Does any body recognize this bottle? I can only make out that the word "Columbia" is written in script on an angle. I suspect it is from the Coals Regions of PA.
Thanks,
I need to find out if the picture of this bottle (sorry for the poor quality) that I think is embossed The Chas D. Kaier Co. / Mahanoy City, PA (in a round plate) has a base marking of "D1" or some other marking. I have never actually seen this bottle whole, but have seen a ton of Kaier bottles.
I need to find out if the picture of this bottle (sorry for the poor quality) embossed Columbia Bottling Co / big C / Dickens City, PA (in a horseshoe plate) and may have "Registered 1889" on the reverse base has a base marking of "5" or some other marking. I have never actually seen a whole...
I need to find out if the picture of this bottle (sorry for the poor quality) embossed Lykens Brewing Co. / monogram / Lykens, Pa. has a base marking of 2B or 2A or some other marking.
Does anyone have one of these Philly blobs embossed as follows:
(^) J. SCHMIDGALL / 1826 / NORTH 25TH STR / (U) PHILADELPHIA (all in oval plate) / THIS BOTTLE REGISTERED / NOT TO BE SOLD //
I am desperate to know what the base embossing is.
I update my web site www.sodasandbeers.com adding over 825 new bottles, 475 new photos (Many from North Jersey & 34 new pontiled bottles) and a comprehensive article on the earliest American soda bottles circ: 1810-1844. The link to the article is on the home page. Did I miss anything?
Thought this might be of interest. In addition to the super rare beer bottles, you might uncover some bodies by digging here:
Sunday Dispatch June 2, 1850
BUENA VISTA HOUSE
GLOUCESTER, N. J., is now in complete order to
receive boarders and visitors. Considerable sums
of money...
I updated the site and greatly enhanced the "Collector's Shelf" concept by giving the user the ability to create their own shelf with pictures from the site. I also made a couple of new shelves including early Baltimore Beer Bottles, Early Kentucky bottles and early Wheeling bottles, as well as...
I have updated the SodasandBeers.com and added several new feartures. First is the ability to map any search results and links from the closures page to map closures.
But what I would like comments on is the collector's self demonstration page. Is this something I should expand? It can be...
I added google maps to the manufacturers area on my web site www.sodasandbeers.com. There is a map to plot all of the listed glass houses, potteries and jobbers and maps that show all of the bottles made at each glass works.
Looking for feedback.
After over 13 months, I have made a major update to www.sodasandbeers.com. There are over 3,700 new bottles listed for a grand total of over 18,100 and about 25% are now pictured. All known primative stoneware bottles are now documented (over 3,200) and all known Baltimore beer bottles are...
I'm trying to track down the maker behind the H & F mark on the base following beer bottles:
Burt Bros of East Stroudsburg, PA
Bush Bottling Co. of Penn Yan, PA
Boller & Co. of Elizabeth, NJ
Anybody have any others?
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