Hobbleskirt Coke with 1916 date error

[SODAPOPBOB]

Actually ... I believe you can see the so called Peg-leg G in the word REGISTERED in the last pic I posted. Notice the G has a little leg like a comma attached to it.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I think in order to make a proper comparison between the error bottles and the CHATT bottles we need to find close-up's of a 1915 CHATT bottle made around 1917 or 1918. The bottles themselves shouldn't be that hard to find, but good close-up's might be a challenge.

 

[Dmellman]

100% ABM. As the main focus of my collection is pre-ABM soda/beer bottles, I am confident about this statement. Not an Owens Machine. Absolutely no suction scar. Bill Porter's comments are interesting. I have another Chattenooga Glass 1915 bottle and a 1923 and several straight sides. Color is very similar blue but darker. Script is very similar also, but subtle differences.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dmellman Thanks for the follow up. I vote ... CHATTANOOGA GLASS COMPANY Perhaps we'll know for certain one of these days. By the way, I just got another email from Bill and he said to tell my friends that his latest updated Checklist book will be available "soon"

 

[squirtbob]

Hi Bob, I don't know if these pictures will help or not, but here's an ice blue 1915 LGW Coke bottle that I have. The heel is clearly marked L.G.W-19. and it does not have a seam in the neck.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

squirtbob : Very helpful, especially if it has the number 4 on the base. Speaking of which, is there a town/state on the base? The LGW 19 posted earlier was from Tampa, Florida.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Food for thought ...

I'm thinking that whoever made the 1916 error bottles probably realized their mistake at some point and either changed the molds or else replaced them with new ones before producing any more. If this was in fact the case, then there is a possibility the same company made later hobbleskirts with the correct 1915 date on them. But if this did occur, I'm not sure what those later bottles might look like, nor whether they had a makers mark and/or date code. The only thing I can think of at the moment is to search for a hobbleskirt with the correct 1915 date on it that also has the number 4 on the base. If we can find a Nov. 16, 1915 hobbleskirt with nothing but a number 4 on the base, then I'm thinking it might very well be connected to the error bottles.

 

[squirtbob]

squirtbob : Very helpful, especially if it has the number 4 on the base. Speaking of which, is there a town/state on the base? The LGW 19 posted earlier was from Tampa, Florida.

Sorry, no # or city/state on the base.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Hmm, that's weird! One LGW 19 with Tampa, Florida on the base and another LGW 19 with nothing on the base. What the heck?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Check out these LGW bottles. (Ignore the fact they are purple, they were altered intentionally).

But notice ...

This one is described as having a LGW 27 on the heel and the Coca Cola script on the base. I wonder why Laurens Glass Works would make a LGW 19 (1919) with Tampa, Florida on the base, like the one posted earlier, and then in 1927 make one without a town/state on the base?

Http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/purple-1915-coca-cola-bottle-18820829


Here's another altered purple bottle described as having LGW 26 on the heel, plus the Coca Coca script on the base. I wonder what the 4-L on the rim of the base is all about?

Http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1915-purple-coca-cola-bottle-292989844