Object Record

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1 of 1977

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Metadata

Object ID #

2005.031.002

Object Name

Bottle, Drinking

Other Name

Bottle, Pop

Title

Orange Quench Pop Bottle

Lexicon category

5: T&E For Science & Technology

Date

post-1931

Year Range from

1931

Year Range to

1937

Artist

Dominion Glass Company

Made

Dominion Glass Co.

Place of Origin

Ontario

Description

ORANGE QUENCH pop bottle (glass pattern registered in May, 1931). It is made of clear, pressed glass. There is a bulbous area in the mid-section which is textured and has "Orange" on one side and "Quench" on the other. Above and below this bulbous area (which represents an orange) are vertical ridges and a skirted shape, which add visual interest to the bottle, and also provided a better grip. The lip was made to have a metal cap on it (would have to be pried off with a bottle opener). In embossed lettering around the base is "WM. TAYLOR & SON LTD./ OWEN SOUND, ONT". Also "CONTENTS 6 1/2 FL OZ" [six and a half fluid ounces] is present. The underside of the base has embossed lettering in a circular format: "DESIGN REG MAY 1931". There is also a diamond-D mark (= Dominion Glass Co.) and "35".

Makers mark

Moulded marks:
In embossed lettering around the base is "WM. TAYLOR & SON LTD./ OWEN SOUND, ONT".
"DESIGN REG MAY 1931". There is also a diamond-D mark (= Dominion Glass Co.) and "35".

Provenance

Made for/bottled by Wm. Taylor & Son Limited of Owen Sound, Grey County. ORANGE QUENCH bottles of this shape were a registered design glass pattern produced by the Dominion Glass Company. It might have been made in the Hamilton plant? The design of this bottle was registered in May, 1931.

Another version was registered in 1937, and a newspaper advertisement illustration from 1944 or 1945 shows that the second bottle shape was still in use at that time.

Wm. Taylor & Son Ltd. was established in Owen Sound at 957 4th Ave. East circa 1916. The bottling company was still in the same location circa 1966, but then was known as "Taylor's Soft Drinks". Mr. W. Humphrey Taylor was the "Son" of the firm's name. They were the second company in Owen Sound to work for Coca Cola (and were the last company in Owen Sound to bottle for them). The company closed in 1971.

Collection

Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection

Material

Glass

Dimensions

H-22 Dia-6.2 cm

Found