Appendix D
Manufacturer's
Marks
| Company Name |
Location |
Quantity* |
Manufacturer's Mark |
Dates |
| A & D H Chambers |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1 |
|
1865-1880s |
| Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. |
Lancaster, OH |
2 |
|
1938-now |
Adolphus Busch Glass
Manufacturing Co. |
Belleville, IL |
1 |
|
1904-1907 |
| Ball Brothers Company |
Muncie, IN |
1 |
|
1919-1969 |
| Brockway Glass Co. |
Brockwayville, PA |
8 |
|
1925-Now |
| Buck Glass Co. |
Baltimore, MD |
1 |
|
1909-1961 |
| Cartel Vidriera Monterrey |
Monterrey, Mex. |
1 |
|
1955-1980** |
| Chattenooga Glass Co. |
Chattenooga, TN |
11 |
|
1927-Now |
| Glass Containers Corp. |
Fulerton, CA |
2 |
|
1934-1967*** |
| Glenshaw Glass Co. |
Glenshaw, PA |
2 |
|
1932-Now |
Ihmsen Glass Co.
Illinois Glass Co. |
Pittsburgh, PA
Alton, IL |
4 |
|
1870-1895
1880-1900 |
| Illinois Pacific Glass Co. |
San Francisco, CA |
3 |
|
1925-1930 |
| Knox Bottle Co. |
Jackson, MS |
3 |
|
1932-1953 |
| Laurens Glass Co. |
Laurens, SC |
5 |
|
1913-1970 |
| Liberty Glass Co. |
Sapulpa, OK |
10 |
|
1946-1954† |
| Liberty Glass Co. |
Sapulpa, OK |
19 |
|
1954-now†† |
| Obear-Nestor Glass Co. |
East St. Louis, IL |
1 |
|
1915-Now |
| Owens Illinois Glass Co. |
Toledo, OH |
34 |
|
1929-1954 |
| Owens Illinois Glass Co. |
Toledo, OH |
26 |
|
1940-Now |
| Owens Illinois Glass Co. |
Toledo, OH |
23 |
|
1954-Now |
| Reed Glass Co. |
Rochester, NY |
1 |
|
1927-1956 |
| Renton Glass Co. |
Renton, WA |
1 |
|
1904-1905 |
| Root Glass Co. |
Terre Haute, IN |
2 |
|
1901-1932 |
| Southern Glass Co. |
Vernon, CA |
5 |
|
1917-1931 |
| Three Rivers Glass Co. |
Three Rivers, TX |
4 |
|
1925-1937††† |
| Unknown |
Unknown |
1 |
|
Unknown |
| Unknown |
Unknown |
5 |
|
Unknown |
* This is quantity per bottle style, not individual occurrance.
For example, the A & DHC mark probably occurs on as many of the Coffin
& Co. bottles that still exist, but it is only counted as one because
it only appears on that syle of bottle.
** This date is from McDougald & McDougald, Fontana suggests only
post-1909. Fontana only dates the inception of the company (1909)
but makes no definitive statement about the mark. The McDougalds
date the mark but are unclear about whether their date only applies to
insulators or can be generalized to all such marks. (McDougald & McDougald
1990:161; Fontana 1968:47-48).
*** Toulouse (1971:220-221) dates this mark 1945 to the present. Although
Giarde used empirical data derived from milk bottles to support historical
evidence provided by glass houses, his argument is convincing. His
research is also more recent than that of Toulouse (Giarde 1980:45-46).
† Peterson (1968:49) dates this mark beginning in 1936; Giarde (1980:67)
says 1934. Empirical Studies of El Paso soda bottles tend to support
the early 1930s dates.
†† Peterson (1968:49) dates this mark beginning in 1953.
††† Giarde (1980:120) dates this mark 1927-1935. According to
Smith (1989:7, 10, 31), the plant opened in 1922 but produced hand-blown
bottles until 1924. The company used bottle machinery until the sale
to Ball Brothers in 1937. |