Sher A Cola

[jblaylock]

I recently picked up these two Sher A Cola bottles. They are in fairly good shape, both need a good cleaning. The clear one has a little damage on the back and a few glass bubbles. I'm assuming these are Coca-Cola knock offs. Both are from Lexington KY. Anybody have a guess as to what the value may be? Also, anyone on her interested in them?

Sorry for the crappy pics.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Show the bottom base and front heel--or at least tell the embossing on the heel front and back?

 

[jblaylock]

On the Green bottle - Contents 7 fl oz. Lexington Kentucky. On the back, This bottle not to be sold On the Clear bottle - the front says Lexington Kentucky. On the back, This bottle not to be sold.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

*Thinks* That right there I like. I haven't before seen 'Not to be sold' on a pop bottle. I've only seen that for behind-the-counter alcohol bottles. Only ever found one. Shattered. I had thought they stuck to behind-bar bottles and perhaps in barber shops.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

But on the heel, there are numbers. Between the sides and flat base, What do those say? I need to know who made them and if there's a code of sorts on it.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This link tells the entire history of the Sher-A-Coca Bottling Company ...


http://lexhistory.org/wikilex/sher-coca-bottling-company

This is a quote from the article - which I would like to add one more location to ...

"It appears that the company established at least three franchise bottlers, other than the one in Lexington. These included Charleston, South Carolina, Crestview, Florida and Hamilton, Ohio."

Add = Dothan, Alabama

Attachments ...

1. From Link (Which has a lot more pictures)

2. From The Dothan Eagle ~ Dothan, Alabama ~ August 3, 1915

 

[jblaylock]

They had their own sign.....nice. Any Coke or Coke imitators interested in these?