NATIONAL SPRING WATER CO DARK BLUE STAMFORD CONNECTICU SELTZER BOTTLE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:56099214 | Bottle Type: Seltzer |
| Color: Red |
We live in a disposable world. Virtually the same moment a new device is introduced to the marketplace, manufacturers promote a new and better version coming out in the near future. Built in obsolescence has become the norm – but it wasn't always this way.
Back in depression era America, most people were happy to have almost any creature comfort availab...le, and they used and reused most everything, and valued what they had. That was true of everything from diapers to soda pop. During that time period, and before, right up to the post-WWII era boom that ushered in a new and burgeoning more fickle middle class looking for new and better things, most were relatively content to own functional items that were meant to endure.
Before the advent of disposable plastic bottles and disposable aluminum cans, that clutter the landfill in the interest of convenience, decades ago, soda and seltzer bottles were made of thick glass that were meant to be used and reused to satisfy the needs of consumers, not just for the moment, but for generations to follow.
They were created in the time when people had to return thick and heavy glass bottles of soda to the stores. For convenience, since about 1860, in America, there were men and occasionally women who dispensed seltzer and soda from either places of business, sometimes known as package stores, or delivered to homes and businesses is these very heavy, but enjoyable products.
In the larger metropolitan areas seltzer bottles were generally delivered in cases of 10, in a wooden box which weighed on average 70 pounds filled. Up until the 1950s , a few diehard older seltzer man still use horses and wagons, but generally deliveryman employed special trucks set up to contain 72 cases in the bay on the bottom, and 60 cases in returnable soda on top. Major soda companies like Coke, Pepsi, 7-Up, Dr Pepper, etc., all use heavy returnable glass delivered in a wooden box. And these major soda companies , on rare occasion , used seltzer bottles as a vessel to contain their proprietary ingredients. Seltzer bottles were used in every state in the union, and remarkable examples still survive – a testament to their enduring nature. Most seltzer bottles were the more common round ones, but fancy and more ornate examples survive. They were larger in size and more heavy, and were generally sold in wooden sixpacks. SINCE I AM LISTING A CONNECTICUT SELTZER BOTTLE FROM CASTLE BEVERAGES, I HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER THIS WONDERFUL BOTTLE FROM NATIONAL SPRING WATER CO OF STAMFORD CONNECTICUT. THE BOTTLE IS MUCH NICER THAN THE PHOTO WOULD SUGGEST. IT IS DARK BLUE AND MADE IN CZECHOSLAVAKA PROBABLY IN THE 1930'S./50'S. THEIR ADDRESS IS LISTED AS 159 FRANKLIN ST. THEIR TRADEMARK OF NSW INCLUDES A PICTURE OF A BIRD WHICH IS JUST PERFECT FOR THE SPRING TIME WEATHER. STAMFORD IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM THE NYC LINE AND PROBABLY 34 MILES TO MID TOWN MANHATTAN. IN ORDER TO GENERATE REVENUE THEY HAVE BUILT A TV PRODUCTION SET UP THAT WORKED WELL, UNTIL THE PANDEMIC, WHEN SHOWS ARE GENERALLY REMOTE WITH NO AUDIENCE. I USED TO DELIVER TO THE VIEW FOR 20 YEARS AND LIKED RUNNING IN TO MOVIE STARS, AND TALKING TO THEM IN THE DRESSING ROOMS.I HAVE FRIENDS WHO WORK THERE NOW. ONE ANCHOR SHOWS UP AND THE REST WORK REMOTELY, INCLUDING THE STARS WHO ARE INTERVIEWED. LAST WEEK I WENT MY LIVE WHICH IS NEXT TO WABCTV, WHERE MY FRIEND IS THE DIRECTOR. WE WERE TALKING TO THE CAMERAMAN WHO'S HIS FRIEND TILL WE , MOVED OUT OF SHOT. LIVE HAS NO AUDIENCE, BUT KELLY AND RYAN ARE IN THE STUDIO. I USED TO KNOW KELLY RIPA WHEN SHE AND HER HUSBAND RAN THE SOS BAR ON ALL MY CHILDREN, WHERE I HAD MY SELTZER BOTTLES. IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE PEOPLE I KNEW AT ALL MY CHILDREN AND ONE LIFE TO LIVE, BUT KELLY IS STILL A HOT ITEM. I GUESS THAT'S SHOW BIZ., BACK IN STAMFORD THEY FILM JERRY SPRINGER AND PEOPLE'S COURT, ETC., BUT MARILYN MILLAN DOES HER THING FROM FLORIDA AND DOESN'T HAVE TO FLY BACK AND FORTH. SHE MUST BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS A NICE BLUE BOTTLE. IF I WAS STILL DECORATING SETS FOR TV SHOWS AND MOVIES, I'D USE IT.BUT IN YOUR HOUSE , IT CAN BE THE MOVIE STAR IT DESERVES TO BE, AFTER A LONG LIFE OF BRINGING PLEASURE TO PEOPLE
ALL AUCTIONS BELONG TO MY WIFE SELTZERLADY.I STILL DELIVER THE SELTZER AND WILL NEVER SELL ANY OF MY BOTTLES IF YOU OF SEE ME AROUND, BUT WILL TALK TO ALMOST ANYONE ABOUT THEM.
THESE ARE IN FABULOUS CONDITION CONSIDERING THEIR AGE AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN USED FOR GENERATIONS. WHEN YOU DELIVER THESE BOTTLES IN WOODEN CASES OF TEN WEIGHING 70 POUNDS THEY DO GET HANDLED ROUGHLY.
AND THEY DO SHOW THEIR SIGNS OF AGE BUT THAT ONLY ADDS TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND DESIRABILITY..THESE BOTTLES HAVE BEEN CLEANED THOUGHLY BY MY WIFE AND THESE ARE HER AUCTIONS.
THEY ARE MEANT FOR DISPLAY AND DECORATION..
THESE ARE VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES AND WERE IN USE TILL RECENTLY..THEY ALL HAVE A LONG AND MAGNIFIENT HISTORY OF PLEASING MANY FOR GENERATIONS. THEY ARE TIME-WORN WHICH ONLY ADDS TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND SENSE OF CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST FOR THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO BE USED FOR A MOMENT THEN DISPOSED OF JUST AS QUICKLY.
THANK YOU.
