Vintage soda bottles

[Ann M.]

 

[Ann M.]

ACL: 6 oz. Mac's Beverages; Cairo, Illinois.

Embossed: 6 1/2 oz Five-O Distributing Company; Chicago, Illinois.

Nehi (?) or Welch's Grape Juice; embossed.

Clear round bottom soda bottle.
Thoughts?? I'm not familiar with Five-O. Round bottom bottle could possibly be soda or fire grenade. Any help appreciated!

 

[slugplate]

Five-O was a chocolate drink that got it's start in the 1920s. The "round base" is called a torpedo bottle and I'm pretty sure it isn't a fire grenade. Fire grenades are usually shaped like a softball and have embossed designs around them. Most of them seem to be found in the UK and I'm not sure if any were actually produced in the US. Plus, the chemical they used in the fire grenades was highly toxic and that led to its demise.

 

[seniorscuba1]

Hi ; I have quite a few pop bottles mostly local Halifax Nova Scotia . bottlers .this is a Cantrell & Cochrane, from Belfast northern Ireland I believe it dates from 1900 to 1920 . Pop Bottles are a great thing to collect. there were many local family based bottlers Here and in the U S before the national bottling companies took over. A great hobby have fun

 

[Ann M.]

Five-O was a chocolate drink that got it's start in the 1920s. The "round base" is called a torpedo bottle and I'm pretty sure it isn't a fire grenade. Fire grenades are usually shaped like a softball and have embossed designs around them. Most of them seem to be found in the UK and I'm not sure if any were actually produced in the US. Plus, the chemical they used in the fire grenades was highly toxic and that led to its demise.

 

[Ann M.]

Thanks so much for the information!
It all helps. I agree with you about the round torpedo bottle. It's blown and very, very thin glass with a rolled lip. Had seen it designated as a fire grenade in a bottle book, but questioned it.

 

[Ann M.]

 

[Ann M.]

This is the most intriguing to me. Tiny, 2" at most. Corked. Not sure if perhaps Civil war era?

 

[CanadianBottles]

Did you post that round bottom bottle earlier? I remember there being a mystery about a bottle like that earlier but I don't think we ever came to a conclusion about what it was. I definitely don't remember it being as big as yours. Not sure what it could be, it's absolutely not a beverage bottle of any kind though.

 

[Ann M.]

Another mystery. "Pocahontas beads". A few left in the bottom. About 3 1/2" tall. Corked. Can't find a thing about it!