1910 A.B.G.M.Co. AQUA P3 Nicholson's Liquid Bread Beer Bottle BB-0601

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1910 A.B.G.M.Co. AQUA P3 Nicholson's Liquid Bread Beer Bottle BB-0601
1910 A.B.G.M.Co. AQUA P3 Nicholson's Liquid Bread Beer Bottle BB-0601
1910 A.B.G.M.Co. AQUA P3 Nicholson’s Liquid Bread Beer Bottle BB-0601
Our research on this bottle narrows it’s manufacturing to 1908-1915, and likely for Nicholson’s Liquid Bread or a different beer from AB. It stands out for it’s color, but after you read up on the type of manufacturing of these bottles, it’s a little hard to pinpoint the dates. It’s the code (P3) on the bottom that makes us think it’s Variation C. It’s a 2-piece mold with an applied top, not turn-mold. So, that’s a little confusing. This is a bottle from an estate collection that has been in storage since 1966. Please see our other listings for many other bottles.
Bottle Size: 12″ x 3″ x 3″From:The Adolphus Busch Glass Factories websiteNicholson’s Liquid Bread (Figure 11) was produced between ca. 1890 and 1915 (see Lindsey 2010 for a more thorough discussion of Liquid Bread). Anheuser-Busch bottled the product in the distinctive cobalt blue bottles described above. Munsey also noted that the product “came in both ‘turn-mold’ bottles with no vertical seam marks and ‘two piece mold’ bottles” (Figure12) Currently, we have found no evidence that either of the Adolphus Busch companies made turn-mold bottles. Streator Bottle & Glass Co.,however, was noted for them and had distinct connections with Anheuser-Busch. Cobalt blue beer bottles are known with four variations of the Busch company manufacturer’s marks. Two are A.B.G.Co. marks from the earlier Adolphus Busch GlassCo. One of these (VariationA) is embossed horizontally across the base with a one or two-digit number below it(currently, we have recorded 1and 11) (Figure 13); the other(Variation B) is in an arch at the top of the base (with ends extending halfway down) with a two-digit number in the center (21).The other two logos are from the Adolphus BuschGlass Mfg. Co. and are marked A.B.G.M.Co. One of these (Variation C) is arched with the ends drooping well below the center line to almost complete the circle (Figure14). These are embossed inthe center with a letter and a single-digit number (P3,V1, X5, Y2, Y5, Y6). The other variation (VariationD) is described above withBELLEVILLE / ILL. in the center and the numeral “1”between the company initials and the location (Figure 15).Using the company information, we can deduce a chronology for the marks.Nicholson’s Liquid Bread was offered by Anheuser Busch from ca. 1890 to 1915;A.B.G.Co. was used from1886 to 1893; A.B.G.M.Co. was used during two periods:1893-1905; ca. 1908-ca. 1917;and the mark with Belleville added was only used during the1896-1905 period.Variation A – ca. 1890-1893Variation B – ca. 1890-1893Variation C – 1893-1905; 1908-1915Variation D – 1896-1905This broad chronology requires some speculation. Lockhart(2006) has discussed the likelihood that mold numbers on pre-Prohibition beer bottles followed a sequential order thatcould roughly be used to establish ordinal scales for such containers. Lockhart further hypothesized (based partly onhistorical information in Jones 1963:[19-20]) that letter/number combinations occurred temporally after the use of numbersalone. Thus, Variation A was likely used during the early partof the ca. 1890-1893 period, and Variation B was used duringthe later years. Variation A marks on amber bottles also have single-digit numbers, suggesting an earlier use
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