Richmond, Va. " Ten Pin"

[zanes_antiques]

I picked up an Adam V. Christian Ten Pin Soda. I saw one in a previous post but there was no info on it. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Zane,

Don't know how enlightening it is, but I did find :

"Ten-pin style crown top soda embossed INDIAN ROCK GINGER ALE / Adam Christian Co. sold on eBay for $299 by user8271588." at the July/August 2003 Southeast Bottle Club Newsletter.

Is this what your bottle looks like?

 

[zanes_antiques]

I haven't figured out how to put up photos or links but there is a photo of it on a previous post here.

 

[VA is for Diggers]

The only Richmond Ten Pins I have seen are semi-scarce, and are easily attainable. Usually they are less than $50. I did not see the bottle you mentioned in the Ayers book, so if in fact it has Richmond embossed with the name, you probably have a $500+ bottle.

 

[zanes_antiques]

It is embossed Richmond. It is not a High Rock. The exact embossing is running diagonally. It says "Adam V. Christian / Richmond, Va.", in script

 

[zanes_antiques]

I don't know if my album is public or not but there is a photo of it in my mobile uploads album under the username....zanes_antiques... on photobucket.

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Zane,

I kept looking and found one of those Worth Point pages for an amethyst one.

I also found a July 10, 1908 edition of the Times- Dispatch.
I included the Times Dispatch pages mainly because of the cool ads. I could not master the enlarge feature on this site. There may or may not be something on Adam V. Christian therin. There is however, a very cool ad for Pepsi that describes it as "The original Pure Food drink..." If nothing else, you will get some entertainment value from perusing the ads. Sorry I could not come up with something definitive.

 

[zanes_antiques]

Thanks for posting my photo and for the info.

 

[surfaceone]

Hey Zane,

My pleasure, man. I got to revisit this beauty

of yours. I don't know if I said so at the time, but this was one of the most memorable bottles I've had the pleasure of seeing this past year.

 

[epackage]

Surfaceone, what's the letter or mark after the L in liverpool??, nice color
Jim