Bidspirit auction | Antique & Vintage Soda, Milk

Antique & Vintage Soda, Milk & Whiskey Bottles - n interesting group of 14 antique and vintage advertising glass bottles dating from the late 19th through mid-20th centuries, representing historic American soda, dairy, whiskey, and beverage companies. The group features a variety of amber, aqua, cobalt-tinted, green, and clear glass bottles, many with embossed advertising, distinctive molded designs, and unusual closures. Highlights include an antique amber Congress Hotel Chicago bottle; an aqua Henry Burkhardt bottle embossed with an 1878 date and advertising lettering; an Orange Crush ribbed amber glass bottle retaining its colorful original paper label and crown cap; a clear ribbed Orange Crush bottle; a green Coca-Cola contour bottle; and a clear NuGrape Blue Ribbon Products bottle. Also included are two distinctive Codd-neck soda bottles in blue and green glass. Additional pieces include an embossed Bowman Dairy Company milk bottle, an amber Old Joe Gideon Bros. Whiskey flask commemorating gold medals awarded at the 1904 St. Louis and 1905 Portland expositions, a richly textured amber Old Parr Scotch whisky bottle retaining its original neck label and cork, and other embossed soda and dairy bottles. An appealing assortment of American advertising and bottling history, offering a wide range of forms, colors, embossed lettering, and decorative details. Sold as a group of 14 bottles. Antique and vintage condition with varying degrees of surface wear, scratches, cloudiness, staining, and age-related imperfections consistent with age and use.