Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle

[wabnoles]

Hey guys,

I was walking on the beach today when I spotted some green glass bottle. At first I was angr that someone left trash on the beach and went over to pick it up when I noticed it said Texaco Outboard Motor Oil and I'm thinking "oil doesnt come in glass bottles" lol so I kept it. Anyways, its in pretty corroded condition but it's an old item. It's a green glass bottle made by the Duraglass company and on the bottom are the numbers A-8571. On the top of the bottle is a rusted metal cap with a hole in the middle of it. I found it interesting that there's a design of a bird in flight.

Anyways I am wondering if anyone could help me in 1) dating this bottle and 2) providing more information on the Duraglass Company. Thanks!

--Andrew

 

[bottlenutboy]

follow this link and go toward the bottom of the page

EDIT: sorry about that, sometimes i can be a little dense i forgot to add the link

here it is

http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html#ABCDEF

 

[wabnoles]

Follow which link?

 

[LC]

The link below will take you to an ended ebay auction where one like the one you described was listed. It was in pretty good condition, and brought $9.99. I would guess it to be from the 60s.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TEXACO-OUTBOARD-MOTOR-OIL-Glass-JAR-1-PINT-DURAGLAS_W0QQitemZ180137488556QQihZ008QQcategoryZ35675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[bottlenutboy]

i forgot to add the link for you.... i fixed it for you now you can go check it out

 

[wabnoles]

Thanks very much!! From my own research on the Texaco logo, I found that the logo used on this bottle was used between 1936 and 1963. From the information I found from those websites you provided, it was made in Alton, IL in 1956. So I uncovered a 50 year old bottle washed up on a beach... thats awesome. The saltwater has pretty much wore off the paint in the label. Does anyone know of a proper way to stabilize it and also what would be a good way to clean out the interior.

 

[bottlenutboy]

you could dpray polyurethane on the lable, but ive never tried it so i dont know how well it works, to clean the inside you can use many different methods, runa search on this forum and look around