Hobbleskirt Coke with 1916 date error

[Canadacan]

If Dmellman's bottle is truly a ABM it is not the same as the bottles mentioned in the links, it can't be from Laurens Glass Works,or am I wrong? Someone would have mentioned the #4!...seems like it's leaving just Chattanooga.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

CC I was favoring Chattanooga Glass for awhile, too. That is, until I read this ... http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/ChattanoogaGlass.pdf

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I sent Bill Porter an email inquiry about the error bottles and will post what he has to say if/when I hear back from him. If anybody knows about them, I expect he will.

 

[Canadacan]

Well for one thing the Color of glass used seems to be a contradiction to the other article.But anything is possible as to where theses #4 bottles came from. Hope Bill gets back to you!...he did for me one time[]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I heard from Bill Porter and he said he's not sure who made the 1916 error bottles. He said the examples he's seen have certain characteristics of the Chattanooga Glass Company but that they are missing certain aspects of Chattanooga that should be present but are not. He added that his personal example has the 1916 located directly under the letters ERED of the word REGISTERED. So I guess that's that! They might be Chattanooga bottles and they might not. If Bill doesn't know, I don't know who does.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here are some of the characteristics Bill said are typical of early Chattanooga hobbleskirts, plus tid-bits of information regarding his 1916 error bottle in particular ... Interesting to me is ... The "Vertical L" in ColaThe large letter legend below the TMThe "Hook C" in Coca
The closed 4 on the base
These markers hint at Chattanooga Glass, but the "Peg-leg G" is not there
Chatt Cokes of 1916 (notably Claxton, GA. straight-sides) usually have the peg-leg G
Some are blue, but this deep blue is unique too
There are other early hobble-skirts with vertical L's
I guess this needs more work!
Very interesting mystery though. I will think about it!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. The "Peg-leg G" is discussed in the last link I posted, which I need to re-read again.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

To help illustrate what Bill meant by the "Vertical L" in COLA, here's a Graham Glass 1915 hobbleskirt next to one of the 1916 error hobbleskirts. It is the vertical L that Bill said is one of the characteristics of a Chattanooga hobbleskirt. Notice the 1916 error L is vertical (straight up & down) whereas the Graham L leans to the right ... 1. 1916 Error Bottle2. 1915 Graham Bottle

 

[Canadacan]

Well at least there is some closure on this [&:] I'm sure he investigated to no end! But with no real evidence about the bottles origin a mystery remains! I had noticed that vertical L...but what is a peg-leg G? [] But really to finalize on this it is like 80% + probability it's from Chat. or 90, 95 or what ever.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's an actual 1915 / CHATT 20 to illustrate the vertical L ( And still searching for a "Hook C" and a "Peg-leg G" )