Glas/Bottle Codes

Whisky Glass Bottle Codes at the bottom

How to date a bottle of Whisky

 

Source: http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks/ (very useful site with a huge number of information)

 

Bottle
Code
Glass Bottle Producer more
numbers,
more text
ml
content
Bottom picture Shape of the Bottle
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Dates
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Source of the dates
150 Glass Bottle Producer:
LS in circle

Lax and Shaw Ltd. Leeds
31
LIQUOR BOTTLE UNITED KINGDOM
750  
160 20 750  
452 01
LIQUOR BOTTLE SCOTLAND
700  
Glass Bottle Producer:
A G C
Allied Glass Containers Limited
10
LIQUOR BOTTLE SCOTLAND
700  
Glass Bottle Producer:
LS in circle

Lax and Shaw Ltd. Leeds
17
LIQUOR BOTTLE SCOTLAND
700   
21
LIQUOR BOTTLE SCOTLAND
700  
812 01
LIQUOR BOTTLE SCOTLAND
1000  
1143 Glass Bottle Producer:
O-I mark
(most recent used by Owens-Illinois)
B12
E08
700ml  62mm (inner diameter)
700  
SC 96 Glass Bottle Producer:

UG in hexagon

UG
 ....United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Inc. (large conglomerate of many glass factories in the United Kingdom). Mark dates from 1969.
  750     1972-1975

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SC 247   750     1980-1985

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SC 295   750     1968-1978

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SC 803   750     1975-1978

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SC 999   750     1979-1987

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SD 133   750     1986-1997

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SD764 74
U8
700ml  62mm (inner diameter)
700 1993-2005

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Bottle
Code
Glass Bottle Producer
& more text
more
numbers
ml
content
Bottom picture Shape of the Bottle
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Dates
used from - to
Source of the dates