Nesbitt’s black label

[Blackfoot58]

Too frozen to dig. Went through a few previous finds. The copyright is 1938.
Date code appears to be Duraglas 1939.
Bottom is stippled no Duraglas on heel.
Minor base chipping. Nesbitt made a multitude of flavors later on: cream soda, grape, strawberry, root beer and orange.
I believe this one would have been orange.
Thanks for looking

 

[Red-Coat]

Cool bottle, but not from 1939. Duraglas was first introduced on 4th September 1940 and trademarked in those cursive letters until 1964, and sometimes later.

If you’re going by the ‘9’ to the left of the Owens-Illinois logo, that’s the plant code… which is for the Streator, Illinois plant (in operation from 1930 to present day). The date code will be to the right of the logo but I can’t reliably make it out, except that it might be double-digit ending with a ‘2’. If so, that could indicate 1942, 1952, or even 1962. The number ‘5’ below is the mould cavity number.

I’m not sure what the 19©38 relates to. If it’s intended to protect the Nesbitt’s name then that’s odd. ‘Nesbitt’s’ in that style of script was in commercial use from 22nd February 1927, but wasn’t actually registered for protection until 24th January 1956 (and valid until 28th October 1996). I would guess it’s the overall label design that was copyrighted, which would have been valid for 28 years (or 56 years if renewed). On 1st July 1940, the registration of commercial prints and labels was transferred from the Patent Office to the Copyright Office.

The copyright is unlikely to be for the bottle design. Functional items such as bottles were usually protected by a design patent (valid for 14 years).

 

[Blackfoot58]

Cool bottle, but not from 1939. Duraglas was first introduced on 4th September 1940 and trademarked in those cursive letters until 1964, and sometimes later.

If you’re going by the ‘9’ to the left of the Owens-Illinois logo, that’s the plant code… which is for the Streator, Illinois plant (in operation from 1930 to present day). The date code will be to the right of the logo but I can’t reliably make it out, except that it might be double-digit ending with a ‘2’. If so, that could indicate 1942, 1952, or even 1962. The number ‘5’ below is the mould cavity number.

I’m not sure what the 19©38 relates to. If it’s intended to protect the Nesbitt’s name then that’s odd. ‘Nesbitt’s’ in that style of script was in commercial use from 22nd February 1927, but wasn’t actually registered for protection until 24th January 1956 (and valid until 28th October 1996). I would guess it’s the overall label design that was copyrighted, which would have been valid for 28 years (or 56 years if renewed). On 1st July 1940, the registration of commercial prints and labels was transferred from the Patent Office to the Copyright Office.

The copyright is unlikely to be for the bottle design. Functional items such as bottles were usually protected by a design patent (valid for 14 years).

Thanks. I’ll try to read the other code number. I thought the 9 was the year. I appreciate the help.