Puzzling Hutchinson

Screwtop · Sep 2, 2018

A few years ago, I saw my first Hutchinson soda bottle. It was this one, only $5 at the time. It is mostly unmarked, save the makers mark and bottom stamp. The makers mark reads M. B. & G. Co. 33. (Massilon Bottle and Glass Company 1900-1904). The other mark reads "THE LIQUID". The bottle appears to have a slug plate at the front. Any ideas?

blobbottlebob · Sep 2, 2018

Hey Screwtop.
I was trying to post a link but I'm having trouble. Try going to the search tool at the top. Search for the term liquid then add the author Iggyworf. he found a similar bottle. Apparently, an Jndiana company marked all types of bottling apparatus. I personally have found hutchinson stoppers that had the term liquid written right on them.

Cool bottle. It likely had a paper label that described the contents. I call these hutches blanks. In my experience, anyway, they are harder to find than embossed examples.

blobbottlebob · Sep 2, 2018

That search didn't work that well. Try to search for "hutchinson?" with the question mark. Then scroll down to the post by Iggyworf.

Screwtop · Sep 3, 2018

Don't worry about the link. I found it, and I think you solved my problem. Thank you very much!

hemihampton · Sep 6, 2018

I have at least 2 or 3 different Michigan Hutch's with the same Bottle makers mark & the Liquid on bottom. Which can be seen in Ron Fowler's HUTCHBOOK.COM Hutch Website under Michigan Hutch's. LEON.

hemihampton · Sep 6, 2018

hemihampton · Sep 6, 2018

Another pic.

Screwtop · Sep 7, 2018

I think that it is a little weird to have a slug plate, yet no embossing. Is this normal?

hemihampton · Sep 7, 2018

Not really normal but i have found some like that on a couple of occasions. LEON.

CanadianBottles · Sep 7, 2018

The slug plate mark with no embossing is because it was assumed that anyone ordering them would want the embossing to protect their fairly expensive bottles so a fully smooth mold wasn't made. Still, it was possible to order them without embossing, as ill-advised as that may have been, and some particularly cheap companies did do it. I've got a couple with base embossing only, but mine are an earlier 1880s design which I suspect was used by companies that didn't have any competitors using the bottles at that time to worry about.

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