Pre- Dr. Pepper AM&B round bottom HELP!

[fishnuts]

Any help would be appreciated on this one.
Light green rounded bottom with small hole indent in base.
Slugplate reads top to bottom: RETURN
TO
ARTESIAN MFG
&
BOTTLING CO.
WACO, TEX
AND
ST. LOUIS, MO
the 'Artesian Mfg' line is the top part of a circle; 'Waco, Tex' line is the bottom part and thusly encloses the centeral line 'Bottling Co'.

It's a crown seal closure...very early. Bottle is very heavy.
Apparently not meant to be stood upright by it's base, but is this not an anomaly with a crown seal?
Is this before or after the 'thieves' bottle?
Photo of the base follows...
Thanx

 

[fishnuts]

Here is the base.

Seams do not reach the top. Applied crown?

texas guys and D P guys, this might be up your alley.
If anyone can help date or place this, I'd love it.

 

[fishnuts]

HERE IS THE PHOTO OF THE BASE.
Obviously not meant to be standing. As I usderstand the reasonings for that, it seems to be at odds with there being a crown seal top.
Any help putting this into the time-line with this Waco bottler would be appreciated.
Before the 'thieves' bottle is my current guess.

 

[jays emporium]

Quoted from the book DR PEPPER COLLECTIBLE BOTTLES, by a picture of your bottle,
"1903 Applied Aqua Crown
Top Glass Bottle.
Comments: Embossed
“RETURN TO ARTESIAN
MFG & BOTTLING CO.
WACO TEX. And ST.
LOUIS, MO.†This was an
early “Crown Top†closure
used for Circle A Ginger Ale.
Embossed lettering was direct
and not inside a slug plate. It
used a paper label."
Thief bottles were introduced in 1901 and the King of Beverage bottle in 1905.
Jay