WHAT IS THIS?????????

[jackofalltrades]

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME INFO ON THIS BOTTLE,OR TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND INFO ON BOTTLES FOR MYSELF???IVE BEEN COLLECTING THEM FOR A WHILE,BUT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM,JUST KNOW WHAT I LIKE...ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT...
I STILL HAS CORK IN IT..

 

[KentOhio]

You've come to the right place. That looks like a really good one at first glance. My initial impression is that it's a bottle from Zanesville, Ohio, probably 1820's or 1830's. The lip looks really unusual though. Could you take a close-up picture of it? A picture of the base would help too, and if you count the number of ribs it will help us know more about it.

 

[jackofalltrades]

there are 24 ribs, this is whats on the bottom....

 

[stefan]

Hello Jack: Pretty bottle. Not that I am any sort of expert, but I believe the bottom mark is by the Owens Glass Co. The "4" stands for the plant number, in this case Clarksburg, West Virginia, and the 9 is a date code. The plant ran from 1930-1944, so the date code might reference 1939. the "5" is a mold detail code that I know nothing about.

If it turns out that I am completely wrong, someone more knowledgeable from this great forum will straighten us both out.

Stefan

 

[GuntherHess]

Its hard to tell from the photo but there are some big machine made jugs that I see around that look a lot like that one. i think they had a cap originally and not a cork.
Does the seam go all the way to the top?
i think the ones i am thinking of held fruit juice or similar bev.

 

[jackofalltrades]

the seam does not go all the way to the top...

 

[GuntherHess]

hmm.. that's odd , it does look like a 20th century Owens mark.
http://www.myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html

A close up of the lip might help some.

 

[cowseatmaize]

I agree about the Owens.
The size brings to mind a lamp. Often they were drilled for the cord but not always. The cork may have just beed put in there to keep the dust out.