east texas terry
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That is an odd one. Maybe English? P.S. nice ketchup collection. I like that you've labeled them all. Thanks for the pictures. I have one bottle I cannot identify. You know this mark. Looks like a Hazel atlas mark but it isn't.I dug this one in a TOC dump. Caught my eye because it wasn't a screw top. Never seen one with this type of closure. Maybe an off brand ketchup? Anybody seen a top like this on a ketchup?
You nailed it. The Shriver's tops them all.These are probably up there for the best ketchup bottles
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Damn! If discussion and photos posted to this thread had not already done so, that array of extraordinary antique bottles certainly should provide an affirmative answer to the question posed last Thursday: " Is there such a thing as a Best or Good Ketchup Bottle? Most the ones I dig are pretty plain & Slicks & thrown back into the Hole or Dump. LEON. "These are probably up there for the best ketchup bottles
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Is there such a thing as a Best or Good Ketchup Bottle? Most the ones I dig are pretty plain & Slicks & thrown back into the Hole or Dump. LEON.
I have dug many old ketchup bottles dating back to 1880's... the hexagon shaped Heinz are definitely the most enduring design compared to other bottles; few are ever found broken.. that design has endured a century of ground freezing, dozers pushing basements in... bottles are pre-steel capped versionsof them
I am different i save a few of them for the history of them and also i display them
so the public see can them [ i also leave some of them at the dump to ]
The top is called a PHOENIX BLOB. It is still an active patent and in use today though not in this small size. I have a lot of beer bottles that have this lip on them.I dug this one in a TOC dump. Caught my eye because it wasn't a screw top. Never seen one with this type of closure. Maybe an off brand ketchup? Anybody seen a top like this on a ketchup?