Topic: What does mod dep mean ?

[buttonfluff]

Picked up a small jug looks maybe like  a vinegar/oil or medical!! it has mod dep and what looks like a joined ve then a seperate A then made in italy and numbers250cc moulded on the base ,i read that mod dep is someting to do with france ? is this right and can it be identified by the base marks ? have searched some sites but no idea --many thanks .

[Ivo]

sounds like a bottle from the Vetreria Empoli catalogue.

[Max]

In French it means that it's a registered design.   Googling might help you.  

[buttonfluff]

Thanks Ivo ill check that out .
I had googled and googled and only found one reference on a question site -i first thought m.o.d. department haha -maybe i need to change search engines..  many thanks

[chriscooper]

Hi try googling modele depose (French?) also appears on Italian items.
Chris

[pamela]

Italian modelo depositato 

[buttonfluff]

Thankyou i think im there now ..kerryn .

[Porsha_valiant]

I also have the same inscriptions in glass. It is an elephant bottle. I've been searching and nothing.. Anybody??? Thanks

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[Anne]

Hi and welcome to the board.

It means registered design, in other words the design has been registered with a central authority in whichever country to protect it from being ripped out by others. It is usually seen on French or Italian glass items. In the UK the equivalent mark would be Rd.No. or Regd. No., both being followed by a number.