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The bottom says K. Hutter New York and a date, Karl Hutter was a prolific in the bottle industry...
This is from the great sodasandbeers.com site...
Hutter, Karl, (1877-1913)
New York, NY, United States
Appears on soda and beer bottles. Hutter started out his career as a beer bottler and ended up in the bottler supply business. His main claim to fame was being assigned sole rights to Charles De Quillfeldt's beer bottle closure, when it was reissued in 1877. Hutter renamed it the "Lightning Stopper" and it quickly became the standard for the beer bottling industry. He survived several patent infringement lawsuits during the early 1880s when his office was at 185 Bowery Street in New York and a manufactory in Bennington, Vermont. At that time, he had a large trade with glass houses acting as a "representative character" between the bottler and glass works. In 1892, Hutter's office at 32 Reade Street sustained fire damage. In 1893, he patented an improvement to the Lightning, which consisted of a ceramic plug with a rubber washer to replace the metallic head of the Lightning. In 1904, the business was still located at 32 Reade Street. Hutter committed suicide after a long illness at his apartment overlooking Central Park on June 15, 1913. He was 62. At that time, the business was located at 241 Lafayette Street in New York City. The firm later became Karl Hutter, Inc. and was still in business as late as 1930 at 241 Reade Street location. The markings are on the base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
This is from the great sodasandbeers.com site...
Hutter, Karl, (1877-1913)
New York, NY, United States
Appears on soda and beer bottles. Hutter started out his career as a beer bottler and ended up in the bottler supply business. His main claim to fame was being assigned sole rights to Charles De Quillfeldt's beer bottle closure, when it was reissued in 1877. Hutter renamed it the "Lightning Stopper" and it quickly became the standard for the beer bottling industry. He survived several patent infringement lawsuits during the early 1880s when his office was at 185 Bowery Street in New York and a manufactory in Bennington, Vermont. At that time, he had a large trade with glass houses acting as a "representative character" between the bottler and glass works. In 1892, Hutter's office at 32 Reade Street sustained fire damage. In 1893, he patented an improvement to the Lightning, which consisted of a ceramic plug with a rubber washer to replace the metallic head of the Lightning. In 1904, the business was still located at 32 Reade Street. Hutter committed suicide after a long illness at his apartment overlooking Central Park on June 15, 1913. He was 62. At that time, the business was located at 241 Lafayette Street in New York City. The firm later became Karl Hutter, Inc. and was still in business as late as 1930 at 241 Reade Street location. The markings are on the base or the reverse heel of the bottle.
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