Hobbleskirt Coke with 1916 date error

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. I'm assuming the term "rim of the base" is actually referring to the heel

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

If you go back to the LGW 26 4-L link you'll notice the bottle apparently did not have a town/state on the base. I'm sure the seller would have mentioned it if it did. Anyway, take a look at this LGW 26 described as being from Washington, D.C. that has 5-L on the heel. It would be easy to assume the 4-L and 5-L are mold numbers, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are mold numbers. The 4-L and 5-L could very well stand for something else such as a location number. In case you're wondering where I'm going with this, its the result of searching for bottles with the correct 1915 date that also have the number 4 on the base. Hence, the 4-L and 5-L bottles came up during my search. I have to believe whoever made the 1916 error bottles also made other bottles later on and didn't go out of business and just disappear off the face of the earth.
LGW 26 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ 5-L

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1915-washington-c-coke-bottle-421918815

 

[Dmellman]

This bottle is interesting. Heel marked CHATT 23, 1923, 1915 bottle. Amber. But look at the embossing. Nov. 16 1915, 1915 past ERED. Bottom row larger than top. Other letters in top and bottom row seem identically aligned to my error bottle. Look at the M in Trademark relative to P in PAT,... the same. Is there a 4 in the middle of the base?? Looks like a faint 4 rotated on it's side. coke2.JPGcoke23.jpgcoke25.jpg

 

[Dmellman]

Another one, no city. Same embossing. coke1.jpgcoke12.jpgcoke13.JPG

 

[Dmellman]

Could this be the corrected error bottle?

 

[Dmellman]

SODAPOPBOB, go to work and line these up and see if you can confirm.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's a no town/state LGW 25 with 5-L I'm not sure what the 4-L and 5-L stand for, but I'm starting to think they are not mold numbers. ??? http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/purple-coca-cola-bottle-1915-ice-blue-250693891 I'd sure like to see a good close-up pic of either a 4-L or a 5-L but haven't found one yet!

 

[Dmellman]

and another Chattenooga TENN on base coke3.jpgcoke31.JPG

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

SODAPOPBOB, go to work and line these up and see if you can confirm.

Dm You've definitely got my attention and will study them closely the first chance I get. Right at the moment I'm heading into "town" which is a 50+ mile drive - and it's raining pitchforks ta' boot! By the way, do you own the nuked amber bottles or find them on the Internet?

 

[Dmellman]

no these are ebay bottles Im finding. Im looking for matching embossings.