Amber-Yellow Soda Bottle?

Acey1981 · Jul 15, 2018

I recently went to a yard sale and picked up a few bottles. One that has stumped me is an Amber/Yellow glass bottle, 9 1/2" tall, with an embossed Maltese cross marking on the bottom. I am thinking it is a soda bottle but I don't think the color is right for soda. Their are a few air bubbles in the glass, and the seams on the sides are apparent from the base to the top. I attached a few pictures and am hoping someone has seen something like this and can ID it.

Thanks Bob

CanadianBottles · Jul 16, 2018

Looks to me like a beer bottle, likely from somewhere other than North America. No idea what glass company used a Maltese cross as a logo.

Robby Raccoon · Jul 16, 2018

The top looks tooled, not machine-made?
I'd also suggest not of American production.

Acey1981 · Jul 18, 2018

So I am totally perplexed on this bottle. I started looking for European bottle manufacturers and have still come up empty. Also thought based on the guestimated age it might have been a German WW I manufactured soda/beer bottle, that too didn't bear any fruit!

Might have to hit some book stores and libraries to go beyong the Internet searches.

If anyone has an epiphany on who made this bottle I would be greatful.

Thanks, Bob

Robby Raccoon · Jul 18, 2018

There's a good chance it's not a maker's mark on the bottle. Look at older Pluto Water bottles: they had a devil on the bottom of their bottles, but it isn't a maker's mark.

CanadianBottles · Jul 18, 2018

It'll be pretty tough to figure out what the mark signifies. It's not necessarily a European bottle either, I've seen South/Central American bottles that look somewhat like that, and really that sort of beer bottle design was used nearly everywhere. Finding the origins of American bottles with only a maker's mark can be quite difficult, and they're some of the most well-documented in the world. It can be nearly impossible for the rest of the world because other places generally don't have anyone who cares enough about this sort of bottle to try to figure out what the marks mean and then publish a book on them.

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