THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD??

[flasherr]

When was the term "THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD" or "THIS BOTTLE IS PROPERTY OF ______" im just trying to date some sodas I have? I didn't know if it was used during a certain period as with alcohol bottle during prohibition.
Thank you Brian

 

[Bluebelle]

Probably not too much help but, during the 40's and early 50's at least when all soda bottles were pretty heavy glass and you had to pay a deposit, then get the deposit back when you returned the bottles, they often had embossed on them "Property of..." for example, I recall coke bottles that had on them Property of Coca-Cola Bottling Co, or something like that.

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

I have some soda bottles from the late 1880s and 1890s (including a Hutchinson bottle)that have "This Bottle Not to be Sold" or This Bottle is Never Sold" embossed on them.

Sam

 

[Harry Pristis]

Paul and Parmalee in their book, SOFT DRINK BOTTLES: A History with Special Reference to Illinois, list the following embossed cautions from the period 1905-1920:

THIS BOTTLE IS NEVER SOLD
THIS BOTTLE IS LOANED, BUT NEVER SOLD, RETURN IT
THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD
THIS BOTTLE REGISTERED AND NEVER SOLD
LOANED -- NEVER SOLD
THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD OR ABANDONED

Paul and Parmalee go on to say:

"Perhaps the statement embossed on an applied crown soda bottle of the A.M. & B. Co. (Waco, Texas, and St. Louis, Mo.) best reflects the feeling of many bottlers in business at the turn of the century: WE PAY FOR EVIDENCE CONVICTING THIEVES FOR REFILLING OUR BOTTLES.

"This was no idle threat, and there was more than one bottler who brought a competitor to trial for just such an offense."

-------------Harry Pristis

 

[flasherr]

Your the man Harry. My new hero lol. Thank you for the information I knew this one bottle had to be early ABM bottle. Thank you to everyone who gave their input. I love this message board it is the only one where people actually have something to say. I am on 6 diff message boards and most seem to be a waste of time to check.
Thank you Brian