Coca-Cola Bottle
Designer: Earl Dean for the Root Glass Company, Indiana (American)
Manufacturer: Glass Container Division, Owens-Illinois Glass Company (American)
Date: after 1932
Dimensions:
H: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm); Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Medium: Colorless glass; mold-blown and firepolished.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward T. Hill
Object number: 2004.1
Label Text:The Coca-Cola bottle, one of the first glass containers to be patented solely on its distinctive shape, was patented on November 16, 1915. Its design was based on the form of the cocoa bean pod. In 1960 the "contour bottle" was registered as a trademark rather than a patent, because a trademark lasts indefinitely. The Coca-Cola Company convinced the U.S. Patent Office that the very shape had taken on trademark status. By that time, it had been called the most recognized container in the history of the world.
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