RARE SODA BOTTLE BOOK ~ By J. L. JONES ~ COPYRIGHT 1972

[SODAPOPBOB]

Now compare the two other bottles to the blob-top. Except for the closures and measurements, bottle number 2017 looks almost identical to the blob-top. In fact, the 8 ounce blob bottle #2014 actually looks smaller than the 6 1/2 ounce crown bottle #2017. Of course this could simply be the result of a distance factor. But whatever the explanation might be, it appears the Augusta, Georgia bottling plant produced a variety of different bottles - and that somewhere along the line someone apparently faked one of them.

 

[epackage]

Easier to compare them when they are all together Bob... []

Question is when was Coca Cola being bottled in the Augusta plant? Is it possible the timeline fits for them to have used blob tops? Maybe this was a "Test Piece"?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Jim / epackage ~

Thanks for the side-by-side images. I need to learn how to do that stuff but its hard teaching an old dog new tricks ... []

As for your questions ...

The only thing I can tell you is, I believe the majority of blob-top bottles predate Hutchinson's. I'm pretty sure Coca Cola's first bottle was a Hutch.

I don't have the answer at my fingertips, but I would think it wouldn't be too difficult for someone to determine the bottling history for Augusta, Georgia.

Thanks again

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I took a quick look around and found this ...

1902

http://cocacolaunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CLICK-HERE-FOR-HISTORY-OF-AUGUSTA-COCA-COLA.3.pdf

 

[epackage]

1902 is a definite possibility for the blob, but without someone showing us one it's gonna be tough to authenticate...

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: epackage

Easier to compare them when they are all together Bob... []

Question is when was Coca Cola being bottled in the Augusta plant? Is it possible the timeline fits for them to have used blob tops? Maybe this was a "Test Piece"?

Am I the only one who thinks he seeing an amber bottle with a clear blob? Maybe the blob is just in that bad a shape, but the neck glass looks much darker than the obviously clear blob. Maybe the glassmakers were just fooling around and applied a clear blob top to an amber bottle.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Morb ~

According to the book ...

"All are Crown Caps, Machine Made and Clear Glass Unless Stated"

I believe what looks like amber glass is either soda or food coloring in the bottles to highlight the embossing. None of the three bottles are listed as amber. I have discovered by 'clear' that he actually meant 'aqua.'

Bob

 

[judu]

hey morb , i have this book and im pretty sure almost all the bottles were filled with a dark liquid and then the embossing was highlighted with white lettering.not sure though....pictures are all in black and white and are very small......looks to me like a normal crown top bottle with some odd blob top thing placed on it........

 

[cowseatmaize]

Am I the only one who thinks he seeing an amber bottle with a clear blob?

No, I see that too but I also see a face on the shoulder of the middle one. [][][]
I really don't think much can be learned from those pictures at all. [8|]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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