Coke Bottle Bottom Markings

How to identify antique bottle markings.

Coke bottle bottom markings.

This style of the coca cola trade mark is almost a trade mark in itself. And root coke bottles with the large base numbers have a distinctive coca cola trademark with a very thick lat footed tail of the c in coca figure 6. The following link will take one to david whitten s exceptional webpages that cover most known american glass makers marks assigning specific markings to the known or strongly suspected user of the marking glass factory marks on bottles website david whitten is a serious avocational student of bottle and insulator makers marks and his pages are a wealth of information on the subject. The interesting thing was that the only mark on the bottom of this bottle was an anchor hocking maker s mark.

Another tip to date coke bottles is above the base sides of the bottles are molded. Additional points that may help. The other was a broken coca cola bottle 6 or 7oz size. Before manufacturing coke bottles coca cola was produced in.

As a matter of fact all 3 have unique characteristics. On earlier flasks fruit jars and soda bottles and especially examples produced in the mid nineteenth century period 1840s 1860s the full factory name or initials may be embossed across the front. The designer soda dates the area to around 1916 to the late 20 s. Although many factors including condition rarity and age contribute to the worth of an antique bottle the markings on the bottom or side of the glass can tell you quite a bit about a bottle s history and value follow these steps to understand the markings on your bottle.

Coca cola bottles as well as all non coca cola bottles made by root. This is called a cup bottom seam. The word root will be present on those bottles. Any of the.

The root base mark can be seen in original coke glass bottles. Usually embossed on the base marks may also appear on the lower heel area on certain types of bottles especially sodas. Dating antique coke bottles how to tell the age of coca cola bottles quick tutorial on how to date antique coke bottles. Found me another straight side coke bottle with etched markings 18 and lp before and after the property of coca cola bottling co on the bottom.

Marks on bottles and bill porter md bill or maryland bill was and is a devoted researcher on the subject of hobble skirt coca cola bottles. Note this paragraph added to webpage on january 4 2014. There are many types of authentic older amber beer bottle brown glass coke bottles in existence from a variety of cities across the us but they are usually the straight sides types made between 1900 and 1920. There are so many bottle variation.

I ve had 3 of the same bottle a straight side brewton ala but have never seen these markings.