recent dig!

[DaddyDaughterDiggers]

Hey everyone..We just dug up this bottle. I can't find much on it and what I have found shows only a picture no history. Any ideas?

 

[DaddyDaughterDiggers]

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[Digging Up Bottles]

THAT is one beautiful bottle!

 

[GEEMAN]

"Castalia Bottling Works (1893-1904)
The Castlia Bottling Co. was established in 1893 by George Schweikhart, Jr and John A. Eberhardt. In the late 1890s Castalia was manufacturing soda water,ginger ale, weiss beer and table waters. Castalia was a larger company in operation all year round and in the late 1890s employed as many as eighteen workers during the summer. Some Castalia bottles are embossed WORKS, others CO."

Your bottle is a Weiss Beer. There are 5 bottles similar to yours in different sizes and colors. One comes in a 9" (amber) and 2 come in at 7.5" (amber). One 7 3/8" Olive Amber and 7 1/4" Black/very very dark amber. The 9" amber is listed as extremely rare and the rest are listed as very rare save one amber which is listed as average. That one should have NBBGCO embossed on the bottom.

Yours looks Olive Amber from your pic = very rare and listed at 45 bucks.

All info referenced from Roger Peters book Wisconsin Soda Water Bottles 1845-1910 The book was first printed in 1996 so the info on scarcity and values is a little dated.

I like that bottle a LOT!

 

[tftfan]

PURDY...bottle !

 

[epackage]

BEEFY!! Nice find Lona...

 

[GACDIG]

RE: recent dig

Nice bottle DDD and good info GEEMAN.....!

 

[idigjars]

RE: recent dig

Nice find! Congrats! Paul

 

[cobaltbot]

RE: recent dig

Sweet find! that had to put a smile on your face.....

 

[KBbottles]

RE: recent dig

That is awesome!! Congrats!