STEINIKE & WEINLIG / SCHUTZ (hand holding stick with snake wrapped around) MARK - SELTERS - (Click close-up view of front embossing to see such.) These are imported mineral water bottles (SELTERS is German for "soda" as in carbonated water) that are often found in the U.S. - including this one which came from the Portland, OR. area.  The vast majority of these bottle - called the "apollinaris" style in glass makers catalogs of the era.  The following is from my educational Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website at this link: Apollinaris Bottle discussion.

Apollinaris is the name of a famous German spring the water from which was first bottled in 1852 (Wikipedia 2010).  At that time it was most likely in tall, relatively narrow handled earthenware jugs which were commonly used for other German mineral waters.  It was later (probably by the 1870s) also bottled in the distinctive type bottle shape shown, which is usually olive green in color.  Apollinaris water continues to be sold worldwide today

These bottles were also used and reused extensively - at least in the West - for beer.  See the etched San Francisco beer bottle that I also have for sale down the page a bit.  (It was also purchased to illustrate the multiple use nature of these thick glass bottles.)

This example was certainly made in Germany as evidenced by the base which is embossed with a GLASFAB. / H. HEYE / HAMBURG A/W.  (Click base view to see such.)  This embossing indicates the bottle was manufactured by Herman Heye, Glassfabrick ("glassmaker") Hamburg.  Click Heye Family Glass Works to view the article on the company on my other website.  The bottle is 9 3/4ths" tall, and 2 3/8th" in diameter, blown in a three-piece mold and has an applied short "blob" finish (image to right).  It is commonly found in North America, apparently being popular and imported in quantity.  These probably date from the 1870s to early 1900s.  It is the smaller size apollinaris bottle one sees; most are the 25-32 oz. "quart" sizes (like the beer below) which are essentially never embossed - at least the ones used in the U.S.  These Steinike & Weinlig bottles seem to just come in this 12 oz. + or - size in my experience, but could be found in a larger size also.  This bottle is essentially mint with just a few tiny scratches but hammered whittle, sparkling medium olive green glass, and no staining whatsoever (or chips or cracks or dings) and just a beauty!  $35

EAST SIDE BOTTLING CO. / PORTLAND / ORE. - This is a pretty rare (first I've seen or had) soda bottle from East Portland (east of the Willamette River) which was at one point a separate city in competition with Portland (west of the river).  Yes, it is "just" a crown top soda, but is hand blown (aka "mouth blown") and is a genre of Oregon mouth-blown bottles that have yet to be discovered...maybe?  The company was, according to period business directories operating for only one year - 1912.  This according to Ron Fowler's great book on Oregon soda bottles.  It was located in the "Brentwood Addition" (there were lots of "additions" in that area in the 1890s to 1920s) at the NW corner of Cooper and Spring Avenue.  This bottle has a hand tooled crown finish, is embossed in a "slug plate" (really a "plate mold" according to bottle makers), and is a nice greenish aqua color. 

It is also embossed at the reverse heel with O - S  A B Co. What does that mean?  Well, it indicates that the bottle was produced by the American Bottle Company (various plants in the Midwest).  More specially the "0" is a certain date code for 1910 and the "S" the plant code for the companies Streator, IL. plant; the old Streator Bottle and Glass Company.   (For more on the company see the very recent article available on my other educational website at -  http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/AmericanBottleCo.pdf   Fowler's book does note that some bottles have the same heel codes but with a "9" instead of a "0" (i.e., 9 - S A B Co).  In fact, this particular bottle appears (with magnifying glass) to have the "0" cut over a "9"!  So this indicates that East Side Bottling ordered at least two batches of bottles - one in 1909 and one in 1910....cool!  Apparently, the company was in business earlier but it wasn't picked up in the business directories until 1912, then likely disappeared by 1913.  (Isn't this history sleuthing fun!)  The bottle is in essentially mint condition with very little wear (even to the embossing), some very faint wisps of internal haze, and a couple very tiny peck marks which all adds up to very fine shape for a a re-used soda bottle.  Rare item from Portland!  $30

Beer/Ale

"Liquid Bread" cobalt beer bottle - As the image shows, the base is embossed with A.B.G.Co. / 5 which indicates the bottle was manufactured by the Adolphus Busch Glass Company (Belleville, IL.).  That particular marking dates this particular bottle to between 1886 to 1893 without any other information to refine that dating.  The company also used other markings which are discussed in the article linked below about the company and its connection to the contents.

"Liquid Bread" was a popular product that was - for unknown reasons - bottled in cobalt blue bottles.  It was essentially just beer but marketed as a health product probably due to the increasing pressure from Temperance groups in the late 19th century.  "Liquid Bread" was certainly what this deep cobalt blue beer bottle held as all of them I've seen with labels stated such.  The subject is covered in an article recently updated on my educational "Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website".  In fact, this bottle was acquired as part of the research for the article as well as to illustrate that article; now time to divest it.  A link to the article follows:  https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/AdolphusBusch2.pdf  (See pages 208 to 220 of that article which cover in depth the fascinating history behind the product and the bottles.)  Click on the following link to see a trade card for the product showing a nurse pouring some for a hospital resident (?) or sultan?   https://sha.org/bottle/Typing/beer/liquidbread.jpg

This bottle is a typical (excluding the blue color) 11-12 oz. export style beer bottle.  The style first originated in the early 1870s and was closely identified with the products of Adolphus Busch who built or acquired glass manufacturing facilities just to make bottles for his even then popular Budweiser.  My other educational website also has an article by Bill Lockhart on the origin and use of the export style of beer bottle.  It is available at the following link:  https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/ExportBeerBottles_BLockhart.pdf 

This bottle is 9.5" tall, has a crudely applied "mineral" finish (aka "lip"), and dates as noted and discussed in the article linked above.  Click image of neck and applied lip/finish to see such.  Condition of the bottle is very good with no chips, cracks, dings, or other post production damage.  It does have a bit of faint haze in a couple places on the outside and inside as well as a few minor scuff markings.  However, the bottle is largely glossy and pleasant to look at as the images show.  Makes a great window bottle!  $50

FREDERICKSBURG (arched) / (dashed line) / BOTTG Co / S. F. CAL. - That is all etched on the body of this medium olive green, "Apollinaris" style beer bottle.  These etched San Francisco beer bottles seem to be pretty rare in my experience.  I remember seeing images of a few etched "export" style beer bottles in Grace Kendrick's book from the early 1960s, but had seen very few in real life.  Until this example I had never seen this style etched though I have had and sold several of the similar shaped but embossed Fredericksburg Bottling Co. beer bottles in past years (see SOLD BOTTLES below).  I picked this one up years ago at a California bottle show to illustrate the style on my other educational "Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website."  The Apollinaris style of bottle was used extensively for both beer and mineral water - particularly in the West. 

These, like the embossed examples, were likely blown in Germany although American bottle makers listed these in their catalogs implying they made them.  See the following linked page from the 1906 Illinois Glass Company catalog I have scanned and posted on the noted website:   https://sha.org/bottle/Typing/IGCo1906/IGCo1906page250.jpg   The right page at that link shows these available in several sizes including this offering which is the "quart" size which really only held about 25 ozs.; what was called a "scant" size.  The catalog also notes that the company did sell "Full Measure" 32 oz. quarts also.  I believe that the offerings in those catalogs were actually imported from German and sold as though they were actually produced by the American company.  But who knows...

Anyway...this example, like those noted in the catalog, was produced in a turn mold which is very evident as the horizontal spinner rings are pretty noticeable - they can be seen on the enlarged examples of the images to the right.  (The guys that produced these bottles were called "twister" blowers in the trade.)  This example has an applied "blob" finish (lip) with the usual short conformation typical of these bottles and likely dates from the 1890s to maybe early 1900s.  It has no chips, cracks or other post-production damage but does have some wear and scratching on the outside indicating that it was reused many times.  This is also obvious on the base which has a lot of wear around the resting surface; click base view to see such.  It also has a sediment stain ring inside (visible in the close-up shot above) which is a bit detracting but not too bad.  In any event this is still a nice example of a rare and historic type beer bottle that as far as I can tell, was only used in the West.  $45

NORTH WESTERN BREWING CO. / CHICAGO, ILL.- This "quart" (approx. 25 oz.) aqua champagne style beer bottle is embossed as noted - with a monogram that includes a buffalo head - inside of a raised circle (likely plate) on the shoulder.  The bottle is made of a heavy/thick pale greenish aqua glass and is almost 11.5" tall.  This bottle is another obtained and used for illustrating my Historic Bottle Website - specifically, on the beer and closures pages.  Below is most of the write-up from my other website dealing with this bottle:

This bottles base is also embossed with S. B. & G. Co. indicating manufacture by the Streator Bottle & Glass Company (Streator, IL.),  in business under this name from 1881 to 1905.  This beer bottle has a Baltimore loop seal closure accepting finish.  Click Bottle Finishes & Closures, Part III: Types of Bottle Closures to move to the... page which covers this closure type. This bottle also has a tooled blob finish (with the distinctive Baltimore seal "groove" inside the bore), multiple air venting marks on the back shoulder, and was produced in a post base mold.  This brewing company was in business with this name from 1888 to 1909 (Bull et al. 1984).  The makers mark and company information in combination gives a pretty positive date range for this bottle of 1888 to 1905, entirely consistent with the manufacturing features noted.  Click on the following links to view more images of this bottle: base view showing the makers mark; close-up view of the embossing and shoulder.  Streator's cross-state rival the Illinois Glass Company (Alton, IL.) offered a very similar champagne style "Monogram Beer" in their early 20th century catalogs, though this shape of bottle also fits the "select" beer style definition noted earlier.   Click IGCo. 1906 catalog - pages 254-255 to view an almost identical bottle which was offered with any finish (including the Baltimore seal) and as a plate mold like this Streator example.