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Dawn Di Stefano <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:35:38 -0400
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Ron,

http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html lists a "B.P.& Co"
mark as that of Beck, Phillips & Company, Pittsburgh, PA (c.1866-1886).  No
details on what the mark actually looks like, though.  That company made,
among other things, fruit jars.

Dawn Di Stefano
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At 03:21 AM 6/30/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a bottle ID question. I have a small, 1 1/2-inch tall, cobalt blue
>bottle with a rounded base, prescription lip, and the letters "BP & Co"
>embossed
>over a circle. Inside the circle is a P and a mirror-backwards P. This is not
>in Toulouse, so I hoped someone out there can help me?
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.

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