Bought this bottle...

[bottlecol345]

I ran across this Soda in a recent antique store hunt in Pennsylvania and found this. It reads J Sloan Philadelphia and on the back it reads Brown stout. It also has some amber swirls throughout. Anyone got info on it? I paid $20 for it.

 

[capsoda]

Hey Chris, I don't have any info but what a steal. Great purchase.

 

[epgorge]

What kind of pontil does it have. Here is a listing for an iron pontil Brown stout:




Category
Bottle

Pattern or Item
Soda

Description
Brown Stout, Teal Blue, Cylindrical, Applied Collar, Iron Pontil

Year
2005

Price
$180.00

and another from PA - teal:




Category
Bottle

Pattern or Item
Soda

Description
Brown Stout-charles Grove, Cola, Pa., Emerald Green, Ip, 1840-1855

Year
1996

Price
$104.00
Nice bottle none the same.
Ep

 

[bottlecol345]

Heres a pic of the top. I actually think its after 1900 due to the mold line...

 

[bottlecol345]

And heres one of the base...

 

[appliedlips]

Nice find.From the picture of the base,it is not pontilled but probably dates 1860-70's.Very nice bottle,regardless and easily worth more than $20.You mentioned the mold seams and dating.That is one of the biggest myths in bottle collecting.The seam on a bottle can ONLY tell someone if a bottle is handblown or made in a machine.Many of the early bottle books and still some modern price guides show this method of dating but it is widely accepted as false.Many pontilled(pre-1860) have seams that go to the top and many 1890's bottles have seams that stop at the shoulder.I,too fell victim to these inaccuracies and didn't learn the facts until a couple years into collecting.Don't mean to be so blunt,just want to help.Take care,Doug