Blob Sodas

[Road Dog]

Here are a few of Eugene Roussel's bottles. He came from France in 1838 and opened a perfume shop. He added a Soda Counter to his shop popularizing flavored soda water in the late 1830's. He used sugared syrups rather than fruit juices and was the first to use Cobalt glass for his Soda Bottles. The Cobalt bottle is embossed Dyottsville Glass Works on the reverse.

 

[Road Dog]

This is a John Baker Soda Water bottle. It is iron pontilled. Interesting thing about this one is it shares the same mold as the cobalt blue John Boardman pictured earlier in this post.

 

[Harry Pristis]

This is a John Baker Soda Water bottle. It is iron pontilled. Interesting thing about this one is it shares the same mold as the cobalt blue John Boardman pictured earlier in this post.

Thanks for the history, 'Road Dog' -- these bottles are a bit older than I realized!

So, the Baker and the Boardman bottles were made in the same mold with the embossing on slug-plates?? What a nice bit of mold-making that was! Did other bottlers use this same bottle?

 

[Road Dog]

Not a Slug Plate . There is a rare variation where Boardman was peened out though. Only two I think makers used this mold. Atleast that I've seen.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Here are a couple of ginger ale bottles that I like, though I don't display them because of the round bottoms. (The GRATTAN will actually stand up on the large "G" embossed on the base!)

'Road Dog', do you have a reasonable way to display round-bottom sodas?

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[Road Dog]

I have a Hawaii Torpedo laying on my arrowhead case and a Tenpin laying in the back of a Tonka Truck. (LOL)
Nice bottles there. Nice to see with the closures!

 

[wilmingtonncboys]

here you go!!

 

[Road Dog]

Awesome Sodas! I recognize you from the Antique Bottle site. Ya'll have done some great digs.

 

[wilmingtonncboys]

yeah, we've gotten lucky. you should see the one's that we just uncovered!! i'll post some pics for you tomorrow!!

 

[Fla-Gal]

Thanks for the continuing "education" !!!!!!

 

[allen]

love the colors of those bottles !

 

[Road Dog]

A recent aquisition. W.T. & Co. Stands for Whitall and Tatum Glass Company. They made alot of bottles in the late 19th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitall_Tatum_Company

 

[gleaner1]

Iron pontil Fred. Goosmann, has anyone ever seen one similar? Thanks, gleaner1

 

[Road Dog]

Blue aqua in that one goes around 400 slams or there abouts. My Soda info is at my work so I can't give you more than that. Found age is around 1857.

 

[gleaner1]

Road Dog, I cant find any info on it. This piece has an unusual tint toward sapphire.

 

[Road Dog]

Hard to guage colors from a pic. Yours looks like it could be the blue aqua. A very nice bottle.

 

[DigginThePast]

Great bottles! Thanks for showing them.

 

[Road Dog]

Diggin I'm just glad folks like to see them.

That Goosmann bottle in Aqua is still a 250 dollar bottle. The additional Blue really drives up the price. There are also Cobalt variations that go for thoooousannnnnnds!

 

[DigginThePast]

Road Dog - Have to confess my knowledge of bottles is extremely limited but I do collect/display those I find. I enjoy viewing the bottles that get posted.