Antique Glass Soda & Mineral Water Bottles 1850's to 1870's

Below is our selection of Soda & Mineral Water Bottles of the 1850's to 1870's period. These bottles had the tops that used the cork. They had used a metal bail that held the cork in place.

During the 1850's to 1870's period, the Soda & Mineral Water bottles went through several stages of improvements. Part in the process of making these bottles and part in the improvement of the top. There are very few embossed Soda Bottles that used the older method of bottle making, the OPEN PONTIL method. The 1st main method used in making embossed Soda bottles was the IRON PONTIL bottom type. Then an improvement in bottle making brought the SMOOTH BOTTOM type.

For the bottle tops, in the beginning it was the tapered top type and then the double collar type. Later came the blob top type because they were less likely to chip than the earlier types of top. The earlier method of putting the top on was the APPLIED TOP where the top was applied by hand. Later an improvement in making the bottle used the TOOLED TOP method.

These Bottles types went out of use when the bottles using stoppers other than cork were developed starting in the late 1870's with the rise of the Lightning stopper bottles and the Hutchinson type bottles.

Some of these bottles may have been used for porter, wine, and beer but the main use of these bottles were the Soda and Mineral Water.

Note the white spots on the bottles in the pictures are just reflection of the lights

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Kehoe & Purcell of Trenton, New Jersey

A nice ca. 1870's Soda Bottle

The bottle embossing says "KEHOE & PURCELL TRENTON N J" on the front and on the reverse is "K & P" with the K and P in large block letters.

The bottle is of a nice green color and it is a blown in mold bottle with a hand applied blob top of the type that uses a cork. There are some big bubbles in the glass including long stretch bubbles in the neck and there are many micro bubbles. The bottom is smooth.

The bottle is in a nice shiny condition with only a very small nick on the base.

The bottle is about 6 7/8 inches tall.

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Johnston of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A ca. 1860's to 1870's Soda Bottle

The bottle embossing says "JOHNSTON & CO PHILADA" on the front. On the reverse is a large fancy block letter "J".

The bottle is of a deep light bluish Aqua color and it is a blown in mold bottle bottle with a hand applied double collar tapered top of the type that uses a cork. There are some big bubbles in the glass with more smaller bubbles. The bottom is smooth.

The bottle has ground and case wear and an overall very light haziness. Also there is a short fracture in the neck about 1/4 inch long and a small flaw in the base of the bottle and a very thin open bubble.

This is the way most bottles look when they been buried for over a century. Still a nice Philadelphia bottle.

The bottle is about 6 7/8 inches tall.

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