High Springs Bottle Works- High Springs Florida

jondesertfox

I have had this bottle for many years. I was raised in High Springs, Fla. My stepfather told of washing bottles at this bottle works. Do you have any idea of age and value?

Chris

Thanks for posting.

This is what bottle collectors call a "hutch soda" - bottles of this specific shape were fitted with a patented Hutchinson stopper.

Your bottle dates to the late 19th century - perhaps 1880s.

I have no idea about the value for this specific bottle - there are over 19,000 different hutch bottles known to exist and values are all over the place. One has to be a Florida bottle or hutch bottle specialist!

Someone on eBay has one for sale right now for $235 but it has not sold. That may be some indicator of value but not necessarily.

Chris

Direct link to that eBay auction:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HIGH-SPRINGS-FLA-HUTCHINSON-SODA-BOTTLE-HIGH-SPRINGS-BOTTLING-WORKS-/282501055356

Chris

Question - does your bottle have embossing on the reverse and / or the base?

tiffany4man

I know this is an old post, but I have the same bottle, and it does have the letters EKA on the bottom. Do you have Any other information?

Chris

It is one of four listed bottles from this company:

http://www.hutchbook.com/Bottle%20Directory/HutchSearchResults.aspx?Primary_Name=&Manufacturer=&City=High+Springs&Color=&County=&Mold_Type=&State=&Plate_Type=&Territory=&Pictures=&Region=&Start_Height=&End_Height=&Country=&Start_Width=&End_Width=&Bottle_Number=&Start_Marked_Year=&End_Marked_Year=&Sub_Categories=&Shape=&All_Embossing=&Rarity=&Front_Embossing=&Added=&Back_Embossing=&Updated=&Base_Embossing=&Comments=&Find_Hutches=Find+Hutchinsons&Source=Attributes