Any guess on age of this little half pint?

[CoilyGirl]

My first Nashville bottle but the etching on it s sketchy at best.It was an eyeball find by a creek bed.It says Milk For Health,Pasteurized and Nashville on it and I'm guessing the original paint on it was red as in examples I've seen on ebay that just say Vintage Milk Bottle.Is sealed 1-11-14 mean that it is a bottle from 1914? It cleaned up pretty well I guess,just wish there was something I could do to make the words stand out better.Thanks for looking.

 

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[surf]

"… Many Thatcher milk bottles are embossed SEALED 1-11-14. Many people consider this as a date and conclude the bottle was manufactured on January 11, 1914 but this is not the case. We believe that this was a seal mark that satisfied multiple states by including the 3 seal numbers associated with the company…" Milk Bottle Makers

Hey Coily,

The rounded squared shape and the remnants of ACL would date it post 1934, when Thatcher introduced their "Pyroglazing" process.

"Square milk bottles became popular after World War II, in the late 1940's. These are the milk bottles that many people remember from when they were kids. There were earlier square milk bottles, such as the Nightingale (patented in 1898) and the Blake-Hart (patented in 1927), but they were not common. Square milk bottles had an advantage of being able to ship more milk in less space. The cases were one third smaller and 20 percent lighter. Usually three cases of square milk bottles would fit in the space taken up by two cases of round bottles. Also bottle making technology had advanced so that a strong square milk bottle was possible. Round bottles are inherently stronger since they do not have corners. Another advantage of the square milk bottles was that when the conveyor lines backed up the square bottles did not sit and rotate against each other causing wear marks on the bottles…" Introduction to Milk Bottles

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[CoilyGirl]

Thank you Surf,you are always such a wealth of knowledge! I'm glad I have this one for my collection,like having different styles represented.its hard to believe kids back then(meaning me) would be trusted with shudder GLASS!