coors bottle

[Dale]

I bought some bottles at an estate sale today, one of them is a coors beer bottle and I can not find any information on coors bottles in any of my bottle books, so I hope someone can help. The bottle is 7 1/2" tall. It is a light honey amber with a crown top and it is BIM. It is sort of a squat bottle similar to a malt extract with Coors embossed at the top of the bottle. Sorry unable to post picture, my son usually does it for me and he is not here right now.
Thanks,
Dale

 

[madman]

hey dale think you could post a picture???

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello Dale, I just read your post about a Coors bottle. You made no point of all of the embossing on the bottle. The Coors Beer People had their own glass factory in Colorado. I worked with them on a lot of mold applications. We just cant' help you without more identity from you bottle. I will watch for your picture RED Matthews

 

[Dale]

Here is a picture of the coors bottle. I hope it comes out, in case it doesn't I'll try again later.

 

[Dale]

Here is another picture.

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi Dale, That has to be an early one, but it has the crown finish. What kind of markings are embossed on the bottom? RED M.

 

[Dale]

Hi Red, the bottle is a blown in mold from around 1905 or so, all the bottles that came from this estate sale where from about 1880 to about 1915. They were dug in Cripple Creek,Colo. The bottle has a 2 on the bottom, I am wondering about rarity and vaule. Thanks

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi again Dale; I am not a good adviser of value. I collect glass to study the marks on the glass so I can let the item tell me how it was made. If you go to my homepage, I have tried to tell my story and illustrate points of interest about the glass forming methods that were used; especially in the glass industry before 1900 AD.
With the two on the bottom, that tells me that was the number of that mold, in the set, to cover a glass machine. I doubt if it has more than $5 value unless you had a serious Coors collector. I am also sure they made them by the 1000 gross production runs.
RED M.

 

[Dale]

Thanks Red for the info. Dale

 

[madman]

id have to say thats a good one, thanks for showing the picture