DUPRS_0020 H. J. Heinz Co. Bottle

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Title

DUPRS_0020 H. J. Heinz Co. Bottle

Subject

H. J. Heinz Co. clear glass octagonal bottle basal fragment.

Description

Clear glass octagonal bottle basal fragment. Around the broken base the bottle reads H. J. Heinz Co. and Pat. 9 or B (it is unclear which). In the center of the base is 73 in a circle.

Creator

H. J. Heinz Co.

Source

Selective Surface collection, East Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)

Publisher

Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey

Date

Between 1896 to the early 1900s

Contributor

Maria Masucci

Type

Glass

Coverage

The shape of the bottle, H. J. Heinz & Co. and the number 73 embossed on the base can be used to identify the product. #73 would be a bottle hand blown in the Heinz Glass factory in Sharpsburg, PA. of flint glass between 1896-1908. #73 held several different pickled products, such as pickles, cauliflower, onions and peppers.
Mr. H. J. Heinz founded the company in 1869. In 1875 he sold his company to his brother John and cousin Frederick. They called their company F&J Heinz, using the initials from their first names. They eventually sold the companies back to HJ in 1888 and the name became H.J. Heinz.
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Heinzbottlecodes.pdf
The company was started by Henry J. Heinz and from a young age he began bottling vegetables. The company had various versions involving family members and associates and even bought a glass blowing factory in order to produce their own bottles. The firm reached success as H. J. Heinz around 1888 and by 1898, the firm was growing “all of its own crops, with farms in several states and different plants for different products. The company had branch offices in various states and as far away as London, England.”
“Heinz strongly supported the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and used it to his advantage (Alberts 1973:171-180). On catsup bottles, for example, he added “free from benzoate of soda”; “guaranteed pure”; and noted that his product “complied with all laws throughout the world” (Foster & Kennedy 2006:39).”
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Heinz.pdf
Lockhart, Bill, Beau Schriever, Bill Lindsey, and Carol Serr
The H.J. Heinz Co. and the H.J. Heinz Glass Co.

Files

Citation

H. J. Heinz Co. , “DUPRS_0020 H. J. Heinz Co. Bottle,” Drew University Library Special Collections, accessed March 29, 2024, http://omeka.drew.edu/items/show/674.