Bottles with Errors

[rockbot]

Earl, that misspelled ARTIC is worth a fortune! Now thats what we call a rare bottle in this parts.

Aloha, Rocky

 

[smithman29]

Apparently glasshouse mis-spelled words and factory errors were not considered to be of major importance to bottle customers in the 1850-1900 era, as they were purchased and distributed to the retail trade as if there were no problems with them.
I live in Northeastern PA. and have a few examples in my collection. One is a privy dug, near mint condition teal colored squat embossed LEWIS ZELL / HAZLETON, PA. except both Z's are embossed backwards. I have a later aqua tall blob from McAdoo, PA. that is embossed MCADOR, PA.
Dont really know if these errors add much, if any, to the value of these bottles but they sure are interesting and neat to collect.

 

[glass man]

I HAVE A PONTILED SANDS SARSAPRILLA BOTTLE THAT HAS TWO "S" ES"ON IT.SPELLED SANDS'S. I KNOW THESE BOTTLES ARE COMMON,BUT DOES ANY ONE KNOW IF TWO "S" IS COMMON WITH THESE BOTTLES? JAMIE

 

[CazDigger]

Here is a picture of a rare pontiled med. one that a friend dug in a privy in Utica NY that I was lucky to obtain through a purchase/trade. The embossing is light and I was confused when I first saw it until he pulled out a mirror to read it. It is J. Lamppin's Arcadian Elixer with all reverse embossing on both sides. I bet Lamppin was really pissed off when he first saw the batch of bottles he ordered. So far it is the only one known, probably not a big seller, of course the messed up embossing didn't help sales. John Lamppin had a successful soda and mineral water business in Utica in the 1850s.

 

[GuntherHess]

http://www.antiquemedicines.com/Frederick/rhodes.htm

Here is a local Frederick hutch with FREDERICK spelled wrong.

 

[T D]

I've got this little bromo with a backwards Z.

For some reason on early 1900 sodas, there seemed to be several with backwards N's, S's, and Z's. I always found it interesting why there weren't more quality checks in the process before it became a bottle for sale. I guess some of it could be contributed to illiteracy of the country at the time

 

[blobbottlebob]

Okay. Here's a few that I dug up. Saving the best for last. First is the one that may have inspired this thread - the cobalt Werrbach that Joe found that is double mis-spelled. Werrbach is Werbach and Milwaukee is Millwaukee.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Next is an Atlas mason jar that has STDONG shoulders. Must have been a 'dirty' jar. By the way, anybody know how rare or common this is?

 

[blobbottlebob]

Now for a neat little typo. John Graf used to put his trade mark THE BEST WHAT GIVES on everything. On this one though, he left a TBADE mark. These are pretty hard to find.

 

[blobbottlebob]

And now for a giant mistake. A glassblower could get canned for something this big. A hutch from a company in West Bend, Wisconsin had the state embossed wrong. Apparently, the glassmaker must have confused South Bend, Indiana and West Bend, Wisconsin to create the new town of West Bend, Indiana (shown at right). The re-cut correct version is shown at left. What a scew-up!