the earliest Royal Crown acl?

[carling]

I recently found the Royal Crown shown on the left. The other two are for comparison, all are from Cleveland.

Besides the embossed neck, its got the little yellow stars running across the top of the main label that I've never seen before. The bottle was indoor found, the paint is thinner (but not faded) on this one. I believe its from 1938, looking at the bottom. The city is only mentioned on the bottom of the bottle, not in the paint.

Is it the earliest of the Royal Crown painted labels? Didn't see any like it on ebay, I was also wondering if I found a tough one.

Rick

 

[carling]

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[morbious_fod]

That's pretty cool; however, weren't ACLs invented in 1936?

 

[coboltmoon]

Hello, that does look like a hard to find RC. I believe any RC with a Good House Keeping seal is a good one. I have seen them bring $25 - $50. Your embossed one might bring more. It does look like it is from 1938. In Toulouse’s bottle mark book he gives credit to Lamb glass in 1934 for the pyro glaze bottle. It took time for the pyro to catch on. There were concerns the label would not stay on the bottle for a long time.

 

[thesodafizz]

Mike Elling collects RC, Nehi and Chero-Cola extensively. If anyone would know, he would. Also, Dennis Smith (celerycola) is knowledgeable about such things.

Mike is good at knowing which bottle was first, next, and so on. Sometimes he knows the significance of things, like the stars. I had heard that many early bottlers were brewers from Germany - and the star was significant to them because of their religion. All I know is a bunch of different sodas have stars on them...so could be.

K

 

[acls]

Carling- You've found a good one. I don't think it is the oldest RC though. I have a little side collection of RCs and I believe the two on the far right are the oldest version. I am not very good at dating bottles, but I am pretty sure they are from 1936.

Your bottle is a good one because of the stars. You don't see those too often. You see them exactly like yours minus the stars pretty reguarly, but the ones with the stars are not common. If you are ever interested in selling or trading let me know.

 

[T D]

In Toulouse’s bottle mark book he gives credit to Lamb glass in 1934 for the pyro glaze

Thanks for the photos of the 30's acls, guys. The older I get, the more I like the acls before 1940. I would love to see any bottle before 1936 if anyone has one. I've got several from '37-'39...

 

[madman]

oh yea td, wed love to see those 37 - 39 acls, hows about a group shot please lol mike

 

[carling]

Thanks for the input from everyone. I had never seen one with the stars and thought maybe they went with that version first, then dropped the stars later.

ACLS - Thanks for posting your bottles and the info. Since mine is a Cleveland bottle and that is what I collect, its on the shelf. But if I come across anymore, I'll let you know.

Rick