Thanks Treasure Rat!
Any idea of age? I assume the squeezer is depression glass and the ink well does not have the seam through the lip. The bottom is slightly concave with a fine textured roughness to the glass bottom. No marks.
CSJ
Thanks Greg!
I found out from another source that the "Root 160 31" found on the heel is broken down into the Bottling Co. (Root, as you said) and the three digit is the mold, the 2 digit is the year. But I don't understand if the year was 1931 then why not use the mold that shows the patent...
I have an old Pat'd 1915 bottle with New York on the bottom and " 160 Root 31" on it I know the Root refers to the bottler, Root Co. I did some research and couldn't find the value posted for NY bottles. Many other city names but never a mention of NY. Help?
First photo of bottom
Thanks! CSJ
To Ride On:
Here is a link to a "Twisted Coke bottle" on eBay. What I remember seeing in the 60's.[8D]
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1350&item=3291653295&rd=1
Enjoy!
CSJ
Lastly, a set on some bricks. This was all from 3 days spent collecting what came up from an excavation for a foundation hole in central NJ. For further detail see original posting under: "Digging and Finding" forum titled; "Excavating foundation.
Enjoy!
CSJ
Hi all!
This is a continuation from a posting under "Digging and Finding" forum titled; "Excavating foundation...". I was asked by a memeber to post a few photos of the collection so here they are! Any ID help would be appreciated. Don't know if all are post 1900, but most probabaly are. I...
OK everyone!
Am posting collection photos from that foundation excavation on "What is it: Post 1900" forum. Thanks for all your help!
Any further ID help would be great! The embossed bottles I am researching include the ribbed Orange Crush, Coke, some of the whiskey bottles and local soda...
and another showing that the seam on the lip is separate from the bottle's seam. What's interesting is that inside the lip, the seam is smoothed and can only be seen from the exterior. The entire lip has a different texture than the bottle, rougher. The tiny bright spots on the bottle aren't...
To KAT:
I photographed the seam showing that it follows the twisting motion that deformed the bottle. So it was blown and then twisted while still warm. Also easy to see the may bubbles in this piece, note that the bobbles are elongated and twist as well! I think the bottom didn't change much...
To Maine Digger:
I chose Arial at font size three. Does it look bold? Sorry! I'll leave it tiny!
The bottom is flat, the glass is very thick, too. Yes, looks old to me, too. There is a seam but the lip appears to be applied last as the two seams don't match. There are no ID marks of any...
Hi VTspring:
I will try to post some photos this Saturday. They are soaking right now to remove dirt.
Yes, I love my job, except for in the Winter! [&:]
Right now it's wonderful![:)]
I did post photos in "What's this post 1900 forum". It's a twisted aqua bottle 2 ft. tall. Not from this...