DEPRESSION GLASS VASELINE GREEN HOCKING WATER BOTTLE

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PRODUCED DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS...IS THIS WONDERFUL VERY PALE LIME GREEN VASELINE ANCHOR HOCKING 32 OZ. REFRIGERATOR WATER BOTTLE---HAS THE END POURING SPOUT FOR EASIER HANDELING ...WEIGHS 2 POUNDS...REFERENCED IN "KITCHEN GLASSWARE OF THE DEPESSION YEARS" BY GENE FLORENCE ON PAGE 88---HE LIST THIS AS "WATER BOTTLE, RAISED PANELS, 32 OZ."...NOTMARKED ON THE BOTTOM WITH A NUMBER...MANUFACTURED BEFORE HOCKING STARTED NUMBERING THE BOTTOMS OF THE BOTTLES.....WITH ICE BOXES AND THE NEW DEPRESSION REFRIGERATED SYSTEMS-FINALLY A WAY TO KEEP WATER CHILLED AND COLD.... THIS 32 OZ. WATER BOTTLE STANDS 8-3/4" TALL TO THE TOP OF THE LID ...THE OVAL BASE DIAMETER IS 2-1/4" X 4-3/4" AND THE MOUTH DIAMETER IS 1-1/2" ...HEAVILY USED IN THE KITCHENS OF THE 1930'S, SINCE STORAGE WAS A PREMIUM..... THE BOTTLE OUTTER TOP MOLD LINE EDGE HAS NO MANUFACTURE ROUGHNESS--VERY NICE AND SMOOTH...THE INNER RIM HAS NO ISSUES---THE BASE HAS VERY MINOR RUB MARKS---THE LID HAS AN ITSY BIT OF TYPICAL PAINT LOSS..WITH NO RUST AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE LID--- IN GREAT CONDITION AND SCREWS ON AND OFF PERFECTLY...NO RESIDUE. WHEN HELD TO THE LIGHT--- VERY PALE LIME-GREEN....LOVELY... SOME LITTLE AIR BUBBLES & NO SURFACE SCRATCHES....A STRAW MARK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIBS THIS WILL MATCH ALL YOUR HOCKING CANISTERS...WITH THE MATCHING 1/2" ROUNDED OUTTER PANELS. read more