Mt. Hood Soda Water bottle

[Venus78k]

Hello everyone! I guess posted my bottle in the wrong section.
It's about 8" high and has a 8-sided mug base.
I was wondering if anyone knew it's worth??

 

[Venus78k]

here's another pic

 

[Venus78k]

and one more! Thanks!

 

[Humabdos]

Nice Bimal. I collect Oregon sodas and have this one in my collection. They sell for about $20 I have one with a lighting bail top I got off E-bay for $26. It is fairly common.
They also made a Hutchinson with a bear on the front they sell for about $30.



Glen

 

[Venus78k]

Thanks for the info!
I have one question though...what does Bimal mean??
Thanks!!

 

[Gunsmoke47]

Hey Venus, bimal stands for "blown in mold applied lip." An applied lip was a seperate piece of glass applied on the neck after the bottle was blown. A tooled lip was formed by using various tools to shape the lip from the existing glass of the neck. ABM stands for "automatic bottle machine" You can tell an abm bottle by the side seams. If they go all the way through the lip, it was machine made. The abm machine was invented in 1903 by Owens Glass Co. Hope this helps. Kelley

PS. I don't believe your bottle has an applied lip. Can't remember ever seeing an applied crown top. I could be wrong on this.

 

[Humabdos]

William Painter got the Patent on the "crown cork" in 1891. The early crown tops are referred to as "tooled or "Bimal" (blown in mold applied lip). The mold seem stops at the neck because the top was applied separately. While still hot each bottle was "tooled to smooth the seam produced when the top and neck where joined. Over seventy different BIMAL Oregon crown top sodas are known. This is from book on Oregon sodas.