amber Pepsi bottle ???

[b0ttl3capgirl]

Hello everyone,
Can someone please help me with this? Did Pepsi really produce amber colored glass bottles? I want to know if these are legit Pepsi bottles or not & how can you tell if they are? A vendor at a local flea market has 2 of them. I dont have pictures of the actual bottles but I have attached a picture of the clear version that I am talking about. Best that I can remember, I believe they are both 10 or 12 ounce, swirl style bottles.

Thank you so much!

 

[LC]

I have never seen an amber swirled Pepsi and have never heard of one them existing . There is a straight sided amber Pepsi that dates around 1910 I believe , I have one of them put some place , and some years back I saw an amber Pepsi made like the ones from the fifties . I have often wondered about that one as well being it is the only one of those I have ever seen . Then too , they may have been made in other states , never thought of that . If anyone has knowledge of an amber Pepsi from the 50s , I would like to see your comments . A friend of mine had the one I mentioned , and he passed away a couple of years ago . I do not know if his wife still has his bottles or not .

 

[morbious_fod]

People use radiation to turn clear bottles a smoky amber, the fact that there are two of them this is the most likely scenario.

 

[splante]

I agree with morbious_fod, if the guy had one i would be very curious to check it out. Two he is cooking them and trying to pass them off,once those two sell he will magicaly have two more next week, just my opinion, did you get a date code from the "amber" bottle

 

[acls]

Pepsi does have some green glass versions of this bottle but not amber. Like morbious and splante said more than likely this bottle was irradiated by xrays or high powered UV sterilization lights.

There is also a guy up in Kentucky who has been monkeying around with Pepsi bottles for a while. He turns them amber and refers to them as "CE" bottles or chemically enhanced bottles. He uses a method other than radiation to doctor them, but won't reveal how he does it. They usually turn a very deep chocolate brown color.

 

[LC]

Do you have any of the green versions Matt ? If so , could you post a pic as I would like to see it being I have never seen a green one either .

 

[digdug]

Here is a link to the green Pepsi I had. I sold it at Columbia Bottle Show.

https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-376405/mpage-1/tm.htm

 

[LC]

Thanks Doug , do you recall where it was made ? For some reason I just don't remember a green one .

 

[digdug]

I don't remember which glass plant it was made at. I am thinking it had a G on the bottom in a box, Is that Gresham glass?

 

[LC]

I can't say Doug , I was wondering if possibly it came from Canada .