1923 Coke large store display bottle

[beith_2005]

I went back and looked at mine and it is owens-illinois. It was dark when i looked at it. So they are probably all like that.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I went back and looked at mine and it is owens-illinois. It was dark when i looked at it. So they are probably all like that.

beith_2005 Are your display bottles the 1923 Patent or the D-Patent? Both patents were made but I have been unable to find a picture of the base for the D-Patent bottles. The base picture I posted earlier has the Illinois Glass mark. The large circle around the mark is some kind of mold mark and is not a part of the makers mark. ~ * ~ Here's the link I posted earlier, plus the copy/pasted text from it. It's a little confusing because the author says the display bottles were first offered in 1927 and 1928, and yet he also says they were made by and marked on the base with Owens-Illinois. But because Owens-Illinois did not come into existence until 1929, it seems impossible that the 1927-1928 bottles could have been made by the Owens-Illinois Company. The author also says the bottles were changed to the D-Patent in 1937. Notice in the attached picture that the original cardboard carton says COMPLIMENTS of ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY, but says nothing about the OWENS-ILLINOIS COMPANY. ~ * ~ Link and Text ...

http://earlycoke.com/1937displaybottle.html

First appearing in the 1927 Coca-Cola Bottlers Price List, the "giant" Coca-Cola bottle was offered to bottler's as "an exact reproduction of the 6 ounce bottle". This bottle was identical to the 6 ounce bottle, right down to the "Bottle Pat'd Dec 25,1923" embossing on the body of the bottle.Available in January of 1928, the 20 inch tall "Christmas Bottle" was made by the Owens Illinois Glass Company (as shown by the I and O embossed on the bottom).The empty bottle was shipped to bottlers in a cardboard box directly from the glass company. The bottle was wrapped in a protective sleeve of corrugated cardboard. Included in the box was a 2.25 inch wide bottle cap made by The Cork, Crown & Seal Company and a lightweight card that explained how to make the "colored liquid" contents to fill the bottle.By the large number of bottles still available today — and the period photographs showing the bottle in use, its seems to have been very well received. I have seen photos of the bottle being used in point-of-purchase displays inside the store, high on shelves near the cash register, sitting on the store counter, and in window displays.In 1937 the bottle was changed to reflect the new D-105529 bottle patent. These "D Patent" bottles were offered in the bottler's price list for the next eight years until 1945, when they were discontinued. [ Original Bottle ~ Tag ~ Cardboard Box ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Talk about "Giant" display bottles, check out these brutes ...

 

[cowseatmaize]

How about this one![][] FROM Feel free to donate, I believe the project is still in progress.Sorry, not Coke but still.

 

[cowseatmaize]

I wonder which is bigger, that or the Collinsville catsup water tower (-the stand). FROM

 

[beith_2005]

I have the 1923, pat-d, and the acl. The bases of the 1923 and pat-d look like the base pic you posted. The acl has the circle with the I in the center and 1969 on the bottom. The 1923 has a 1 under the mark and the pat-d has a 3 to the right and a 7 under it. From what I've been told the pat-d is the rarest. After looking closer at the 2 I think that circle around the diamond is a mold line

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Of the 50+ pictures I found of the Coca Cola display bottles, only two included pictures of the bases ( both of which I am showing here side-by-side). And of the 50+ examples, all but about three of them were the 1923 patents. The D-105529 patent display bottles are definitely harder to come by than the 1923s.

The pictures below are 1923s and both have the Illinois Glass mark with an "I" in a diamond. I have not been able to find a picture of the base on a D-105529, although I do know that the standard 6 ounce D-105529 bottles were first introduced in 1938. I'm not sure when the 20-inch D-105529 display examples were first introduced other than it had to have been during or after 1938 and most likely made by Owens-Illinois.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Oops! ???

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's a 1923 display bottle on the left and a D-105529 on the right, but no pictures of the bases. They are almost identical except for the patent information below the Coca Cola script.

 

[lblackvelvet]

Thanks Bob, You guys are great about providing great information. Kevin.... I still have yet to see the bottle!!