csa]

Is that an E and a 16?? In the large B??

 

[hemihampton]

All my Borden's I find are plain looking, That's a Cool one. LEON.

 

[Mailman1960]

Is that an E and a 16?? In the large B??

E 16/17

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

I love the old Gail Borden Eagle brand bottles. I noticed a difference between your eagle and the one on my Gail Borden bottle. Length of neck, beak, eyes... even the olive branch are all different. Your looks older?
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

E 16/17

Mine has an E with 12/13 embossed in the letter B.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[Mailman1960]

Mine has an E with 12/13 embossed in the letter B.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

Do you know what it means, I can't find anything on it.

 

[Csa]

Based on my limited knowledge and reading some articles, esp the SHA.org here’s a couple thoughts. The large B is almost def what they call a sorting code. It allowed the dairy’s to sort out quickly returned bottles into the right location during cleaning. The B= Borden. On the E, and the digits, if— this is a Thatcher mfg bottle, the E is the plant code, Elmira NY. I have dug many thatcher made bottle in NJ, with the E. Most are from the 20’s that I have found. And if it’s a Thatcher bottle(look around heel for an mTc mark), then the 16/17 or 12/13 is likely the date code, ie 1916/17.
ROBBIE- you have experience with these eagle Borden’s, am I on the right track??

 

[Csa]

https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Thatcher_BLockhart.pdf

 

[Mailman1960]

Based on my limited knowledge and reading some articles, esp the SHA.org here’s a couple thoughts. The large B is almost def what they call a sorting code. It allowed the dairy’s to sort out quickly returned bottles into the right location during cleaning. The B= Borden. On the E, and the digits, if— this is a Thatcher mfg bottle, the E is the plant code, Elmira NY. I have dug many thatcher made bottle in NJ, with the E. Most are from the 20’s that I have found. And if it’s a Thatcher bottle(look around heel for an mTc mark), then the 16/17 or 12/13 is likely the date code, ie 1916/17.
ROBBIE- you have experience with these eagle Borden’s, am I on the right track??

I'll check the heel. This was dug in Chicago area.

 

[Mailman1960]

I'll check the heel. This was dug in Chicago area.