That's a torpedo bottle.. they used them for drinks with Fizz.. like club soda an ginger ale... laying flat helped keep the fizz in the drink... the shape of the bottle meant the bottle had to be laid on its side, keeping the contents in contact with the cork. This kept the cork wet and swelled and prevented loss of carbonation. Any airspace was at the side (which was now the top) of the bottle. If the bottle's bottom was flat, there would be an airspace between the top of the soda and the bottom of the cork. The cork could dry out just a wee bit and the carbonation would escape so no more fizzzzzzz in the soda!! Plus, this shape of bottle was physically much stronger than a flat bottomed bottle.
What is Embossed (written in glass) on the bottle?
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That's an attractive bottle . . . a round-bottom ginger ale is my guess, just as creeper described.
Here are a couple I have here:
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
I suspect that "Carrarra water" is a reference to the (Carrera) marble powder used in the production of carbon dioxide in a gas generating machine. Ginger ale and other drinks were carbonated using the gas produced by mixing sulphuric acid with marble (calcium carbonate) powder. Here's a link with more details: http://www.hutchbook.com/Bottling%20...er/default.htm
You might search for info on Maugham's patent. I think your bottle dates to much later than 1845.
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
I suspect that "Carrarra water" is a reference to the (Carrera) marble powder used in the production of carbon dioxide in a gas generating machine. Ginger ale and other drinks were carbonated using the gas produced by mixing sulphuric acid with marble (calcium carbonate) powder. Here's a link with more details: http://www.hutchbook.com/Bottling%20...er/default.htm
You might search for info on Maugham's patent. I think your bottle dates to much later than 1845.
Thanks for the info on my bottle, I have never researched it at all, I bought it because it was a neat find. Brian C.
Sooo . . . carrarra water is something other than ginger ale (too bad the article didn't specify what). And the bottle may indeed date to the mid-1800s. The link between "carrarra water" and "carrera marble" remains tenuous.
I cannot recall ever seeing one of this type bottle before.
“A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
--Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"
Sooo . . . carrarra water is something other than ginger ale (too bad the article didn't specify what). And the bottle may indeed date to the mid-1800s. The link between "carrarra water" and "carrera marble" remains tenuous.
I cannot recall ever seeing one of this type bottle before.
I did read the article on this bottle, it mentions that there are only 3 or 4 known and quite rare? I have sent the the person who wrote this article a message asking more about the bottle. Brian C.
Sooo . . . carrarra water is something other than ginger ale (too bad the article didn't specify what). And the bottle may indeed date to the mid-1800s. The link between "carrarra water" and "carrera marble" remains tenuous.
I cannot recall ever seeing one of this type bottle before.
I did read the article on this bottle, it mentions that there are only 3 or 4 known and quite rare? I have sent the the person who wrote this article a message asking more about the bottle. Brian C.
3 or 4 known bottles would make it scarce.. it may have some good value to it
some people call me the creeper ,cuz they don't know my name or face - Alice Cooper
It appears to be attic mint, and that is scarce. Nice looking design too. Canada has all kinds of these European treasures lurking in the dumps or in the walls of old fine homes. Google pics of Quebec. You will see.
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