Canada's rarest Coca-Cola hobble skirt... The D19

[Canadacan]

i forgot to add I also found a lot of broken 20's-30's era coca cola swimming this summer at this location , did find a lot of not broken hobbleskirts there but only from 40's-50's and a couple 30's . all the really old 20's ones were broken but must of found a dozen or more from that time period there . I know there from that time period cause they didn't have date on bottom but had diamond on bottom .

Apprently as I under stand the consumers glass company Started using their logo (C inside an inverted triangle) in 1920...It would be intersting to know if there is one with that logo on a early bottle with the date peened out.As you may know Dominion glass did not registar it's trade mark untill the 28th of June 1928...I don't know if it's possible they used it before that date?, not likely. So you could assume that bottles with the D inside a diamond with no date would or may be from 1928-32 period. 1932 being the earliest date show on the hobble skirt, I think I was told it was a dominion Glass bottle...but pictures for documenting is always great.By the way that geen bottle you found it awesome!

 

[RCO]

I can't remember if any had the consumer glass logo instead and I don't recall seeing any that did but wasn't really looking for one . I didn't keep those broken bottles , I still have the light green one its on a deer antler in my room it fits there well oddly enough .

 

[nostalgia]

...later Canadian bottles are clear, heavier and dates starting about 1932
i have a multitude of transisition bottles from the 1920-1932 period, all very rare
and desirable - if you are a Canadian collector.

I have been scuba diving for bottles for many years now and have found several embossed Cokes from the 1930's and tons from the 40's and 50's. Now I'm pretty sure I found a 1931 this summer; I remember because it had a broken top and I couldn't convince myself of leaving it there. So I know I have it somewhere in a box in the shed. I will try to 'dig it up' and I'll clean it and pictures will eventually be posted. To be continued...

 

[Canadacan]

That's would be great if it is!...wonder if it has the Consumers logo on it? There is still the possibility of mid to late 1920's bottles showing up that have a year embossed on the base...never say never!

 

[CanadianBottles]

Wow this is awesome, I've been looking for this info for ages and have been super busy lately, just happened to go on the forum to see this! Makes me really wonder about all those Coke bottles I've never paid much attention to over the years, but at least now I know what to look for!

 

[Canadacan]

Wow this is awesome, I've been looking for this info for ages and have been super busy lately, just happened to go on the forum to see this! Makes me really wonder about all those Coke bottles I've never paid much attention to over the years, but at least now I know what to look for!

Yes that's what I was hoping to do is bring this information to the forefront and have it all linked together. Is does no one any good to hoard any information....knowledge is key. Say did you happen to read The Rusty bunch forum link when the fellow originally answed my question?...it was like 6 months after I posted it! ..lol!! but man I was sure happy to find out. He had posted some pictures but unfortunatly the came up too small.Cheers, Ivan

 

[nostalgia]

And here are the pictures of my 1931 Canadian Coke bottle. It is not perfect but I don't care

 

[nostalgia]

Two more pictures... Just to be thorough ;-)

 

[Canadacan]

Thanks for posting that Frederic!...One would not believe unless they've seen it..lol...yes it has damage but i'm with you on that..who cares!!! the embossing is really good on that one. So on the side does the panel go right through?...if you know what I mean, or the vertical rib goes right through on the side making a smooth outer edge.I wonder how long Consumers glass put the year right on the bottom like that?...seems tricky to find any definitive information on dating these bottles. Some of Bill Lockhart's articles have great information on glass companies and have been interesting to read but still leave unanswered questions. Ivan

 

[Canadacan]

A trip out to Fort Langley yesterday proved to pay off big time! A couple of weeks back I was at Village antiques and had picked up a couple of 70's Cokes and some soda cans. My eagle eye had spotted a lone Coke bottle in one of the boothes and meant to go look at it but my hands were full and I was headed to the front counter to leave my finds, when I was up there I got distracted by this Silver Tip soda bottle and forgot all about it.Fast forward to yesterday, I was back at the store to check out some ACL's and then I remembered about that bottle when I went past the booth...I stood there searching and after a minute I saw it ...looking kind of crusty I picked it up and instantly recognized it as a D-19!!! I never expected that at all It has the normal case wear and staining from being buried but no heel or lip chips, but does have two tiny fractures...one is like 7/16th's of an inch running horizontal, the other is 5/16th's at the top lip running vertical.This is about the best one I now have as far as chips or bruises go...the bottle I dug in 1987 has no case wear!, just a side bruise Check those crusty looking Coke's folks!...and don't forget they come in a mid tone green and like two of mine have a very very faint tinged shade of green....the other two I have are white or if you hold it up to a light source they have that yellow tinge. Check it out, it cleaned up pretty good! Ivan [attachment=Village Atiques-finds4.jpg][attachment=combine_images1 D-19.jpg]