Coca - Cola COKE 2 Bottles Nov16 1915 & Dec25 1923 NewBern & Hillsboro NC
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:14578838 | Type of Advertising: Bottle |
| Brand: Coca-Cola |
Coca-Cola COKE 2 Hobble-skirt Bottles 1) Nov16 1915 New Bern NC "Thanksgiving Bottle"2) Dec25 1923 Hillsboro NC "Christmas Bottle"
TheCoca-Cola Company issued a challenge to bottlers to design a “bottle sodistinct that you would recognize it by feel in the dark or lying broken on theground.” The design chosen was produced by the Root Glass Company of TerreHaute, Indiana. The contest-winning Coke contour (or hobble-skirt bottle), waspatented on the 16th of November 1915....The patent of the originalCoke contour bottle came up for renewal for the first time in 1923. The newmold design carried the patent date of December 25, 1923. Because of this, thebottles produced between 1923 and 1937 all bore this date and were known asCoca-Cola Christmas bottles. -retroplanet.comSee my other listings - clearing out a lot of stuff!
TheCoca-Cola Company issued a challenge to bottlers to design a “bottle sodistinct that you would recognize it by feel in the dark or lying broken on theground.” The design chosen was produced by the Root Glass Company of TerreHaute, Indiana. The contest-winning Coke contour (or hobble-skirt bottle), waspatented on the 16th of November 1915....The patent of the originalCoke contour bottle came up for renewal for the first time in 1923. The newmold design carried the patent date of December 25, 1923. Because of this, thebottles produced between 1923 and 1937 all bore this date and were known asCoca-Cola Christmas bottles. -retroplanet.comSee my other listings - clearing out a lot of stuff!
