] We both agree that whatever these bottles were used for that they did not go through the entire filling process because the bottles are too small to hold 6+ ounces of liquid. So that leaves some other purpose for the bottles such as for measuring and/or testing. Unfortunately, most if not all of what we've read about these bottles comes from sellers who seem to be guessing. I've looked but have not found an official account about them. I did some extensive research on the bottle filling process and it boils down to three basic stages ... 1st: Adding syrup 2nd: Adding carbonated water 3rd: Capping Which brings us to the bottle and metal sleeve pictured here. The wood sleeves we discussed earlier were intended for a somewhat questionable purpose, but I have no doubt that the metal sleeve pictured here was, as the seller states, designed to be grabbed by the filling equipment. But let's not jump to conclusions and assume these bottles were intended for a syrup sample. They could just as easily have been intended for a carbonated water sample. Remember, the Coca Cola Company provided bottlers with a premade syrup that was formulated under the strictest of standards and was a secret formula. They shipped it to bottlers in various sizes, including large wooden kegs, five gallon cans, and one gallon glass bottles. Which raises the question; Why would a bottler have to test the syrup if the parent company had already done that to the minutest detail? But, again, let's not jump to conclusions because I have read accounts where bottlers did in fact have laboratories. However, most of those accounts are rather generic and don't pinpoint exactly what all was tested or how. And definitely no specific details about the bottles in question. Anyway, I currently like the following description the best of the numerous descriptions I have seen so far. It sounds like the seller knows a thing or two, especially because of the other items he got with the test bottle. It doesn't say if the paper label is original or not, but I suspect that it is. Notice the label has 6 1/2 ounces printed on it, which was the fluid contents of your average Coca Cola hobbleskirt bottle in the 1950s and 60s. Also notice the QC for Quality Control. But these questions still remain unanswered ... 1. Were these bottles intended to measure syrup? 2. Were these bottles intended to test the syrup? 3. Were these bottles intended to test the carbonated water? 4. All of the above? 5. Some other purpose?
SODAPOPBOB said:
