Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.064.002 |
Object Name |
Bottle, Milk |
Title |
Crystal Dairy Quart-size Milk Bottle |
Year Range from |
1928 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Artist |
Dominion Glass Company |
Made |
Dominion Glass Co. |
Place of Origin |
Ontario |
Description |
A large clear glass Crystal Dairy Co. / OWEN SOUND milk bottle, with a Dominion glass diamond-D mark inside a large star-shaped mark on the underside. |
Makers mark |
Diamond-D (Dominion Glass) mark on the underside, inside a large star-shaped mark |
Provenance |
Made by the Dominion Glass Company. It post-dates 1928, the year the Dominion Glass Co. began using its diamond-D mark. Custom-ordered/used by the Crystal Dairy Company of Derby, Grey County (prop. Alexander Johnston), which started in 1924, delivering milk to the west side residents of Owen Sound. It later relocated to a new dairy building in the city of Owen Sound (at 10th Street West). Collected by Glen Stephens of Williamsford, Grey County, at an unknown date. His estate was auctioned in the fall of 2017. Grey Roots Museum purchased this piece from the first of his estate auctions on September 16, 2017. |
Collection |
Dairy & Creamery Equipment Collection |
Material |
Glass |
Dimensions |
H-10.039 Dia-4.134 inches |
Found |
Williamsford, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Johnston, Alexander (Alex) McKay, Donald Gordon (Doug) Pickett, Arthur (Art) Stephens, Glen |
Subjects |
Bottles Bottling industry Dairy products & industry Milk Milkmen |
Search Terms |
Crystal Dairy Co. (Owen Sound) Owen Sound Businesses Owen Sound Industries and Products |
Function |
A re-usable unit container for milk, used by the Crystal Dairy business of Owen Sound. It would be delivered by a milk man to a customer, and then the empty bottle would be returned to the dairy to be sterilized and refilled. It would use a printed cardboard bottle top insert to seal it each time. |