Barbara,

There is some information on plated molds and minimal runs once machine
production takes off in an article that I wrote with Antony Pacey that was
published in 1985 in Historical Archaeology, Vol 20, (1) pages 38-50.  The
article is titled "Impact of Mechanization I the Glass Container Industry:
The Dominion Glass Company of Montreal, a Case Study.  Reprinted catalogs
from Whitall Tatum also have information on the cost of having a plate made
for plated molds.

Peace,
George

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On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Hist Arch'rs,
>
> For those of you looking for a puzzle or two to start your weekend off
> right:
>
> 1) Does anyone know, what would be the typical minimum production run for
> a 19th century custom embossed mold-blown bottle? What would be the tipping
> point when it would be worthwhile for a product manufacturer to contract
> with a glass bottle producer for customized embossed bottles with their
> company name, rather than putting printed paper labels on unembossed
> (plain) bottles? There would clearly be some investment on the part of the
> glass bottle producer in making the inset plates with the custom embossing
> mold; at what level of production would that be cost-effective?
>
> 2) On a related note, I'm looking for examples of 19th embossed bottles
> with bilingual (or even multi-lingual) labelling, from either
> archaeological or museum contexts.
>
> Thanks in advance everyone!
>
> --Barb
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