According to the tomato ketchup/ catsup experts of the Society for Historical Archaeology, this bottle that I've been puzzling over for a while, "is [a] 16 narrow paneled body, machine-made, 1920s to 1930s era catsup bottle...that most likely was sealed with a Goldy cap though it will also accept a standard crown cap...This style with the many body panels was called the 'fluted catsup' by some glassmakers." (Note: the estimate of 1920s to 1930s as the period this bottle was manufactured in is most likely inaccurate as SHA was referring to a bottle made by Hazel-Atlas, whereas several hours of research later, I'm ready to believe that my bottle was most likely manufactured by magic.)
The bottle top on mine appears more like the crown cap style rather than the Goldy cap (which has threads, as can be seen in the above illustrations). Note how the crown cap looks as if it were attached to the bottle separately (there is a prominent horizontal seam just below the cap), aka an improved tooled type cap.
The base leaves much to be desired with just a single letter 'S' embossed in the middle. In addition, I almost missed this at first, but upon further inspection, there is a tiny number 3 embossed along the bottom of the bottle.
The 'S' glass maker's mark could very well be the trademark of Sneath Glass Company, which embossed many of its old glass products' bases with the letter. Or, this mark could also be that of Lyndeborough Glass Company (1866-1888), as they, too, were well known for their 'S' glass maker's mark.
On a final note, I found this rather similar looking bottle being auctioned off on Ebay:
I recently found a bottle that appears to be an exact match of your bottle except it has the number 13 on the base located toward the edge and no S on the base. Everything else looks identical. I found it while digging up old footings of a barn. The family moved to this location in 1890 I believe.
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ReplyDeleteMy husband was digging in our yard with his back hoe and found one just like this. He and our neighbor thought it was a drink bottle of some sort but I knew right away it was a ketchup bottle. The marking on the bottom has what looks like a 1 or 7, then a glass makers mark that looks like a J over an F or S, then the numbers 672. This part of town was settled in 1896.
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I have this exact bottle with an H-535. Which indicates that it is a Heinz bottle (Manufacturer’s Marks and Other Logos on Glass Containers Compiled by the Bottle Research Group (Bill Lockhart, Bill Lindsey, Carol Serr, Pete Schulz, and Beau Schriever). Seems to reason, Heinz may have purchased this company and used their ketchup bottle for their own.
ReplyDeleteI have the exact bottle only nothing on the bottom, but a 7 on the outside down at the bottom area.
ReplyDeleteI just found the bottle you described near the ruins of an old farm house in N.E. Philadelphia, Pa. I thought it was a 1 on the bottom rim but on second or 15th look it could be a 7. No other marks are present. Any information you have found out would be appreciated. Thank you
DeleteWhere did you find the Illinois Glass CO catalogue book? Local archive?
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