Bottle, Soda

Object Name:

Bottle, Soda

Object ID:

1992.063.160

Creator:

Illinois Glass Company

Place of Origin:

Alton, IL

Date:

circa 1928

Description:

Soda bottle and cap, oversize, for store display. Clear green-tinted pressed glass with mold seam; cylindrical body with hobble-skirt shape; tapered base; long sloping shoulders; long cylindrical neck with rounded lip. Cap: cylindrical body with gathered edge; metal and cardboard; "MINIMUM CONTENTS / 6 / FLUID OZS" printed red ink top; "Coca Cola" printed red ink script center; "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." printed red ink bottom; red ring around text; yellow background. Bottle: "Coca-Cola" feathered embossing center in recess front; "TRADE MARK REGISTERED / BOTTLE PAT'D DEC. 25, 1923" embossed in recess front; "Coca-Cola" feathered embossing center in recess back; "TRADE MARK REGISTERED / MIN. CONTENTS 6-FL. OZS." embossed in recess back; diamond with "I" in center embossed on bottom of bottle.
A. Bottle
B. Cap

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-20 Dia-6 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Soft drinks, Coca-Cola