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OIL CITY,PA J.H.KUMP 1860s LONG NECK SQUAT SODA BOTTLE GREAT HISTORY!

$ 63.35

Availability: 68 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: Antique (Pre-1900)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Bottle Type: Sodas
  • Color: AQUA
  • Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO CHIPS OR DAMAGE

    Description

    This is a scarce J.H.Kump blob top soda bottle from Oil City, Pa that has a very interesting history!...
    J.H.KUMP OIL CITY.PA
    emb on front of bottle...no other embossing....hand blown in mold, bimal...early smooth base...applied blob top....long neck squat....7 1/4"tall...Excellent condition with no chips or damage. a dug bottle with some light haze which would easily tumble clean to near mint since the glass is not etched or pitted. This bottle dates from the 1860s or early 1870 era. John H.Kump began his soda bottling career in 1858 in Memphis,Tenn when he was only 20 years old. Kump was partners with his father in law, Philo Clark, who was a "jack of all trades", and has embossed bottles from various towns also. Kump & Clark both got out of Memphis when the Civil War broke out in 1861. Kump began bottling soda in Cairo, Illinois where he and Philo Clark supplied the Union Army soldiers with soda and mineral water. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Kump went to Oil City, Pa with Philo Clark to open a bottling operation there to supply the oil field workers. By 1873 Kump was a city officer in Oil City. I've personally seen J.H.KUMP embossed bottles from Memphis, Cairo, Portland,Ind, Columbus, Ohio, Petroleum Centre,Pa and Oil City, Pa. His father in law, Philo Clark also has embossed blob top soda bottles from even more cities. The two men were extremely busy in the bottling business and left behind a trail of interesting bottles for us to enjoy! ...We are thinning out some of our collection after 50 years of digging and collecting...so we can make room for MORE bottles!...haha
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