SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

[Skrimpy]

SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

8 inches, dark brown bottom reads
"SB&G Co"
"23"

We found it in an old trash heap with tons of broken stems from late 1700s bottles. Is this a bottle that someone wouldn't bother taking from a pile? Just trying to figure out if it's worth digging. Pic later.

 

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[PBK]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

8 inches, dark brown bottom reads
"SB&G Co"
"23"

We found it in an old trash heap with tons of broken stems from late 1700s bottles. Is this a bottle that someone wouldn't bother taking from a pile? Just trying to figure out if it's worth digging. Pic later.

From: http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks3.html

"S.B.& G.CO.........Streator Bottle & Glass Company, Streator, IL (1881-1905). The Streator plant eventually became part of the American Bottle Company, then later Owens Bottle Company, and finally part of the Owens Illinois Glass Co. (Plant #9)."

 

[jeff of pa]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

all I can find out is SB&G CO made the Bottle.

Here is Pickle Bottle made by them.
http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/saltybayantiques/ilist?ss=sb%26g&samedb=1&previd=0&sb=1
And a Taller Brown Bottle Pictured.

 

[jeff of pa]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

LOL, Good Job PBK

 

[PBK]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

They made some clear beer bottles for Schlitz:

http://brucemobley.com/beerbottlelibrary/in/laporte/schlitz.htm


Aqua Green
Pint
Blob
Plate Mold
"THIS BOTTLE // NOT TO // BE SOLD" on back and "3" on back at heel
"S B & G Co // 1" on base

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

Should we keep digging or is this a bottle that someone would have left behind after taking the spoils of the trash heap. Funny part is that it is right outside the front door of the old house. Who wants to look at a pile of rotting garbage each time they leave the house? Lol.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle

S,

Heck, from what Jeff and PBK posted,
sounds like a keeper, I sure would.

Streator is a nice small town, been out
that way many times.

Looking forward for your posting of a pic.

have a good un.......

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle pic added...Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

Here are two pics. First one is the bottle, second of the bottom. After looking at the picture, I realized that this thing has been stamped/embossed (or however they did the lettering) twice. It has the wording
"SB&G Co"
"23"
and then just underneath and to the left of each letter/number you can see a second copy of it...pretty cool...

I think I wasn't worried about whether or not this bottle was a keeper for myself (because I will most definately keep it b/c its pretty darn cool), I meant whether or not I could use it as kind of a presumptive test on the trash heap. I would assume if it were a keeper that almost definately the heap has not been dug because this bottle was within a foot of the surface. I would assume there was a slight chance that if the heap were dug the bottle was flat out missed but not likely. I would think that if the bottle were not a keeper there is a chance the pile had been dug and the bottle was left behind because it was not worth enought to carry it back to the car with an arm/bagfull of valuable bottles. Anywho...heres the pic...

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

Nobody on bottle errors?

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

S,

nice bottle.

Can see from your photo the double
image. Neat. Have never encountered
what you call "bottle errors."

I sure would spend an afternoon digging
at the site. Always fun playing in the
dirt Even if someone else has dug
around in the past, never know what you
will find.

Good luck, if you go back to the site.

have a good un....

 

[downindixie]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

Usually errors in spelling or miss placed letters don't add value to bottles because they would just keep on using the mold for production.There could be 10's of thousand of bottles with that error.

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

Oh well. It's still cool. What does the number mean? I've seen them posted on the internet as being "3" 's, "8" 's etc. with no explanation of what the number means. Never seen a "23" on the internet.

 

[jeff of pa]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

Oh well. It's still cool. What does the number mean? I've seen them posted on the internet as being "3" 's, "8" 's etc. with no explanation of what the number means. Never seen a "23" on the internet.

My Understanding the Number is the date.

I don't know if that is in All cases though.

 

[Skrimpy]

Re: SB&G Co beer bottle (updated with pic) Is there such a thing as an error bottle?

I was just informed by a bottle collector at work what the whole mold number and makers marks were used for. When a bottle mold started to go bad (ie brewing companies started seeing crappy bottles), they called the bottle makers and gave them the numbers from the bottoms of the less than adequate bottles. It's all about quality control. Now that I am looking at it, that bottle looks like it says "SB & C Co". Streeter was bought by American Bottling company circa 1910 and my bottle guy says this bottle is circa 1950. Must be SB & C.