Left: silver plated torpedo bottle holder (sold on ebay for $75); middle: Carrington Sterling Silver torpedo bottle stand (on eBay, but not for sale); on right: 1880/90s Silver Plated Hamilton Torpedo Bottle Stand (via: Worthpoint)
And, since all forms of packaging (even archaic forms) beget package-related accessories, there had to be such a thing as a “torpedo bottle stand.” (Even if torpedo bottles were designed not to stand up.)
(More torpedo bottle stands, after the fold…)
Top row: gold metal double Hamilton/torpedo bottle stand (via: Worthpoint); 2nd row left: Topedo Bottle stand sold for $208.50 on ebay; on right: Victorian silver plate double Hamilton bottle stand (sold for $242.75 via Antiques Navigator); bottom, left: 2-bottle torpedo bottle stand (from Terry’s Torpedo Bottle Web Site); bottom, right: silver Gorham torpedo bottle stand on eBay
Randy Ludacer
Beach Packaging Design
Hi, early this morning i found a bottle with the same carateristics and number patent 11034. Im in guatemala. Im lucky??
Hi Ana, If by “Lucky” you mean “is the bottle worth money?” I don’t know. If your bottle still has the cap, then I would think it might be, because that appears to be rare. I couldn’t find any photos online of surviving bottles that still had caps, although I did see some related nail polish remover bottles here….
http://www.tias.com/cgi-bin/showcase-item.cgi?itemKey=3923502821&store=/stores/dco
Ok thank you for the information. My bottle has the same shape of the first photo of this page.
I just got one at a local auction in excellent cond! Mine has dura gloss dryer with lid perfectly intact. The contents appear to be 3/4 full and the liquid moves freely and looks great! Wow. Want to buy, email timelessip@aol.com
Tricia
What an be done with torpedoed bottles that the top or mouth piece broken off can they be sawed off square and then put in round bottle holders and used for candle holders or freshly cut flowers,.i have about 20 me acouple in very good shape??
Hello, welcome to the family: https://www.pinterest.de/spirit…/the-spirit-of-eggbottles/ The pointed bottom bottles have withstood the high pressure of industrial soda water for a good 100 years without a bottom. Until around 1900 the glass industry was able to produce stable stand-up bottles for soft drinks. The “blop-tops” are (one-piece) blown into the folding mold with an applied lip. They were carried upside down to keep the wire-wound cork moist and firm. The bottles recently achieved a high circulation in worldwide distribution, especially through Schweppes. Early, especially free-blown copies are very rare and sometimes have five digits. Schweppes is still reminiscent of the historical bottle type in its modern glass bottles with retro elements. Cheers from Potsdam, spiritschweppes.com