Beach Bottle

[ncdellwood]

Hello & Happy New Year!

Asking for identification or information, please.

I'm not a bottle collector.. yet.

When this bottle floated right to my feet at the beach on Saturday it made me curious.

I took it home and started trying to learn about it.

So far, All I know is the obvious bits: "4/5 pint" is written along the sides at the bottom of the bottle and it has the number 7851, & what I think is an Anchor Hocking symbol, & the number 7 and the number 10 all on the bottom.

Here are a few photos that hopefully will allow the bottle to be identified.

Thank you for any info and assistance!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like you're doing your research.
While it is fairly modern (under 50 years old) and seems to be liquor-related by cap type and that it lists its content by pint, I'm not familiar with this particular design and would hazard a guess for age at 30 to 40 years.

 

[ncdellwood]

Welcome to the forum.
Sounds like you're doing your research.
While it is fairly modern (under 50 years old) and seems to be liquor-related by cap type and that it lists its content by pint, I'm not familiar with this particular design and would hazard a guess for age at 30 to 40 years.

Wow.
If this bottle has been at sea for 30 years, that's pretty cool.
I went to the Anchor Hocking website and found they have a customer service email address so I'm going to see if I can get a response there. Maybe they can say if it was made by them and maybe have more information.
Thanks so much for responding, I really appreciate your input!

 

[Screwtop]

1970s I'd say.

 

[ncdellwood]

1970s I'd say.

Thanks, so much!

 

[CanadianBottles]

Reminds me a bit of the Japanese bottles we used to find on the west coast, though if it's got the Anchor Hocking logo on it I assume it's not one of those.

 

[ncdellwood]

Reminds me a bit of the Japanese bottles we used to find on the west coast, though if it's got the Anchor Hocking logo on it I assume it's not one of those.

Thanks so much! I'm quite possibly wrong regarding the Anchor Hocking symbol. It's really faint on the bottle and so far a photo of it has not worked.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Now that I think about it more, it does have a shape and design some modern Saki bottles still use. Saki is a Japanese rice wine. It's commonly sold in America, so Canadian Bottle's comment makes me wonder if it's quite possible that it's an early attempt to lend cultural appreciation to a popular foreign drink as marketed in the U.S.

 

[ncdellwood]

Now that I think about it more, it does have a shape and design some modern Saki bottles still use. Saki is a Japanese rice wine. It's commonly sold in America, so Canadian Bottle's comment makes me wonder if it's quite possible that it's an early attempt to lend cultural appreciation to a popular foreign drink as marketed in the U.S.

So it's possible that back in the 70s:
some folks took a sailboat out to sea
and drank sake.
till they couldn't see
then dumped their sake
off for me.
Or is all of that a little to silly?

Thank you, again, for the reply! I'm not sure what to google regarding this. I am having fun with it though, thanks for that!!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

So it's possible that back in the 70s:
some folks took a sailboat out to sea
and drank sake.
till they couldn't see
then dumped their sake
off for me.
Or is all of that a little to silly?

Thank you, again, for the reply! I'm not sure what to google regarding this. I am having fun with it though, thanks for that!!

That could be so, but as a kit (baby raccoon) I had a toy boat. The waves took it beyond my reach and pulled it out into the lake where I never saw it again. Waves pull things out even as they push things in. It might have been on a ship or left for the tides.