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As in Blue Ribbon bottles of beer company? Hope this helps, David Have a smaller bottle.

Sometimes a bottle in clear glass of the same profile and measurements is seen.

Owens- Illinois was founded in 1929 and used single digit date codes in the 1930s from what I have seen on my own bottles, and double digit codes in the 40s.

I would appreciate your help, mahalo.

Electrical Insulators Owens-Illinois took over operation of the Hemingray Glass Company factory, located in Muncie, Indiana, in 1933.

I believe I have two older amber jars.

Best regards, David This appear to be a 1970 Owens mark, but the bottle and label seem to me to date earlier.

As I tried to explain in my main text of this page, there was actually some period of time beginning in 1954 when many of the molds then in use were re-tooled with their second mark eliminating the diamond.

Although the machine-made bottles are more uniform in appearance, collectors find them much less interesting than earlier hand-blown glass bottles.