Hobbleskirt Coke with 1916 date error

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

P.S. I'm eliminating Root Glass as a possible candidate because in Bill Porter's book he says ... "All Root bottles from 1909 on are dated and all have Root somewhere."

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

I'm also eliminating Lynchburg Glass because Bill Porter says (in part) ... " ... they used gray glass." He underlined the word gray.

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

Based on what I've come up with, that leaves ... 1. Graham Glass2. F.E. Reed & Co.

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

I've decided to eliminate Reed Glass because ... 1. Bill Porter says they used an 'R' in a triangle with no indication their bottles were never marked.2. They didn't start producing hobbleskirts until 1920, and by that time most of the bottles were embossed with a town/state on the base. The only glass maker I can come up with that made 1915 hobbleskirts and didn't use a makers mark prior to 1917 was ... The Graham Glass Company

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

This might sound like a conspiracy theory, but did-ja know that Graham Glass also entered a bottle at the 1916 Coca Cola convention in Atlanta, Georgia where Earl R. Dean's/Root Glass bottle was selected? There's an interesting story surrounding the Graham bottle, which I won't go into now, but suffice it to say the Graham entry was a non-winner which resurfaced in recent years and is now considered an extremely rare and valuable bottle. But what's most interesting is, the Graham bottle was patented in 1916 and I suspect there might have been some hard feelings between Graham Glass and the Coca Cola Company because the Root bottle was selected over the Graham bottle. Who knows, maybe Graham did produce the 1916 error bottles and intentionally marked them with the wrong patent date to get back at Coca Cola for not choosing their bottle. 1. November 21, 1916 Patent for Graham bottle2. Graham bottle that was entered at the 1916 convention - embossed with Coca Cola

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

In Search of ... Any soda bottle with a solo number 4 on the base, especially if it's somehow related to the Graham Glass Company.

SODAPOPBOB · Dec 11, 2014

Here's the base on the 1916 non-winning Graham Coca Cola prototype bottle, which obviously does not have the number 4 on it ...

cobaltbot · Dec 11, 2014

Mine was found in Maryland.

Canadacan · Dec 11, 2014

Only problem with the conspiracy theory is the advertising had 1916 on the bottles.

jblaylock · Dec 12, 2014

Just wanted to say I love reading threads that SPB is investigating a mystery.

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