John G. Epping Bottles

[jblaylock]

Just another one for the collection. Epps Cola

 

[nickhwooldridge]

I just so happen to have the same bottle...Around the base of the bottle there are the numbers "2322" and then "EG 24" but I couldn't get it to show up in the pictures.

 

[jblaylock]

I moved the photos I had posted into a different album. It seems that messed up the embedded photos. I'll try to reshoot the collection and add it back, in case people in the future need to see them.

 

[jblaylock]

I took a few new photos of my Epping's collection since I accidentally removed the original images. I also recently added a few more new bottles to the collection; 2 Lexington KY Nu-Grape, 7-UP, and a rough Old Colony Beverages. H. Epping: Original Company Name/Owner

Epps Cola Amber Block Script Epps Cola Light Green & Light Blue

Epps Kola: John G. Eppins & McCabe Bottling Works

John G. Eppings: Short Bottles

Cursive Epping short: Clear Cursive Epping Tall: Clear, Lt. Blue, Green:

Cursive Epping Smooth: Clear Orange Crush: Clear

Nu-Grape: Lexington KY

7-UP:

Old Colony Beverages:

 

[jblaylock]

Son of a gun...those photos were there earlier.

 

[jblaylock]

I took a few new photos of my Epping's collection since I accidentally removed the original images. I also recently added a few more new bottles to the collection; 2 Lexington KY Nu-Grape, 7-UP, and a rough Old Colony Beverages. H. Epping: Original Company Name/Owner

Epps Cola Amber Block Script Epps Cola Light Green & Light Blue

Epps Kola: John G. Eppins & McCabe Bottling Works

John G. Eppings: Short Bottles

Cursive Epping short: Clear Cursive Epping Tall: Clear, Lt. Blue, Green:

Cursive Epping Smooth: Clear Orange Crush: Clear

Nu-Grape: Lexington KY

7-UP:

Old Colony Beverages:

 

[jblaylock]

Here's my newest Epping's item. This came up on ebay a while back. I met with the other and purchased it, since it was local. It was nice to hear that this came out of his family's estate. I was a little wary of this at first because I know these bottles are sometime reproduced, but those are usually Pepsi or Coke. This is a super nice Selter bottle. I cannot find any kind of glass maker's mark of the bottle. But, the engraving on the dispenser is very nice and the glass straw is intact with no cracks. It does appear that somebody used some type of tool to try to remove it, but nice, none the less.

Etched Glass

Dispenser

Straw:

 

[jblaylock]

I took a few new photos of my Epping's collection since I accidentally removed the original images. I also recently added a few more new bottles to the collection; 2 Lexington KY Nu-Grape, 7-UP, and a rough Old Colony Beverages. H. Epping: Original Company Name/Owner

Epps Cola Amber Block Script Epps Cola Light Green & Light Blue

Epps Kola: John G. Eppins & McCabe Bottling Works

John G. Eppings: Short Bottles

Cursive Epping short: Clear Cursive Epping Tall: Clear, Lt. Blue, Green:

Cursive Epping Smooth: Clear Orange Crush: Clear

Nu-Grape: Lexington KY

7-UP:

Old Colony Beverages:

Seltzer Bottle: See above post

 

[jblaylock]

Was doing a little more research on John Epping and the different bottles/flavors he owned. There's a lot more history I can find on his operation in Lexington, than the original operation in Louisville, seems odd. 1930s Facility

1940s

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[jblaylock]

Wanted to update my thread with a few new bottles.

Large Green rippled bottle - JGE on the neck


Amber Orange Crush