Rare old coke bottle! I need it dated plz!

[MedBottle1]

Hey guys! I have been inactive on here for a while *work* but I am back! Anyways, I was digging around an antique store an hour from my house and I saw an old Coca-Cola bottle on a back shelf near a window. Closer inspection told me it was old, the top was broken, and it was bottled in my hometown of Dawson *super excited*! I have never seen one of these in real life and I know they are extremely rare. The lady I bought it from said she bought it off of a guy who digs old trash pits and that he found 10 or so of them and she bought them. She also said she knows a guy who could remold my broken top and make it look like it did back in the day. I know it is an old coke bottle but can someone tell me when it was made? The lady told me it was from the 1880s and I think I got a really good deal on it. Any help would be appreciated.

P.S. is this an error bottle? It appears to have been doubled stamped on the bottom...

Thank you!

 

[MedBottle1]

Bottom

 

[MedBottle1]

Top

 

[MedBottle1]

Top (imbedded)

 

[epackage]

1910ish IMO...congrats

 

[MedBottle1]

Really...1910?! Ugh...now I'm deflated :/

 

[ScottBSA]

Can you see any small letters on bottom edge of the bottle? The might help indicate the bottle maker. The ghosting on the bottom is not technically an error, but a sign that the bottle may have been hand made.
Also, 10 bottles from the same town may make it rare nationally, but pretty common locally if there are not that many collectors. Maybe you can coax out who dug the bottles and see if you can get a whole one for your collection.
I have a Coke bottle made by a local glass house, not one of the national makers. The script looks awkward on it. Yours looks more like the branded Coca-Cola script. I agree that is probably after 1900 and maybe hand made. Can't tell without the whole neck.

Scott

 

[jays emporium]

1910 is about right. It does look hand blown. Are the other 10 bottles also damaged or did some come out whole? There are probably more bottles from your town, besides Coca Cola, if you can find some of the local collectors. Hutchbook.com shows some Hutchinson sodas from Dawson in the Scarce category.

 

[MedBottle1]

I don't see any letters on the bottom and I think the other 10 were broken as well but I am sure there was at least 1 in better condition. I have other Dawson bottles, even the Chero Cola one. I think the rarest for my town by far is a water bottle. Someone on here posted a shard of what appeared to be a hutch and I have no record of that bottler on any map and have not heard or seen anything about it besides that one shard.

 

[jays emporium]

Here is what Hutchbook has listed for Dawson Ga Hutchinsons known to exist.



GA0144 Dawson 2 Aqua 6.625 2.125 Horseshoe Round R GA0144
Front: DAWSON BOTTLING / WORKS / DAWSON / GA.
Back: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO / BE SOLD
Base: K. HUTTER / NEW YORK
Comments: No Comments


GA0145 Dawson 2 Aqua 7.25 2.75 Round 10 Panel Base S GA0145
Front: T. O. WHITCHARD / TOW (monogram) / DAWSON, GA. / REGISTERED / THIS BOTTLE / IS NEVER SOLD
Back: Blank
Base: T. O. W.
Comments: No Comments


GA0146 Dawson 2 Clear 7 2.25 Round 10 Panel Base S GA0146
Front: T. O. WHITCHARD & CO. / TOW (monogram) / DAWSON, GA.
Back: Blank
Base: 2
Comments: No Comments


GA0147 Dawson 2 Aqua 7.125 2.25 Round 10 Panel Base S GA0147
Front: T. O. WHITCHARD & CO. / TOW (monogram) / DAWSON, GA. / REGISTERED / THIS BOTTLE / IS NEVER SOLD
Back: Blank
Base: T. O. W.
Comments: No Comments