Images(4)

Bottle, Milk

Object number2007.135.2 a,b

Manufacturer Glenshaw Glass Company (1895 - 2004)

Retailer Union Dairy Farmers Co-Op

Date1947

MediumGlass; Paint

Credit LineGift of Heather Harr

DescriptionColorless glass milk bottle. Square body with circular neck and mouth. Red screen print on two sides includes product text, image of woman and cow, and image of three birds sitting on a curving stanza of music notes. Circular silver aluminum cap with red and yellow printed label.Dimensions8.625 x 3.125 x 3.125 in. (21.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Red screen print on two sides: "COUNTRY / Belle / [image of woman and cow] FARMER'S FINEST / UNION DAIRY / FARMERS CO-OP / 1623 Saw Mill Run Blvd. / Pittsburgh 10, Pa."; opposite side, "[image of three birds sitting on a curving stanza of music notes] The / Sweetest / Milk / Ever Sold".
Marks(a)
Embossed on bottom edges: [under images of woman and cow] SEALED [G inside square] / S"; "ONE QUART"; [under bird images] "LIQUID"; "113 REG." On base: "6-56".

(b)
Red and yellow printed label, "EXTRA RICH / PASTEURIZED HOMOGENIZED MILK / PRODUCTION SUPERVISED BY / COUNTRY Belle / [against yellow banner] GOLDEN GUERNSEY / PITTSBURGH, / PA. / GOLDEN GUERNSEY, INC. / VITAMINIZED / [ingredients]".

On side, "38-7116".
Historical NotesBased on the symbol "G in a square" the probable makers of the glass bottle was Glenshaw Glass Company, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania (1895-2004). The mark was reportedly used since 1932. Glenshaw Glass Company later became part of the Anchor Glass Container Corporation, but then was bought by Consumers Packaging Inc, of Toronto, Canada. The Glenshaw plant was closed in November of 2004. The dating system devised for Glenshaw Glass is most unusual: beginning with the letter G to represent the year 1935, they continued alphabetically and numerically until they ran out of letters; a double dating system was then applied, where a letter and a year were both used. Eventually, the alphabet system was dropped completely in the mid-1950s.

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