Bottle, Milk
Object number2011.28.4
Retailer
Zeuger Milk Company
Manufacturer
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
(1929 - 1965)
Datec. 1935
OriginBrackenridge, PA
OriginPittsburgh, PA
Mediumglass; paint; metal
Credit LineGift of Jerry A. Sambol
DescriptionColorless glass milk bottle, inner walls painted beige. Thin gold metal top with embossed retailer text. Painted in red on two sides is retailer and product information; embossed on bottom edges is capacity and product information.Dimensions8.5 x 3.875 x 12.25 in. (21.6 x 9.8 x 31.1 cm)MarksThin gold metal top with embossed text: around center, "THE ZEUGER MILK CO. / TURN LIFT / PITTSBURGH, PA."; in center, "PASTEURIZED / HOMOGENIZED / MILK".
Painted in red on two sides: "Zeuger / MILK"; embossed on bottom edges: "ONE QUART LIQUID SEALED BB48 REGISTERED".
Embossed text on base "17 [image of a diamond superimposed with circle; "I" inside circle] 5" ; "Duraglas".
Historical NotesBottle from the Zeuger Milk Company. Zeuger Milk Company was a local corporation that operated for over a hundred years. This company demonstrates entrepreneurial success in western Pennsylvania and is representative of the corporations that added to the development of the city.
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Samuel I. Callet
c. 1945
