Plumbata
Well-Known Member
This is a post for an interested party and anyone else who likes SS cokes.
The standard and relatively common, but supremely pretty "fancy" BIM examples. A shame that more cities didn't adopt the style. Available for 60-120, depending on market conditions and saturation. Made by Root out of some pretty crappy, fragile and easily chemically-attacked glass so they are often broken or cracked when dug. Thankfully they made a bunch of them:
BIM clear near-base embossed Peoria coke. Seem to be tough to come by, seen one sell for over 200:
Nice greenish aqua BIM coke. Less common than the fancy aquas, more common than the clear BIMs, in my experience. Should be obtainable for 100 or less when available. There is a Decatur, IL coke of this same style:
BIM slugplate coke. Seemingly tough to come by, but not as desirable because it is block-letter. Dunno if it held coke or other flavors?
Large-size version of the block-letter coke. Dug missing the top but I've never seen another. Damn shame.
ABM SS Coke. I believe they were made into the early-mid 1920s. Pretty common, obtainable for less than 50.
The damaged Coke/Hires BIM hybrid I just posted, included for completeness. I do not have pictures of the BIM amber block-letter bowling pin coke/hires bottle.:
This is a local non-coke product bottled by the Coca Cola bottling company. I've dug plenty of the 1920s deco "Arctic Brand" Peoria soda waters, but the word is that the "straight side" arctics are very scarce. Never seen another, whole or in pieces. ABM and probably dates between 1912-1915.
The standard and relatively common, but supremely pretty "fancy" BIM examples. A shame that more cities didn't adopt the style. Available for 60-120, depending on market conditions and saturation. Made by Root out of some pretty crappy, fragile and easily chemically-attacked glass so they are often broken or cracked when dug. Thankfully they made a bunch of them:
BIM clear near-base embossed Peoria coke. Seem to be tough to come by, seen one sell for over 200:
Nice greenish aqua BIM coke. Less common than the fancy aquas, more common than the clear BIMs, in my experience. Should be obtainable for 100 or less when available. There is a Decatur, IL coke of this same style:
BIM slugplate coke. Seemingly tough to come by, but not as desirable because it is block-letter. Dunno if it held coke or other flavors?
Large-size version of the block-letter coke. Dug missing the top but I've never seen another. Damn shame.
ABM SS Coke. I believe they were made into the early-mid 1920s. Pretty common, obtainable for less than 50.
The damaged Coke/Hires BIM hybrid I just posted, included for completeness. I do not have pictures of the BIM amber block-letter bowling pin coke/hires bottle.:
This is a local non-coke product bottled by the Coca Cola bottling company. I've dug plenty of the 1920s deco "Arctic Brand" Peoria soda waters, but the word is that the "straight side" arctics are very scarce. Never seen another, whole or in pieces. ABM and probably dates between 1912-1915.
