Rare Straight sided Coca Cola bottle in British Columbia, Canada

By alexfu, 20 September, 2009
Description

Got lost in the woods off a remote trail. Saw the bottle with just mouth sticking out of the dead leaves. See picture for more details of the bottle.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Category
Antique Bottles
Medium
Glass
Distinguishing marks
Front: CocaCola, Back: Coke. 10 FL OZ, Trade Mark Reg, Center script, Diamond, French script.
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
Height: 7 inches; Dimension: 2 and a quarter inches;
Date Period
Not sure
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
Dug
For Sale?
No
Photos

Lovejoy

15 years 3 months ago

I'm not much of a bottle guy, but your bottle looks like one of those "Bomb" bottles that were made briefly in the 60's.The glass was quite thin and they would explode like a bomb if shaken and then dropped or thrown. From what I remember they were withdrawn from production because of this and environmental concerns. BTW. a trick with Coca Cola bottles, the word "Coke" wasn't used by the company until about 1941.

Lovejoy

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Thank you very much for the info. I knew nothing of the coke bottles. This probably is a Canadian product because it had both English and French on it. The reason I thought it was from the 1900-1915 is because I read on some sites saying that the Coca Cola stopped making straight sided bottles after 1916. I guess that's not true then.
Thank you anyway.
AF

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