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Published on 2011/11/30, by in Beachcombing.

Seaglass with writing on itOccasionally, I find a piece of Sea Glass with writing on it.  I enhanced the brightness and contrast on this picture.  if you look closely in the white circled area, you may be able to make out the word JAVEX. So I thought this glass came from an old bleach bottle. Interesting.  I never knew bleach came in glass bottles. So I Googled “glass javex bottle” and wound up on the Glass Gallery website.  Wow! that picture looks like the piece of bottle I found on the beach.

glass bleach bottle

 

Then, I inherited this glass JAVEX bottle.  Information on this bottle is a bit sketchy but it seems the glass bottles went out of production between 1940 and 1960. They were made by the Dominion Glass Company.  So I know my glass piece is about 50 years old, but it does not necessarily mean it has been “underwater” for 50 years.

 

 

 

Bottom of glass javex bottleHere is a picture of the bottom of the bottle.  In future posts I will talk about some of these markings and how they are helpful in identifying the origin of glass.

 

Thanks for stopping by. Next time I promise some news for newcomers to Prince Edward Island.

Granny ~oo~