Orange Crush Amber "Krinkly" Dating Help

[SODABOB]

shadeone

Great find - However, now it begs the question as to who and when the Mae West nickname originated? As for myself, I don't know.

 

[Canadacan]

From one news article it was referred to as the new Crystal bottle another just sated it was clear.
I guess the biggest name use was 'King Size'
As for Mae West?...I think that's just collectors terminology borrowed from the reference to Coke bottles? Me I actually prefer the less used term 'Diamond Draped' !!!...now I'd like to know where that one came from!

 

[SODABOB]

Cc

Have you seen this one?

1955

Did ja know that Bludwine coined the nickname "Hobble Skirt" before the Patent 1915 Coca Cola bottle was designed?

 

[SODABOB]

P.S.

Just for the record ...


1913 Bludwine Ad

View attachment Bludwine El Paso Herald March 15, 1913 (2).jpg

 

[Canadacan]

Bob thanks for those!.. I'm sure I completely missed that giant bottle photo!

 

[SODABOB]

After doing some research, the best hypothesis I could come up with regarding why an amber Orange Crush bottle was produced as late as 1964, is as follows ...

1. The L64 is definitely a Laurens Glass Works mark for 1964

2. The 1095 is either a style number or a Laurens catalog number - The 1 is a mold cavity number

3. The bottle's existence may not be as mysterious as it seems. I believe it's not only possible, but highly likely that the Orange Crush bottle in question was bottled by a single bottler who specifically requested them from Laurens. Even though I cannot backup my single bottler hypothesis with any documentation, if the bottler can be found, I believe it would provide us with some additional information that might explain the rest of the story.

Question: WHO bottled it and WHERE were they located?

 

[SODABOB]

P.S. / Suggestion

Conduct a search and see if we can find any other Orange Crush bottles with 1095 on the base, Especially if they can be dated earlier than 1964. I haven't done this yet, but will as time allows. If any exist, they could provide a clue or two.

 

[Canadacan]

You know it's entirely possible that it's a mold makers error.

 

[SODABOB]

Cc

I'm basing my hypothesis on the fact that Laurens used a solo L on some of their later bottles.

 

[SODABOB]

Another thing I noticed are different mold cavity numbers - 1 - 5 - and 6 - which suggest there were at least six molds on the bottle forming machine. If the marks are a mold makers error, then how do we account for the different mold numbers? Please note that I am just trying to make some sense of this and that noting is etched in glass yet (pun intended).

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