Vintage Hutchinson Soda Bottle

Hutchinson-style soda bottle (with wire stopper)

• Aqua glass
• Hutchinson internal wire stopper (the bent wire visible at the top)
• Tall, slender soda profile
• The “S” in "Sold" is reversed

Likely date 1880–1900

·         Indicates a locally engraved mold, not a mass-produced factory mold

·         Suggests small-batch production

·         Western soda bottles with engraving errors are especially desirable

Likely bottler & era

·         Almost certainly California or Pacific Coast

·         Hutchinson patent dates it post-1879

·         Most likely 1885–1898