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Four-Piece Set of Humboldt Soda Works Seltzer Bottles NV - Winnemucca,Humboldt County - 1887-1903 -

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Four-Piece Set of Humboldt Soda Works Seltzer Bottles NV - Winnemucca,Humboldt County - 1887-1903 -
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Lot of only known 4-piece set. (1) 11.75", front etched HUMBOLDT SODA WORKS WINNEMUCCA, NEV. with eagle symbol. Some bubbles and staining, siphon head and tube intact. Metal siphon head engraved H.S.W. (2) 11.75", front etched HUMBOLDT SODA WORKS WINNEMUCCA NEVADA. Staining, siphon head and tube intact, metal siphon head has small crack at edge, engraved HUMBOLDT SODA WKS. (3) 9" by 3" with footed base, front etched in large letters G.A.K. Clear glass, surface scratches, some bubbles and surface wear. Holds 8 ounces less than the larger seltzers, the only such smaller seltzer bottle known from Nevada, according to "Nevada History Through Glass, The Nevada Bottle Book, Volume I" by Fred N. Holabird. (4) 10" by 4" front etched G.A.K. WINNEMUCCA. Surface scratching and wear, some air bubbles, small crack in footed base but intact, clear glass. Holabird said, "There were several different bottles made for the Humboldt Soda Works. Gus Krenkle bottled his soda in an aqua Hutchinson soda bottle with his initials "G.A.K." None of the bottles were made with the Winnemucca town name, perhaps because of the horrible misspelling experienced by Henry Busch that Krenkle did not want to repeat. Busch's bottles bore the embossing "Minnemucca."" -59424