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Title: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 05:30:20 PM
could anyone help me figure out what the original contents could have been?

or who made the bottle?
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: bigwull on August 11, 2013, 05:46:13 PM
well, i can tell you right off....it was liquid...but what kind....don,t have a scooby... ;D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: Rauville on August 11, 2013, 06:04:09 PM
well, i can tell you right off....it was liquid...but what kind....don,t have a scooby... ;D

What...you never enjoyed a quart of cheap beer during your misspent youth? :D

The maker of the bottle would have been Owens-Illinois.
More information here: http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/owens-illinois-glass-company-bottle-container-marks/ (http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/owens-illinois-glass-company-bottle-container-marks/)
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: greenacres on August 11, 2013, 06:23:19 PM
Early patent. You have number 3 at the base of your bottle. The earlier the patent the smaller the number. Really old bottles don't have patent numbers. It still a really nice old bottle. I would guess 30's ,40's.
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: bigwull on August 11, 2013, 06:29:27 PM
well, i can tell you right off....it was liquid...but what kind....don,t have a scooby... ;D

What...you never enjoyed a quart of cheap beer during your misspent youth? :D

The maker of the bottle would have been Owens-Illinois.
More information here: http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/owens-illinois-glass-company-bottle-container-marks/ (http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/owens-illinois-glass-company-bottle-container-marks/)
M.A.D,s....were my forte....when i was a youth.....alcohol.. .came much later....i was well into my 40,s  before i even tasted a Malt whisky....now in my 60,s i have a wee dram every other day...and  2 on a Sunday.... :D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 06:45:53 PM
thanks all esp greenacres, and rauville, all the beer talk leaves me wondering if perhaps it did hold beer? 
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: mart on August 11, 2013, 06:53:26 PM
About how much does it hold ??  Quart or more ??
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 07:02:46 PM
hi mart-a quart for sure

sure these lined the supermarket? at one time-so funny how quick things change and something  once so common is now not even seen
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: greenacres on August 11, 2013, 07:20:21 PM
Just curious how tall is the bottle? I love seeing the different metals they used making bottlles. My 99 year old friend has one drink every day. He says it makes everything circulate better and clears your mind. ;D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 07:26:47 PM
14 inches tall and 4-1/2 inches round

the website rauville gave has one with the numbers 6 5 4 and this info on it

The diamond/oval/I mark is by far the most common identification mark on glass containers found in trash dump sites in the United States from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: mart on August 11, 2013, 07:50:35 PM
http://www.sha.org/bottle/igco_1906.htm

Here you go !!  This site has their entire 1906 bottle catalogue !!
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 08:01:20 PM
mart-having fun looking it over but I don't think my bottle is that old...

Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: mart on August 11, 2013, 08:35:39 PM
Neither do I but look for the shape !! Is it a very thick bottle ??  I think its a sparkling wine or an ale !!
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 08:41:46 PM
when I looked thru the link you gave me I thought it looked like a whiskey bottle, and they were sold in a case

it is almost like a soda pop glass thickness
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: mart on August 11, 2013, 09:24:33 PM
I am almost positive it a sparkling wine or an ale !! Not sure how big a magnum size is !! But its larger than a champagne bottle I think !!
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: sugarcube5419 on August 11, 2013, 09:35:45 PM
think you may be right
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: cogar on August 12, 2013, 04:13:50 AM

sure these lined the supermarket? at one time-so funny how quick things change and something  once so common is now not even seen

 ;D ;D I hafta admit that your comment itself was also "so funny", to me anyway, because ....... beer in brown quart bottles on supermarket shelves in pre 1960 ... is akin to chicken teeth, ..... something that was never seen.

"Brown" is for beer cause it keeps the light out.
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: greenacres on August 12, 2013, 11:47:57 AM
Beer has never been in Pennsylvania markets. We have state stores. That's why everyone likes to shop in New Jersey. Mart I have a similar bottle in green. I thought it was a magnate too. It's to large for beer. I'm not a beer connoisseur, but I like the smaller bottles.
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: bigwull on August 12, 2013, 12:52:49 PM
Beer has never been in Pennsylvania markets. We have state stores. That's why everyone likes to shop in New Jersey. Mart I have a similar bottle in green. I thought it was a magnate too. It's to large for beer. I'm not a beer connoisseur, but I like the smaller bottles.
i don,t think you,re a bottle connoisseur either.....don,t you mean a magnum.... ;D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: greenacres on August 12, 2013, 05:05:07 PM
Lol, brain fart. Old age has nothing to do with bottles! ;D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: cogar on August 13, 2013, 01:48:35 AM
Beer has never been in Pennsylvania markets. We have state stores. That's why everyone likes to shop in New Jersey.

HA, .... and the reason the bridge to Jersey is or was always busy, busy on Sunday mornings. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: brown bottle
Post by: greenacres on August 13, 2013, 08:45:44 AM
Yes they should check every trunk going over the bridge. ;D