maybe this?
Graham Glass Co. ca. 1916-1918
https://sha.org/bottle/makersmarks.htm
Yes yes yes!!! Thank you so much! Read what this says,
Upside down bottle superimposed over a “G” (ca. 1916-1918)
Although
Toulouse (1971:213)
illustrated an upside
down bottle
superimposed over a
“G” as used by Graham,
the logo was rarely
embossed on bottles
(Figure 9). Bill Porter
has discovered nine
examples – from five
states, all in the South – where the mark appeared on
the bases of a straight-sided Coke bottles (Figure 10). Three examples had embossed heelmarks,
including“18” and “LP” on one example; “48” and “LP2” on another; and “LS” on a final one.
It is likely that the “L” indicated the Loogootee plant, the “P” was the 1916 date code; and the
“S” was a code for 1918. It is also possible that “P” indicated proprietary, and “S” stood for
427
Figure 11 – Paperweight
(Antiques Navigator)
standard. Based on bottle characteristics, Porter estimated the dates
of manufacture as ca. 1914-1916. Keller (1998:25) illustrated the
logo as used in company advertisements (see Figure 2). The mark
was probably more often used in ads and promotional items like
paperweights (Figure 11).
The timing of the “P” date code (1916) is interesting.
Graham began producing hobble-skirt Coke bottles in 1917. In
addition, 1916 is the year that Joe Graham and Frank Miller
received their patent for a bottle machine – blowing the parison stage upside down. The
company apparently moved to the more complex codes discussed below later that same year.
This is awesome! Thank you!
