| Please Help Identify These Unknown Maverick Hutchinson Bottles! |
Updated: June 30, 2008
The slope-shouldered bottle pictured above has a large "P" on the base and was
offered as GreedyBay 160245919372 (thanks for permission to post your
photographs, Bruce!). This bottle was recovered from the Sacramento River,
suggesting it may have been produced for and utilized by either the Pearson
Brothers in Bodie/Placerville, or perhaps by Henry J. Postel, founder of the
Capital Soda Works in Sacramento, California. Per the late Peck Markota's
book, A Look at California Hutchinson Type Soda Bottles, one of the soda brand
names Postel trade marked was "Strawberry Dew Drops;" what a great name!
Although the bottle's shape is similar to typical Matthews Gravitating Stopper
bottles, it does not carry Matthews' base embossing, and contains the remains
of a Hutchinson Patent Spring Stopper. This may have been a "transitional"
bottle originally produced for use with a gravitating stopper and later converted
for use with a Hutchinson stopper.
Please EMail us at HutchBook@yahoo.com if you can provide information about
this bottle or any of the other unidentified maverick Hutchinson bottles listed
below. Newly added listings are highlighted in red:
1. A. T. G. (embossed near base, amber, private mold)
2. B G Co (near base, aqua, private mold; is this possibly a maker's mark,
rather than a bottler's or bottling company's initials?)
3. CITY / BOTTLING / WORKS / REGISTERED (round plate)
4. CITY BOTTLING WORKS / PENNA. / REGISTERED (near base) - clear,
round plate
5. CURRIER'S / ROOT BEER (aqua, 6.75" x 2.375" with horseshoe plate, blank
back, 36C on base, round base)
6. CURRIER'S / SARSAPARILLA (horseshoe plate, C on back)
7. G. DOTSON (aqua, 6.5" x 2.5" with round plate, I. G. CO. 11 '03 on back,
blank base)
8. D. G. DUFFIELD / REGISTERED (near base) - W on base, round plate
9. E & CO. (aqua, round plate, I.G.CO.222 on back, round base, Durand, WI?)
10. E. B. W. (aqua, 6.375" x 2.50" with round plate, 5 on back heel, 20 on
base, round base)
11. ELKHORN / BOTTLING WORKS / J. W. BOOTH AND CO. (round plate;
00 base embossing; round base)
12. FAIVRE'S / CELEBRATED / ROOT BEER (round plate)
13. FLORENE (round plate)
14. GLITTERING / SODA WATER / WORKS / REGISTERED (clear, horseshoe
plate, round base)
15. GLITTERING / SODA WATER / WORKS / REGISTERED (clear, round
plate, 10 panel base)
16. GLITTERING / CONTENTS 8 OZ. / SODA WATER / WORKS /
REGISTERED (clear, round plate, 10 panel base)
17. REGISTERED / GREAT LAKES / BOTTLING CO. (aqua, 7.25" x 2.25" with
round plate; M G [large] on base)
18. H. B. W. (on base), aqua, 6.75" x 2.50" with blank back, round base
19. H. D. W. CO. (on base), blue aqua, REGISTERED / blank horseshoe plate
on front, 6.875" x 2.25" with blank back and 10 panel base
20. HT or TH (fancy monogram), aqua, 6.625" x 2.375" with round plate,
D.O.C. 19 1/2 on back heel, blank base, round base
21. W. C. HAVELOCK / HOMESTEAD. (light aqua, 6.75" x 2.375" with round
plate, blank back and base, round base)
22. K. C. B. Co. (on base), clear, blank horseshoe plate, round base
23. KELLNER'S / BOTTLING / WORKS (round plate)
24. M.D. (on base) aqua, round base; Canada?
25. MOXIE / Wm. P. _________ (aqua, round plate)
26. MURRELL AND DOAN / SILVER NECTAR / BOTTLING / WORKS (aqua,
6.5" x 2.25" with horseshoe plate, dug in Los Angeles, California)
27. P (on base) aqua, blank back, round base - Sacramento? Placerville?
28. P & T (on base) blank round plate, 10 panel base
29. P. S. F. / B. CO. (aqua, round plate, 33 on base)
30. R (on base) front blank, C & Co. maker's mark on back heel
31. REGISTERED / #69 (round plate; WCBW [monogram] / M.K.P. on base)
32. S.M. (acid-etched) in round plate, aqua, blank back and base, round base
33. (five point, segmented star) in round plate, aqua, large P. on 10 panel base
34. T. M. B. (on base) clear, blank round plate, 10 panel base
35. U. S. DEPt of AGRICULTURE / WEATHER BUREAU (amber, private mold)
36. VERNAN & CO / MINERAL / WATERS (horseshoe plate)
37. W.J.S. (round plate) - Wisconsin?
© 2008, Seattle History Company
The slope-shouldered bottle pictured above has a large "P" on the base and was
offered as GreedyBay 160245919372 (thanks for permission to post your
photographs, Bruce!). This bottle was recovered from the Sacramento River,
suggesting it may have been produced for and utilized by either the Pearson
Brothers in Bodie/Placerville, or perhaps by Henry J. Postel, founder of the
Capital Soda Works in Sacramento, California. Per the late Peck Markota's
book, A Look at California Hutchinson Type Soda Bottles, one of the soda brand
names Postel trade marked was "Strawberry Dew Drops;" what a great name!
Although the bottle's shape is similar to typical Matthews Gravitating Stopper
bottles, it does not carry Matthews' base embossing, and contains the remains
of a Hutchinson Patent Spring Stopper. This may have been a "transitional"
bottle originally produced for use with a gravitating stopper and later converted
for use with a Hutchinson stopper.
Please EMail us at HutchBook@yahoo.com if you can provide information about
this bottle or any of the other unidentified maverick Hutchinson bottles listed
below. Newly added listings are highlighted in red:
1. A. T. G. (embossed near base, amber, private mold)
2. B G Co (near base, aqua, private mold; is this possibly a maker's mark,
rather than a bottler's or bottling company's initials?)
3. CITY / BOTTLING / WORKS / REGISTERED (round plate)
4. CITY BOTTLING WORKS / PENNA. / REGISTERED (near base) - clear,
round plate
5. CURRIER'S / ROOT BEER (aqua, 6.75" x 2.375" with horseshoe plate, blank
back, 36C on base, round base)
6. CURRIER'S / SARSAPARILLA (horseshoe plate, C on back)
7. G. DOTSON (aqua, 6.5" x 2.5" with round plate, I. G. CO. 11 '03 on back,
blank base)
8. D. G. DUFFIELD / REGISTERED (near base) - W on base, round plate
9. E & CO. (aqua, round plate, I.G.CO.222 on back, round base, Durand, WI?)
10. E. B. W. (aqua, 6.375" x 2.50" with round plate, 5 on back heel, 20 on
base, round base)
11. ELKHORN / BOTTLING WORKS / J. W. BOOTH AND CO. (round plate;
00 base embossing; round base)
12. FAIVRE'S / CELEBRATED / ROOT BEER (round plate)
13. FLORENE (round plate)
14. GLITTERING / SODA WATER / WORKS / REGISTERED (clear, horseshoe
plate, round base)
15. GLITTERING / SODA WATER / WORKS / REGISTERED (clear, round
plate, 10 panel base)
16. GLITTERING / CONTENTS 8 OZ. / SODA WATER / WORKS /
REGISTERED (clear, round plate, 10 panel base)
17. REGISTERED / GREAT LAKES / BOTTLING CO. (aqua, 7.25" x 2.25" with
round plate; M G [large] on base)
18. H. B. W. (on base), aqua, 6.75" x 2.50" with blank back, round base
19. H. D. W. CO. (on base), blue aqua, REGISTERED / blank horseshoe plate
on front, 6.875" x 2.25" with blank back and 10 panel base
20. HT or TH (fancy monogram), aqua, 6.625" x 2.375" with round plate,
D.O.C. 19 1/2 on back heel, blank base, round base
21. W. C. HAVELOCK / HOMESTEAD. (light aqua, 6.75" x 2.375" with round
plate, blank back and base, round base)
22. K. C. B. Co. (on base), clear, blank horseshoe plate, round base
23. KELLNER'S / BOTTLING / WORKS (round plate)
24. M.D. (on base) aqua, round base; Canada?
25. MOXIE / Wm. P. _________ (aqua, round plate)
26. MURRELL AND DOAN / SILVER NECTAR / BOTTLING / WORKS (aqua,
6.5" x 2.25" with horseshoe plate, dug in Los Angeles, California)
27. P (on base) aqua, blank back, round base - Sacramento? Placerville?
28. P & T (on base) blank round plate, 10 panel base
29. P. S. F. / B. CO. (aqua, round plate, 33 on base)
30. R (on base) front blank, C & Co. maker's mark on back heel
31. REGISTERED / #69 (round plate; WCBW [monogram] / M.K.P. on base)
32. S.M. (acid-etched) in round plate, aqua, blank back and base, round base
33. (five point, segmented star) in round plate, aqua, large P. on 10 panel base
34. T. M. B. (on base) clear, blank round plate, 10 panel base
35. U. S. DEPt of AGRICULTURE / WEATHER BUREAU (amber, private mold)
36. VERNAN & CO / MINERAL / WATERS (horseshoe plate)
37. W.J.S. (round plate) - Wisconsin?
© 2008, Seattle History Company
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