Root Amber Coca Cola Bottle

[JCermack]

I'd like some information on this bottle please. It has Nashville on the side with number 406 underneath, and Root on the bottom. Can anyone telll me the approximate age.....and value? Thanks!

 

[bubbas dad]

some of the other members here may be able to narrow it down more, but i would say 1900-1915.

 

[capsoda]

Yeap, Like john said 1900 to 1915. Worth about 35 bucks but I have seen them go for 50 in near mint condition.. It is a fairly common amber Coke.

 

[JCermack]

Are the bottles that have Root on the bottom anymore desireable to collectors?....or are they just in the same value range and desirability as other bottom markings?....Thanks again.

 

[capsoda]

So folks like to beleave Root makes it more desireble and valuable but no, it doesn't.

 

[piratemom]

I have a bottle like yours but it has a large k embossed above the script and k.b. co. on the bottom anyone have any info

 

[grime5]

i belive the kb co stands for key stone bottling works. your bottle is from pa. hope that helps. later greg

 

[bottlenutboy]

i can narrow it down more for you look at the mold seams if they stop at the top of the neck then it is about 1900-1910 if it goes all the way to the top of the bottle it is about 1910-1915 i know it doesnt help much but thats all i can tell you about the age

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: grime5

i belive the kb co stands for key stone bottling works. your bottle is from pa. hope that helps. later greg

Actually K. B. Co., while it does indeed stand for Keystone Bottling Company, isn't from the one Pennsylvania, it is actually from the small town of Keystone, W. VA and was used by its group of bottlers located in Keystone, WV, North Fork, WV, Welch, WV, and Bluefield, WV. While I don't have the straight side cokes from the company, I do have two 1915s, a Bluefield, WV, and an as yet unidentified bottle with K. B. Co. on the bottom.

 

[glass man]

EARL R. DEAN ,WHO WAS A ROOT CO. BOTTLE DESIGNER ,DESIGNED THE FIRST "HOBBLE SKIRT" COKE BOTTLE.[HOBBLE SKIRT IS THE SHAPE THAT CAME RIGHT AFTER YOUR BOTTLE WHICH IS CALLED A "STRAIGHT SIDE COKE" YOURS BEING OF COURSE AN AMBER STRAIGHT SIDE COKE. THE HOBBLE SKIRT WENT FROM 1915 TO EVEN TODAY][&:] JAMIE