PEDESTAL 1900 SHASTA FROM SPRINGS WATER SELTZER BOTTLE

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THE SELTZERS THAT SAY "FROM SHASTA SPRINGS" ARE THE OLDEST AND COMEFROM THE PERIOD WHEN SHASTA SPRINGS MINERAL WATER WAS THE CONSIDEREDTHE HEALTHIEST DRINK IN THE NATION. IN THE EARLY 1900'S AMERICANS FLOCKED TO THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN RESORT BY TRAIN TO DRINK THE MAGIC ELIXIR. SIGNS AT THE RESORT CALLED IT "THE FOUNTAIN OF ETERNAL YOUTH". LATER ON OTHER SHASTA BOTTLES WOULD BE BOTTLED ALL OVER THE WEST COAST. THE BOTTLES THAT ACTUALLY ARE ETCHED " FROM SHASTA SPRINGS" ARE THE HARDEST TO FIND AND EVOKE A RICH HISTORY WHEN THE TRAIN TOOK THE MASSES OF AMERICAN PEOPLED TO THE HISTORIC RESORT W THE MAGIC WATER SPRUNG FORTH FROM THE GROUND. THIS IS A PEDESTAL OR FOOTED BOTTOM ANTIQUE BOTTLE FOR THE SELTZER BOTTLE COLLECTOR OR THE OF SHASTA SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. . BEAUTIFUL OLD TIME FANCY BLOCK STYLE LETTERING ON CLEAR GLASS. THIS LARGE OVERSIZE CLEAR GLASS SELTZER BOTTLE IS DEFINITELY FROM 1900 OR EARLIER AND HAS A THICK CLEAR FOOTED GLASS BASE WITH THE REMNANTS OF AN AUSTRIAN MAKER'S MARK ON THE WORN UNDERSIDE. THIS MARK PROBABLY ACTUALLY DATES TYHE BOTTLE TO THE 1890'S. 10" INCHES HIGH WITH ABOUT 36 OZ. CAPACITY AND FOUND WITHOUT ITS TOP OR "HEAD" THIS BEAUTY DISPLAYS SUPER NICE. OLD TIME BUBBLES IN THE GLASS AND FOR THE MOST PART IN VERY GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT FOR THE BASE HAS SOME DAMAGE. THE FOOTED BOTTLES ALWAYS SEEM TO SUFFER read more

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