Weekend Dig... Part 2 UPDATED better pics

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Just about the only thing I was able to find on the "Razainsky" bottle is that it was also available in a 7oz size and that they are from Mahanoy City, Pa. Plus a varied price range from $5.00 to $25.00 depending on condition.

The "Asco" bottle doesn't appear to be soda related at all as I originally thought. But more than likely is a vinegar or ketchup bottle. The company also made a variety of other food products as shown below. It was the wire/ceramic closure that threw me off. But I do know that similar closures were used on various food products, and that the same type of thing could be purchased seperately to reseal various bottles once you got them home and opened them. The bottle has a "crown closure" for sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean it also had or needed a crown "cap" to seal it. I suspect that "Asco" stands for "A.S. Company," and is definitely from Philidelphia, Pa. (The bottle would originally have had a paper label).

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"ASCO"

Read all about it here ...

Link: http://www.fohbc.com/PDF_Files/CapstanTumblersJarsBottlers4AmerStoresCo.pdf

Here's the glass makers mark info that the article refers to ...

Capstan logo (resembles a "pawn" chess piece) ... Capstan Glass Company, Connellsville, PA (1919-1938). This factory was bought by Anchor Hocking Glass Company in 1938. This mark appears on a variety of flint glass bottles as well as commercial packers' jars, including jelly glasses and other small "tumblers" that originally contained food products such as processed cheese spread, mayonnaise, peanut butter, jam, etc.

 

[flipper]

The ASCO has a large "5" on the bottom
The Hire's 5 gallon has a 7 <I> 9 on the bottom
The PepperS has I 2979 57 and a funky symbol. Looks like an I with some circles in it..

Included a Coca Cola bottle and another bottle and some Pyro Milks I found as well.

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

The ASCO has a large "5" on the bottom Probably a mold number. Unlikely to be a date.

The Hire's 5 gallon has a 7 <I> 9 on the bottom = 1939

The PepperS has I 2979 57 and a funky symbol. Looks like an I with some circles in it. Most likely 1957

The Ragazinsky also appears to be 1939 (Which is a nice early example for an acl. The painted label process was introduced in 1934/35).

Now I'm switching gears (and colors) and focusing on the Coca Cola bottle. Very nice. And appears to be circa 1910ish.

Thanks again. I for one am enjoying this. I'll be back.

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[flipper]

It appears that the Coca Cola and the Cleary are the same bottles. Same color and numbers on the bottom..

Thaks a lot for the info.. Learning a lot..

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[SODABOTTLEBOB]

Cleary? Did I miss that one? I went back and looked but didn't see it. Or maybe it's just me and I need some direction.

Thanks,

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[flipper]

oops.... did miss that one. Here is a side by side of both the cleary and coca cola

 

[SODABOTTLEBOB]

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Thanks for the picture. I was starting to think I was goofy.

The two bottles obviously came from two different towns (Pottsville and Shenandoah) but there is no doubt they came from the same glass factory at the same time. Especially, like you said, because they both have the same numbers on the bases. I'd call them "kissin' cousin's" ...

Most Coca Cola bottles with block lettering like yours (as opposed to the ones with the signature script) are typically referred to as "semi" Coca Cola bottles. Meaning they never contained the actual Coca Cola beverage, but rather were intended for a variety of fruit flavors like grape - strawberry - orange, etc. Coca Cola didn't have it's own line of fruit flavors until it introduced "Fanta" in the 1960s. So it allowed the "bottlers" to put their own lines of fruit flavors in similar bottles. (I hope this makes sense)

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[flipper]

Makes total sense....

What I did notice about the Ragazinsky ACL, one bottle has a makers mark and the other has "duraglass" on the bottle.


I will need to dig around the potatoe celler some more this weekend. The owner is allowing me to dig the privy. Should be a good one. I am guessing 1880's or somewhere close. Very old home.

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Bottles with marks that look someting like this ...

21 <(I)> 47

Duraglas

... date from 1940 or later. The <(I)> is an Owens-Illinois Glass Co. mark. Owens-Illinois and the Duraglas company merged in 1940. So anytime you see the two marks together on the same bottle they are easy to date.

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[jerseyben]

I have a bottle that looks identical to your "Ragazinsky" Bottle. Th only difference is that mine is from the "Paulsboro Bottling Company" Paulsboro, NJ.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

those coal region jugs should be good money.... esspecially that hazleton one.....