Fun find out of a home. This is a vintage glass dairy bottle or milk bottle or cream bottle in the small half pint (1/2 pint) size. Used by and marked for Orange Farms Dairy of Dallas, PA, which is a borough in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania.

Clear glass collectible milk bottle in a four panel, square shape with rounded corners/side edges, with bright orange embossing. Measures about 5 7/16 inches in height, and about 2 1/4 inches in width and depth. The round/circular top is overall 1 1/2 inches in diameter, with an opening diameter of about 1 inch. We believe this is the type of bottle which would have had a crimped metal type cap, since it does not have the molded slight/thin inner glass rim at the bottom of the neck portion on which a flat milk bottle cap would rest (we do not have the cap). It has very thick glass rimming the top opening (about 1/4 inch in width/glass thickness here), with molded protruding bumps under the top rim.

All embossing are words. On one side it states "Orange Farms Dairy, Dallas, PA. 18612". The opposing outer side again states the company name, with a product listing below that "Try our Cream, Cottage Cheese, Buttermilk, Chocolate Milk, Orange Drink, Orange Juice, Eggs". The other two square body sides are blank/have no embossing. There are raised molded letters along the base on all four sides but these are very hard to read, not due to wear but they are just not strongly raised letters. We can make out "Half Pint" on one side, with "Liquid" on the next panel side, then perhaps "3 Reg", with finally perhaps "Sealed 52S" on the last panel side. On the underside base there is impressed into the glass a small central circle with two lightly impressed numbers near this which we think are "69".

This is a vintage piece from the style. From some internet research, zip codes were introduced by the post office in July 1963 so we are guessing that this bottle dates to the 1960s. The old empty bottle weighs about 8 ounces unpacked.

Because of the great condition of this bottle, it photographed fairly easily. The 8 images are shot using the camera lighting so this creates white "hot spot" reflections on the smooth glass surfaces. We've provided images showing varied sides and close-ups. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.

Very nice overall condition with no chips, cracks or pieces missing that we see. The orange embossing is in great shape, with just a touch of wear, nothing bad (there are dots of wear at the top of the "g" and "e" in the larger "Orange" name on the front side). As made, there are a few bubbles & striations in the glass. There is a bit of expected age/use wear to the glass but nothing bad at all. You can see a bit of white skim along the interior base (not bad but there), and minor expected wear on the bottle body, such as dots, some pin/pit dots, small scratches/scrapes, a few spots, etc., but not much....this piece has survived very well.

A neat addition to any collection of milk bottles, particularly one related to this specific geographical area. Also could be added to a collection generally related to historical items from Dallas, in Luzerne County in Penna., or displayed as part of country kitchen decor.