#51 • 1965 50th Ann Coca-Cola Root Glass Bottle in Box

Part of Pink Gallery - Comics, Coca-Cola & Nascar (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $31.00

Status: Sold

Here is a wonderful 1965 commemorative 50tth Anniversary Coca-Cola collectible of the iconic "Root" bottle that revolutionized how Coca-Cola was brought to market in 1916. The Root Glass Company of Terre Haute patented the bottle design on November 16, 1915. The patent was completed in the name of Alexander Samuelson who was the plant superintendent of the Root Glass Company. The design of the bottle was created to make the feel of the bottle so distinctive to Coca-Cola that a blind man could recognize the bottle by touch. Once the Root Bottle was officially introduced it became the accepted standard package for all bottler's of Coca-Cola. The commemorative box does have some cosmetic wear as pictured. The Root Glass bottle itself is in excellent condition. The bottom of the bottle is embossed with "Commemorative 50th Root Patent 1915-1965". jrb.