shunyadragon
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Among all the bottles I found is a brown beer bottle with large WAS letter embossed on the bottom. I do not believe it is particularly old, but I was curious what WAS means.
Brown beer bottle with WAS on the bottom.
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It would help if you could post a picture. I've never heard of WAS.
shunyadragon
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i will follow with a picture, but simply the letters are large covering the bottom and W.A.S.
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shunyadragon
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The following is a picture of the bottom. When I cleaned it I noticed in small letters 25S. I checked some lists of bottle marks and could not find this mark.
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shunyadragon
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Thank you for the information! It does have a nice rainbow patina when cleaned. Mine is brown likely a beer bottle.
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shunyadragon
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My research did not reveal that Southern Glass Company 1924-1926 or Southern Glass Works in various times in history used this WAS mark. I guess the 25S is the Southern Glass mark possibly made in 1925.
I checked this reference under S and W and could not find the mark. WAS may be a mark associated with the beer company.
I agree that it appears to be a 1920's beer bottle.
I checked this reference under S and W and could not find the mark. WAS may be a mark associated with the beer company.
I agree that it appears to be a 1920's beer bottle.
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Yeah W.A.S. is almost certainly the brewery's initials, but I have no idea what it would stand for unfortunately. I've never seen one before.
blobbottlebob
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Hey Shunya,
I've seen many bottles (not this one) that have an "S" date on them from A.B.Co. (American Bottle Co 1906-1929 Streator, IL.). For example "12-S" means a born on mold date of 1912. If I'm right, yours dates to 1925. Pretty consistent with what others have thought.
I've seen many bottles (not this one) that have an "S" date on them from A.B.Co. (American Bottle Co 1906-1929 Streator, IL.). For example "12-S" means a born on mold date of 1912. If I'm right, yours dates to 1925. Pretty consistent with what others have thought.
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