Ginger Ale Bottles wanted

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello Irish,

I have the two Fletcher's in your eariler post, and the W.T. Thornley from Sale. There is another Thornley Codd I have, but this one is W.J. Thornley from Horsham! I'd be very grateful if you would indeed be on the lookout for the Wilcox with the ginger ale embossed. Isn't it curious that the only Codds embossed ginger ale are from down under? At least to my knowledge[].

Now, as promised, the picture of the embossing on the Rowlands Ginger Ale. This one has no less than three cities embossed, Ballarat, Melbourne, and Sydney. And if you can make it out, there is a miner (you can just make out the pickaxe over his shoulder) and wheat farmer embossed, plus a crown, and a unicorn. Now for folks who aren't aware, Ballarat was a famous gold mining town in Austalia. And you figure that gold mining and wheat farming in Australia had to be thirsty jobs for sure. This bottle was purchased by a friend of mine in an antique shop in Hawaii! Go figure. Any significance you know of for the unicorn?

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Here's a pic of a Cupid Club paper label that I found at the Maine State Archives in Augusta, it's from 1921. That would be something to find still on a bottle!

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Sam- very interesting about the Mt. Hartford. Yes- I've got the Highland Springs bottle you mentioned. Thanks for sharing the picture- that's all for today-

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Here's a pic of two paper label ginger ales from Auburn, probably from the late 20s-early 30s. I like the plane and ship pictured on the Nu-Icy label.

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

A couple of Old Scotch paper labels from Augusta Maine.

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

A couple more paper label ginger ales.

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Last two for now.

 

[IRISH]

Hi Ginger Ale collector, any chance of a full view of the Rowlands ? There is a massive range of bottles from that company (they were huge) with and without the trade mark, they also had branches in Katoomba and I think Newcastle. I can sort of remember seeing a bottle with ginger ale on it from them but can't picture it.

Now that you mention it I do know the Horsham Thornly's, any others I think of I'll email or post them.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello Irish-

Here's the E. Rowland's full picture. Please do keep in touch on the Wilcox. I'll be posting some other pictures today in reponse to all the great collectors who are interested in my ginger ale walkabouts, and the bits and pieces of history I've accumulated along the way.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello Whiskeyman,

I noticed your location is Tennessee or thereabouts. Thought you might like to see this ginger ale from your part of the world- it also comes in a round bottom style. The color is a light cobalt- which is sometimes called cornflower blue.