ITEM 2173. PANELED SODA WITH DEBOSSED "W", bright green with yellow tone, octagonal, early smooth base, 7 3/8"H x 2 3/4"D, applied blob-style collar, about mint (a few light clouds of interior haze and some minor exterior wear). American, 1865-1875, very scarce.
This brightly colored paneled soda water bottle features a debossed "W" upon the shoulder and though the piece is not pontiled, it is certainly of the era, dating to the 1860s. The bottle is "fresh" from an old time collection and it has never been cleaned or in any way altered - as noted, some minor wear is apparent upon close inspection but the bottle is otherwise perfect and it is obviously a "house" or "attic" find and NOT a dug bottle. We have included an image of the base in an attempt to capture just how "out of round" the bottle is formed, as the piece measures 2 ¾" in one axis and 2 ½" in the other.