Bottle
- Object Name:
- Bottle
- Object ID:
- 2019.038
- Creator:
- Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Glassmaker - Place of Origin:
- Streator, IL
- Date:
- 1943
- Description:
- Beer bottle, Frank Jones Brewing Company, Portsmouth, NH, 1943. Transparent brown glass. Cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders and long tapering neck. Printed paper label adhered to front, white lettering on red: "FRANK JONES / ALE [in shield] / FRANK JONES BREWING COMPANY, INC. / PORTSMOUTH, N.H."; blue printing around edge: "CONTENTS 12 FLUID OUNCES INTERNAL REVENUE TAX PAID PERMIT NO. U-126". Glass embossed on bottom: "9 [trademark] 3. / 4. / Duraglas / GB-2130". The Owens-Illinois trademark consists of an oval and diamond intertwined, with "I" in center. "9" indicates the Streator, IL, factory. "3" indicates the year 1943. "4" is the mold number. "GB" is the beverage bottle code.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 Dia-2.4 inches Weight-12.2 oz
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor on eBay in 2019, from a seller in Berlin, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Wesley G. Balla
- People:
- Jones, Frank (1832-1902)
- Subjects:
- Beer, Beer industry, Bottling industry, Bottles, Frank Jones Ale
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