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1906 Anheuser-Busch Pre-Prohibition Beer Bottle, D. E. Smith & Company, Clifton Forge Virginia
Bottle Specifics: The bottle is blown in a mold by mouth with a hand tooled finish crown top and is aqua blue. Embossed on the front body of the bottle and descending in 5 lines, line 1 on shoulder. capital 'A' entwined with Eagle and Shield (Anheuser-Busch emblem)/ line 2. 'ANHEUSER - BUSCH' in upward arch / line 3. BREW. ASSN. / line 4. D. E. SMITH & CO. / line 5. CLIFTON FORGE, VA. Embossed on the heel of the bottle (reverse) 6 - B (1906, Belleville Illinois plant) / 706 (possibly a mold number) NOTE: The Belleville Illinois plant was in operation 1905-1909, Embossed on the base in the large letter variation, A. B. Co. (American Bottle Company). The bottle holds 12 fluid ounces, weighs just under 480 grams (16.92 oz) empty, is 10 inches in height and about 2 3/4 inches in diameter at the base.
About the Base Mark: ABCo horizontal across the base (1905-1914)The ABCo mark was embossed on beer and some soda bottles across the center of the base. The logo was used in two main variations, large and small, although we have not been able to correlate the differences with specific plants or date codes. (Citation: "The Dating Game: The American Bottle Co., A Study in Contracts and Contradictions",. By Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, Carol Serr, Bill Lindsay and David Whitten from the bottle collecting magazine Bottles and Extras published January/February 2007.)
Bottle Specifics: The bottle is blown in a mold by mouth with a hand tooled finish crown top and is aqua blue. Embossed on the front body of the bottle and descending in 5 lines, line 1 on shoulder. capital 'A' entwined with Eagle and Shield (Anheuser-Busch emblem)/ line 2. 'ANHEUSER - BUSCH' in upward arch / line 3. BREW. ASSN. / line 4. D. E. SMITH & CO. / line 5. CLIFTON FORGE, VA. Embossed on the heel of the bottle (reverse) 6 - B (1906, Belleville Illinois plant) / 706 (possibly a mold number) NOTE: The Belleville Illinois plant was in operation 1905-1909, Embossed on the base in the large letter variation, A. B. Co. (American Bottle Company). The bottle holds 12 fluid ounces, weighs just under 480 grams (16.92 oz) empty, is 10 inches in height and about 2 3/4 inches in diameter at the base.
About the Base Mark: ABCo horizontal across the base (1905-1914)The ABCo mark was embossed on beer and some soda bottles across the center of the base. The logo was used in two main variations, large and small, although we have not been able to correlate the differences with specific plants or date codes. (Citation: "The Dating Game: The American Bottle Co., A Study in Contracts and Contradictions",. By Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, Carol Serr, Bill Lindsay and David Whitten from the bottle collecting magazine Bottles and Extras published January/February 2007.)
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