Bottles

[sonnyjam]

Can anyone tell me the value of these, if any. The first bottle reads: Donahoe & Robinson, WILM, DEL. Its 7" X 2 1/2". The Second bottle reads: American brewing co. Phila. Its 9 1/2" X 2 1/2". Thank you.

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

The first bottles a Hutchinsons Stopper, patented 1879. The second soda looks like a crown top.

 

[Newt]

The blob top has some increased value with the large bubble in the neck.
Newt

 

[72cheyenne]

The first bottles a Hutchinsons Stopper, patented 1879. The second soda looks like a crown top.

I don't think the first bottle is a Hutch, it is a blob-top soda, which pre-dates the Hutchinson soda type closure. Here is a pic of a Hutch with its closure.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

The first bottles a Hutchinsons Stopper, patented 1879. The second soda looks like a crown top.

I don't think the first bottle is a Hutch, it is a blob-top soda, which pre-dates the Hutchinson soda type closure. Here is a pic of a Hutch with its closure.

Yea I think you are correct. My bad.

 

[72cheyenne]

Here is the bottle listed in Kovels, but not much info. After logging in the Kovels site, they have it listed at $10.
http://www.kovels.com/priceguide/kovels_bottle/1997/soda/2213180.html

 

[72cheyenne]

Donahoe and Robinson are listed in the Delaware state directory dated 1874-1875.
http://books.google.com/books?id=vh...DS4GJOIi0zQSkgP2oCw&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

 

[chipveres]

According to the New York Times, American Brewing Company was in business in Philadelphia in 1897.

Chip V.