Found at bottom of Massachusetts Lake - 1915 Coca-Cola Bottle

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Cleaned up beautifully after these pictures. No scratches or chips and a beautiful deep blue color.

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Nice! Love those 1915s. I'd guess from the color that it was probably blown at Laurens Glassworks in South Carolina. Look closely around the heel for any lettering.
 

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Bottle is home now, I am at a camp until tomorrow. I will take a look, but I recall absolutely no lettering. Is that possible?

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Here's what I was talking about, a 1915 with "L.G.W. 26" on the heel. This example also has Coca-Cola in script on the bottom. Some have it, some don't. Just wondering.

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Just checked; absolutely no lettering. So, I estimate manufacture between 1917 and mid-1918.

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Nice looking coke bottle finding one always brights up my day not often enough
 

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I find most of my old soda bottles on the ocean floor guess ur diving for them i find most of mine 10 to 20 feet deep
 

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That's a great display item
 

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Update: took a closer look at the base rim...there is lettering that states, very faintly, REED. A little research reveals 1920 manufacture date and explains the vivid blue color.

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