Posted 9 years ago
jerryn
(8 items)
Heavy soda bottle, applied top, looks to have an iron pontil. 8" high 2 3/4" diameter at the base. The glass has air bubbles (see the side picture). On the bottle is embossed S. C. O. N. M. W. Assn Sacramento which stands for Sacramento Co-Op Operations Natural Mineral Water Association. This is a Gold Rush era bottle c 1850 found near Sacramento.
If anyone knows more about this bottle please comment.
Just picked one of these up from a Stockton collector. Really enjpy it as I collect Buffalo Brewery stuff (Sacramento is my hometown)!
Any idea as to value? I'm attempting to post a picture but haven't figured out how to do that???
I don't see a pontil, let alone an iron pontil. I see an 1890s base on a typical late-1800s-shape bottle with a typical TOC type of glass all for an Association that closed its doors in 1901.
AKA, I think it's closer to the Turn Of the Century.
Thanks SpiritBear. Do you have references? I was just piecing together the scraps of information I found doing a search.
My apologies: It didn't close its doors, as I thought I skimmed, but it closed a "remarkably successful business year." Google "Sacramento Co-Op Operations Natural Mineral Water Association"
Google Books is especially helpful for research since they began scanning and putting them online.
As for the bottle, put warm water and bleach in it. Get a bottle brush, slightly bend the soft tip, and gently after an hour begin rubbing away the interior. Then, after it has dried upside down for a day, take Baby Oil and swirl it around. It'll temporarily hide the staining, I've read.
As an Association bottle, it was likely meant to be used by any of those involved.
As for the top, which is not at this point shown (especially inside its mouth,) I can say nothing on. I have a bottle no earlier than 1889, and its top is applied albeit it is American.
Good luck, and interesting-looking bottle (I always liked the acronym bottles as they're more fun to figure out.)