On January 23, Victoria Owens wrote:
>I'm looking for some information on some bottle maker's marks.
>First of all we have a bottle base with a diamond (a square on it's end)
>with an 's' in it. Toulouse states that the mark is associated with the
>T. A. Snider Preserve Co. I was wondering if anyone had anymore
>nformation on this company.
>Also, We have a small fragmentary bottle base with an elongated
>diamond/lozenge with an 'o' in it. This is probably associated with
>an Ohio based plant of the Diamond Glass Co. But I don't have any
>confirmation for this or any dates.
Victoria:
For the T.A. Snider preserve Company You might check Betty Zumwalt's book:
1980 Ketchup, Pickles Sauces:19th Century Food in Glass., p. 388.
She has a brief description of the company and its marks.
The second mark sounds as if it is may be Owens mark or an Owens Illinois
mark.
Erica Gibson
Sonoma State University