Texas Coca Cola Return Rack and Soda Crates

[Jason]

It's a W.J Corless Manchester bottle. It's embossed High Glass with a lion. It's in pretty good condition aside from the internal staining and etching.

 

[Jason]

More favorites. Delaware Punch, embossed Dr. Pepper from Nacogdoches, Texas, H. Pickoff from Taylor, Texas, and a Coca Cola flavor bottle from Caldwell, Texas.[attachment=14056240819650.jpg]

 

[Jason]

I forgot. The 4th bottle is Bellville Bottling Works from Bellville, Texas.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Beautiful collection.

 

[Jason]

Thanks, Spirit Bear. I've always collected other stuff, and I would pass up the bottles without a second glance. I'm sure I passed up some real good ones in the past.

 

[2find4me]

Niagara Barnett & Foster listed on eBay, seller states it is "Rare" but it has not sold for $15 the past times he has listed it. I say yours is fairly common and worth $5-10. History on Barnett & Foster, your Codd is from London, England. Your codd is a Niagara Patent. LINK. The Codd was created because Hamilton or Torpedo type bottles tended to roll off shelves easier because of there pointy ends. Read about it HERE. H.D. Rawlings Torpedo interesting READ, sold on eBay. John Rawlings. Company History. Abit more History. I know of a few different variants of your bottle. I have the same Delaware Punch, can't remember where I got it. I have always like the Texas deco sodas, thanks for the pics? BTW, what is the olive gin embossed?Thanks!

 

[Jason]

Thanks for all the info. The African case gin is V. Hoytema & C. I bought it from a guy at a flea market. He said a missionary he knew dug them out of the Nile River in Africa.

 

[CanadianBottles]

I've got a Delaware Punch like that too! It has a nasty chunk out of the lip, but it's the only bottle I've ever seen with a Canadian town embossed on the bottom Coca Cola-style. Grabbed it off a table at a show for a dollar the minute the seller unpacked it. Never seen or heard of another one since.

 

[2find4me]

That is a nice case gin, worth $30 bucks easy, maybe even $40 on a good day. HERE is an earlier forum thread. I think this may actually be a dutch gin, could have been brought by the slave trade.

 

[Jason]

Thanks. I had no clue about the price. It's a neat bottle.

Also, I drove past the place that made the Coca Cola return rack. They're still in businesses... Although they did slightly change the company name. It's now the Kaspar Wire Works.

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