bottlebugs
Well-Known Member
you are on the right track...look at part 3 for the later codes etc...
The pontil (suction) scar places it after 1934 but before about 1950...the 75
is the liquor permit code...and...it is before 1964..so my best guess is around 1945
to split the difference...too bad the date code to the left is obscured.
"The requirements called for a specific code
sequence on bases, with the distiller number (beginning
with D), rectifier number (beginning with R), or import
number (beginning with I) on top, followed by a second
line with the glass house (federal) number to the left,
followed by either a dash or the manufacturer’s logo
(Figure 20). If a dash were used, the logo had to appear
elsewhere on the base. The number to the left was a date
code, and two-digit numbers were required during 1940 (in a different ordinance). The configuration for flask bases or bottle heels were very similar. In addition, the shoulder of the bottles had to be embossed “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE.” The requirements were not rescinded until 1964."
The pontil (suction) scar places it after 1934 but before about 1950...the 75
is the liquor permit code...and...it is before 1964..so my best guess is around 1945
to split the difference...too bad the date code to the left is obscured.
"The requirements called for a specific code
sequence on bases, with the distiller number (beginning
with D), rectifier number (beginning with R), or import
number (beginning with I) on top, followed by a second
line with the glass house (federal) number to the left,
followed by either a dash or the manufacturer’s logo
(Figure 20). If a dash were used, the logo had to appear
elsewhere on the base. The number to the left was a date
code, and two-digit numbers were required during 1940 (in a different ordinance). The configuration for flask bases or bottle heels were very similar. In addition, the shoulder of the bottles had to be embossed “FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE.” The requirements were not rescinded until 1964."