Bottle Attributes - Beer & Soda Bottle Manufacturers

A bottle's manufacturer can say something about a bottle's age.  The following is a list of manufacturers that marked pottery and glass soda and beer bottles, a brief history,  their years of operation, and manufacturer marks.

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The following manufacturers appear on pottery soda and beer bottles:

	Adams, Allison & Company, (approx: 1868-approx: 1872), Akron, OH, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Frank Adams was a sewer pipe manufacturer in Middlebury, which later became a part of Akron. Byron Allison was mustered out of the Union forces in 1864 and in 1870 was listed as a stoneware manufacturer. He later went on to form what became Akron Fire Brick Company in 1873 with Delos Hart as Allison & Hart.  Adams was know to be involved in a number of ventures in Middlebury and it appears that sometime about 1870 he partnered with Allison to set up this company.  Beer bottles and fruit jars are known products.  The impression is usually near the base of the bottle. Notes
	Akron Pottery, (1861-1887), Akron, OH, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Edwin H. and Henry E. Merrill established the Akron Pottery in 1861 in Akron, Ohio.  The company was incorporated into the E. H. Merrill & Company in 1887.  The impression is usually near the base of the bottle.
	Aliff, Noah, (approx: 1868-approx: 1875), Mound City, Il, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Mound City Pottery was established by Cornwell Kirkpatrick in 1857.  Kirkpatrick was no doubt attracted by an inexhaustible supply of superior potters' clay.  This venture failed in 1859 due to mismanagement of the managing company and Kirkpatrick went to Anna and established a successful pottery business. By 1860, H. H. Hainer owned the pottery and attracted Moses Aliff from Westbrook, Maine, where Moses was a potter for at least 10 years at John T. Wilson's pottery.  In late June or early July of 1860 Noah Aliff left Gardiner, Maine and joined Moses in Mound City.  In Gardiner Noah worked at Frank A. Plaisted's pottery.  About 1865, a Mr. Koch operated the Mound City pottery, but by 1866 the firm was known as M. & N. Aliff.  By 1870, Noah was listed as operating the stoneware factory in Mound City, was living with Moses' wife, and Moses could not be found.  In 1880, he and two nephews were listed as potters, not manufacturers, in Pulaski Precinct.  No other records were found other than Moses shows up in Larned, Kansas in 1895.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	American Bottle Company, (approx: 1890-approx: 1910), Middlebury, OH, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Not sure if this company is associated with the American Bottle Company that made glass bottles in Newark, Ohio.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.
	Bourne, Joseph, (1812-approx: 1851), Denby, Derbyshire, England (1812-approx: 1851), Occurs on 1 bottle, Belper, Derbyshire, England (approx: 1823-1834), Codnor Park, Derbyshire, England (1833-approx: 1851, closed 1861), Shipley, Derbyshire, England (1845-approx: 1851, closed 1856), Manufactured beer bottles.  Joseph Bourne came from a long line of potters. His grandfather, Richard Bourne, was associated with the Eastwood pottery in the mid-Eighteenth century.  His father, William Bourne, took over the Belper Pottery in 1800.  In 1806, workmen excavating a road near Denby found a fine clay in that area.  William Bourne leased the land in order to mine the clay and have it shipped to the Belper Pottery.  In 1809, William directed an associate, a Mr. Jager, to set up a small shop and kiln at Denby to be closer to the clay's source.  In 1812, William's son Joseph took over the operations at Denby, and the two potteries were run in association with each other. Joseph received patents in 1823 and 1848 for kiln improvements, and became a valuable asset to the pottery firm. William's last listing in the Pigot directory is in 1828, although company archives from the Denby pottery claim that he died in 1823.  In 1833, Joseph next acquired the Codnor Park pottery, established in 1820 and operated by William Burton. In 1834, the Belper pottery was closed and its operations consolidated at Denby.  By 1839, a sales office was established in London.  In 1845, Joseph acquired the pottery at Shipley, established in 1825.  In 1856, these works were closed and operations moved to Denby.  About 1852, Joseph brought his son Joseph Harvey Bourne into the firm, and it was known as J. Bourne & Son. Joseph Bourne died in 1860 and the firm carried on as J. Bourne and Son .  In 1861, the Codnor Park pottery was closed and its operations moved to Denby. Joseph Harvey died in 1869, and the company was run by his widow, Sara Elizabeth Bourne. Sara expanded and diversified the company's product lines to include insulators and limited productions of art pottery. She ran the pottery until her death in 1898, when operations were taken over by her nephews Joseph Bourne Wheeler and John Topham.  Topham withdrew from the firm in 1907 and Joseph Wheeler ran the firm until his death in 1942.  Under Wheeler's guidance, the firm expanded its wares and modernized its facilities.  In 1916, the firm became a limited liability company and in 2009 celebrated its bicentennial. Impressed bottles exits from the Bourne firms include the "Belper & Denby Potteries (1812-1833)," "J. Bourne, Belper, Denby and Codnor Park Potteries (1833-1834)," "J. Bourne, Denby and Codnor Park Potteries (1834-1851)," "J. Bourne & Son, Denby and Codnor Park Potteries (1852-1861)," and "J. Bourne & Son, Denby Pottery" (1861-1916),"  Although Shipley was a factory it does not appear impressed on any bottles.  Impression is from a description and may not be exact.  The impression is near the base of the bottle. Notes
	Brantford Stoneware Manufacturing Company, Limited, (1894-1906), Brantford, ON, Canada, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This pottery was established in 1849 as Morton & Company, with John Morton being the principle and was located at the corner of Clarence and Dalhousie Streets in Brantford.  The business went through a series on owners until August 11, 1894, when Dr. David Lowrey, John Hemphill, and Henry Schuler incorporated the business as the Brantford Stoneware Manufacturing Co.  The business was dissolved in 1906 and the plant sold in 1907.  The mark is on the heel of the bottle or on the stopper.  Notes
	Clark, Nathan, Jr., (approx: 1843-1891), Athens, NY, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Athens Pottery was established soon after the founding of Athens by Nathan Clark and his brother-in-law Captain Thomas Howe between 1805 and 1809, according to various sources.  Howe died in 1813 and Clark continued alone until about 1829, when he partnered with Ethan S. Fox as Clark & Fox.  This partnership lasted until 1838, when Fox bought the works and continued alone.  Later he sold the works back to Clark. Clark's son, Nathan Jr., was in control of the works in 1843.  The works operated on a large scale and branches were either established or purchased in Lyons, Mount Morris, and Rochester, New York.  Nathan Clark Jr. died in 1891 and his son, Nathan E., continued the works, but was not listed in the pottery business in 1900.  The impression is on the heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Cliff, John, & Company, (1857-1869), Lambeth, London, England, occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Imperial Pottery was operated by Stephen Green & Co. until 1857.  In that year, the firm became John Cliff & Company.  When the Metropolitan Board required the property of the works in 1869, John Cliff moved the operation to Runcorn after gaining full control of the firm.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Cowden & Wilcox, (approx: 1862-aprox: 1885), Harrisburg, PA, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Cowden & Wilcox were first listed together in a September 1, 1862 Federal Tax list in Harrisburg.  The pottery was located on the banks of the Pennsylvania Canal at Herr Street.  In the 1860 Census, John Cowden was listed as a journeyman in Harrisburg and Isaac Wilson resided in Lyons, New York, possibly working at Thompson A. Harrington's pottery.  In 1867, Cowden's son, Frederick H. Cowden, who worked at the pottery since 1862, joined the firm as a partner.  John Cowden died in 1872 and Frederick took his father's place.  Isaac Wilcox retired in 1885 and the firm was soon after renamed F. H. Cowden. From 1895 to 1915 the pottery was known as  F. H. Cowden & Son.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Crolius, Clarkson, (approx: 1797-1837), New York, NY, United States, occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Clarkson Crolius was one in a long line of stoneware potters that started with Georg Corcilius who immigrated to America between 1718 and 1724.  His daughters Veronica and Anna, married Johan Willem Crolius and Johannes (John) Remmi (Remmey).  Johannes Crolius, born in 1733, was the fourth child of Johan and Veronica Crolius.  Johannes (John) Crolius and Maria Clarkson were the Parents of Clarkson, who was born in 1774.  The Crolius' pottery was located on Reade Street near Broadway at a location called Potter's Hill.   When the Hill was to be leveled due to development, Clarkson Crolius, Sr. moved the works to 65 and 67 Bayard Street.  Clarkson Sr. retired from the business in 1837 and Clarkson Crolius, Jr. took over the business.  He discontinued the manufacture of stoneware at Bayard Street sometime between 1845 and 1849, and the pottery was afterwards demolished.  The impression is below the shoulder of the bottle.
	Darrow & Sons, (approx: 1854-approx: 1872), Baldwinsville, NY, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  John Darrow built an earthenware pottery between the Erie Canal and Seneca River on the North side of Baldwinsville about 1845.  Three years later, Darrow moved the pottery to a spot where Crooked Brook Creek crosses Van Buren Road as a large bank of red clay, used in the production of earthenware or redware, was found there.  About 1852, stoneware production started with clay shipped from Perth Amboy, New Jersey.  Shortly afterwards, Darrow's sons, Lansing S. and Edwin S.,  joined the business as Darrow & Sons.  In 1867, the Darrows installed semiautomatic machinery for the production of flowerpots and other decorative ware using the red clay next to their factory.  About 1872, Edwin left the firm and it became J. Darrow & Son.  Sometime later and before the works closed in 1876, Lansing was in sole control of the firm.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Dauffenbach & Giesecke, (1870-1873), New Ulm, Minnesota, United States, occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  When the firm of Dauffenbach, Stoeckert & Co. dissolved about in 1870, Christian Dauffenbach partnered with William Giesecke as Dauffenbach & Giesecke.  Giesecke was a retired farmer and was the county sheriff.  By 1874, this firm dissolved and Giesecke's share was acquired by William Winkelmann.  Giesecke went on to be a successful cattle dealer.  The impression is below the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Dauffenbach, Stoeckert & Co., (1866-1870), New Ulm, Minnesota, United States, occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This pottery was established by Christian Dauffenbach, John Stoeckert and Franklin Friedmann, who was the silent partner.  The three were immigrants; Dauffenbach and Stoeckert were from Germany and Friedmann was from Alsace Lorraine.  Before coming to New Ulm, all three were experienced potters.  Dauffenbach worked in Milwaukee as a potter for Frederick Herman.  Stoeckert may have been operating a pottery in Milwaukee in Milwaukee in 1860 as he had two boarders who were potters.  Friedmann was a potter in Goshen, Indiana, as he was the only potter listed in  that township in the 1860 Census he may have been operating a pottery there.  All three served in the Civil War.  Afterwards, Freidman and his family moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa for about a year.  There he met up with Dauffenbach and they went to New Ulm in 1866 and teamed up with Stoeckert to found the pottery there.  The three remained together until the later part of 1870.  In the 1870 Industrial Census, the pottery employed three workers and produced vessels with the capacity of twenty-eight thousand gallons valued at $3450.  When the firm split up, Dauffenbach partnered with William Giesecke to continue operating the pottery until about 1873, when he formed a partnership with William Winkelmann as Winkelmann & Dauffenbach.  They also produced firebrick.  By 1880, Dauffenbach was back in Milwaukee working as a potter.  Friedman went on to be a huckster and later operated a general store.  Stoeckert went on to operate a second pottery in New Ulm and with his son operated the pottery into the 20th Century.  The impression is below the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Doulton & Company, (1854-1956), Lambeth, England, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.   Prior to 1854 this pottery was operated by Doulton & Watts.  This pottery manufactured a wide variety wares from simple inks and ginger beer bottles to its elaborate Royal Doulton ware.  The impression is on the heel of the bottle.
	Eichenlaub, Valentine, (1855-1857), Cincinnati, OH, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Eichenlaub operated a stoneware pottery from 1855 to 1857, which he sold and purchased a queens-ware store.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.  Notes
	William Geiger, (approx: 1860-1870), Schuylkill Haven, PA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Geiger purportedly came to the United States from  Württemberg in 1837.  He spent some time in Philadelphia, but by 1850 he was a potter in Longswamp in Berks County Pennsylvania.  By 1860, he had relocated to Schuylkill Haven and operated a pottery there until 1870, when he moved to Mahonoy City and continued to run his pottery and later ran a nursery.  Both businesses operated until 1900, when Geiger died.  His widow carried on the nursery business until 1914.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Henry Glazier, (approx: 1845-approx: 1875), Huntingdon, PA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles. Glazier is purported to be the first stoneware pottery in Central Pennsylvania.  Peter Hoffman was making pottery in Huntington as early as 1796.  The exact start date of Glazier's business is not known, but Henry Glazier was born about 1808 and was living in Huntingdon in 1840 with other Glaziers.  In 1850 he was listed as a potter and remained in the business until after 1870.  It is interesting that John Glazier, Henry's father, was also a potter and lived next to him.  John was born about 1783 and was living in Huntington as early as 1810.  He may have been the son of David Glazier who owned a tavern in Huntingdon in 1796.  In the 1850 Census, John had a substantially larger real estate holdings then Henry, but that reversed by 1860.  John continued to be listed as a potter when he was 87!  Henry was listed as retired in 1880 and died in 1888. The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Goodwin & Webster, (approx: 1808-1840), Hartford, CN, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  There were two potteries on Front Street in Hartford.  The first was an earthenware pottery built in the 1790's by John Souter at Front and Potter.  He sold it to Peter Cross, who converted it to a stoneware pottery in 1805.  Horace Goodwin and Mack C. Webster purchased this property some time before 1810 and Cross built another pottery on Front Street.  By 1830, Goodwin & Webster acquired both Front Street potteries and ran them until 1840 when the firm became M. C. Webster & Son.  The works continued through several owners until about 1900.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Goodwin Brothers, (approx: 1851-approx:1865), Quebec City. QU, Canada, occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on beer bottles.  The Goodwin brothers, Henry and George, were born in England and immigrated to Quebec City.  By 1851, they were operating a china store and were later listed as importers and dealers in china and stoneware.  By 1871, the firm was known as George Goodwin & Company.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Govancroft Potteries, (1911-1982), Glasgow, Scotland, England, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The firm is listed as having been formed in 1911 or 1912.  They manufactured a wide range of stoneware, but jam jars and whiskey jugs were a specialty.  In later years, decorative wares were manufactured.  The works were last listed at the 1855 London Road address in 1982.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Gunther & Berns, (1863-1866), Sheboygan, WI, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Peter Berns established a pottery prior to 1860 in Sheboygan.  Theodore Gunther came to the United States in 1855 and initially worked in Detroit and Milwaukee as a potter, a trade he learned in France.  Gunther & Burns partnered in June of 1863 and built a new pottery on the south side of Wisconsin avenue a short distance west of Eighth street.  The works were called the Eastern Stoneware Factory.  The two remained together until June 28, 1866, when Gunther took sole control of the business.  This was most likely due to the death of Berns, whose widow remained in Sheboygan.  Gunther remained in business into the late 1880s.  The impression is in the center of the bottle.  Notes
	Hare, William, (approx: 1837-1885), Wilmington, DE, United States, Occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  hare was purported to have come to Wilmington and purchased an existing pottery on French Street.  Hare was listed in the 1845 Wilmington Directory as a potter on French Street between 2nd and 3rd.  Later the address was identified as 212 French Street.  Between 1850 and 1860 his capacity tripled according to Census records.  The last directory listing was in 1885.  The impression appears on the face or near the base of the bottle.
	Hill, Boss & Company, (approx: 1870-approx: 1872), Middlebury, OH, United States, occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The firm is firm must have been a short lived partnership between David Hill, who was operating a sewer pipe plant in Middlebury in 1870 and the Boss Brothers, who were manufacturing stoneware bottles in Middlebury in 1874.  Middlebury was absorbed into Akron.  One marked bottle dates 1870-1872.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.  Mark is based on a description and may appear differently.  Notes
	Improved Ironstone, (approx: 1850-approx: 1880), New Haven, CN, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  No information could be found on this New Haven manufacturer.  Impression is on the face of the bottle. Details of mark are not verified.
	Kendall, Uriah, (1834-1846), Cincinnati, OH, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Kendall was from Maine and established his factory on the corner of Race and Northern Row in Cincinnati.  The impression appears on the face of the bottle.
	Kennedy, Henry, (1886-1929), Glasgow, Scotland, England, occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.   Henry Kennedy operated the Barrowfield Pottery.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.
	Keystone Pottery Company (1890-1895), Rochester, PA, United States, occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.   William Miller and his sons along with John Gripp organized the Keystone Pottery Company in 1890.  The firm produced beer and ink bottles in addition to other wares.  One of their key markets was in Maine.  The works burned in 1895 and were not reopened due to a depressed market for stoneware bottles.  William Miller & Sons then built a brick yard on the site.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.   Notes
	Krumeich, Lawrence, (approx: 1853-approx: 1860), Newark, N. J., United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.   The Krumeichs were a family of French Potters who settled in Newark.  Lawrence was in New Jersey by 1844 and was most likely in a partnership with Francis and Philip Krumeich in 1850 as they all appear to have an 800 investment and were potters.  By 1859, Philip and Francis seem to have been at different locations and by 1862, Lawrence appears to have gotten out of the pottery business and was manufacturing fire or stove bricks.  In 1870, he was operating a brick yard.  Philip appears to have continued to operate a pottery and was still doing so in 1879. Lawrence was not listed in the 1880 Census in Newark.  Details of the top mark is not verified.  Notes
	Lovatt & Lovatt, (1895-1913), Lovatt & Lovatt, Limited, (1913-1930), Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England, occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This pottery was established in 1865 by James Calvert for the manufacture a stoneware utility ware and bottles.  In 1883, Albert & John Lovatt joined the pottery and the name became Calvert & Lovatt.  In 1895, the Calvert family sold its interest in the pottery to the Lovatt brother who operated under the name of Lovatt & Lovatt.  In 1913, the firm became a limited liability company.  The firm liquated in 1930.   Notes
	Merrill, E. H. & C. J., (1847-1861), Middlebury, OH, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Edwin H. and Calvin J. Merrill established this pottery in 1847 in Middlebury, Ohio.  The Merrills' were issued a patent for pressing bottles in 1847 and were responsible for manufacturing many of the early sided pottery bottles used by Midwestern bottlers.  The impression is usually near the base of the bottle.
	Metcalf, Thomas D. (approx: 1870-approx: 1890), Sunbury, PA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Thomas Metcalf grew up in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, where he learned the pottery trade at Hugh McConnell's pottery.  After serving in the Civil War, he ended up in Sunbury, where he worked as a potter.  There were potteries throughout the history of Sunbury and perhaps he eventually took over ownership of one of these, but by the 1880's he had ownership of the pottery that produced marked stoneware beer bottles.  In 1900, only his widow is listed.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Munderloh & Company, (1870-approx: 1918), Montreal, ON, Canada, occurs on 8 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  The founder of this firm, Wilhelm Christian Munderloh,  was born in Elsfleth, Germany in 1831.  He came to Montreal in 1857 and worked in the wholesale dry goods business.  Three years later he traveled back to Germany and on his return to Montreal established his own wholesale dry goods business in 1861.  In 1865, the firm became Munderloh & Steencken and in 1870 Munderloh & Company.   In 1871, W. C. Munderloh  was appointed consul to Germany and was instrumental in getting direct steamship routes between Europe and Montreal.  As commission merchants, they represented many leading manufacturers in Europe including the principle glass makers in Belgium.  They also had offices in London until at least 1915.  In 1918, the first reference was found to the firm being organized as a limited liability company.  References to Munderloh & Company continue into the 1950s.  The glazed mark is usually under the merchants mark and is much smaller.  The impressed mark is usually near the base of the bottle. Notes
	Unknown Potter, (approx: 1845-approx: 1870), New Berlin, OH, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on beer bottles.  The village of New Berlin was a small settlement in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio.  A search of census and other records finds no bottlers or brewers in the village, however there were distillers and a cider mill there.  Jacob Behl was listed in the 1850 Census as a potter there and in about 1867 Joel Stephens was recorded as a potter.  Stephens pottery was converted to a tile and sewer pipe works two years after he started and is not listed in the 1870 Census, but there was a brick manufacturer there in 1870.   The impressed mark is below the shoulder of the bottle. Notes
	Pollack Brothers & Company, (approx: 1900-approx: 1920), Montreal, QE, Canada, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This firm was not listed in the 1895 Montreal Directory and appears on Canadian glass and pottery bottles of the period 1900 to 1920.  The firm is reported to have had a branch in Toronto briefly. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Port Dundas Pottery Company, (1828-1932), Glasgow, Scotland, England, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This works was started in 1828 and operated under various owners until it was taken over by James Miller as James Miller & Company.  By 1857, it was organized as the Port Dundas Pottery Company.  In 1866, steam power was introduced to turn the potter's wheels.  During 1930 the Port Dundas Pottery Company Limited closed down and was operated until 1932 by some of its customers.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.
	Powell, (1780-1906), Bristol, England, occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Powells were producing pottery starting about 1780 and were the second largest manufactures of stoneware bottles in Britain in 1900.  William Powell invented a new form of glazing that consisted of a cream colored body and tan colored top later known as a "Bristol Glaze."  The Powells merged with Price, Sons & Company and the firm became Price, Powell & Company in 1906 and operated under that name until 1961. The impression appears near the base of the bottle.
	Price, (1884-1940), Bristol, England, occurs on 39 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The long history of Prices Pottery starts in 1785 with Charles Price II, who apprenticed at the pottery of Thomas Patience and his partner Joseph Gadd.  This pottery was at 3 Counterslip and near Price's father's tavern the Fourteen Stars.  Later ads touted the firm's start date as 1740.  Patience died soon after Price started his apprenticeship and Gadd took over the business.  Charles II and Gadd partnered as Gadd & Price in 1796 and the following year they moved the pottery to 123 Temple.  In 1798, Gadd died and the following year Price partnered with Joseph Read as Price & Read.  Read died in 1803, but the firm name remained until 1817, when Price was listed as the sole proprietor.  In 1803 or 1804, Price relocated to the Pottery of Joseph Alsop at 125 Temple.  In 1822, he took his son Charles III in as a partner to form the firm of Charles Price & Son.  In 1843, another son, likely Joseph, joined the firm now named Charles Price & Sons.  Charles II died in 1849 and the firm became Charles & Joseph Price.  In 1853, the firm purchased Bright's Pottery at 135 Temple and during the following years the properties in between.  On Charles III's retirement in 1863, the firm became Joseph & Charles Price & Brothers.  In 1868, the firm brought the pottery of Milsom & Melsom at 124 Temple.  The construction of Victoria Street caused much loss of property used by the firm and a new four story factory was constructed in 1875.  In 1884, the firm became Price, Sons & Company.  The Powells merged with Price, Sons & Company and the firm became Price, Powell & Company in 1906 and operated under that name till it closed. The pottery was destroyed by bombing during the Blitz attack in 1940 and the firm sold in 1961.  Although the firm was know as Price, Powell & Company in 1906, the Price cartouche continued to be used until at least the First World War.  The impression appears near the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Remmey, Richard C., (1859-1904), Philadelphia, PA, United States, occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Richard Clinton Remmey took over his father's business in 1859. The Remmey pottery was one of the largest stoneware potteries in the U.S.  Between 1865 and 1870, the manufacture of domestic stoneware was gradually abandoned in favor of chemical and Bristol glazed stoneware. Robert Henry Remmey, Richard Clinton's son, took over the business after his father's death in 1904 and changed the company's name to Richard C. Remmey Son Co.  The impression is usually near the base of the bottle.
	Risley, Sidney, (1856-1875), Norwich, CN, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Sidney Risley came to Norwich from Hartford in 1835 work a newly built pottery on the property of Elijah A. Bill, and Cushing Eells.  Eells sold his interest to Bill in 1845 and in 1846 Bill advertised that he was manufacturing stoneware.  In 1856, Risley purchased the land and pottery buildings from Bill and the following year listed himself as a pottery manufacture in the directories.  In 1865 Sidney's son, George L. joined his father in the business.  Sidney Risley died in 1875 and the control of the company passed to George L., who was subsequently killed in a boiler explosion in 1881.  The pottery then passed to B. C. Chance who sold it to C. B. Chamberland in 1884 who in turn sold it to Otto N. Sudenberg in 1887.  The works closed in 1895. The impression is usually near the base of the bottle.  Details of mark are not verified.  Notes
	Robinson-Merrill Pottery Company, (1900-1903), Akron, OH, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company was a merger of the Whitmore- Robinson Company, Markle & Son and the E, H, Merrill Company with a capital stock of $500,000.  The application for incorporation was filed on December 30, 1899 and the merger was completed on February 13, 1900.  It became the Robinson Clay Products Company sometime during 1903.  The impression is usually near the base of the bottle.  Details of mark are not verified.  Notes
	Sherwood Brothers, (1879-1948), New Brighton, PA, United States, occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Although building started in 1878 at Block House Run, this pottery was not completed until 1879.  George W. & William D. Sherwood made up Sherwood Brothers.  Initially they started with one kiln and small building and steadily expanded using Kittanney clay found on their property to manufacture a wide variety of wares.  By 1898, the firm became Sherwood Bros. Company, but still is referred to as Sherwood Bros.  The company closed shop in 1948. The impression is near the base of the bottle.
	Smith & Day, (approx: 1843-1848), Norwalk, CN, United States, occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Asa Smith established his pottery in South Norwalk in 1825.  He joined with Noah Selleck and the firm went under the name of Selleck & Smith from 1837 until 1843 with Noah S. Day became Smith's partner.  Day was purported to be a poor businessman and the firm of  Smith & Day was replaced by A. E. Smith & Sons in late 1848 or early 1849.  Sometime between 1866 and 1869, the firm became A. E. Smith's Sons and in 1874 it was incorporated as the A. E. Smith's Sons Pottery Company.  The later firm failed in 1887 and the works eventually became the property of the Norwalk Pottery Company.  The impression is below the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Smith, Washington, (approx: 1839-1863), New York, NY, United States, occurs on 9 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Smith operated the Greenwich Pottery in New York City.  It was located at 21 West 18th in 1839 and 1857.  He may have been operating before 1839.  Smith manufactured pressed beer bottles, which he claimed were manufactured by a patented process.  Smith retired from business in 1863 and it was carried on by his son until 1870.  The impression is near the base of the bottle.
	Soper, Burtis P.  (approx: 1855-1865), Galesville, NY, United States, occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The exact dates of Soper's operation is not certain.  He never lists as a potter in Census, Tax or Directory listings.  He is listed as a laborer in 1850 and according to sources he worked at a pottery in Fort Edward at that time.  According to one source he was a member of the firm of Farrar & Soper at Galesville from 1852 to 1854, but another states the partner was Kingsley Soper, also a potter.  About 1865 he likely made a piece for for a Julia Soper at Fort Edward.  Soper was listed as a farmer in most records and it seems likely he farmed during the season and worked as a potter during the Winter months.  Since the pottery at Fort Edward was a well established firm and it is unlikely Soper operated it, Soper was not a major operator and is listed as a resident of North Easton in the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Censuses, Galesville had a smaller pottery that had many operators, and North Easton is close to Galesville, it seems likely that Soper operated the Galesville pottery for a brief period of time, but this is speculation.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Stier, Jacob, (1843-approx: 1860), Upper Mount Bethel, PA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Jacob Stier was a journeyman potter who established a large pottery at Dills Ferry along the Delaware River in Mount Bethel Township.   In 1830, he was located in Greenwich, New Jersey and in 1840 he was located in Nockamixon Township, where a number of redware potters plied their trade.  Purportedly in 1843, he established the pottery at Dills Ferry.  The pottery was definably operating in 1850 and by 1864 was known as J. Stier & Sons.  In 1870, the pottery was being operated by Joseph Sapple.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Stoeckert, John, (1870-approx: 1905), New Ulm, MN, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  When the firm of Dauffenbach, Stoeckert & Co. dissolved in about 1870, John Stoeckert left and established another pottery in New Ulm. Sometime before 1895, brick making was undertaken at the pottery.  Even though brick making appears to have been the only occupation of the Stoeckert brothers in 1900, Stockert's pottery was one of four Minnesota potteries listed in an 1896 government survey.  The 1905 Minnesota Census does not list John Stoeckert and "Sold" is marked next to the three remaining Stoeckert brothers, who are not listed with any occupation. The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.   Notes
	Swank, Jacob, & Company, (1856-approx: 1882), Johnstown, PA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles. There is a fair amount of confusion regarding this pottery in Johnstown, at least in the early and ending years.  Josiah Swank was operating a pottery on his father's farm near Hooversville in the mid-1840s.  By the end of the decade he had moved his operation to Davidsville.  Jacob apprenticed with his brother on the family farm until 1848 when he left to work at a pottery in Schellsburg for six months.  Jacob returned to operate the pottery on the family farm and was operating it in 1850.  Later he went to work at a pottery in Bedford and by 1852 was working with his brother Josiah in Davidsville. There were no potters listed in the 1850 Johnstown Census, but there was a brick maker listed.  Some time prior to 1856 a James Hamilton was operating the Johnstown Pottery.  In 1854 or thereafter, Jacob came to Johnstown and by 1856,  was a member of the firm of J. Swank & Co.  The other member was either his brother Josiah or brother Hiram or both.  By 1860, Hiram was a member of the firm and in 1862, Hiram and Jacob started a hardware company under the name J. & H. Swank.  The two business operated concurrently until 1882 or 1887, when Hiram took full control of the pottery and Jacob the hardware business.  Hiram branched into refractory brick and fixtures and opened a new plant in Irvonia in 1910; at which time the firm was known as Hiram Shank's Sons.  Other acquisitions followed and the firm was sold to TYK Corporation in 1982.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Seymour, Israel, (1819-1852), Troy, NY, United States, occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Troy pottery factory was started by John Gifford about 1804. Between 1810 and 1815 he partnered with Josiah Chapman. About 1815 Gifford retired, and Chapman operated the pottery until he sold it to Israel Seymour in 1819. Seymour marked his ware with "Troy" and "TROY FACTORY" in conjunction with and with out his name.  He was succeeded by his son Walter J. Seymour.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Tyler & Company, (1859-1861), Troy, NY, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  When the firm of Thompson & Tyler dissolved in 1859, Isaac Tyler, one of the principles, partnered with Frederick Wetmore to operate the pottery in Troy.  They sold the business to William J. Seymour in  1861.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.  Notes
	Wallabout Pottery, (approx: 1845-approx: 1860), Brooklyn, NY, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on beer bottles.  There were several potteries on the Wallabout Canal in Brooklyn.  It is not known which produced these bottles.
	Webster, Smith & Company, (approx: 1894-approx: 1918), Halifax, NS, Canada, occurs on 4 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  Webster, Smith & Co. were china and crockery dealers that appeared to have jobbed stoneware ginger beer bottles for bottlers in the Maritime region of Canada.  They also had a store at Saint Johns, Newfoundland.  Few records have been found on this company to date. The glazed mark is usually under the merchants mark and is much smaller or is impressed on the reverse at the heel.  Notes
	Weeks, Frederick H., (1890-approx: 1915), Akron, OH, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured mineral water jugs.  The Weeks pottery was established in 1882 and known as Weeks, Cook & Weeks until 1886, when it became Weeks Brothers; the brothers being Arthur J. and Frederick H. Weeks.  In November of 1890, Arthur left the firm and purchased the pottery works of F. W. Rockwell & Co.  Frederick continued to operate the old pottery, but spent more and more of his time in the lumber and construction business.  He continued to advertise as late as 1913 as a stoneware dealer.  His 1891 design patent for a distinctive shaped jug was used on several types of vessels. The embossed mark is found on the base of the container.  Notes
	Wright, Franklin T., & Son, (approx: 1870-1904), Taunton, MA, United States, occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda jugs.  Franklin T. Wright started a stoneware pottery some time between 1850 and 1859.  Between 1861 and 1870, he took his son Solon into the business.  Franklin died in 1882.  The company was last listed in the 1904 Taunton Directory.  The impression is on the shoulder of the bottle.

The following manufacturers appear on glass soda and beer bottles:

	Albany Glass Works, (1847-1850), Albany, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured at least one soda bottle and marked flasks and a marked pickle bottle.  There are no known predecessor or successor firms.  The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Alexander, Alfred, & Company, (approx: 1884-1912), London, ENG, England, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  In 1882, this firm was know as Alexander & Austin and by 1885 was Alfred Alexander & Company.  This company was absorbed into the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited in 1913.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	American Bottle Company, (1905-1929), Chicago, IL, United States, Occurs on 37 bottles, Manufactured both beer and soda bottles. Articles of incorporation were filed on August 22, 1905 and issued soon after.  This company was a consolidation of the Streator Bottle & Glass Company, the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company and the Ohio Bottle Company, which formed in August of 1904 with the consolidation of the E. H. Everett Glass Company, Reed & Company, the Massillon Bottle & Glass Company and the Wooster Glass Company.  The American Bottle Company was sold to the Owens Bottle company in 1916, but the name was retained until 1929, when it was merged into the Owens-Illinois Glass Company.  Some of the marks are proceed with or  have following the mark, marks such as "0-SABCo" or "8-S."  These marks may indicate the plant where the bottles were blown.  In later years, the "S" indicated the Streator, Illinois (old Streator) plant and "N" the Newark, Ohio (old Everett) plant and the number the year of manufacture.  The markings usually occur on the reverse heel of the bottle, but occasionally on the bottle's base.
	American Glass Works, (approx: 1880-1885, 1895-1905), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 18 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This glass works was not listed in the 1879-80 Pittsburgh directory.  The company is reputed to be the successor of T. Campbell & Company about 1880 and became the American Glass Works Limited by 1887.  Later, believed to be about 1895, the "Limited" was dropped. This factory was listed as closed in 1904 and 1905.  The markings usually occur on the reverse heel of the bottle, but occasionally on the bottle's base.
	American Glass Works Limited, (approx: 1885-1895), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 31 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This company was advertising in the National Bottlers Gazette in 1887 and 1890.  Based on the bottles it is marked on, the limited appears to have been dropped about 1895.  The markings usually occur on the reverse heel of the bottle, but occasionally on the bottle's base.
	Annapolis Glass Company, (1885-approx; 1892), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured at least one beer bottle.  These works were incorporated on May 12, 1885 on Horn Point later known as the Eastport section of Annapolis with 3,000 in capital stock.  The attraction of Annapolis was a fine quality of glass sand found on the Severn River nearby.  The Annapolis Glass Co. was offered for sale in 1891 and a glass works was listed in a 1893 report.  The Severn Glass Co. was the successor and was incorporated in 1897.  The markings are on the base.  Notes
	Arbogast, Alexander, (approx: 1858-1863), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  Believed to be Alexander Arbogast a Pittsburgh glass blower in 1850 and 1857 and who owned a window glass factory in New Castle, Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1867.  He was the older brother of Philip Arbogast, who invented an early automated glass blowing machine.  The markings are on the base.
	Bagley & Company Limited, (1898-1975), Knottingley, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  The origins of this glass factory purportedly started in May of 1871, when cousins John William and William Bagley and John Wild formed Bagley, Wild & Company.  John Wild died in 1884 and purportedly in 1890 the firm became Bagley & Company.  In 1898, it became a limited liability company.  The company was an early adaptor of semi- and fully automated bottle making machinery and held the European license for the Owens machine.  In 1912, it started the production of pressed glassware and a subsidiary company was founded called the Crystal Glass Company, but it continued to manufacture beverage bottles into the late 1960s.  The company went through a series of sales, ending with closure in 1975.  It was reopened in 1995 by Stolzle Oberglas AG, an Austrian firm.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.   Notes
	Barnard, William, & Sons, (approx: 1860-approx: 1930), London, England, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company advertised being in business over half a century in 1920 and was still advertising Codd bottles in 1926.  The markings appear on the heel or base of the bottle.
	Barnett & Foster, (1858-1997), London, England, Occurs on 5 bottles, Appears on soda bottles.  This company manufactured diving apparatus and branched into bottling supplies.  Operated the Niagara Works a bottling equipment and supply house.  The company became a division of Borthwicks.  The Barnett & Foster division moved from London to Wellingborough in 1968 and was acquired by Danisco in 1997.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Beaver Falls Glass Company, (1869-1879), Beaver Falls, PA, United States, occurs on 10 bottles, William Modes purchased land for this works in 1869.  He had previously owned a glasshouses in the Pittsburgh area.  All references give 1879 as the final date and this is supported by the marked bottles. Since the Beaver Falls Glass Company Limited was organized on January 1, 1887, it is not known what the status of the works was in the years 1880 to 1887.  The Limited must not have been successful, since a few years later in 1890, when the Canton Glass Works burned to the ground, its equipment and 120 workers moved to the rented Beaver Falls Glass Company for a couple of months. The Imperial Glass Works occupied the site in 1900.  The markings are on the reverse heel or the bottle's base.
	Belle-Pre Bottle Company, (1901-1911), Alexandria, VA, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Belle-Pre Bottle Co. was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1901 by a number of Washington businessmen.  The factory was built in Alexandria, Virginia in 1902.  Its specialty was the manufacture of milk bottles, but they appear to have made other types of bottles in the early years.  By 1907, the factory was manufacturing milk bottles exclusively at a rate of one million a month and employed 250 men.  The works closed in November of 1911 and was involved in litigation until the fall of 1912, when it was sold to the Old Dominion Glass Co.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Belleville Glass Company, (1882-1886), Belleville, IL, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This company was organized in the early part of 1882 with capital of $25,000 and the plant was operating in the fall of that year employing about 75 men producing 100 gross bottles and fruit jars.  Later that same, year a second five pot furnace was in the making and would employ an additional 50 men.  By February 1886, the factory was discovered to no longer be operating.  Soon after, the company was in receivership.  According to some accounts, Adolphus Busch, of brewing fame, purchased the works in 1886, but the receiver reported the company had no assets in 1888.  In 1889, the glass works were back in operation employing 98 men and boys.  Busch modernized and expanded the plant in 1891, but in 1894 the factory closed because of the depression of 1893.  Busch reopened the plant in 1899 after additional modernizations.  In 1905, the plant became part of the American Bottle Company.   The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Berney-Bond Glass Company, (1905-1930), Bradford, PA, United States, Clarion, PA, United States, Hazelhurst, PA, United States, Smethport, PA, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This company was formed in 1905 with the merger of the Berney Glass Company and the Bond Glass Company.  The company was purchased by Owens-Illinois in 1930.  The markings are on the base and occurs with a mold number.
	Bode, G. A., (approx: 1895-1905), Chicago, IL, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  Believed to be Gustav A. Bode of Chicago.  The GAB mark appears on a Chicago Hutchinson bottle and the BODE mark was reported on another Hutchinson.  Bode was a bottlers supplier and most likely did not manufacture bottles but was a reseller like Karl Hutter of New York or Twitchell & Brother of Philadelphia.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Bodine, Joel, & Sons, (1846-1855), Bridgeton, NJ, United States, Occurs on 5 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  Two different forms of the mark were used.  The Bodines purchased the works from John G. Rosenbaum in 1846.  In 1855, they sold the glass works to Maul, Hebrew & Company, who only operated it for a short period until the failed.  The works were then purchased by General David Potter and Francis I. Bodine (Potter & Bodine) in 1855 or 1856 and operated under the name of the Bridgeton Glass Works.   The markings appear on the reverse side of the bottles.
	Boley Manufacturing Company, (approx: 1897-1916), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 14 bottles, Manufactured beer and soft drink bottles.  Benjamin Boley was involved selling bottles by at least 1890 at 96 S. 5th av. & 90 Sheriff and was president of this company as listed in a 1897 Brooklyn Directory at the Cannon Street address.  He was still involved in selling bottles in 1916.  Reported directory lists span 1898 to 1911.  The office was located at 52 Cannon Street in New York City.  A demijohn factory was located in Orleans, New York and burned in 1907.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Bottlers & Manufacturers Supply Company, (approx: 1900-1920), Long Island City, NY, United States, Occurs on 5 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company is mentioned in various documents from 1900 to 1915.  It became the Peerless Glass Company in 1920 and later became a branch of Thatcher, in 1932, for the manufacture of milk bottles.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Bratby & Hinchliffe, (approx: 1877-approx: 1900), Manchester, England, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Bratby & Heinchliffe trademarked a number of images in 1877.  They were aerated water engineers and manufacturing chemists.  Later a branch was opened in London.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Bratby & Hinchliffe Limited, (approx: 1900-approx: 1985), Manchester, England, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Bratby & Heinchliffe were aerated water engineers and manufacturing chemists.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Breffit, Edgar F., & Company, (approx: 1860-1913), Castleford, England, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Winterbottom & Jessop purchased four acres of land from Lord Houghton and erected the Ryebread Glass Works in 1834.  Edgar Breffit bought the business in 1844 and renamed it Breffits Glass Works.  By 1868, E. Breffit & Company were listed as proprietors of the Aire and Calder Glass Bottle Works.  By 1884, it became a limited liability company.  This company was absorbed into the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited in 1913.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Bridgeton Glass Works, (1855-1870), Bridgeton, NJ, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  The Bridgeton Glass Works was operated by Joel Bodine & Sons until 1855, when they sold it to Maul, Hebrew & Company, who only operated it for a short period until the failed.  The works were then purchased by General David Potter and Francis I. Bodine (Potter & Bodine) in 1855 or 1856 at sheriffs sale and operated under the name of the Bridgeton Glass Works.  In 1863, it became F. & J. Bodine, but at least one bottle from this period indicates the name Bridgeton Glass Works was retained. About 1870, it became the Cohansey Glass Manufacturing company.  The markings appear on the reverse side of the bottles or across the front and reverse sides.
	Bright & Sons, (approx: 1870-approx: 1875), Bridlington, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  No information could be found on this firm or a glass works in Bridlington.  A marked bottle is dated 1873, so production must have been limited.  The markings appear on the heel of the bottle and ring the base.  Each line on the illustration represents a different side to the bottle   Notes
	British Siphon Company, (approx: 1905-approx: 1930), London, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  No tangible information could be found on this firm.  It may have been an successor of a company called the British Siphon Manufacturing company and the predecessor of a limited liability company.  The markings on the face of the bottle below the etching.   Notes
	Burgin & Sons, (1852-1903), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This works was purported to have been established in 1841 by Burgin, Pearsall & Hartshorne as the Philadelphia Vial and Bottle Works.  The works were north of East Girard on what is today Montgomery Street. During 1852 or early in 1853 the firm went from Burgin, Fowler & Company to Burgin & Sons and remained in operation well into the Twentieth Century. The factory burned in 1875 causing $20,000 in damages and again 1879 and 1887, when some out buildings burned.  This factory was one of the first to use gas powered furnaces.  The name changed to Burgin & Sons Glass Company in 1903 and was involved in a law suit in 1910.  It closed soon afterwards.  The markings are on the front of the bottles.
	Burlington Glass Company, (1877-1909), Hamilton, ON, Canada, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  The Burlington Glass works started in 1875 and was  incorporated in 1877.  It was sold to the Diamond Glass Company, of Montreal, in 1909.  The markings are on the reverse side on the heel.
	Busch, Adolphus, Glass Manufacturing Company, (1886-1905), Belleville, IL and Saint Louis, MO, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  In 1886, Adolphus Busch purchased the bankrupt Belleville Glass Works and formed the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company.  The Belleville plant closed in 1894 due to a depression and did not reopen until 1899.  In 1900, A new plant was opened in Saint Louis near the Busch brewery.  In 1905, the Belleville plant became part of the American Bottle Company.  The Saint Louis plant was closed in 1928.  The markings are on the base of the bottles.
	Camden Glass Works, (approx: 1850-1852), Camden, NJ, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  No information is currently available on this glass factory.  There was a Thomas Burns listed as a glass manufacturer in Camden in 1851, who is not currently associated with any factory.  The marking is on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Campbell Glass Works, (1884-1885), West Berkeley, CA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  John Campbell and J. H. Flickinger formed the Campbell Glass Works and started construction in late 1884.    It was incorporated as the Campbell Glass Manufacturing Company in 1885.  This plant closed in July of 1885.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Cannington, Shaw & Company, (1875-1892), Saint Helens, ENG, England, Occurs on 5 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Edwin Cannington and John Shaw established this works in 1875 called the Sherdley Glass Works.  The company became a limited liability company in 1892.  This company was absorbed into the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited in 1913.  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Cannington, Shaw & Company Limited, (1892-1913), Saint Helens, ENG, England, Occurs on 1 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Edwin Cannington and John Shaw established this works in 1875 called the Sherdley Glass Works.  The company became a limited liability company in 1892.  This company was absorbed into the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited in 1913.  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Canton Glass Company, (1880-1899), Canton, OH, United States, (1880-1894), Occurs on 2 bottles, Marion, IN, United States, (1894-1899), Manufactured beer bottles.  This company's focus was on the manufacture of tableware, but it also manufactured bottles and is famous for its blue "Canton Domestic Fruit Jar."  In 1894, the company moved to Marion, Indiana and later, in 1899, became part of the National Glass Syndicate. The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Chambers, Alexander & David H., (1843-1888), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 213 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  This firm was created with the dissolution of Chambers, Agnew & Company in 1843.  David Chambers died in 1862 and Alexander Chambers died in 1875, but the firm continued until about 1888.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle and rarely on the base.
	Champion Stopper Manufacturing Company, (approx: 1882-approx: 1885), Greenfield, MA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Appears on beer and soda bottles.  This firm marketed Augustus Rich's bottle stopper, which was patented on January 10, 1882.  Since this closure never achieved any great level of success, the company must have been short lived.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Chase Valley Glass Company No. 1 (1880-1881), Chase Valley Glass Company No. 2 (1880-1881), Milwaukee, WI, United States, Occurs on 10 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  Due to the demand for beer bottles in Milwaukee, Dr. Enoch Chase formed two glass manufacturing companies near his farm in Chase Valley.  Company one was fully owned by Dr. Chase and did not produce many soda or beer bottles.  Dr. Chase had a controlling interest in company number two, with a minority interest held by other local businessmen. This company produced the bulk of the soda and beer bottles.  Some bottles are not marked with the "No 1" or "No 2" designation and it is uncertain which of the two companies manufactured them.   The factories were built and commenced production in 1880 and were consolidated and reorganized in the summer of 1881 as the Wisconsin Glass Company.  Dr Enoch went on to be a state senator for the 1882-84 term.   The markings are typically on the base of the bottle
	Clyde Glass Works, (1864-1880, 1895-1915), Clyde, NY, United States, Occurs on 27 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  A bottle bottle blowing factory was opened in by Southwick and Woods.  This factory was merged with a window glass factory, also in Clyde, under the name of Southwick, Reed & Company a short time later.  In 1880, the name of the plant became Ely, Son & Hoyt and in 1886, with the death of William Ely, the firm became Ely Sons & Hoyt.  (See E. S. & H.)  In 1895, the firm was incorporated as Clyde Glass Works.  The works stopped operation in 1915 and later efforts to reactivate it failed.  The markings appear on the base.
	Codd, Hiram, & Company, (circ: 1880-Circ:1890), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 24 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Hiram Codd was awarded United States patents for his English Globe Stoppered bottles in 1872 and 1873. At the 1876 Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, Codd won a medal for his patented bottles.  Seeing potential in the American market, between 1876 and 1880 Codd set up an American Agency to market licenses for his patented bottles at 22 Park Row in New York City.  Initially the bottles were manufactured at the "Patentee's own works at Barnsley."  Codd & Co. continued their English practice of licensing bottles by geographic region.  This was suppose to  limit the trafficking of the bottles as they were of no use to other bottlers.  The American licensed bottles have the licensed number embossed within a star and numbers between 1 and 90 are recorded.  Hiram Codd held license number 1 and that may explain the wide variety of these bottles.  He likely sold these to licensees for use while their private mold bottles were being manufactured and shipped from England.  Number 1 bottles have been found in numbers in Pensacola, Philadelphia, and other cities were Codd licenses were sold.  By 1886, Codd & Co. had moved to 22 Commerce St. and had shifted the manufacture of the bottles from England to Whitney Brothers glass factory at Glassboro, N. J.  The firm was still at 22 Commerce in 1890, but no references could be found after that date.  Codd's 1873 patent would have expired in 1890 and as Codd had died several years earlier, it seems likely the firm was dissolved soon after.    Notes
	Cohansey Glass Manufacturing Company, (1870-1911), Bridgeton, NJ, United States (1870-1900), Downingtown, PA, United States(1900-1911), Occurs on 9 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  Also know as the Cohansey Glass Company in later years.  This company was formed with the dissolution of  F. & J. Bodine in 1870.  During the 1890s it was beseeched with strikes and a major one at the Bridgeton plant in 1899 may have lead to its relocation from Bridgeton, New Jersey to Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1900.  Records indicate the works were operating as late as 1906, but were closed by 1914. Most authors quote 1911 as the final date. The markings appear on the reverse heel oh the bottle and are usually followed by a number.
	Colorado City Glass Company, (1889-1893), Colorado City, CO, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  This factory was formed with capital from Adolphus Busch of Saint Louis and Jerome B. Wheeler of New York as principal share holders.  It consisted of a bottle and flint factory.  The factory sustained a major fire in 1892, but was rebuilt.  The silver panic of 1893 was partially responsible for its closure.  The markings usually appear on the base of the bottle, but in at least one instance on the heel.
	Colorado Glass Works, Colorado Glass Works Company, (1887-1888), Golden, CO, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  The name was changed from the Colorado Glass Works to the Colorado Glass Works Company after five months of operation.  A furnace collapse and labor dispute, brought the works to a halt in December of 1888.  The markings are normally on the base of the bottle and rarely on its heel.
	Cooper, Richard, & Company, Limited, (1895-aprox: 1928), Portobello, Scotland, England, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This glass works was founded in 1829 as a flint glass works by William Bailey.  In 1848, Bailey converted the works to green glass, which was more profitable.  In 1857, with the introduction of Richard Cooper, the firm became Bailey & Cooper.  With Bailey's death in 1859, Cooper's brother-in-law, Thomas Wood joined the firm as Cooper and Wood.  This partnership split in 1866, with each partner taking a part of the factory and running their own glass works.  The firm Richard Cooper & Company became a limited liability company in 1895.  These works were acquired by the Wood Bottle Company about 1928.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Coshocton Glass Company, (1902-1921), Coshocton, OH, United States, Occurs on 18 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  In 1899, a Board of Trade was organized to attract new manufacturers to Coshocton.  The Board sold building lots to investors and used the proceeds to pay bonuses to attract manufacturers to the City.  Towards the end of 1901, the Board enticed the Saltsburg Glass Co., to open a plant in Coshocton with three acres of ground and a $15,000 bonus.  The deal was completed at the end of 1901 and building of the factory started soon after.  Saltsburg abandoned its facilities in Pennsylvania.  Production started in May of 1902 with an amber tank having 6 rings employing 50 men and boys including 18 blowers.  Beer bottlers were the main product.  The factory did not grow as expected, so in 1904, Thomas Gainor, who managed the Everett works in Newark and spent 7 years as a sales manager, was enticed to invest and manage the works.  Under Gainor, the works expanded greatly, a green glass ring was added and the amber ring expanded, and when he left two years later, the works employed 450.  Possibly due to a failure to secure financing to increase the Coshocton plant, a substantial offer from Everett, or knowledge of Everett's acquisition of Owens' blowing machines that would revolutionize the industry, Gainor returned to Everett and the Liewer brothers increased their share to become majority shareholders.  In 1908, a flint tank was added for prescription ware and liquor bottles, but it does not appear as this line was long-lasting and the focus returned to beverage bottles.  It appears that automatic bottle machines were in operation by 1915 and a new modern plant was built in 1916 in front of the old plant to meet the growing demand for beer, soda and Coca-Cola bottles. Waning demand for beer bottles caused by National Prohibition, a series of equipment failures, loss of key employees and poor quality product caused the cessation of operations in 1921.  The Liewer brothers sold the works to a group of local investors in 1923 and the new company was called the Coshocton Glass Corporation.  Although the plant was originally supposed to manufacture bottles, numerous delays in startup resulted in the plant producing glass tableware instead.  The works went into receivership in 1927 and attempts to sell the works were unsuccessful.  The property was liquidated in 1930.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottles.  Notes
	Cream City Glass Company, (1888-1893), Milwaukee, WI, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  In 1888, this company was organized to reopen the failed Wisconsin Glass Company factory, which had sat idle for five years.  The company prospered for some time with seven hundred employees in 1892, but the economic panic of 1893 closed its doors.  The markings are on the base of the bottles.
	Cunningham & Company, (1857-1866), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured at least one marked soda bottle as well as numerous flasks and fruit jars. The company was the successor to W. Cunningham & Company in 1857 when Dominick Ihmsen joined the firm as a partner.  Marked bottles date from all years of operation.  The company was succeeded by Cunningham & Ihmsen.  The markings are usually on the front heel of the bottle.
	Cunningham & Company, (1878-1885), Cunningham & Company, Inc., (1900-1907), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 32 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  The company was organized in 1878 with the withdraw of Dominick Ihmsen from Cunningham & Ihmsen.  The company was made up of various Cunningham family members until it became Cunningham & Company, Limited in 1886.  In 1900, the limited was dropped and the firms was incorporated.  The same mark was used on these later bottles.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle and occasionally on the base.  The later marks are often followed with a number with 2, 3, and 4 known.
	Cunningham & Company Limited, (1886-1900), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 59 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  The company was organized out of Cunningham & Company in 1886.  The name Limited was dropped in 1900 when the company was incorporated.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle and are often followed by 2, NO 5, NO 7, 9.
	Cunningham & Ihmsen, (1866-1878), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 62 bottles, Manufactured both soda and beer bottles. The company was the successor to Cunningham & Company in 1866.  Marked bottles date from all years of operation.  The company was succeeded by Cunningham & Company, with the retirement of Dominick Ihmsen in 1878.  The markings are usually on the reverse heel of the bottle, but occasionally appear on the bottle's base.
	Cunningham, Domenic O'Connor, (1882-1897), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 118 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  When Domenic O'Connor Cunningham inherited money he formed his own glass manufacturing company.  Previously, he had been a member of Cunningham & Company. D. O. Cunningham incorporated in 1897.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Cunningham, Dominic, Company Inc., (1897-1931), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  Domenic O'Connor Cunningham incorporated in 1897.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	D. Glass Company, (approx: 1890-approx: 1900), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  This company is currently unidentified.  Numbers of bottles marked as such were found from Western Pennsylvania.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Dale, Brown, & Company, Limited, (1913-1988), Swinton, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was still hand blowing glass in 1928.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	De Steiger Glass Company (1878-approx: 1896), Buffalo, IA, United States (1880-approx:1882),  La Salle, IL, United States (1878-approx: 1896), Occurs on 8 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  The history of this works is complex and incomplete.  Francis Stiger and his wife Elizabeth resided in Peru Iowa, where he was a miner as early as 1845.  Some time between 1860 and 1870, Francis died and the widow Elizabeth took her children to Saint Louis.  The oldest son Philip was listed as a painter in 1870.  In 1878 Elizabeth (now De Steiger) moved with her children Philip (32), Mary (29), Joseph (20) and Edward (18) to La Salle, Illinois.  Philip must have been the driver behind the creation of the De Steiger Glass Company in 1878, as he was listed as a glass manufacturer in 1880 and president of the company in 1882.  The company had capital of $50,000, purchased the old window glass works and built modern bottle factories as well.  How this widow and her children went from meager means to founding a large glass works is a mystery that needs to be researched.  A second plant in Buffalo, Iowa was acquired about 1880 and remained in business for several years.  Seeing a market for "German turn mold bottles" (a practice of placing straw or wood shavings in the mold and turning the bottle as it was being blown to remove the mold seams and polish the bottle), De Steiger discharged the existing glass workers during the summer of 1880 and a new crew of German workers were imported.  Many of their fired workers went to Streator and the influx of bottle blowers may have been the impetus that sparked the Streator Bottle & Glass Company to be organized in 1881. The De Steiger plants used Sieman's continuous tanks which were in use in Europe, but not in America.  Discharging its workers, importing lesser paid foreigners, and using new technology that allowed bottles to be blown 24 hours a day caused problems with the Bottle Blowers' League, an early union.  In the midst of this, the business was running into financial difficulties and ended up in litigation which resulted in a sheriff's sale in 1883.  It was noted that some workers went to Streator in that year as well.  The Bank of Peru appears to have been the purchaser.  Later that year, a devastating fire destroyed both factories.  The factories were rebuilt in early 1884, but appear to have been idle later that year and were idle in 1886 and noted as to have gone through several owners.  The works appeared to have reopened sometime before 1890 and there were advertisements until 1896 in the National Bottlers Gazette.   The markings appear on the base of the bottle. Notes
	Dean, Foster & Company, (1874-approx: 1909), Boston, MA, United States, Occurs on 24 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  George Foster had established the New Granite Glass Works in 1861 and moved to Boston in 1862 to establish a glass ware house initially at 106 State Street and later was a agent at 14 Blackstone.  The E. A. Buck & Company, of 14 Blackstone Street, operated the Westford Glass Works and failed in 1873. Charles S. Dean, who was partner and Elmer G. Foster, a clerk at the same address, formed Dean, Foster & Company and briefly operated a glass works in Westford, but also purchased wares from the Dorfling Glass Company in White Mills, Pennsylvania.  In 1875, the firm consisted of C. L. Dean, E. G. Foster, and A. G. Smalley.  This company originally specialized in druggists' ware, but later branched into beer bottles.  In 1883 a Chicago branch was established with Arthur Dawley, an employee since 1876, and the firm was Dean, Foster & Dawley.  Dawley sold his interest back to his partners in 1889 and in 1893, the Chicago branch became A. M. Foster & Company. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Dean, Foster & Dawley, (1883-1889), Chicago, IL, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  Charles S. Dean, who was partner and Elmer G. Foster formed Dean, Foster & Company and briefly operated a glass works in Westford  This company originally specialized in druggists' ware, but later branched into beer bottles.  In 1883 a Chicago branch was established with Arthur Dawley, an employee since 1876, and the firm was Dean, Foster & Dawley.  Dawley sold his interest back to his partners in 1889.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Diamond Glass Company, (1886-1985), Royersford, PA, United States, Occurs on 29 bottles, Manufactured both soda and beer bottles.  In 1886 a group of investors purchased the Penn Glass Works in Royersford and renamed it the Diamond Glass Company.  Most marked bottles date 1886 to 1890 and have smooth bases.  The company became purchased in 1985 to become part of Diamond-Bathurst in 1985.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Dobson, John W., (approx: 1882-approx: 1898), Barnsley, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  In 1872 Sutcliff and Wade started the Oaks Glass Bottle Works in Barnsley.  In 1877 Dobson joined the partnership.  One year later the firm was known as Wade & Dobson and continued until at least 1879.  By 1884, Dobson alone was the proprietor of the Oaks Glass Bottle Works.  By 1899, it had become a limited liability company and by 1903, it was known as Dobson & Nall, Limited.  Dobson & Nall also manufactured bottle cases and some bottles are marked as such a way.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Dyottville Glass Works, (1847-approx: 1888), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 108 bottles, Manufactured both soda and beer bottles.  Most marked bottles date 1850 to 1858 and bear improved pontils.  The markings are usually on the reverse of the bottle, but occasionally occur either on the bottle's shoulder or  base.
	Eagle Glass Works, (1847-1849), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This works was first advertised in 1848, but is believed to have started earlier.  It continued to be listed in 1849 in various directories and on a map.  By 1850, there was no trace of this company.  The one marked bottle is embossed "Eagle Works" and appears on the lower part of the bottle.
	Eagles, W., (approx: 1890-approx: 1910), Manchester, England, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  No information was found for this firm.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Eastern Glass Company, (1909-1913), Cumberland, MD, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The company reopened the Queen City Glass Company works on Queen & Railroad Street.  The firm continued to manufacture flint glass and focused on homeopathic vials.  The factory burned in 1913 and does not appear to have been reopened.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Ellenville Glass Works, (1862-1896), Ellenville, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This works was founded in 1836 by a group of men from the Willington Glass Company in Connecticut.  Initially it was named the Ellenville Glass Company and retained this name, according to sources, until after the Civil War, when in 1866, the name became the Ellenville Glass Works.  However, there were "Glass Works" bottles recovered from a shipwreck that occurred in 1864.  It is thus more likely the name changed between 1862 and 1864 from "Company" to "Works."  After a failure, the works were sold to Charles A. Edwards and the company became the Ellenville Glass Factory.  However, it is still referred to by contemporary sources as the "Ellenville Glass Works."  This name was retained until its closing in 1896.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Ely Son & Hoyt, (1880-1886), Ely Sons & Hoyt, (1886-1895), Clyde, NY, United States, Occurs on 13 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  A bottle bottle blowing factory was opened in by Southwick and Woods.  This factory was merged with a window glass factory, also in Clyde, under the name of Southwick, Reed & Company a short time later.  In 1880, the name of the plant became Ely, Son & Hoyt and in 1886, with the death of William Ely, the firm became Ely Sons & Hoyt.  In 1895, the firm was incorporated as Clyde Glass Works.  (See Clyde Glass Works.)  The works stopped operation in 1915 and later efforts to reactivate it failed.  The markings appear on the base.
	Everett, Edward H., (1880-1885), Newark, OH, United States, Occurs on 13 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  Everett purchased the Newark Star Glass Works in 1880.  Everett incorporated his Company in 1885.  In 1904, Everett merged his factory with those in Massillon and Wooster into the $4 million Ohio Bottle Company. The following year this company sold some of its land to Everett's newly incorporated Newark Machine Bottle Company, which would install the Owens Automatic machines. In August 1905, the Ohio Bottle and Newark Machine Bottle Companies merged with others to become the American Bottle Company with $10 million in capital. The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Often there is a number following the marking.
	Everett, Edward H., & Company, (1885-1904), Newark, OH, United States, Occurs on 142 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  Everett purchased the Newark Star Glass Works in 1880.  Everett incorporated his Company in 1885.  In 1904, Everett merged his factory with those in Massillon and Wooster into the $4 million Ohio Bottle Company. The following year this company sold some of its land to Everett's newly incorporated Newark Machine Bottle Company, which would install the Owens Automatic machines. In August 1905, the Ohio Bottle and Newark Machine Bottle Companies merged with others to become the American Bottle Company with $10 million in capital. The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Facile Bottle Stopple Company, (1887-1889), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  This company marketed George Fullerton's bottle stopper and was assigned a third of the 1888 patent.  Fullerton's 1887 patent was partially assigned to William F. Duncan of New York City and it is likely he was involved in organizing this company.  The company had a claim in 1889 that was unsettled in 1895 and since Duncan is not identified with this company in 1890, it seems it went out of business during 1889.  The marking is on the base of the bottle.
	Fahnestock, Albree & Company, (approx: 1860-1871), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 13 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles. The firm consisted of Robert C. Albree and B. L. Fahnestock.  This firm was organized in 1860 and remain in effect until 1871.  The markings are usually on the front heel of the bottle.
	Fairmont Bottle Company, (1906-approx: 1914), Fairmont, WV, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This glass factory was first chartered on October 24, 1906 and replace the firm of Johns Brothers.  The initial incorporators were James O. Watson,  J. C. Hall, John O. Morgan, C. H. Jenkins, and Thos. F. Robey, all of Fairmont, West Virginia. This plant also manufactured milk bottles.  The last found reference was in 1913. The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Fairmont Bottle & Fruit Jar Company, (1892-1893), Fairmont, WV, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This glass factory was first chartered on April 26, 1892.  The initial incorporators were E. J. Bebee, Robert Johns, Jonathan R. Johns, Jonathan E. Beebe, all of Finlay, Ohio and Abram Kesley of Martins Creek, Pennsylvania.   They were attracted to Fairmont by the low cost of natural gas offered to glass manufactures.  By 1911, five glass works operated there. The company was purported to have dissolved the following year and reorganized into Johns Brothers.  However, It was still operating as late as September, 1893.  Still later, the firm was known as the Fairmont Bottle Company.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Fairmount Glass Works, (1897-1945), Fairmount, IN, United States, (1898-1906), Occurs on 5 bottles, Indianapolis, IN, United States, (1904-1945),  Manufactured soda bottles.  The Fairmount Glass Company was founded in 1889 by John Rau, a practical glass man, W. C. Winslow, a banker, and a third party.  On Winslow's death in 1894, his son Palmer Winslow became president of the firm.  Palmer Winslow sold his interest to John Rau in 1897 or 1898.  Winslow went on to establish a new works at Matthews, Indiana and John Rau renamed the factory the Fairmount Glass Works. Possibly because of the lack of a reliable source of fuel, in 1904, a new factory was built in Indianapolis and eventually all operations shifted to this location.  The company was incorporated in 1945 as the Fairmount Glass Works, Inc., in 1960 became the Fairmount Glass Corp., in 1964 Fairmount Glass Co., and in 1968 it became a subsidiary of the the Glass Containers, Inc.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Falls City Glass Company, (1884-1892), Louisville, KY, United States, Occurs on 5 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  This glass factory was first listed in 1884 and last appears on a 1892 insurance map.  It was located on Lytle Street between 26th and 27th in the Portland section of Louisville.  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Flugel & Company, (approx: 1890-approx: 1950), London, ENG, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  Flugel & Company appear to be suppliers to the soda water trade and most likely were jobbers for the bottles that bear their mark.  The markings appear on the reverse heel and the base of bottles.
	Foster Brothers, (approx: 1855-approx: 1874), Saint Johns, QU, Canada, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This works traces its origin to the Champlain  Glass Company, a window glass works, which moved its operations from Burlington, Vermont to St. Johns, Canada East (Quebec) in 1846.  This enterprise was a failure, but this window glass works appears to have continued as the Canada Glass Works until 1854, when it was purchased by Joseph Foster and retooled as a bottle factory.  This firm produced bottles and insulators, one of which is dated 1858. The exact end of the Foster Brothers tenure is not certain, but it clearly occurred by 1875, when James Macpherson organized the St. John Glass Company, which went bankrupt in 1878.  The Yuile Brothers purchased the works and were operating the factory in 1879 as the Excelsior Glass Company.  They moved the factory to Montreal in 1880.  Through a series of name changes and acquisitions it became the Dominion Glass Company.   The markings are on the face of the bottle.  Notes
	Frank, William, & Sons, (1866-1874), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  William Frank was a retail and wholesale mercantile merchant in Pittsburgh who was introduced into the glass business by his brother-in-law Ephraim Wormser.  In 1858, the pair purchased some land about four miles east of downtown Pittsburgh and built a glass factory.  The firm nane was William Frank & Company.  In 1866, William Frank and his sons gained full control of the business as William Frank & Sons. The factory burned in 1874 and was not rebuilt, even though the Frankstown Glass Works was listed in an 1876 directory.  In the next directory, the Franks listing indicates a returned to the dry goods business.  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Franzen, William, & Son, Milwaukee, (1901-1926), Milwaukee, WI, United States, Occurs on 15 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  William Frazen took over the financially failing Northern Glass Company in 1896.  The company put a focus on producing beer bottles for Milwaukee's brewers and this would eventually lead to its downfall.  Frazen incorporated the works as William Frazen & Son in 1901 and became Wisconsin's most successful glass manufacturer.  However, when Prohibition fell in 1919, the need for beer bottles dried up.  The Board of Directors voted to scale back operations in 1921 and the plant was closed in 1926.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle and occasionally on the heel.
	G. & Company, (approx: 1895-1905), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  Appears on at least one Hutchinson shaped soda bottle from the Midwest.  Could be an error for "C. & Co."  The markings appear on the reverse side on the heel of the bottle.
	Greenbank Glass Works, (approx: 1840-1850, 1857-1858), Green Bank, NJ, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  William Coffin Sr. established this glass house in about 1840.  Coffin died in 1844 and John H. Coffin took over management of the works.  He closed the works in 1850.  It was reopened in 1857 and operated for one year as a cooperative by a group of glassblowers and was permanently closed in 1858 on their failure.  The markings appear on the reverse side of the bottle.
	H. & F., (approx: 1880-approx: 1895), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  The mark appears on the base of champagne beer  bottles mainly from Northeast Pennsylvania, Northern New Jersey, New York City and Long Island.  It may be from a glass jobber in the New York City area.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	H., W. S., (approx: 1890-approx: 1905), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 6 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  The mark appears on the base of Hutchinson bottles mainly from Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas of Pennsylvania.  It may be from a glass works in that area.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Hagerty Glass Works, (approx: 1870-approx: 1902), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  These works were located in Brooklyn.  There were two distinct businesses associated with this glass factory at 531 Smith Street between 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue.  The older business started as Hagerty & Lear (Bernard B. Hagerty & Harry Lear), who were suppliers of druggists glassware and were in business as early as 1851 and possibly 1849, the date claimed in later advertisements.  The firm became B. B. & J Hagerty by 1857 and remain so to at least 1862.  They were located at 8 & 10 Platt Street in New York City and remained at this address for the next 70 plus years.  By 1867 the firm became Hagerty Brothers and remained so until 1869 when it became Hagerty Brothers & Company, which it retained until 1953 when the business closed.  The factory on Smith Street was known as the Hamilton Glass Works in 1851.  By 1868, it was known as the Brooklyn Green Glass Works operated by a partnership between B. B. Hagerty, Wm. W. Gardiner and Wm. Burrows with Hagerty Brothers as agents.  Later the works, now called the Hagerty Glass Works, were under the control of B. B. Hagerty & Co. with Hagerty Bros. & Co. as agents.  By 1888, Annie J., Bernard's wife, was in control of the works  as A. J. Hagerty & Co. and remained so until at least 1896 and Hagerty Bros & Co. were agents.  The works were still in operation in 1900, but were closed by 1904.   The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Hamilton Glass Works, (1864-1891), Hamilton, ON, Canada, Occurs on 6 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  According to the Hamilton Spectator, this factory started operation on September 12, 1864 and was owned by Gatchell, Moore & Company.  The works were located on James Street North and there were about 50 employees half of which were glass blowers.  The production was to consist of small bottles.  In 1872, George Rutherford & Company took over the works and retained ownership until 1891, when the works were sold to the Diamond Glass Co., which closed the plant in 1898.  The plant was refurbished and Diamond installed Owens Automatic bottle machines in this plant in 1906 and operated it as their Hamilton Plant until 1913, when it was sold to the Dominion Glass Company Limited.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Hamilton Glass Works, (1851- approx: 1855), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This works was located on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Smith Street in Brooklyn.  The works were advertised on September 12, 1851 in an Albany newspaper right above a notice for the sale of the Albany Glass works.  Daniel O. Ketchum & Company were listed as the proprietors.  Ketchum had been the agent for the Albany Glass Works prior to its closing.  In later years the works became the Brooklyn Green Glass Works and still later the Hagerty Glass Works.  By 1859, Ketchum was in the oil business at Smith near Hamilton.  The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Hamilton, James T & Albert, (1879-1943), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  James T. and Albert were associated with the W. H. Hamilton glass works until 1879, when they established their own glass works at 26th and Railroad Streets.  Their specialty was flint glass bottles, which included beer, whiskey, and milk bottles in addition to prescription wares.  In 1887 a plant was established at Butler and in 1902 a third plant was opened at Blairsville.  Albert was murdered in 1902 and James continued the works incorporating on December 11, 1916.  The milk bottle business was to be sold to Thatcher in 1920, but Hamilton was advertising machine made milk bottles in 1922 and in later years before the business was sold to Knox in 1943.  At this time the factory was renamed the Seaboard Glass Bottle Co.  The makers mark was filed in 1912 and was issued a trade Marked in 1915.  The application claimed it to be in use in 1900. The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Hastings & Hahn, (1877-1892), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  Andrew K. Hastings and Philip J. Hahn formed the company of Hastings & Hahn in 1877.  the company was located at various addresses on Murray street over the years.  They were glass jobbers, but advertised as manufactures in trade magazines. However there is no evidence that they every manufactured glass.  Hastings retired from the firm in 1892 and the firm was succeeded by Philip J. Hahn & Son.  The markings appear on base of the bottle.  Notes
	Hawley Glass Company, (1885-1942), Hawley, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  In 1882, the Hawley Glass Company Limited was built on Crystal Street in Hawley along with several company houses, which were rented to the factory’s workers.  The initial workers were strikers from the Honesdale Glass Works and William F. Dorflinger was their agent.  It was incorporated in 1885 as the Hawley Glass Company.  The factory may have closed in 1887 due to labor troubles.  It is possible that the factory was reopened between 1902 and 1906 as the Harloe Insulator Company.  The Hawley Glass Company was listed in a 1928 phone book and a 1936 Directory.  The factory and surrounding buildings were destroyed by a flood in 1942.  The markings appear on base of the bottle.
	Hawley Glass Company Limited, (1882-1885), Hawley, PA, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  In 1882, the Hawley Glass Company Limited was built on Crystal Street in Hawley along with several company houses, which were rented to the factory’s workers.  The initial workers were strikers from the Honesdale Glass Works and William F. Dorflinger was their agent.  It was incorporated in 1885 as the Hawley Glass Company.  The factory may have closed in 1887 due to labor troubles.  It is possible that the factory was reopened between 1902 and 1906 as the Harloe Insulator Company.  The Hawley Glass Company was listed in a 1928 phone book and a 1936 Directory.  The factory and surrounding buildings were destroyed by a flood in 1942.  The markings appear on base of the bottle.
	Heitz, Frederick Glass Works, (1883-1896), Saint Louis, MO, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Frederick Heitz came to the United States from Germany in 1860 and eventually settled in Saint Louis where he was a grocer and operated a saloon.  In a mystery yet to be unraveled, he ended up the operator of a glass works at the Northwest corner of Main & Dorcas Streets in 1883.  This location was unoccupied according to a 1875 map so the factory must have been newly built.  This property was extremely close to the Anheuser-Busch brewery and it is believed that most of the production went to that enterprise.  Heitz is last listed in 1896 as a glass maker and returned to the grocery business.  He is not listed in the 1910 Census.  By 1900, the Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company had control of the works and was producing beer bottles for the Anheuser-Busch Brewery.   The markings appear on the base of bottles.  Notes
	Hemingray Glass Company, (1882-1933), Covington, KY, United States, (1882-1890), Occurs on 15 bottles, Muncie, IN, United States, (1888-1933), Manufactured soda bottles.  Hemingray started as Gray and Hemingray in 1848 and was listed listed in the 1850 federal Industrial Census. The original plant was located in Cincinnati, Ohio, but in 1851 was moved to Covington, Kentucky.  In 1864, Gray left the firm and it became Hemingray Brothers & Company.  The company was widely known for its early production of insulators and fruit jars, although it is attributed for the manufacture of many of the early blue soda bottles from Cincinnati.  In 1882, The Hemingray Glass Company was organized.  In 1888, the company established a plant in Muncie, Indiana and phased out the Covington Works.  The Company was acquired by Owens-Illinois Glass Company in 1933.  The markings appear on the base of bottles.
	Holt Glass Works, (1893-1906), West Berkeley, CA, United States, Occurs on 14 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This factory was built on the site of the ill-fated Campbell Glass Works.  The initial company operated for three years until it ended it went bankrupt.  It reopened under new management and was growing, when it was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  The markings are on the base of the bottle, usually preceded by a number in the 300-399 range, and made in a four part mold.
	Honesdale Glass Works, (1847-1861), Honesdale, PA, United States, Occurs on 12 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  A window glass plant, called the Bethany Glass Works, was established in Bethany, which is northwest of Honesdale, in 1818 by Christopher Faatz and several others.  The works eventually failed and was reopened by Jacob Faatz in 1829.  He operated the factory until 1839, when it failed as well.  On June 4, 1847, Jacob Faatz broke ground for a new glass works at the mouth of Carley Brook east of Honesdale at Traceyville, now known as East Honesdale.  Soon after, it was taken over by Henry Dark and James Dickson, who failed when they shipped a large order of window glass overland to California.   The works were briefly owned by by R. F. Lord and T. H. R. Tracey who sold the works to James Brookfield in 1849 .  Brookfield and E. V. White patented an anthracite fired glass furnace and installed it in their factory in 1851.  As a result, at one point this factory was named the Anthracite Glass Company.   In 1861, due to a flooding storm, a dam to one of the feeder ponds for the Delaware & Hudson Canal gave way and the water rushed down Carley Brook destroying the glass factory.  Brookfield moved his glass making operation to Brooklyn, New York and became a celebrated manufacturer of insulators.  In 1872, the works were restored and incorporated  by Christian Dorflinger, W.W. Weston, C. S. Minor, Wm. Weiss, W. H. Ham, and J. A. Terrel.  Dorflinger had established a glass factory in White Mills, about six miles south of Honesdale, in 1865 to manufacture fancy cut glass ware.  The Honesdale Glass Works were incorporated in 1887 and became the Honesdale Glass Company in 1897.  In 1902, the works were dismantled and the usable material was taken to White Mills to be incorporated into an expansion of the Dorflinger plant.  The markings are on the reverse of the bottle.
	Hutter, Karl, (1877-1913), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 148 bottles, Appears on soda and beer bottles.  Hutter started out his career as a beer bottler and ended up in the bottler supply business.  His main claim to fame was being assigned sole rights to Charles De Quillfeldt's beer bottle closure, when it was reissued in 1877.  Hutter renamed it the "Lightning Stopper" and it quickly became the standard for the beer bottling industry.  He survived several patent infringement lawsuits during the early 1880s when his office was at 185 Bowery Street in New York and a manufactory in Bennington, Vermont.  At that time, he had a large trade with glass houses acting as a "representative character" between the bottler and glass works.  In 1892, Hutter's office at 32 Reade Street sustained fire damage.  In 1893, he patented an improvement to the Lightning, which consisted of a ceramic plug with a rubber washer to replace the metallic head of the Lightning.  In 1904, the business was still located at 32 Reade Street.  Hutter committed suicide after a long illness at his apartment overlooking Central Park on June 15, 1913.  He was 62.  At that time, the business was located at 241 Lafayette Street in New York City.  The firm later became Karl Hutter, Inc. and was still in business as late as 1930 at 241 Reade Street location. The markings are on the base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Ihmsen Glass Company, Limited, (1878-1899), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company was founded by Christian Ihmsen Jr. in 1878 as a window glass factory. In 1878 or 1879, it took over the Christian Ihmsen & Sons, a bottle making plants, and had a factory at 14th and Neville   The company was still advertising the manufacture of soda and beer bottles in 1896 and is last listed in a 1897 Pittsburgh Directory as a Limited Company, after which the Limited was dropped.  The firm was purportedly sold to the American Window Glass Company in 1899, but was listed in a 1900 Pittsburgh Directory.  It was not listed as a glass plant in a 1904 glass trade directory.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Ihmsen, Christian, & Company, (1854-1860), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was the successor to C. Ihmsen by 1854 and consisted of Christian, Charles T., and William Ihmsen and Franklin McGowin.  A disastrous 1854 fire destroyed the company's packing house and black bottle factory.  In 1857 the firm's offices were located at 104 Second Street and 133 and 135 First Street and advertised that they operated five distinct glass factories and produced window glass, flint glass, vials, black porter and mineral water bottles.  The firm became C. Ihmsen & Sons in 1860, when McGowin left the firm.  The markings are either in the front or reverse heel of the bottle.
	Ihmsen, Christian, & Sons, (1860-1876), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The firm was organized in 1860 and consisted of  Christian, Charles T., M. O'Connor, and William Ihmsen. Christian Ihmsen died in 1862.  In 1864, their officers were located at 104 Second Street and 133 and 135 First Street and the factory was at WIlkin's near Neville in Birmingham and produced window glass, vials, black porter and mineral water bottles.  The firm was listed in the 1875 directory and was noted as being in the hands of an estate and not operating in 1876.  Other than Dominic, no Ihmsens were listed 1877 Pittsburgh directory.  The factory was absorbed by the Ihmsen Glass Company Limited in 1878 or 1879.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Illinois Glass Company, (1873-1929), Alton, IL, United States, (1873-1929) Occurs on 73 bottles, Gas City, IN, United States, (1900-1929), Chicago Heights, IL, United States, (1913-1929), Bridgeton, NJ, United States, (1920-1929), Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  In 1873, William Smith and Edward Levis organized the Illinois Glass Company and built a one furnace glass factory on Bell Street in Alton, Illinois.  Four years later, they purchased land on the Mississippi River and built a new plant there with two large furnaces.  In 1879, a third furnace was added and by 1909, there were eleven.  In 1905, over one million gross bottles were produced by hand.  In 1909 the plant had to be rebuilt to accommodate the Owens Automatic bottle making machines.  In 1876, there were 63 crew men and boys working in the plant and by 1915, there were 2,400 workers managing 31 automatic bottle making machines.  In 1900, Illinois expanded by opening a plant in Gas City, Indiana and two years later, the Illinois Pacific Glass Company was established.  In 1929, when it merged with the Owens Bottle Company to form the Owens-Illinois Glass Company  At that time, Illinois had plants in Alton, Chicago Heights, Gas City, and Bridgeton, New Jersey.  The markings appear on base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Illinois Pacific Glass Company, (1902-1926), San Francisco, CA, United States, (1902-1926), Occurs on 2 bottles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (1903-1926), Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This firm was founded n 1902 when Illinois Glass Company consolidated holding and interests in several businesses in California.  In 1904, a second factory was established in Los Angles.  The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed the offices and warehouses, but spared the factory.  In 1926, the company incorporated.  In 1930, they merged with the Pacific Coast Glass Company to form the Illinois Pacific Coast Company.  The marking appear on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Interstate Glass Company, (1902-1903), Kansas City, MO, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  Company was reported to have operated for two short years.  The markings are on the reverse heal of the bottle.
	I.-R. Company, (approx: 1890-approx:1910), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Marked on a beer bottle from the Midwest.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Johns Brothers, (1893-1907), Fairmont, WV, United States, Occurs on 16 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This glass factory was established as the Fairmont Bottle & Fruit Jar Company in 1892.  The Johns Brothers, Robert and Jonathan, were among the initial founders. The initial company dissolved and reorganized into the Johns Brothers.  They remained in business until about 1907, when they were listed in a catalogue, but became the Fairmont Bottle Company soon after.  Robert Johns remained the manager of the new company.  The markings are on the base or the front heel of the bottle of the bottle.
	Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Company, (1894-1937), Zanesville, OH, United States, Occurs on 2 bottle., Barnesville, OH, United States, (1912-1921), Manufactured soda bottles.  The company was reorganized as the Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Company in 1894, with $30,000 it received from the Zanesville Board.  Its predecessor  was the Kearns, Gorsuch Glass Company, which was incorporated on February 10, 1886. The offices and primary plant (plant # 1) were located at 126 Market Street, and a second plant (plant #2) was at Ridge Avenue and the Terminal Railway  In 1912, a plant was added at Barnesville, Ohio when it purchased the Barnesville Bottle Company.  This plant was not rebuilt after it was destroyed by a fire in 1921. In 1920, the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company purchased the company and it became a division.  In 1937, the Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Co. was dissolved and absorbed into Hazel-Atlas.  Plant # 1 was closed in 1957 and in 1964 plant # 2 was purchased by the Brockway Glass Company.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Kearns, Herdman & Gorsuch, (1876-1886), Zanesville, OH, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles., Manufactured soda bottles.  This company is purported to have started in 1876.  They published a catalogue in that year.  The predecessor company was Gorge W. Kearns & Company, which went back to 1842.  On February 10, 1886, the firm was incorporated as the Kearns, Gorsuch Glass Company.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Kensington Glass Works, (1842-1846), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles., Manufactured beer bottles.  Henry Seybert, a wealthy chemist and investor, rented one of the closed Dyottville factories in 1842, primarily to manufacture soda bottles for Eugene Roussel. He listed the factory as the Kensington Glass Works in a Philadelphia Directory.  The works were sold to Benners, Smith and Campbell, who operated it as the Dyottville Glass Works in 1846.  The markings are on the front of the bottle.
	Kentucky Glass Works Company, (1879-1889), Louisville, KY, United States, Occurs on 10 bottles., Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  The Kentucky Glass Works Company was incorporated on July 23, 1879 by Edward Bull, William Cromey and John Stanger, Sr.  This works and the Southern Glass Works were leased starting in 1886 by T. H. Sherley & Company, who were whiskey dealers and were last listed in 1889.  Research indicates that this firm used marks without "Co" designator in its earlier years.  The markings appear on the base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
	L., H., (approx: 1900-approx: 1910), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on soda bottles.  Mark appears on the base a Hutchinson bottle and is likely of a New York City glass jobber.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Lancaster Cooperative Glass Works, (1881-approx: 1895), Lancaster, NY, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Lancaster Glass Works was founded in 1849.  Dr. James eventually gained control of the works and when he retired from the glass making business in 1881, a group of workmen took over the plant and formed the Lancaster Co-operative Glass Works.  The company was still operating under that name in 1895.  In 1898, it was listed as a "limited" liability company.  It is purported to have closed in 1904, however, a Lancaster Glass Works paid corporate tax in 1907.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Lancaster Glass Works, (1849-1866), Lancaster, NY, United States, Occurs on 8 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  The works was formed when eight glass workers from Pittsburg formed the company Reed, Allen, Cox & Company.  By 1859, it became Reed, Shinn & Company.  In 1863, it became James, Gatchell & Company.  Later it operated as James & Gatchell.  In 1866, Gatchell left and the works became the James Glass Works.  Gatchell ended up running the Rochester Glass Works.  When James retired in 1881, a group of workmen took over the plant and formed the Lancaster Co-operative Glass Works and was still operating under that name in 1895.  In 1898, it was listed as a "limited" company.  However, a Lancaster Glass Works paid corporate tax in 1907.  The markings are on the front or reverse side of the bottle.
	Lindell Glass Company, (approx: 1873-1890), Saint Louis, MO, United States, Occurs on 15 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  It was listed as having be established within the three years prior to 1875 according to proceedings at the National Railroad Convention in 1875.  Additionally, it appears on a 1875 map of Saint Louis and lists William Gray as the president.  It was listed as operating in October 19, 1885 New York Times article.  Prior to 1886, when it established its own glass manufactory, the Adolphus Busch Brewing Company was supplied beer bottles by Lindell.  It was purported to have been absorbed by the United States Glass Company in 1890.  The markings appear on the base or reverse heel of the bottle.
	Lockport Glass Works, (1843-1872), Lockport, NY, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  The Lockport Glass Works was established in 1843 by a Mr. Twogood in a building that was a tallow chandlery at Gooding and Grand.  He sold the works to Parsons & Moss in 1844.  In 1845, the works are purchased by Hildreth & Company.  In 1846, they started to build a new factory in the Northeast section of Lockport.  In 1850 Francis Hitchins purchased one of the partners' interest in Hilreth & Company.  In 1851, Hitchins leased the glass factory and in 1853, he purchased the works and operated them until 1866.  In that year, it was incorporated as the Lockport Glass Manufacturing Company by a group of glassworkers.  In 1869, the works were sold to Samuel B. Rowley, a Philadelphia based fruit jar manufacturer.  Rawley made major improvements to the factory and sold it to Alonzo Mansfield in 1872 as A. J. Mansfield & Company.  In 1904, it was reorganized into the Mansfield Glass Works, was listed as closed in 1905 and sold at auction in 1908. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Lorenz & Wightman, (1851-1854), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This firm was formed in 1851 by Frederick Lorenz and Thomas Wightman to operate the Pittsburgh Glass Works, which was Pittsburgh's first glass house founded in 1797 by Craig & O'Hara.  When Frederick Lorenz died in October 28, 1854, Wightman retired and Lorenz's son Frederick R. Lorenz operated the works.  Frederick R. Lorenz became ill and retired before 1860 and the factory was rented to Fahnstock, Albree & Company.  The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Lorenz & Wightman, (1862-1873), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 32 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This was a new company that took over the glass works from Fahnstock, Albree & Company, when their lease ended.  The partnership was between Moses A. Lorenz, Thomas Wightman and Alexander Nimick.  In 1870 their office was at 32 Wood Street in Pittsburgh.  The firm dissolved in 1873, when Moses Lorenz died, and became Thomas Wightman & Company.  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Lorenz, Frederick R., (1854-1859), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 8 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.   Lorenz took of the business of Lorenz & Wightman when his father died in 1854.  He operated the works through 1857 as the Penn Glass Works.  By 1860, the works were leased by Fahnstock, Albee & Company.  The markings appear on the the front or back of the bottles.
	Massillon Bottle & Glass Company, (1900-1904), Massillon, OH, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company was incorporated in June, 1900 with capital of $40,000 and was short-lived.  It is listed in a 1902 Directory as a beer bottle manufacturer.  In 1904, it merged with the E. H. Everett Company, Reed & Company and the Wooster Glass Company to form the Ohio Bottle Company with capital of $4,000,000.  The following year, this new company was merged into the American Bottle Company to become the largest manufacturer of machine made beer bottles of its time.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	McCully, William, & Company, (1851-1888 1892), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 73 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This firm was the second incarnation of William McCully & Company and was formed when the old company dissolved in 1851.  The previous company included Lorenz & Wightman, who went off and established a new firm by that name.  McCully & Company operated up to 5 glass houses at their peak and produced both bottle and window glass.  In 1870, these works included the Phoenix, Sligo, Pittsburgh, Empire, and Mastodon Glass Works.  Each glass house had a specialty product.  McCully died in 1869, but the company retained his name.  Production waned and in 1886, there was one factory with two furnaces.  The company was still operating in 1901 and was identified, in 1898, as a window glass company.  The markings are on the reverse side, the heel of the reverse side or base of the bottle.
	McKee, Samuel, & Company, (1836-1886), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Samuel McKee and James Salisbury were operating the Sligo Window Glass Works in 1834.  In 1836, Samuel McKee and his brothers formed S. McKee & Company and James Salisbury went on to operate the old O'Hara works.  S. McKee & Co eventually operated two large window glass factories and a smaller bottle plant.  Samuel McKee died in late 1876 or early 1877.  His sons Christian I. and Daniel took over the firm, but retained the old name.  S. McKee & Co. were last listed as bottle manufacturers in the summer of 1885 and likely stopped bottle production after the 1885/1886 season.  S. McKee & Co. continued to manufacture window glass until late 1908 or 1909. What happened to the firm after that point is not known, but it appears to have been sold as the factory suffered a fire in 1911 and  large quantity of stored window glass was destroyed.   The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Middleton Glass Works, (approx: 1889-1890), Middleton, NY, United States, Occurs on 6 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  The works were operated by Connolly, Cohalan & Company and were advertising in 1889.  Samuel S. Wickham was proprietor of the works when he assigned it to creditors in October 1890, because he lacked capital funding.  Early in 1893, it was reported that the Middletown Glass Factory was reopened as a stock company owned by local residents after being closed for "several years" due to the misfortune of the previous owners.  It appears the plant was operational in September of 1892 in newspaper accounts.  The company was listed as the Middletown Glass Manufacturing Company, but later in 1893, it was just listed as the Middletown Glass Company.  Company meetings were being held as late as 1898, however, the factory was available to rent to the Poughkeepsie Glass Works when their factory burnt to the ground in 1897.  The markings is on the base of the bottle.
	Milford Glass Works, (1838-1855), Milford, NJ, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This works was founded in 1838 by Matthias Simmerman as the Pendleton Glass Works.  By 1844, it was owned by Lippincott, Wisham & Company.  Prior to 1854, Cox and Whitman were the operating partners and in that year Jacob Iszard was admitted.  In 1855, Thomas Whitman was admitted as a full partner.   Soon after, the firm was in bankruptcy and the works was sold at sheriffs sale in 1856.  The property was purchased by Joseph Iszard and Samuel Iszard & Company was formed to operate the works for a short time.  They were closed prior to 1860.  The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Millville Bottle Works, (1903-1930), Millville, NJ, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was founded in 1903 by James Mitchell and purportedly by W. Scott Wheaton executives of the T. C. Wheaton Company in the same town.  The company primarily manufactured druggists ware.  After W. Scott Wheaton's death in 1925, it was acquired by T. C. Wheaton Company in 1926, and appears to have operated as a subsidiary until 1930.   The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Millville Glass Works, (1832-1854), Millville, NJ, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This is believed to be the glass works established in South Millville in 1832 by Frederick Schetter.  In 1844, Schetter failed and and the works were purchased by Mulford, Hay & Company.  Since one of the later bottles is marked "L. M. & Co.," it is probable that Lewis Mulford gained a controlling interest in the business.  The works were purportedly purchased in 1854 by Whitall, Brother & Company, who operated the Phoenix Glass Works in Millville.  The markings are on the front or reverse of the bottle.
	Mississippi Glass Company, (approx: 1874-1988), Saint Louis, MO, United States, Occurs on 7 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.   Most likely the mark of the Mississippi Glass Company from Saint Louis.  George D. Humphreys moved from Connecticut to Saint Louis and established this company.    This plant started as a bottle plant and was one of the primary manufacturers of bottles for Adolphus Busch.  Busch purchased his own plants in 1886 and soon before in 1885, Mississippi retooled to a rolled plate glass plant.  In later years it was renowned for wire glass  The markings appear on the reverse heel or the base of the bottle.
	Montreal Bottle & Glass Company, (approx: 1880-1888), Montreal, QE, Canada, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles. Little is currently known about this company other than it was liquidated in April of 1888.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	National Bottlers' Supply Company, (1906-approx: 1908), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This firm was incorporated on July 11, 1906, with capital stock of $50,000, and Richard Sands, President.  The company was located at 26 W Broadway in New York City.  Two years later, the company went into bankruptcy and one of its officers arrested. The fall off in business was attributed to the spread of prohibition in several of its markets. The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Neptune Glass Works, (approx: 1855-approx: 1858), Camden, NJ, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  Little is know about this works.  In addition to its soda bottles a schnapps-type bottle is known.  Bottles come both pontiled and smooth based.  The markings are on the front of the bottle.
	Newark Star Glass Works, (1871-1878), Newark, OH, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  The works were organized in the Fall of 1871 by Shields, King & Company.  In 1876, the company displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.  In the Spring of 1878, the workers went on strike and the works were closed for two years.   On April 28, 1880, E. H. Everett took over the plant.  In 1885 it became the E. H. Everett Company.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	North Baltimore Bottle Glass Company, (1888-1933), North Baltimore, OH, United States, (1888-1895) Occurs on 46 bottles, Albany, IN, United States, (1895-approx: 1903), Terre Haute, IN, United States, (approx: 1900-1933), Manufactured soda and beer bottles.   The company was organized in 1887 by John Geegan due to the cheap natural gas that was found in the area.  A. L. Pfue provided much of the capital and I. W. Richardson the technical expertise.  The works prospered until the gas became scarce.  The company contemplated moving, but switched to oil fired furnaces instead.  In 1895, they moved to Albany, Indiana, enticed by the abundant supplies of natural gas there.  A few years later a plant was built in Terre Haute, Indiana.  Since the company focused on the manufacture of beer and soda bottles, it was hit hard by national Prohibition and struggled to remain in business until 1933.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Northern Glass Company, (1894-1896), Milwaukee, WI, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company took over the old idle Cream City Glass Company works in 1894.  Due to poor management and poor quality glass, the works was sold to William Franzen in 1896.  It is not known if Franzen continued to use this mark or if it was solely used the company prior to his acquisition.  he did not incorporate the name of William Franzen & Son until 1900.   Known marked bottles date to the 1894-96 period of the failed works and support he fact it was not used by Franzen. The markings appear on the front heel of the bottle.
	Nuttall & Company, (1842-1913), Edge Hill Station, Liverpool, England, (1842-approx: 1850), Thatto Heath, Liverpool, England, (approx: 1850-approx: 1872), Saint Helens, England,  (approx: 1872-1913), Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  The company was founded by Francis Dixon and John Merson in the 1840s.  Nuttall & Company claimed to be founded in 1842.  The first factory was built near Edge Hill Station near Liverpool.  By 1852. it had moved to Thatto Heath.  In 1872, a modern factory was built at Saint Helens.   This company was absorbed into the United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited in 1913.  The markings are on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	O, (approx: 1895-approx: 1905), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  This unknown manufacturer made beer bottles for Charles Joly, a Philadelphia based bottler, who dabbled with bottling supplies as a side line.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Ohio Bottle Company, (1904-1905), Newark, OH, United States, Occurs on 19 bottles, Massillon, OH, United States, (1904-1905), Wooster, OH, United States, (1904-1905), Manufactured soda bottles.  The company was formed on August 4, 1904 by Edward H. Everett, Lorenz S. Stoehr, David Reed, James F. Pocock and Jacob C. Haring. It consolidate the glass factories of the E. H. Everett Glass Company in Newark, Reed & Company in Massillon, the Massillon Bottle & Glass Company in Massillon and the Wooster Glass Company of Wooster.  The Ohio Bottle Company held an exclusive contract to manufacture soda and beer bottles on the Owens Automatic Bottle Machine.  On August 22, 1905, incorporation papers were filed and these works were consolidated into the American Bottle Company in September.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Olean Glass Company, (1883-1913), Olean, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Port Allegheny, PA, United States, (1896-1913), Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  The company was established in 1883 by Eastern glass blowers and local investors encouraged by a board of trade.  The availability of a good quality of sand rock and fuel made Olean a good place to locate a glass factory.  The business failed within a year. The Union Glass Works was organized in 1884 to restart the operation, but this firm soon failed as well.  The Olean Glass company continued to own the works until May of 1887, when S. W. Pancoast, who left the original operation in 1883, returned to operate the factory.  He started out with one blower and gradually built a successful business.  The plant was purported to be the first to use natural gas as a fuel.  The company became a stock company in 1894.  In 1896, a second plant, specializing in flint bottles, was established in Port Allegheny due to an abundant gas supply.   S. W. Pancoast and his sons withdrew from the firm starting in 1900.  One son, Vernon,  went on to establish the New York Glass Works.  The Olean works continued to expand until 1913, when it was sold to the Acme Glass Company also in Olean.  During 1913,  the firm experienced a run of bad luck: a flood, a fire, loss of revenue due to a bankrupt customer, failure of the gas supply at the Port Allegheny plant, and difficulty in securing boys to work in the factory.  The Port Allegheny plant was sold to a group of its blowers, who likely had some local funding.  Acme only operated the plant for a short time and it was abandoned as a manufactory in 1914.  Small businesses operated in some of the buildings while others went derelict.  In 1925, the property was sold to a local firm looking for oil and using it as a coal depot.  The Acme company was purchased by the Eastern Glass company in 1926. The owners, from New York City, fled the country in 1929 after perpetrating fraud.  The company was run by a receiver, and sold within that same year to local investors.  It was named the Olean Glass Company, Incorporated, and   purchased by Thatcher Manufacturing company in 1935. Thatcher closed the plant in 1948. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.  Presentation of the mark is an estimation of the appearance.  Notes
	O'Neil, Thomas A., (1890-1895), Boston, MA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Thomas O'Neil was a glass jobber and dealer in crockery who started his business in 1890.  An 1891 ad called out bottlers ware as a specialty.  By 1896, he was a part of the firm of John Conlon & Co. who were wholesale liquor dealers.  Notes
	Pacific Coast Glass Works, (1900-1925), San Francisco, CA, United States, Occurs on 21 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  After they sold the San Francisco & Pacific Glass Company, George Newman and Carlton Davis reentered the glass business and by 1900 had established the Pacific Coast Glass Works.  There is mention of an accident at the "San Francisco & Pacific Coast Glass Works" on Thanksgiving Day in 1900 at the Berkley-Sanford football game.  About 300 spectators had assembled on the roof of the new and partially completed works when the roof collapsed, thirteen were killed and over a hundred others were seriously injured.  The newspaper account stated the game continued and Sanford won 5 to 0.  One employee who left the company in 1916, claimed he worked there for 16 years, starting as an apprentice and placing the company in business in 1900.  The company survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, even though some of its facilities at 7th & Irwin Streets were destroyed by the ensuing fires.  The company was renamed the Pacific Coast Glass Company in 1925.  Later in 1930, it became part of the Illinois-Pacific Coast Company.  The markings appear on the base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Pacific Glass Works, (1862-1876), San Francisco, CA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was organized in 1862 and glass was first blown in 1863.  Carlton Newman left the company and established another glass house in 1865.  The company passed hands several times and was eventually purchased by Carlton Newman and merged with the San Francisco Glass Works to form the San Francisco & Pacific Glass works in 1876.  The markings are on the face or base of the bottle.
	Phoenix Glass Works, (1838-approx: 1875), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This glass works was founded in 1806 by James Lee in Millville, New Jersey.  After going through several owners, Burgin & Wood of Philadelphia took over the works in 1827.  Their offices were in Philadelphia and remained there through several owners.  In 1829, it was Burgin, Wood & Pearsall and starting in 1833 Burgin & Pearsall.  In 1836, Scattergood, Booth & Company operated the works.  From, 1838 to 1844 Scattergood, Haverstick & Company operated the works.  It is during this time, in 1840, that the Phoenix Glass Works name is first recorded.  In 1844 the firm became Scattergood & Whitall and remained so until 1845, when it became Whitall & Brother.  In 1850, it became Whitall Brothers & Company.  The Phoenix name continued to be used during this period.  In 1854, they acquired the Millville Glass Works.  During 1857 the firm became Whitall, Tatum & Company and 1901, Whitall Tatum Company.  The focus in later years was druggists ware, but an 1880 catalogue still listed mineral water bottles as a product.  Phoenix was used until 1875, but was dropped by 1880.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Phoenix Glass Works, (1848-approx: 1855), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  The Phoenix Glass Company was incorporated in December of 1848 with capital of $7,500, according to court documents, and were listed in 1850 at John near Hudson avenue in Brooklyn with an office at 38 Burling Slip in New York with Robert B. Clark as Secretary.  The company was noted as still being in business in 1852 after a suspension of three months.  The markings are on the face of the bottle.
	Pollack Brothers & Company, (approx: 1900-approx: 1920), Montreal, QE, Canada, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This firm was not listed in the 1895 Montreal Directory and appears on Canadian glass and pottery bottles of the period 1900 to 1920.  The firm is reported to have had a branch in Toronto briefly. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Putnam, Henry William, (approx: 1878-approx: 1947), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 31 bottles, Appears on soda and beer bottles.  Charles De Quillfeldt assigned rights to his stopper for beer bottles to Karl Hutter in 1875 and William Putnam in 1877.  Putnam trade marked the stopper "Lightning" and applied this patent to fruit jars in 1882.  Putnam and Karl Hutter were codefendants in at least one law suit defending the 1877 reissue of De Quillfeldt 1874 patent.  Putnam appears to have been involved in the bottlers supply business as a jobber.  Putnam turned the business over to his son, William Henry Putnam, Jr., in 1898 and moved to San Diego. The business was worth about $5 million at that time.  A trade mark was reissued in 1947 to the company.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Queen City Glass Company, (1890-1905), Cumberland, MD, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Warren Glass Company was established on Queen & Railroad Streets in Cumberland in 1880 to primarily manufacture milk bottles. This works closed in 1888 and was reopened in 1889 as the South Cumberland Glass Company.  In 1890, the Queen City Glass Company was organized and operated until about 1905, when it ran into financial difficulties and an overstock of bottles in its warehouse.  It works were idle until 1909, when a group of Pennsylvanian investors reopened the works as the Eastern Glass Company.  The works manufactured flint bottles.   Notes
	Reed, E. P., & Company, (1889-1894), Rochester, NY, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Rochester Glass Works was reopened in 1881 by former members of the Clyde Glass Works.  In January, 1889, the firm became E. P. Reed & Company.  In 1894, with the death of E. P. Reed, the firm became F. E. Reed.  Notes
	Reed, Frank E., (1894-approx: 1901), Rochester, NY, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  With the death of E. P. Reed in 1894, the Rochester Glass Works went under the name of Frank E. Reed, who operated the works until about 1901, when it the firm became a co-partnership known as Frank E. Reed & Company.  The firm specialized in bottles for brewers.  Notes
	Reed, Frank E., & Company, (approx: 1901-1908), Rochester, NY, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  About 1901, Frank E. Reed formed a partnership know as the Frank E. Reed Company.  Later in 1908, the firm was incorporated as the Frank E. Reed Glass Company with capital of $165,000.  Notes
	Rhodes Glass & Bottle Company, (1901-approx: 1919), Massillon, OH, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company was organized in January of 1901 with F. R. Shepley as president. There is mention of a strike that occurred in October of 1901.  The firm is listed in Johnson's 1902 business directory as a manufacturer of light green and amber bottles, of which beer bottles were a specialty. Several references in 1913 were found. The company is purported to have closed about 1919 and with beer bottles a primary product, national Prohibition would have been devastating to the business.  The markings appear on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	Henry Ricketts & Company, (1811-1851), Bristol, England, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured mineral water bottles.  In 1785, a flint glass works was built on the site of the “Phoenix Inn” in Temple Gate by James and George Taylor. This Phoenix Glass Works was acquired by John Wadham, Jacob Wilcox and Richard Ricketts in August of 1789. In 1811, the partnership was reorganized and consisted of Jacob Wilcox Ricketts, his son Henry Ricketts, David Evans and John Cave. At this time, they expanded by acquiring a bottle factory at Cheese Lane, St Philips. Henry Ricketts December 5, 1821 patent for molding Bottles for wine, porter, beer, or cider, revolutionized the industry. Ricketts’ patent popularized the three mold and his bottles with “PATENT” on the shoulder became the often copied acme of the industry. Richard Ricketts took over business when Henry retired in 1851 and the firm became Richard Ricketts & Company. In 1853, Richard joined with William & Thomas Powell and Richard Filer, who owned the Hooper’s Glasshouse, to form Powell, Ricketts & Filer. This firm operated until 1857, when it became Powell & Ricketts. This business closed in 1923.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Rochester Glass Works, (approx: 1881-1888), Rochester, NY, United States, Occurs on 8 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles. C. B. Woodworth & Son were proprietors of the Rochester Glass Works in 1869.  In 1876, Nathan Gatchell, of Gatchell & Company, was operating the works.  He was from Lockport, New York.  The plant was idle for a number of years, when in 1881 several former members of the Clyde Glass Works reopened the works under the name of Kelly & Company.  In January, 1889, the firm became E. P. Reed & Company.  In 1894, with the death of E. P. Reed, the firm became Frank E. Reed and about 1901 became the frank E. Reed & Company. In 1903, it was still referred to as the Rochester Glass Works.  In 1908, the firm incorporated as the Frank E. Reed Glass Company.  In, 1925, with the death of Frank E. Reed, control passed to his sons and in 1927, it became the Reed Glass Company.  The business went idle in 1957.  Later the plant was operated by Castle-Hanson Glass Company.   The markings are on the base of the bottle.  The Rochester mark is similar to the Clyde mark.  Notes
	Root Glass Company, (1901-1932), Terre Haute, IN, United States, Occurs on 28 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  Chapman J. Root established two glass works in Terre Haute: one for beverage bottles and the second for fruit jars.  Root had worked for the North Baltimore Bottle Glass Company, which had relocated to Terre Haute in 1900.  The beverage plant started operation in 1901 and the fruit jar plant the following year.  Ball Brothers purchased the fruit jar plant in 1909, but the beverage plant operated until 1932, when it was purchased by Owens-Illinois, so the family could focus on its Coca-Cola bottling business.  Root was famous for creating the design of the Coca-Cola bottle in 1915.  The markings are on the base of the bottle or on the heel.
	Rylands & Codd, (1879-1884), Barnsley, England, Occurs on 11 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This partnership was formed in 1877 between Ben Rylands and Hiram Codd.  Rylands owned the Hope Glass Works and Codd held the patent for a marble closure for soda bottles.  Ben Rylands died in 1881 and his son Dan joined the firm in his place.  The partnership with Codd dissolved in late 1884.  The Hope Glass Works used the mark of "4" on its glassware to signify it products attributes of accuracy, cleanliness, neatness and strength.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Rylands, Dan, (1884-1897), Barnsley, England, Occurs on 14 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was formed with the breakup of Rylands & Codd in late 1884.  Rylands became a limited liability company, Dan Rylands Limited, in 1888, but appears to have still used the Dan Rylands identifier.  In 1897, the company was reorganized as the Rylands Glass and Engineering Company Limited.  Bottles after this date are marked "THE RYLANDS."  The company went out of business in 1928 partially due to it focus on manufacturing Codd bottles, which were being phased out in England due to sanitary concerns.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	S, (approx: 1890-approx: 1910), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  Unknown firm manufactured a flint glass beer bottle for an Illinois firm.  The marking, an "S" in a shield, appears on the base of the bottle.
	San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works, (1876-1899), San Francisco, CA, United States, Occurs on 4 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  Was formed by Carlton Newman's merger of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass Works in 1876.  Carlton Newman died on March 8, 1889 and control passed to his son George Newman.  The business deteriorated and was sold to the Abramson, Heunish Glass Company in 1899.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	San Francisco Glass Works, (1869-1876), San Francisco, CA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  After it was destroyed by fire in 1869, Carlton Newman rebuilt his flint glass plant and renamed it from the San Francisco Flint Glass Works to the San Francisco Glass Works.  He took in Charles Duvall as a partner a year later.  Duvall retired in 1873.  In 1876 with the death of John Bennett, Newman purchased the Pacific Glass Works and renamed the combined company the San Francisco & Pacific Glass Works. The markings appear on the face of the bottle.
	Schaum, F. & L., (1850-1852), Baltimore, MD, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  The Baltimore Glass Works was being operated by Schaum, Reitz & Company in 1849.  By 1851, it was being operated by F. & L. Schaum.  Purportedly they closed the plant and it was later operated by Baker Brothers & Company.  The markings are on the front shoulder of the bottle.
	Schwenker, William M., (1883-1916), New York, NY, United States, Occurs on 5 bottles, Appears on beer bottles.  Schwenker was a supplier of brewers materials.  He started out selling belting, then rubber hoses and other rubber goods and onto a general list of brewers supplies.  At some point during his career he dealt in beer bottles.  He died in late 1912 or early 1913 and his estate carried on the business. Between 1916 and 1918, the firm incorporated and was still operating in 1922.   The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Scranton Glass Company, (1907-approx: 1930), Dunmore, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on beer bottles.  There were several glass companies in Scranton.  The Scranton Glass Company Limited operated from 1881 to 1887, when it incorporated as the Scranton Glass Company. At its height the Scranton Glass Company employed 800 men and boys; however, it experienced financial difficulties in 1895 and ceased to operate in 1896.  A Scranton Glass Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1899 and appears to have operated until about 1903.  About 1907, Anthony Francis McDonnell operated a second Scranton Glass Company at 1341 Jefferson St, Dunmore PA.  This was his parents' home, therefore it is likely that his business was that of a glass jobber rather than a manufacturer.  McDonnell also patented and trade marked the Sanitop Bottle closure and operated into the 1920s if not later. The markings appear on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Severn Glass Company, (1897-1902), Annapolis, VA, United States, Occurs on 19 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This works was the successor to the Annapolis Glass Company, which was founded in 1885 on Horn Point later known as the Eastport section of Annapolis.  The attraction of Annapolis was a fine quality of glass sand found on the Severn River nearby.  The Annapolis Glass Co. was offered for sale in 1891 and a glass works was listed in a 1893 report.  The Severn Glass Co. was incorporated in the state of Maryland on July 23, 1897 with $10,000 in capital stock, but may have been operating earlier.  They had a branch office in Baltimore, where most of the marked bottles occur.  The works were operating successfully in 1901 and are purported to have closed in 1902.  They were not listed in a 1910 directory.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.  Notes
	Smalley, Albert G., & Company, (1877-1906), Boston, MA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on beer bottles.  Albert G. Smalley was born in Belfast, Maine in about 1851.  Sometime prior to 1870, he moved to Boston and found employment as a bookkeeper.  In 1873, he a member of the firm of Lovell & Smalley, who were glass manufacturer agents.  The following year, 1874, he worked for E. A. Buck & Company, who were engaged in the same business.  E. A. Buck & Co. appear to have been sold to the newly formed Dean, Foster & Co. in 1875 and Smalley was a member of this new firm.  However in 1876, E. A. Buck & Co. appears to have been reconstituted just two doors up from Dean, Foster & Co. and Smalley was now a principle in this firm.  The following year, 1877, E. A. Buck & Co. became A. G. Smalley & Co.  Smalley & Co. were initially jobbers for druggist ware and sundries, but as indicated by ads, sold beer bottles and stoppers.  In later years, the firm seems to have dropped the bottlers line and focused on fruit jars and milk bottles in addition to druggist ware.  On November 1, 1906 the firm was incorporated, Smalley died in 1907, and 1917 the firm was dissolved.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Southern Indiana Glass Works, (1907-1913), Loogootee, IN, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  Incorporated on December 5, 1907 with a name change from the Lythgoe Bottle Company, which was established in 1901 when natural gas was discovered near Loogootee.  In 1913, it became the Graham Glass Company and was merged into the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in 1929.  The markings appear on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Star Glass Works, (1869-1879), New Albany, IN, United States, Occurs on 12 bottles, Manufactured beer bottles.  This company was formed in 1869, primarily for the manufacture of plate glass by John B. Ford, but bottles were also a product as demonstrated by this 1870 description "The Star Glass Company have extensive houses and machinery for making all sizes of fine finished plate glass and mirrors, and are, also, largely engaged in the manufacture of window glass and bottles."  In that same year, 1870, W. C. DePauw acquired a half interest in the company. In 1879 W. C. DePauw acquired all of the stock of the Star Glass company and renamed it the W. C. DePauw Glass Company.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Streator Bottle & Glass Company, (1881-1905), Streator, IL, United States, Occurs on 78 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  This company was formed in June of 1881 and the factory was operational in October of that year.  The works were generally successful and expanded over the years.  The company became part of the American Bottle Company in 1905  The markings are on the reverse heel or base of the bottle.
	A. T. G., (approx: 1895-approx: 1905), Unknown, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  Appears on a Hutchinson bottle.  The markings is on the reverse heel of the bottle.
	Twitchell, Selden, & Brother, (approx: 1880-approx: 1891), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 25 bottles, Appears on soda bottles.  Selden and Oscar Twitchell were one of the largest bottlers supply houses in the United States.  They were the sons of the famous George S. Twitchell, who was an early and well to do mead and mineral water manufacturer in Philadelphia.  The company became S. Twitchell Company about 1891 and later opened a branch in Camden, New Jersey, and still later moved its headquarters there.  The company was still in business in 1991. The markings are on the base of the bottle and are associated with the Roorback's two 1885 patents, which were marketed as the "Twitchell Floating Ball" closure and often marked "F. B. S." for "Floating Ball Stopper."
	Union Glass Works, (1856-1858), New London, CN, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was organized on August 27, 1856.  By 1859, it was operating as the New London Glass Company.  The markings are on the front face of the bottle.
	Union Glass Works, (1847-1857), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 154 Bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  William Hartell & J. Lancaster reopened the Union Glass Works, on the Delaware River and in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, in 1847 and operated the factory there until Hartell's death in 1857.  Thomas Hartell joined the firm in 1850.  The works were closed and Thomas Hartell partnered with John Letchworth in the firm of Hartell & Letchworth in 1858 with a factory located 24th and George Street, near the Schuylkill River.   The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle or on the reverse heel.
	Union Lava Works, (approx: 1852-approx: 1855), Conshohocken, PA, United States, Occurs on 5 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  William H. Smith of Philadelphia patented a method of using slag from iron furnaces as a base for the manufacture of "lava-ware" in 1852.  As there were no glass workers listed in the 1850 census for Conshohocken, the works must have stated in that year and appear to be short lived.   The markings are on the reverse side of the bottle.
	Western Glass Manufacturing Company, (1900-1909), Denver, CO, United States, Occurs on 14 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  The Western Flint Glass Company was reorganized into the Western Glass Manufacturing Company in November of 1900.  A facsimile mark of the corporate seal was registered in January of 1901 and became the mark that identifies most of the bottles manufactured by this company.  It is often called the "buckle."  This mark is found on many bottles form the Rocky Mountain states.  In December of 1909 a fire destroyed the factory buildings and the plant closed operation.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Distinctive numbers can be observed on the front heel of some of the bottles and known numbers include 10, 15, 20 and 40 on soda bottles and 5, 30, 50 and 70 on beer bottles.
	Whitall-Tatum Company, (1901-1938), Philadelphia, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Appears on syrup bottles.  This works was founded in 1806 by James Lee as a window glass factory in Millville, New Jersey. It went through a series of owners including: Gideon Smith, Nathanial & Solomon, Burgin & Wood (1829), Burgin, Wood & Pearsall (1830-32), Burgin & Pearsall (1833-1835), Scattergood, Booth & Co. (1836-1838), Scattergood, Haverstick & Co. (1839-1844), Scattergood & Whitall (1845), Whitall & Brother (1846-1849), Whitall, Brother & Co. (1850-1857), Whitall, Tatum & Co. (1858-1900). Starting in 1901, the firm became Whitall-Tatum & Company.  Starting with Burgin & Wood, the early owners were Philadelphia druggists and these firms specialized in druggists wares.  The Whitall's being Quakers, refused to manufacture bottles for whiskey, wine or malt beverages, nor would they sell glass to the army or navy.  The main output of Whitall-Tatum Co. were druggists bottles and insulators, although they manufactured syrup bottles for use at soda fountains. The firm was sold to the Armstrong Cork Co. in 1938 and sold again to the A. H. Kerr & Co. in 1968, subsequent owners were Foster-Forbes Glass and American Can.  The plant closed in 1999. The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Whitney Glass Works, (1839-1918), Glassboro, NJ, United States, Occurs on 2 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles.  These works were established in 1775 by glass men from Wistar's Glassworks in Alloways Creek.  In 1839, the Whitney Brothers were in control of the Harmony Glass Works.  By 1861, the works were known as the Whitney Glass Works as seen on bottles, even though the company was known as Whitney Brothers.  In 1887, the name was officially changed to Whitney Glass Works.  Later, by 1909, it became the Whitney Glass Works Company.  The plant was purchased by Owens Bottle Company in 1918 and was operated as a division.  The markings are on the base of the bottle.
	Wightman, Thomas, & Company, (1873-1883), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 20 bottles, Manufactured soda and beer bottles.  The firm became a limited company in 1883 and in 1896, it became the Thomas Wightman Glass Company, but was dissolved in early in the twentieth century.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.
	Williamstown Glass Works, (approx: 1851-approx: 1894), Williamstown, NJ, United States, Occurs on 3 bottles, Manufactured soda bottles. This works started in 1835.  From 1842 to 1846 Joel Bodine was the sole owner.  Later, it was  Joel Bodine & Sons.  The Bodines operated the factory as the Washington Glass Works, but in the early 1850 it became the Williamstown Glass Works and is listed on a 1853 price list.  In 1855 it was operated by Bodine Brothers and in 1867 it became Bodine, Thomas  & Company.  Sometime between 1887 and 1894, the name changed to the Bodine Glass Company.  From 1899 to after 1920, it was the Williamstown Glass Company to 1899-1920.  The markings are on the front face of the bottle
	Winslow Glass Works, (approx: 1831-1892), Winslow, NJ, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured beer bottles.  These works were established by the Coffins, who established the Hammonton Glass Works.  Later the firm became Coffin & Hay.  By 1847, it became Coffin, Hay & Bowdle.  The works was operated by Andrew & John Hay or their heirs until 1884, when the works was leased to Tillyer Brothers.  The works burned in 1892 and was not rebuilt.  The markings are on the reverse of the bottle.
	Wisconsin Glass Company, (1881-1886), Milwaukee, WI, United States, Occurs on 12 bottles, Manufactured beer and soda bottles.  The company was organized to purchase the Chase Valley Glass Companies from Dr. Enoch Chase and other investors in 1881.  The company's production a wide variety of bottle and glassware, and competition from Indiana plants fueled by cheap natural gas led to its undoing.  The company faced significant financial problems that led to a labor strike when the company reduced wages.  This closed the factory in 1886.  The markings appear on the base and occasionally on the heel of the bottle.
	Wittemann Brothers, (1876-approx: 1929), New York, NY, United States, (1876-approx: 1920) Occurs on 2 bottles, Buffalo, NY, United States, (approx: 1920-approx: 1929) Appears on beer bottles.  This firm was founded in 1876 by Adolf, Rudolph, and Jacob Wittemann as a lithography company.  Producing images of photographs that Adolf had taken around the United States and Canada.  They started making labels for bottlers and moved into the bottling supply business.  With two different businesses being operated, in 1887, Adolf withdrew to form the Albertype Company, which focused on lithography, and Wittemann Brothers concentrated on the bottling and brewing supply business.  The company grew to a large extent, but was affected by quarrelling and National Prohibition. It was incorporated in 1908, but seemed to use the same name.  It was moved to Buffalo in about 1920.  The firm was still operating in 1929.   The markings are on the base of the bottle.  Notes
	Wormser, Ephraim, & Company, (1857-1876), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 1 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  In 1854, Wormser, Burgraff & Company established a glass factory known as the Pittsburgh Green Glass Company.  During the 1857 depression, the firm became E. Wormser & Company with the introduction of William Frank, Ephraim's brother-in-law.  The two also established another factory under the name of W. Frank & Company in 1858.  Both were partners in the other's named works.  In 1876, with the withdraw of William Frank, the firm became the Wormser Glass Company.  The markings are on the face of the bottle.
	Worsmer Glass Company, (1876-1929), Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Occurs on 2 bottle, Manufactured soda bottles.  This company was formed with the dissolution of Ephraim Wormser & Company in 1876.  Beer and wine bottles were listed as a specialty in 1908.  The works were listed as idle in 1929.  The markings appear on the base of the bottle.

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