Collections Item Detail
Bottle: August Koch, 173 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1880-1892.
Object/Artifact
Bottle: August Koch, 173 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1880-1892.
Green tinted mold blown glass, blob top, 7-7/16" high x 2-3/8" diameter; wire bail present (stopper missing - partial remains of a cork stopper is inside bottle). All lettering raised. Bottom marking is a single 1/2" long line at center.
Note: street address 173 is an old street number (prior to 1892) and is modern 413 which does appear on later Koch bottles.
Content amount not indicated. Contents type not indicated or known, but probably for beer.
Front, all lettering inside a round frame:
August Koch
173
Washington .St
Registered
Hoboken, N.J.
Back near base:
This bottle not to be sold
2013.005.0224
2013.005
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
1880 - 1892
Date: 1880-1892
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-02-18