Welsh's, Thrill and Electric Beverages ?

[goodman1966]

I saw these at one of the local antique stores and wondering I f anyone knows anything about them. They are all art deco.
Welsh's/ Drinks Of Quality/ 9 FL. OZS.
Bottom embossed Texarkana Texas[attachment=image(FG).jpg]

Thrill/ Trademark
Bottom embossed Lime Cola Bottling Works/ Atlanta then a four letter word I can't make out, I think it says Temp.
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Electric Beverages/ bottom El Darado Ark/ heel Pat. May 4, 1925[attachment=image.jpg]

Any info would be helpful, age of the first 2,history and rarity.
I would like to buy them if I'm not paying to much. They are all under 20$. Thanks for any help ! Mitch

 

[RCO]

I can't tell you anything about these specific bottles but I have bought a lot of art deco bottles at antique stores and can tell you if there under $20 and interesting to look at then there likely not a bad deal unless there really common bottles and the store is trying to pass them off as rare but if there not easy to find likely a fair price

 

[goodman1966]

Thanks for your opinion ! I really like them and so far I'm not finding a lot. Next to nothing really. I searched this site and only found the Thrill bottle in ACL. It seem to be scarce to rare. 100$ +. But I've seen ACL versions of the same bottle out sell the embossed versions. So that really doesn't tell me a lot. Lol. Mitch

 

[bottleopop]

Hi goodman1966 - The thrill bottle is a great deco design! There is a green one like that too. It is not uncommon to see either the colorless or green one for sale. Mine have no town name and don't say Lime Cola on them, so the one you saw has a bit more interest despite being in near-cement-looking condition. I'd say take-it-or-leave-it on this one.I don't collect ACLs but I've seen a very cool ACL Thrill bottle. The Welsh's looks old and unusual because of the diamonds in the panels. Nice-looking condition too. I'd snap up that one if I was there. I have the exact same Electric Beverages bottle; same town El Dorado. It's a common deco design but the Electric Beverages brand is unusual with the bold script label on it. This Electric Beverages bottle is not common. Its design patent is 70082 although it doesn't say that number on my bottle. With that unusual script label, and the amusing brand name, i'd recommend getting that one too. Nice bottle!

 

[goodman1966]

Thanks for the info bottleopop ! The Thrill is actually in pretty good shape, just very dirty. And a bad, hurried pic on my part ! I believe it will clean up.
I also saw the same design of the Welsh on eBay, but the bottle was embossed West End Bottling, Little Rock Arkansas. I think ! Lol

 

[goodman1966]

Well I bought all three. They all cleaned up well. The bottom of the Thrill bottle is embossed Atlanta Texas. I can't find another like it. [attachment=image(NX).jpg]
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[sunrunner]

all good bottles . these early 20th century bottles may have had a large out put but many had a short run , they were made cheaply and did not stay in circulation long.

 

[ACLbottles]

Those are some nice ones. I especially like the Thrill bottle from Atlanta.

 

[iggyworf]

I agree, those are very nice ones. I have a few 'art deco' style. And they display very good.