Some new 'art deco' style soda bottles

[Eric]

Wonder at that time if collectors even cared or thought about it... Man would have liked to have
been collecting at that time.. soda machines by the 1000s were scrapped or went to landfills.... depression
glass, pottery was nickeled and dimed at yard sales if not thrown out all together...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Clue ...

In 1926 (which was a peak year of the so called deco era) the Illinois Glass Company referred to the types of bottles in question as ...

1. Special Patented Soda Bottles

and ...

2. Private Mold Soda Bottles

If the term 'Deco' was being used at the time [1926], then why didn't the Illinois Glass Company refer to them as such?

http://www.sha.org/bottle/igco1926.htm

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( Of course this is only a clue and doesn't answer my initial question )

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

[ 1926 ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Side Note ...

After conducting an hours long search of the Internet, the earliest use of the words Art Deco Bottle I could find was from ...

The Times-Union Newspaper / Warsaw Indiana

1976

http://xrl.us/bprq9f

This is not to say there are not earlier references - only that this was the earliest I could find. I found no end of the term from the 1990s and 2000s, but nothing prior to 1976 - and it refers to a perfume bottle. As for deco soda bottle references, Brian Wade's 2003 book "Deco Soda Bottles," is one of the earliest uses of the terms I could find.

By the way, there is another clue in this post which pertains to my initial question.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I searched until I was blue in the face and the best I could come up with is as follows ...

Timeline of the earliest and common usage of the specifically worded terms listed ...

Term: Art Deco

1925 ~ Le Corbusier ~ Article(s) ~ Expo: Arts Déco

1966 ~ Hilary Gelson ~ Newspaper ~ London Times: November 2, 1966

1968 ~ Bevis Hillier ~ Book ~ "Art Deco of the 20s and 30s"

Term: Art Deco Bottle

1976 ~ Newspaper ~ The Times-Union ~ Warsaw, Indiana

Term: Deco Soda Bottle

2003 ~ Brian Wade ~ Book ~ "Deco Soda Bottles"

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It appears that Brian Wade originated the term "Deco Soda Bottle"

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But that still leaves the question: What did collectors call deco soda bottles in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clue: It wasn't "Deco Soda Bottles"

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. ~

If anyone can find an earlier use of the specific words "Deco Soda Bottle" than Brian Wade's 2003 book, please let us know.

Thanks

Bob

 

[epackage]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB
But that still leaves the question: What did collectors call deco soda bottles in the 1950s and 1960s?

I'd guess they called them garbage or recycling considering at the time they probably weren't very collectible...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

ORIGINAL: epackage

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB
But that still leaves the question: What did collectors call deco soda bottles in the 1950s and 1960s?

I'd guess they called them garbage or recycling considering at the time they probably weren't very collectible...

Okey doke ... then let's rephrase the question.

What did collectors call deco soda bottles in the 1970s?

Clue: It wasn't deco soda bottles!

 

[andy volkerts]

I have kinda stayed away from this post, as these bottle are of little interest to me, but I remember a guy who used to be in the Stockton Historical Bottle Society in the late 60s early seventies who used to refer to them as geometrics, he used to pay us members who dug and poked around up to 3 dollars for them, if they were clean and undinged, about what I feel they are worth at best today........

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Andy ~

Thanks

Score one for "geometrics"

(Now we're making some progress) [sm=thumbup.gif]