Chero Bottle - Columbus, GA

[SODAPOPBOB]

The bottom of the bottle has "DSN.PAT'D FEB 16-24 LCW" written on it. Darryl

p964/Darryl Welcome to the forum. I don't intend to get too far afield with the Chero-Cola history - I just had a few observations I wanted to share. As for your particular bottle, based on the information you posted initially, the LCW is actually LGW for Laurens Glass Works who made the bottle. The DSN. PAT'D FEB 16-24 stands for Design Patented on February 16, 1924

 

[sunrunner]

I find Chero-Colas ( the twist bottle ) marked Columbus Ga . in a late 1920s dump so I think they were still putting theme out well in to the 1920s.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Darryl It's starting to look as if your bottle is a misprint in that it was actually patented on February 16, 1926 and not in 1924. Here's the original patent - notice the dates ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

But yours is not the only one that's mismarked - here's another example ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I apologize for the confusion and poor pictures, but I just post it as I find it and let the bottles speak for themselves. Here's a bottle with the correct patent date on the base - February 16, 1926 - Except this particular bottle is embossed Chero-Cola and not CherO like the previous example ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Regarding the Coca Cola vs. Chero Cola court case ... According to the information in this 1921 publication, the decision was on June 6, 1921 and not in 1920 as some accounts claim ... http://tinyurl.com/phyvzqo

 

[p964]

Thank you for all of the replies - so is a bottle with just Chero on it rare or are they pretty common? I would post pictures of the bottle but I have not yet figured out how to attach a picture as a "URL" yet. Darryl

 

[p964]

Thank you for all of the replies - so is a bottle with just Chero on it rare or are they pretty common? I would post pictures of the bottle but I have not yet figured out how to attach a picture as a "URL" yet. Darryl