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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: greenacres on March 26, 2014, 05:53:08 pm
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I am going to figure out what year these were used and what year this bottle is. It has unusual markings. it says MASS. 0-11-8, PA. M-24, in a triangle it says 64 MINN. In a circle N.C. M 10 APPROVED. The bottom says 700 glass co. mark 5. If they 5 is the patent it's early on.
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It looks like a oil bottle for a car !! Back when oil came in bulk instead of cans !! It was filled from the drum and added to the car engine from the spout !! Glass should hold about a quart !!
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Yes, I knew it was oil for a car. There was a little still in there. It says one quart, and fill ti the line. Sorry, I should have said that. I was curious what year they would have used glass containers. 1930's?
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I remember them still being used in 1967 when I got my first car. My old '41 Chevy drank a lot of them.
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Some gas staitons in the Mid-West still used glass as late as the late 1960's ... it was a boon for the owner , as the attendants had to stock (handpump) the quarts from a bulk oil container & the owner could compete with the prices of 'canned' oil (& they'd even pour it into your engine , at no charge) .
It was pretty normal for gas stations to have a rack or two of glass quarts on display/on the ready .
By around 1970 , the can took the jar & broke it for good , as the standard for oil point-of-sale technology .
The glass quart jar was a quite familiar item in America , and was put to use in many creative ways , and oil & 'white light' containers were in demand for some time .
Was pretty common for drunks or the oily-fingered to drop & break them .
Glad to see you've got this little survivor in your hands , greeacres !
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Yepper, we used them up until at least 1967!
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Everyone wants them today to hold cooking oil,,after sterilization of course !! Gourmet chefs on TV started that trend !!
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Everyone wants them today to hold cooking oil,,after sterilization of course !! Gourmet chefs on TV started that trend !!
I didn't know they were being used for that today but I do know they disappear from vendors as fast as they are put out.
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That's good to know IlliniGuy. I'll check on eBay.
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Some doing $40, others $250.
Couldn't find one with the similar mark to the base but the other text seems very common.
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Thanks Ipcress, good to hear from you. I'll have to check and see why the prices vary.
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From what I see $50. seems to be the fair price. I have really old oil bottles pre-car. Lol, obviously not car oils. ;D
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I probably have more, but I grabbed a couple.