Need some help identifying :)

[iamhereru23]

My brother recently found an old bottle in his barn. I have tried to dig up information on it and have come up with very little if any. It's a brown bottle, smooth, and has the markings ISG CO on the bottom and that is all. No other markings anywhere. When I look it up I found that it might possible be from a company called Inter-state Glass Co out of Kansas which was only running a couple months before burning down and that it might be a very old Coke bottle but the ones I saw that match it online are clear.... I think??? Info is sketchy at best so any help on where it might have came from or what it is or value would be great!!

 

[cowseatmaize]

Welcome,The Coca-Cola company was pretty good about marking their bottles so I'm thinking some other soda or even a beer.Inter-State was out of Kansas City MO if the list I have is correct. http://www.glassbottlemarks.com/bottlemarks-2/This site has the mark on a Heim Brewing Co. http://brucemobley.com/beerbottlelibrary/mo/kansascity/heim.htm but like you said, clear.

 

[glass man]

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!No idea bout your bottle though.JAMIE

 

[ScottBSA]

Hi, I live in Kansas City and have a few bottles with the ISG co on the bottom. The bottles I have are whiskey and a Kansas City coke bottle. I have seen some small slicks in the antique malls that were probably sodas. A picture would help identify it's use. The company was listed in the 1902 and 1903 Kansas City city directories. It was partially destroyed in the Flood of 1903 that happened at the end of May and the first part of June 1903. The factory went out of business but the buildings were purchased by Obear-Nestor and reopened in I believe 1905. Scott

 

[ScottBSA]

It looks like a beer bottle. Without details, where is the barn? I am curious about how far my hometown glassmaker's products got away from Kansas City. Scott

 

[iamhereru23]

Here is a picture of the bottom We live in Nebraska about 45 miles NW of Omaha.

 

[iamhereru23]

It does look like a beer bottle and that's what I was my first thought. I did see a clear Coke bottle that was identical to this one though so I wasn't sure.

 

[iamhereru23]

My brother wanted to know what these type of bottle might be worth... do you have any ideas?

 

[blobbottlebob]

Hey I am here. I can't speak specifically to your bottle because I don't know if this particular glassmaker has a unique draw to it. In other words, I don't know if collectors would seek out bottles made from ISGCo just because they are so rare. It does seem possible to me, but unlikely. This type of 'blank' bottle (for lack of a better word) likely had paper labels identifying the type of beer it was and the brewer that used it. With those original labels, this is a neat find. Without them, this bottle type is fairly common and not particularly valuable. It is a neat piece of history from a bygone era, it just lacks the details that bottle collectors looks for (like the brewer and the city and the flavor etc...) Hope this helped. If you found this, you might want to keep poking around. Your bottle has good enough age to be located around other bottles with embossing (or letters printed on the bottle).

 

[glass man]

A beer bottle...very common..JAMIE