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Object ID #

2012.011.001

Object Name

Bottle

Other Name

Bottle, Milk

Title

Owen Sound Dairy Co. Ltd. Pint Bottle

Lexicon category

5: T&E For Science & Technology

Date

20th-century

Year Range from

1911

Year Range to

1946

Artist

Dominion Glass Company

Made

Dominion Glass Co. (?)

Place of Origin

Ontario

Description

Pressed glass, pint-sized milk bottle. "Owen Sound / Dairy Co. Ltd." is pressed into the front in script. "OSD" is pressed onto the bottom. The bottle is nearly uniform in diameter, with the neck tapering slightly before flaring out at the rim.

Makers mark

"OSD" is the glassmaker's mould mark standing for Owen Sound Dairy

Provenance

Likely manufactured by the Dominion Glass Company. Dates to the 20th-century.

Belonged to the Owen Sound Dairy Company Limited, which was established in May of 1911. It was located at 1125, 3rd Avenue West, Owen Sound, Grey County. A 1945 advertisement claimed that the Owen Sound Dairy Company had been "Established Over a Third of a Century" and that it "Delivered to Your Home Daily Before Breakfast". Their phone number was 285.

Last owned by Dave and Liz Arnold of Huntsville, Ontario.

Collection

Dairy & Creamery Equipment Collection

Material

Glass

Dimensions

H-16 Dia-5.8 cm

Found