Old BeverageBottle

[Nowland Farms]

My oldest Son came home the other day with an old bottle that he had found. The bottle is clear glass and has
"EYE-SE" molded into it. Several Google searches have turned up very little regarding this beverage. Anybody know anything about EYE-SE or how to date the bottle?

 

[Jogeephus]

Can't tell you a bunch. But what color is the glass? (greenish, bluish or pink) Does it have air bubbles in it too? Is the bottom moulded inward like a V? (cheater)

 

[1848]

BALTIMORE 42-S- -MD-C- 9 -"EYE-SE BEV"

/ ring, 1" label: EYE-SE in octagonal lozenge shape, TRADE MARK, BEVERAGES on 2 sides \ [heavy ring, 3 rows of 4 ¾" random knurled panels separated by heavy ribs and rings, heavy ring] {capacity on one side}

The Company was "eye-se" out of Baltimore, MD

 

[Nowland Farms]

Joo,

The glass is clear, no air bubbles, and botton is slightly moulded in, just enought to heep it from being flat.

1848 - What does your info mean?

I understand the following:
C = clear
9 = 9 ounces

 

[1848]

Cost you $9.95 on Ebay..... :D

 

[Jogeephus]

I used to collect when I was a kid and I have forgotten almost everything. What I recall is that clear glass without bubbles would indicate it was made somewhere from the 50's onward and wouldn't be too terribly old. Older glasses had imperfections such as bubbles. Also, older glasses would have lead in them (I think) which would cause clear glass to turn bluish green or pink. Bluer/greener the older.

Here is a picture of an old soda bottle manufactured between 1873-1912. If you look close you can see the bubbles I mentioned. This bottle is called a pig bottle cause it resembes a pig. It was filled with soda and the marble held the soda inside. When you went to open it, you hit the marble and it would POP. Hence, the term soda pop. These are hard to find here cause children would break the bottle for the marble inside. So if you find a clear greenish marble around a homestead - chances are it came from a bottle of pop.

 

[sidney411]

Oh that's neat! I didn't know that. I've never seen a bottle like that. I did find some of those old soda cans in the attic of an old building once, I think they are tin instead of aluminum.

 

[angie2]

I collect all kinds of old glass. Your bottle, as Jo said, is not terribly old. Glass with lead in is usually only blue under black light. It is very old.

Colored glass is usually depression era. Glass with bubbles in it is old.....

 

[Hippie Rancher]

Jogeephus, that is SO COOL

I never knew that.

I have a bunch of purple glass my Grandmother started in the window when she was first married (would have been the 20's) and find a lot of bottles (mostly livestock medicines and face cream jarss :lol: ) If only old jars, insulators and rusty metal were really worth what everybody tells you it is (wonder why they never offer any of their cash?) :cboy:

 

[Jogeephus]

I think that's why I quit collecting them. The old pop bottle is worth about $9.00 yet its pretty old. The most valuable bottle I ever found was an old liquor bottle when liquor was controlled by the state. Has the state seal on it. A guy offered me $300 for it about 25 years ago. I still got it somewhere probably couldn't get $20 for it today if I decided to sell it. :oops:

I wish I had started collecting gold coins. ;-)