It's hand-tooled.

[Robby Raccoon]

Scroll down till you find my Twin City Dairy bottle when you click here for more information on it.
I never did look at the seam closely.... of which I feel dumb. But! last night I was admiring it and looked not at the embossing, but at the lip and saw that the seam becomes ghostly just before it. I then grabbed it and held it up to the light, looking at both seams and saw also that the vertical striations end at the same time--around the whole neck. Then I looked closer, noticing horizontal striations and realized, "It's hand-tooled!" So, my question is this: When did they stop hand-tooling milk bottles? At first we believed it was 1920s. But if it follows the rules of soda-pop bottles, it should have been totally ABM by 1910 (except in certain cases.) Is it 1920s, or is it earlier? The first image is the body's seam. Second is not really visible in photos, but shows the seam becoming faint. The third is the mouth.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

It's a Lamb Glass Company bottle, but this says, under Lamb Glass Co., "From the beginning, Lamb produced machine-made containers and specialized in milk bottles." It says nothing about anything not being automated. Hand-tooling a lip isn't automated. And it says machine-made. Anyone else have any hand-tooled Lamb Glass Co. bottles?

 

[Plumbata]

Hey buddy, that is definitely an ABM bottle. The nature of the mouth/finish on milks required more complex molding techniques which likely accounts for the deceptive appearance. Is there a suction scar on the base somewhere?

Regarding BIMs, I have some sodas from 1914 or after and druggists which couldn't have been created before 1921. Some perfumes were BIM into the 30s. They are outliers, but arguably more interesting because of it. Check out the scarce ABM hutchinson sodas if you're looking for a real trip! []

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Always something new to learn. Super! Thanks!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

The Lakeshore museum center here in my town was able to find a 'label' in their collection for my dairy, circa 1929. I had emailed them about doing a potential bottle display in the front two cases which they change out regularly, featuring local private collections. Muskegon had over 50 bottlers here, so I had thought perhaps they might be interested in some of my local bottles. She'll forward it to the curator of that area.

 

[RED Matthews]

Well I have some real early milks and some of the cap seat finishes look hand tooled but I know they were made in the neck ring and guide ring mold equipment. Because the guide ring component mold equipment is a solid ring, there is no parting line on the glass in side that cap seat - so is quite clear of marks. READ my homepage below.So I h0pe this helps y0u. RED Matthews <bottlemysteries@yahoo.com> email

 

[Robby Raccoon]

It's a bit hard to understand as I don't understand this process, but I have a general idea. It's how the machine worked it.

 

[RED Matthews]

I just posted a machine cycle - about making milk bottles on a glass machine.I hope you can find it. RED M.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Nope. Sorry, man.