AB-Connected mark ~ beer bottle base mold codes

  List of  letter/number mold codes recorded on the bottoms of  “AB-connected” antique glass beer bottles (c. 1905 – 1917).

The “AB-connected” marked bottles are generally believed to date from the  1905-1917 period, and were made by Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company and American Bottle Company.   The majority evidently held Budweiser brand beer, although labels for other brands are also found on these bottles  (see this page for more background information).

Usually alpha-numeric (letter followed by a number), these are believed to be “shop marks” or mold identification codes, embossed on the bottoms of antique mouth-blown (handmade) crown-lip “export beer” style bottles.  The “AB-connected” logo is positioned directly above the code.  To my knowledge, no one has yet proven exactly what these codes mean.  The letter/number codes do not give us any precise information on dating.  They are most likely codes that each identified a specific bottle mold that was used at the glass factory.  Each mold would have been used to produce bottles (over an unknown period of time),  perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of bottles having been produced from each mold until it wore out or was replaced.

Some of the code letters are followed by numbers ranging above 40, yet other letters tend to be accompanied mostly by numbers on the lower end of the spectrum. Some letter/number combinations seem more common, others scarce – or simply not yet reported.  Perhaps time and more research will reveal the “whys” of the code numbers found on these containers.

These bottles are typically found in light blue-aqua glass, occasionally in light green, sun-colored amethyst, and (rarely) amber, and were evidently produced in VERY large numbers, with many cast iron or steel molds for this particular type of bottle being utilized simultaneously.  The bottles were made in two sizes, the so-called “pint” and “quart”, in reality holding (respectively) about 12 ounces and 24 ounces. The great majority of these bottles were mouth-blown, although a few have been found that appear to be machine-made and have a somewhat different profile (see the “Roman numeral” codes at the bottom of the list).

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These codes have been confirmed / reported on actual bottles. If you have codes that don’t appear on this list, you’re invited to email me (check “Contact Info / Notes” near the bottom of any page on this site) and I will add them to the list with credit to contributor.  This is a list in-progress, first published on the web February 27, 2014.

Notes:

1) All listings followed by the notation “TUR” denote bottles recorded in an unpublished manuscript detailing an archaeological excavation in Tucson, 1967-1973: “Beer Bottles from the Tucson Urban Renewal Project, Tucson, AZ”, by James E. Ayres, William Liesenbien, Lee Fratt, and Linda Eure — 1980, Arizona State Museum.  Some of the AB bottles recorded from the TUR project bore embossed heel codes (7-B, etc) which may be date/plant codes (such as 1907- Belleville, IL plant?). Those heel codes, if present, are noted here also.

2) Large numbers of these bottles were used in the construction of the Rhyolite Bottle House (Tom Kelly’s Bottle House) at Rhyolite, Nevada during the 1905-1906 period.  A number of the codes are recorded below which I’ve been able to discern from studying various closeup photographs of the outside walls of the house and posted on the internet  (thank you Flickr!)   I’m sure there are some, if not many, other codes on AB bottles that were used in it’s construction that I don’t have listed on this page.

3) Base codes submitted by archaeologist Carol Serr  (“CS”) were recorded on whole bottles and base shards from several archaeological projects in the San Diego, CA area.   Thanks a lot, Carol!

4) Codes followed by the notation “Chena” indicate bottles (whole, or base shards) recorded during the Barnette Street/Chena River Waterfront archaeological project at Fairbanks, Alaska in 1992/1993. Many artifacts were found dating from the early 20th century, including many AB marked bottles. Historical Development of the Chena River Waterfront, Fairbanks, Alaska: An Archaeological Perspective (CD-rom – 1998),  edited and compiled by Peter M. Bowers & Brian L. Gannon, with Catherine M. Williams, Andrew S. Higgs, Amy F. Steffian, Owen K. Mason, Ronald D. Navarro, Debra Barringer, Stacie J. McIntosh and other project participants.

5) None of the listings from eBay auctions mentioned below imply in any way that I endorse, promote, or agree with the description or value listed on any of those bottles.  The information was gleaned from eBay auctions merely as a tool to assist in compiling known and reported letter/number codes on these bottles.

6) Please note that some bottles are also found with the “AB Connected” mark along with “CO” and they are also seen with the same type of letter/number combo on the bottom. I have begun including them in the list (8/23/2015), but always with a notation that the “CO” is included.

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A 1 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR; CS; Chena; Quart size found by James Fassotte near Fairbanks, AK in 2016; also an example reported by Joe Molenda, Helena, MT on 1/31/2017; bottle found on the island of Roatán, north of Honduras, by Quincy Pinet – reported 8/23/2018; also a bottle found at St. Joseph, MI on 10/25/2019- reported by Joel Chandler)
A 2 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR; quart-size bottle reported 6/3/2018 by Barbara Lancaster, Mina, Nevada; quart size bottle listed by ebay seller solutionremarketing, Spokane, WA – 4/15/2021; amber bottle found in Ogden River, Ogden, UT – reported by Hannah on 6/27/2024)
A 3 (Chena; Daniel Camacho, Fairbanks, AK; also an example found by Theo Ely during excavation for building construction in Clearwater, Florida, 12/2016)
A 4 (Chena; Quart size bottles found by Daniel Camacho & James Fassotte near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016)
A 5 (TUR)
A 6 (reported by Joe Molenda, Helena, Montana 1/31/2017; ebay seller recrafted – 4/17/2021)
A 7 (antique-bottles.net by member EpGorge –  1/25/2007)
A 8 (reported by Peter – found in Belen, New Mexico railyard 8/2016; another example bought by Amanda Hartley at “This-N-That” secondhand shop, Douglas, Wyoming on 10/11/2021)
A 8 / 05 (found 7-7-2022 in creek bed in SW Missouri by Shelley Jones. This bottle is lettered “AB [connected] Co”.  The “05” is placed below the “A 8”. It is possible, but not proven, that the “05” represents a date code for 1905).
A 9 (base shard found in Courtland, AZ by Ernie Parks; ebay seller pjenks21 – 6/08/2014; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska; also a bottle base found by Kim on the beach at Sargent, TX after storm surge from TS Hanna – reported 7/30/2020)
A 10 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; an example also reported by Stephen Parker 2/2017)
A 11 (example found in Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia -reported by Bryan VanMetre 4/14/2023)
A 12 (TUR ; ebay seller klugarsh – 3/01/2014 ; an example found by Greg Young under house addition built circa 1910; one also reported 4/17/2015 by “SAW” – found near Mud Lake, east of Victor, Idaho)
A 14 (Example found in Patatka, Florida – reported by Winston on 6/24/2019)
A 15 (reported by Tiffany on 5/14/2014)
A 16 (pint size reported by Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
A 17 (base shard found by Joel Chandler in old St. Joseph, MO dump on 6/11/2023)
A 19 (example reported by Jason Van Oordt on 5/28/2018)
A 20 (bottle found in Illinois – reported by Sharon Vaughn 10/29/2017)
A 22 (base shard found in old dump at St. Joseph, Michigan – found by Joel Chandler on 1/19/2021)
A 25 (Example found at Huntsville, Texas on 8/9/2019 – reported by Bruce Moore)
A 26 (TUR – 8-B)
A 29 (blue aqua bottle found during sewer excavation work in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada by Stephen Harrison – reported 2/17/2018)
A 30 (Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska – reported 7/31/2015)

B 1 (TUR – 7-B; Chena; example reported by Robyn Jones 6/7/2015; example found in Mercer County, Illinois by Kathy Hale-Johnson 11/4/15; another example reported by Tressa Overfield – found in 1973 at Lake Tahoe, California)
B 2 (ebay seller cowboyray45 – 3/01/2014; also reported by Dougie C, Hawaii; example also found by Rich Cates in creek bank, Bollinger County, Missouri in 4/2020)
B 3 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; ebay seller casiem99 – 3/01/2014; 2 examples found/reported by Tina on 7/27/2018; ebay seller jlwsew – 4/15/2021)
B 4 (reported by Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska 8/5/2016)
B 5 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
B 6 (reported by Michael Helms 4/18/2019 – found in Contact, Nevada)
B 7 (reported by Leann P – found in farm pasture, Carbonado, Washington – 1/2015; also a bottle found in Martin, South Carolina – reported by Dorothy Willis on 2/24/2022)
B 8 (ebay seller jamesw80 – 6/08/2014)
B 9 (TUR – 8-B; base shard found in old dumpsite @ New Albany, Indiana- but without 8-B on heel)
B 10 (TUR- 7-B)
B 11 (base shard found 10/10/2022 on beach at Vieques, Puerto Rico, after passage of Hurricane Fiona – reported by Lori Strickland)
B 12 (Chena)
B 14 (reported by Dennis Blackburn 3/10/2018- found in Bicknell, Utah)
B 20 (Daniel Camacho – found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
B 24 (found in old farm dump in lower New Hampshire in 1960s – reported by Michael McConnell 9/3/2022)
B 30 (found along the Fraser River, Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada – reported by Hugh Keeffe on 4/11/2023)
B 33 (reported 8/2015 by Elizabeth Yates –  found in Rainier, Washington; ebay seller treasurehuntadventures – 4/15/2021)
B 34 (reported by Andrew – example found at Atkinson Island, Galveston Bay, Texas)
B 35 (has 8-B embossed on heel, this example reported by Katrina, found in dirt basement of old house in Ontario, Canada)
B 80 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska, reported 7/31/2015)

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C (Chena)
C 1 (Chena; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska, embossed “9-B” on heel; quart size bottle listed by ebay seller solutionremarketing, Spokane, WA – 4/15/2021)
C 2 (Chena; Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016)
C 3 (TUR); (TUR – 8B)
C 4 (ebay seller used-and-rare – 3/01/2014; Chena; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016; Quart size example found north of Yreka, California near mining camp by Greg – reported 8/2016; ebay seller perdidobeachtrading 4/15/2021)
C 5 (bottle found in Washington County, Mississippi on 5/1/2015, reported by Brent Johnson; Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
C 6 (CS;  Chena; ebay seller 2014brcollectibles – 11/27/2014;  example reported by Joe Molenda, Helena, Montana 1/31/2017; bottle seen listed by ebay seller rocko-tiki-maria05, Iowa Falls, Iowa – 4/15/2023)
C 7 (CS; Rhyolite NV bottle house; another example in light blue glass found in 60 feet of water off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada – reported by Tanner on 12/12/2021)
C 8 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; example found by David R. in Marshall, Missouri 11/2015; Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks AK in 2016; bottle found by Ray at yard sale in Maine – reported 8/2016)
C 9 (found by Sage at Belchertown, Massachusetts – reported 9/26/2017)
C 10 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; CS; Chena; quart size bottle found under old building in Tucson, Arizona, listed by ebay seller urmanm16 – 4/17/2021)
C 11 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR)
C 12 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)

D 1 (Example found in Patatka, Florida – reported by Winston on 6/24/2019)
D 4 (Bottle reported 8/3/2019 by Randy Morgan – acquired in Brattleboro, Vermont; ebay seller richmanpoorman55_3, located in Connecticut – 4/17/2021)
D 9 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; also reported as artifact item listing “1c5 MT-12” in Archaeology of the Old Spanish Trail/Mormon Road by Myhrer, White & Rolf – report detailing excavations in NV analyzed in 1989)
D 12 (reported by Bill Forret on 4/17/2015)
D 15 (bottle found behind a retaining wall built circa 1900, reported 5/17/2020 by Todd Weber)
D 16 (example found by Joel Chandler at dumpsite, St. Joseph, MI – 10/25/2019. The bottle carries small “6-B” on heel)
D 19 (antique-bottles.net post by VintageUrbanblue, 04/30/2012)
D 25 (bottle found on a sandy beach, nearly buried with just the top visible, on the Pacific island of Guam.  Found on 6/26/2023 by Lia Castaneto)

E 1 (pint bottle reported by Tracy Fetters on 3/2/2019 – originally found while fishing at Peter Hope Lake, near Merritt, British Columbia, Canada in the early 1980s)
E 2 (found on Vancouver Island, Vancouver, British Columbia- reported by John Hodgins 2/7/2017)
E 3 (reported by Daniel Camacho – found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
E 4 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR – 8-B; ebay seller americanrecrafted- 4/15/2019; also an example reported by Dougie C, Hawaii; Quart size found by James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
E 5 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Daniel Camacho- found near Fairbanks, Alaska); ebay seller vivianw2770 – 4/02/2014)
E 6 (CS)
E 7 (ebay seller villastorm – 8/6/2015 – quart size;  another example found in Oxford, Mississippi – reported by Grant Crockett 12/29/2022)
E 8 (inquiry posted on “Ask Digger”, bottlebooks.com –  07/2002)
E 9 (example found in Iowa – reported by Samantha Johnson on 11/21/2015)
E 10 (ebay seller lytus51 – 3/11/2014; Chena)
E 11 (reported by Daniel Camacho – found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
E 12 (ebay seller hilarys.attic – 9/15/2014)
E 13 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Chena; also a quart-size example reported by Carren Larson 4/7/2015, found @ garage sale in Phoenix, Arizona -apparent ‘R’ on heel;  another example excavated in Plattsmouth, Nebraska – found by Daniel  Martin 10/14/2023)
E 14 (TUR – 7-B; 9-B; Chena; Quart size bottles found by Daniel Camacho & James Fassotte near Fairbanks Alaska)
E 15 (intact bottle found by Nichol Shrider at Goldfield, Nevada on 6/23/2022 – reported by Brett Weathersbee)
E 16 (photo shown in .pdf article on American Bottle Co. by Bill Lockhart)
E 17 (Chena;  quart size bottle seen listed by ebay seller lorbil5653, Flandreau, South Dakota – 4/15/2023)
E 18 (Chena; example reported by Lorraine Saxon- found in Reno, Nevada on 7/27/2017)
E 19 (ebay seller farmrrus – 4/22/2014; also an example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska – reported 7/2015)
E 20 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska – reported 7/2015; bottle reported 7/24/2019 by Kim Lovell)
E 21 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; a bottle reported by Daniel Camacho – found near Fairbanks, Alaska; also an example reported 4/18/2015 by Tammy S. – found @ estate sale in Andalusia, Alabama)
E 22 (Chena)
E 23 (Chena – 7-B)
E 25 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
E 27 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Chena)
E 29 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)

G 28 (TUR – 7-B)
G 30 (reported by Frances Riley 4/2016 – purchased from someone who had found it near Osland, British Columbia, Canada)

H (Chena)
H 1 (amethyst bottle found in Hawaii by Anthony Sylvester – reported 7/19/2017)
H 2 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; an example reported by Melissa on 6/15/2015; another bottle reported 5/14/2018 by Rebecca Harris – found @ New Smyrna Beach, Florida; also an example reported 5/17/2020 by Todd Weber – found behind retaining wall built about 1900)
H 3 (TUR – 7-B;  Chena;  ebay seller premiersportsplus – 4/02/2014; also a quart-size example – 12 &1/2 inches in height – reported by Robin Ellen Morris on 3/6/2022)
H 4 (ebay seller farmrrus – 3/24/2014; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks Alaska)
H 5 (TUR; Chena; clear quart-size bottle reported by William Stevens as found near Lahaina, Hawaii on 1/26/2021; bottle base found in Idaho panhandle – reported by Willow on 5/7/2023)
H 6 (Chena; quart size bottle found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
H 7 (reported by Marissa Webb, found in antique store, covered with coral)
H 8 (CS; Chena)
H 9 (Chena; Quart size bottles found by Daniel Camacho & James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 9 (mold variant with letter-number code placed ABOVE upside-down AB, reported by Robert Frisby, Sandy, UT in amber glass – see pic below; also an aqua example visible at the Rhyolite NV bottle house)
H 10 (quart size bottle reported by Susan Rose on 9/13/2014; also a quart size bottle found in Cashton, Wisconsin – reported by Ray Carson 7/2017; another bottle found in CO or WY – sold on ebay and indexed in Worthopedia archives)
H 12 (reported 10/9/2018 by Serena & Daniel Camacho, Fairbanks, Alaska; also a bottle reported 5/17/2020 by Todd Weber – found behind retaining wall built circa 1900)
H 13 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 14 (TUR)
H 15 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 16 (CS)
H 17 (found by Serena Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 18 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR; ebay seller wendydaniel7630 – 4/10/2021)
H 20 (example found in antique shop 1/2016 by Daniel Camacho, Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 23 (reported 8/2015 by Taylor Wyatt- found in Fairbanks, Alaska)
H 24 (ebay seller orduckfan83 – 9/15/2014)
H 26 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)

J 1 (ebay seller agls57 – 3/01/2014; TUR – 7-B)
J 2 (example found by Eddie McVey in tidal creek, Savannah, Georgia on 7/4/2016; also found in Atlanta GA excavations for subway system in 1970s, as reported by archaeologist Jessica Moss)
J 3 (TUR; also an example found by Erika Gorman in New Mexico 3/2016.)
J 4 (reported by Justin on 7/10/2015; also another bottle was found by Joseph Karnes in the mountains above Pecos, New Mexico on 10/4/2020)
J 5 (TUR – 7-B; also I saw an example for sale in a booth at Florence Antique Mall, Florence, Kentucky on 11/4/2017)
J 6 (base shard recovered during San Antonio River dredging project 2007-2009 – reported by Ansen Seale on 1/18/2022)
J 7 (Bottle reported 1/31/2020 by Christine Coates – found in Indian River at Grant, Florida)
J 8 (reported by John, 1/2018 ~ bottle found in Metropolis, Illinois)
J 9 (reported 9/14/2015 by Dianne Davis-Bibb – example found at flea market in Cabool, Missouri)
J 15 (TUR)

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K 1 (Chena; Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks AK in 2016; example found in southern British Columbia and reported by Lesa Lee 7/27/2018; example found on Pelee Island, Lake Erie, Canada- listed by ebay seller pallada – 4/15/2021; another bottle seen listed by ebay seller elfigo2005, Belen, New Mexico – 4/15/2023; bottle found in northern Idaho – reported by Noah on 8/6/2023)
K 2 (Chena; Quart size found by James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
K 3 (TUR; Chena; example reported by Diane- found in Loring, AK 9/2015; bottle found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016; another example found by Donny along Big Creek, Otto, Texas – reported 9/27/2023)
K 4 (Chena; Quart size found by James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
K 5 (Chena)
K 6 (Chena; Quart size found by James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
K 7 (Chena; ebay seller farmrrus – 9/15/2014; Quart size bottles found by Daniel Camacho & James Fassotte near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
K 8 (Chena; also an example reported by Eric Halkyard – found in Houlton, Maine; quart bottle found by Daniel Camacho, near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
K 9 (TUR – 7-B)
K 10 (Quart size bottle found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016)
K 11 (Chena; Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016)
K 12 (example found near Palmer, Alaska by Jeremy & Bethany Crenshaw – 5/17/2017)
K 14 (bottle found at Durham, North Carolina – reported by Brandon Goff on 11/17/2021)
K 15 (CS; ebay seller rustynailbyron – 1/28/2018)
K 16 (reported by Dougie C, Hawaii)
K 17 (ebay seller Uneakdragon, located in Nevada – 1/2/2022)
K 18 (reported by Gary Patterson on 5/24/2015; another bottle seen listed by ebay seller antiquariangoddess, Weatherford, Texas – 4/15/2023)
K 20 (found at auction in box lot of old bottles from barn near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – reported by Ray Padua 9/9/2018;  ebay seller weauction4you – 4/15/2021)
K 22 (ebay seller jonw262 – 11/27/2014)
K 23 (reported by Kristie & Shane Davis 2/2017; also an example found by Rachael Lee Watkins & her Mom – reported 11/9/2017)
K 42 (found by Ami Castleberry on beach, Tea Table Key, Islamorada, Florida Keys – reported 12/30/2019)

L 1 (pint size light blue bottle found west of Ely, Nevada – possibly an old campsite, near old dirt road – reported by Beed on 11/4/2021)
L 2 (example reported by Jacquie Cook- found along San Luis Beach on the island of Guam on 10/27/2016)
L 4 (CS; pint-size bottle found by Scott Baughan in Rhode Island 9/19/2014; base shard found in Nogales, Arizona – reported by Sherrie Nixon 4/15/2021)
L 5 (CS; also an example reported by Ruth Tivald on 10/19/2016.
L 6 (example found on the island of Guam – reported by Elisa Miller on 9/5/2015)
L 7 (reported 10/2015 – found by John Engst near Mountain Lake, Minnesota; also another example found in a Goodwill store – reported by Jake Berg on 10/1/2022)

M 1 (example from old dairy farm near Greeley, Colorado – Reported by Al 2/18/2016)
M 2 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)
M 3 (example reported by Mike Clark on 5/8/2018)
M 4 (TUR – 7-B; example reported by Jourdan 6/16/2015 – found in barn at Isanti, Minnesota)
M 5 (example found by Ginger, Telluride, Colorado, reported 7/8/2017)
M 6 (CS; example purchased in box lot at auction – reported by Melissa Wilson, Keyser, West Virginia 10/2/2018; also another example found during excavation at substation project at Davis, California – reported by Rebecca Cruse on 8/23/2021)
M 7 (CS)
M 8 (CS)
M 9 (reported by Buddar on 6/16/2015)
M 10 (TUR; ebay seller jackiestutto5andmore, Roanoke Rapids, NC – 4/15/2023)
M 11 (CS; also a bottle found by David Beach at Ehrhardt, South Carolina – reported 7/2/2019)
M 12 (found by John Napoli;  another example found in Prince Frederick, Maryland on 9/1/2024- reported by Luke – this bottle has “9-B” on the heel which may indicate it was made in 1909 at the Belleville glass plant)
M 13 (found by Anne-Marie Venne at flea market in Quebec, Canada – 5/14/2016; example found at estate sale and reported by Mary P., Hannah City, Illinois on 8/25/2018; another bottle seen listed by ebay seller rrho5557, Nahunta, Georgia 4/15/2023)
M 16 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)

N 15 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; also an example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska on 6/8/2018)
N 22 (Chena)

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P 1 (TUR – 8-B; “pint” size example seen for sale in Harrodsburg, Kentucky during the annual “Rt. 127 Yard Sale” event – 8/8/2015; also a bottle found at Shiloh, Volusia County, FL by Erich H. Konjevich on 4/11/2020)
P 2 (TUR – 7-B; also an example reported by Jill Harbour – found 6/16/2015 north of Cimarron, New Mexico)
P 3 (TUR – 7-B;  bottle seen listed by ebay seller supergrayjohn, Apopka, Florida – 4/15/2023)
P 4 (CS)
P 5 (found by Rob during excavation work @ Wilmington, North Carolina on 1/12/2016; another example reported by Matthew Simmonds 11/6/2022 – in Newfoundland, Canada)
P 6 (listed on ebay, pic shown in Bill Lockhart et al article: The Dating Game: The American Bottle Co., A Study in Contracts and Contradictions, 2007)
P 7 (ebay seller rumrooster, Boise, Idaho – 1/28/2018; ebay seller vg500 – 4/15/2021; also a bottle found about 2 feet underground while working in garden – by Eric in New Jersey -reported 6/15/2024; another example found by Rob Allaby along the St. John River, Lincoln, New Brunswick, Canada on 7/30/2024)
P 8 (ebay seller goodsport49, Prescott, Arizona; also an example reported by Mark Reid – heel is marked 8-B; example reported by Jason on 11/30/2019 – found at Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii)
P 9 (found in BC, Canada by Garth Johnson, query posted on bottlebooks.com – 09/2002; example reported by Tina on 7/27/2018)
P 10 (TUR – 8-B; example found by Betsy Sears on dive near Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii (partially encrusted with coral – see pic);  also an example reported by Eric Halkyard – found in Houlton, Maine)
P 11 (CS; ebay seller hamptdog – 9/15/2014; also, an example bought from booth at Centerville Antique Mall, Centerville, IN on 11/2/2019; ebay seller jaern29 – 4/10/2021)
P 12 (example found in downtown Seattle, Washington by Nate Provident during construction excavation–reported 8/27/2014; also, a blue aqua bottle found while diving at Boynton Beach, Florida – this bottle has a matte “sea glass” look and was found by Cat Kelly on 9/6/2021)
P 13 (TUR – 9-B; also an example reported by John, found near Fairfield, California in 2/2015;  ebay seller bessifinds, Kingman, Arizona – 4/15/2023)
P 14 (“pint” size example verified at sales booth near Harrodsburg, Kentucky during “Rt. 127 Yard Sale” event on 8/8/2015; also an example was reported by Sergio Martinez on 6/12/2022 – he found a bottle with this code in Florida;  bottle seen listed by ebay seller devas_29, Buford, Georgia – 4/15/2023)
P 15 (reported by William Linzenmeyer – bottle found during excavation for construction project in Spokane, Washington 7/2017)
P 16 (CS; ebay seller holliwoodhostess, Sarasota, Florida – 4/15/2023;  also an example found on the beach on Bainbridge Island, Washington – found 4/23/2022 by Amy. That example also carries a “7-B” code on the heel)
P 17 (example purchased at resale shop in Vienna, West Virginia – reported by Amy Houser on 2/15/2019)
P 18 (CS; Rhyolite NV Bottle House)
P 19 (CS)
P 20 (reported 1/19/2016 by Becky Rakestraw – found in Dallas, Georgia)
P 21 (reported by James Turner)
P 22 (TUR – 8-B;  ebay seller premiersportsplus – 4/02/2014)
P 23 (CS; an example found by Anne-Marie Venne at flea market in Quebec, Canada 5/14/2016; also an aqua example found by Lad Akins underwater near Miami, Florida – reported 9/25/2018; also a bottle found in Illinois – reported 11/11/2021 by Tom Dant)
P 24 (base shard found in Courtland, AZ by Ernie Parks; bottle reported by Phil in Tennessee; also a bottle found washed up on the beach by Gary L. Coleman, near Cape Sable, Florida – 2/2016; and a bottle found by Cheryl on Vancouver Island, British Columbia 3/6/2016)
P 25 (TUR; CS; ebay seller goodsport49, Prescott, AZ)

R 1 (reported by Delfina Lampi – example found in an antique shop in Southern California)
R 2 (reported by Hugh Mortimer – found near Leechtown, British Columbia, Canada in the 1960s)
R 3 (TUR; bottle found in Rainier, Oregon – reported by Scott Stump 9/2/2018; bottle seen listed by ebay seller greatstuff_2006, Bemidji, Minnesota – 4/15/2023)
R 4 (example reported by Cindy Wood- found 11/12/2015 in Covington, Texas)
R 5 (CS; 24 oz example found by Alan Havens in Gastineau Channel, Douglas, Alaska in 2001)
R 6 (CS; ebay seller harlandcollectablesstore – 4/10/2021; ebay seller imperialantiques05 – 4/15/2021; also an example found at the old John Slaughter Ranch, east of Douglas, Arizona – reported by Vickie Dunn on 1/20/2022)
R 7 (base shards found 5/28/2018 @ Maplewood Conservation Flats, North Vancouver, BC, Canada – reported by Patty)
R 8 (CS)

S 1 (CS; ebay seller freshkills-glass – 4/15/2021)
S 2 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
S 3 (reported by Jessica Cost – 8/2015)
S 4 (TUR – 7-B)
S 5 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; CS; also an example found by Gary Jolliff in Enid, Oklahoma – reported 9/15/2020;  “beach glass” partial base piece – ebay seller  thelittlepeddler, Wakefield, Rhode Island – 4/15/2023;  bottle seen listed by ebay seller sued85, West Plains, Missouri – 4/15/2023)
S 6 (ebay seller Miltt123, Alabama – 1/28/2018;  example reported by Tina 7/27/2018; base shard reported by Elizabeth Jane Welch on Facebook discussion page “Shards” 6/1/2024 – found in sugar cane field in SE Louisiana)
S 7 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; TUR – 9-B; CS)
S 8 (reported by Bonnie Kay, found at excavation site at Winslow, Arizona, 1/2015)
S 9 (CS)
S 10 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
S 11 (base shard found on beach at St. Michael, Alaska; also a bottle base found at ghost town Swansea, AZ – reported by Janice on 2/5/2021)
S 12 (bottle found in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – reported by Majken Cooke on 12/9/2017; another example reported 7/25/2019 by Martin Calle – found in California)
S 13 (example found under Odd Fellows Lodge building built 1910, Pawnee, Oklahoma- reported 5/22/2018 by John Teckemeyer; also a bottle reported by Donald Dickerson on 5/15/2019)
S 15 (pic from ebay auction by unidentified seller; also a bottle with this code was found in an old barn at New Gloucester, Maine – reported by Tamara Hutchison on 8/11/2021)
S 16 (ebay seller cowboyray45 – 3/01/2014; ebay seller baby22 – 4/10/2021)
S 17 (ebay seller Lenoxhill – 1/28/2018)
S 18 (base shard found in creek, Marietta, Georgia – reported by T.J. Santangelo)
S 19 (CS)
S 20 (example reported by Tom Rockwell – found in Baja California desert on 12/6/2016; ebay seller garde8064 – bottle found on family farm in SE Nebraska – listed 4/15/2021; another example listed by ebay seller jetwaves2011, Schenectady, New York – 4/15/2023)

T 1 (bottle reported by William Linzenmeyer – found during construction project in Spokane, Washington 7/2017)
T 2 (CS)
T 7 (“pint” size [9.5 inches tall] found by Kristi Kirschner @ antique store in Washington state- reported 9/12/2014)
T 12 (bottle found by Rich Ballweg, reported 7/7/2017)
T 15 (base shard recovered during San Antonio River dredging project 2007-2009 – reported by Ansen Seale on 1/18/2022; also an intact example posted 3/1/2024 on the antique-bottles.net site by member “Ezell91”)
T 18 (bottle bought by Amanda Hartley at “This-N-That” resale shop, Douglas, Wyoming on 10/11/2021)
T 19 (bottle reported by Joel Chandler 1/2019- found in Holland, Michigan area)
T 20 (ebay seller wamaam – 3/01/2014)
T 21 (pint-size bottle found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska)
T 22 (reported by Kelli 11/2015)
T 24 (base shard found in old dump site at St. Joseph, Michigan – found by Joel Chandler on 1/19/2021)
T 25 (reported by Derek Mauk 9/15/2014 – found in West Virginia)
T 26 (reported by Vanessa Shields on 6/25/2015 – found at Lake Tahoe, California)
T 30 (found by Nicole Douglas along San Marcos River, Texas 6/16/2016)
T 31 (example found during excavation in Trinidad, Colorado – reported by Brian Dierks 12/13/2016)
T 34 (ebay seller kkj1314 – 4/15/2023)
T 35 (bottle found at a thrift shop in Fernandina Beach, Florida – reported by Bonnie on 10/23/2020)
T 37 (bottle reported by Raimund Krob – found 2017 in about 30 feet of water during archaeological project off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic)
T 41 (TUR)
T 43 (ebay seller paulsantiques2011 – 3/01/2014)
T 45 (base shard found at Diamond Lake, Mundelein, Illinois – reported by Heather on 2/12/2019)

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U 5 (TUR)
U 7 (found by Ted Bryan near Palatka, Florida on 8/28/2018)
U 8 (example found in Eugene, Oregon – reported 8/15/2015)
U 13 (reported 11/29/2016 by Lee Williams in Montana)
U 14 (bottle reported by Winston Haselden on 12/10/2016)
U 15 (found by Joel Chandler in dump at St. Joseph, Michigan on 4/9/2020)
U 18 (found at yard sale, Moultrie, Georgia – reported by Linda Neely on 12/27/2019)
U 19 (found in Atlanta GA excavations for subway system in 1970s, as reported by archaeologist Jessica Moss 11/18/2016)
U 21 (bottle base found in yard by Allison of Webster Groves, Missouri – reported 11/4/2018)
U 23 (reported by Chase on 9/6/2014; also an example reported by Ragan 10/25/2015 – found in Nantucket, Massachusetts)
U 24 (TUR)
U 25 (reported by Audrey Wilbur 7/26/2016 – found in Lake Worth Lagoon area {Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway}, Palm Beach County, Florida)

V 1 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; example found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016; another bottle found by Jeff Shurtleff in Glenwood Springs, Colorado –  4/5/2017)
V 2 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; ebay seller prehistoricflorida – 3/01/2014; ebay seller villastorm – 8/6/2015 – pint size)
V 3 (Rhyolite NV bottle house – in a green color, also examples in medium/dark sun-colored amethyst)
V 4 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; also example reported 8/2015 by Taylor Wyatt – found in Fairbanks, Alaska)
V 5 (Rhyolite NV bottle house, in sun-colored amethyst; also quart-size bottle reported by Deb McMahon)
V 6 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
V 7 (reported by Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska; also an example reported 1/17/2020 by Eric Phillips – found in Johnson City, Tennessee; ebay seller brum.mist – 4/15/2021; another bottle found on the bottom of the Black River, Poplar Bluff, Missouri by D. Steward on 10/2/2022;  ebay seller jomajic, O’Fallon, Missouri – 4/15/2023)
V 8 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
V 9 (base shard found along Ohio River below New Albany, Indiana; also an intact bottle found in Florida while kayaking – reported by Matthew Fischer 12/30/2022)
V 10 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; example reported by Megan Lierman – found at Tatitlek, Alaska; another example found by Leanne Giles at yard sale in Camrose, Alberta, Canada -reported 4/21/2024)
V 11 (reported by Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
V 12 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
V 13 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; ebay seller cowboyray45 – 3/01/2014)
V 14 (reported to me by Gary on 4/21/2014)
V 15 (reported by Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
V 16 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
V 17 (found in NW Arkansas by Kathy, reported 9/5/2014).
V 18 (TUR; Daniel Camacho, found near Fairbanks, Alaska)
V 20 (TUR; also an example found in antique shop, Fairbanks, AK by Daniel Camacho – 1/2016)
V 21 (reported 10/9/2018 by Serena & Daniel Camacho, Fairbanks, Alaska)
V 22 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)
V 23 (Rhyolite NV bottle house, sun-colored amethyst glass)
V 25 (Rhyolite NV bottle house)

X (Chena)
X 1 (Chena)
X 2 (bottle base recorded by Alex, from archaeological excavation at Tempe, Arizona, 2016; bottle found at Parachute, Colorado – reported by Laura Cammarota – 5/9/2023)
X 3 (found near Fresno, Montana by Frank Schend; base shard found NE of Globe, Arizona – reported by J. Metzger on 11/8/2021)
X 4 (CS;  Chena;  also an example found in Greenville, Indiana – reported by Maryjo Kimberlin 8/8/2017)
X 5 (CS; also an example reported by Kari Hill on 4/27/2019; another bottle found by William Godwin in creek at Huntsville, Texas on 5/5/2023)
X 6 (pictured on antique-bottles.net)
X 7 (CS; Chena; example reported by Derek Mauk- found in St. Louis, Missouri; ebay seller coastal.sales – 4/15/2021)
X 8 (Quart size bottles found by Daniel Camacho & James Fassotte near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016; pint size bottle found by Rob Houchin at Gull Lake, Hickory Corners, Michigan)
X 9 (ebay seller chrisbaur – 3/01/2014)
X 10 (Chena; also an example reported 7/7/2019 by Terry Williamson)
X 11 (base shard recovered during San Antonio River dredging project 2007-2009 – reported by Ansen Seale on 1/18/2022)
X 12 (reported by Brett Weathersbee – found in Pleyto, California)
X 13 (AB-connected along with CO – seen at estate sale near Danville, Kentucky on 8/6/2021)

Y 1 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; also an example found several years ago at estate auction in Idaho Falls, Idaho – reported by Phillip & Susan Miller 9/16/2021)
Y 3 (found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska; also a dark amber example found by Robert Frisby in Sandy, Utah – found inside a home wall, apparently left there during construction or remodel- reported 1/2018; also another example bought by Amanda Hartley at This-N-That secondhand shop, Douglas, Wyoming on 10/11/2021)
Y 4 (found by Brook Taylor at flea market in Eufala, Oklahoma – reported 8/2015. This bottle is marked with a crude, small, thinly embossed “CO” to the right of AB, which appears it could have been a later hand-tooled addition to the mold.
Y 5 (example reported by Kim Williams 5/11/2016)
Y 6 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Chena; also a bottle found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska in 2016)
Y 7 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Chena; also an example found by Brittany Uribe when diving off Kauai, Hawaii – reported 2/25/2022)
Y 8 (reported by Tiffany-found along the shore of coastal Georgia on 2/22/2015; also an example found by Rob during excavation work @ Wilmington, North Carolina on 1/12/2016; another bottle found by Joel Chandler at c.1905 dumpsite, St. Joseph, Michigan on 1/30/2021)
Y 9 (example found in upstate New York – reported by Beth Harrington on 9/5/2021)
Y 10 (TUR; Chena)
Y 12 (TUR)
Y 13 (TUR)
Y 15 (ebay seller htmcollection – 3/01/2014)
Y 18 (reported by Robyn Jones 6/7/2015)
Y 20 (bottle found in Williamson, WV – reported by James Muncy on 5/31/2020)
Y 22 (reported by Phaedra Spencer 9/21/2015 – this example has a smaller, lightly-embossed “CO” to the right of the AB, which appears to be a later addition to the mold (as noted on Y 4); also a bottle found by Brandon Holthaus underneath a house in Virden, Illinois on 4/21/2016 – but without small “CO” on that particular example).
Y 23 (example found while digging for garden – reported 6/11/2017 by Duane Syverson of Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Y 25 (CS)
Y 27 (partial bottle found 2/22/2015 by Dave Munro on beach @ Bellingham, Washington)
Y 30 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; also a bottle reported by Emily LaParle – found while snorkeling near Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 3/21/2018; another example reported by Stephanie Brown 11/16/2019 – found in the Pokegama area between Klamath Falls and Ashland, Oregon).
Y 33 (found in Atlanta GA excavations for subway system in 1970s, as reported by archeologist Jessica Moss 11/18/2016)
Y 37 (example found by Brian Kutter near Waxahachie, Texas on 2/13/2016).
Y 40 (base shard found by Karen Lotz on the bottom of Lake St. Catherine, Poultney Vermont – 9/2018)
Y 43 (example reported 8/21/2017 by Lynn – found in Walterboro, South Carolina)
Y 45 (bottle base found by Elizabeth Welch on 7/29/2023 – among surface finds in a sugar cane field near the Mississippi River, in St. James Parish, Louisiana)
Y 49 (bottle reported by Jim Pennington 4/7/2019- found in Bolentown, South Carolina)
Y 53 (seen on base of aqua bottle bearing partial, original Budweiser label – archived on Worthpoint)
Y 61 (found by Walter Kopp during excavation for sewer lines in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported 10/2015)
Y 63 (ebay seller baltic.950 – 4/22/2014; also, 12 ounce bottle in dark amber glass found in a creek at Ennis, Texas by Craig Ross Dlabaj on 3/24/2021)
Y 67 (reported by Danny, found in Corpus Christi, Texas; also an example found by Robbie Baker 2/1/2016 during utility dig at Natchitoches, LA)
Y 69 (bottle found in Vail, Arizona – reported by Linda Pope 9/12/2017)

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3 (or 8?) (found in Nevada desert by Jim Lehan, reported 12/2014)
4 (found by Jeff KcKenzie in Hebron, Nebraska, reported 5/11/2016)
6 (Qt. size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks, Alaska – 2016)
7 (machine-made amber bottle, Bill Lindsey; also an example reported by Levi on 6/26/2015)
8 (Quart size found by Daniel Camacho near Fairbanks Alaska in 2016)
10 (Chena)
13 (Chena; another bottle reported by Brandon Veenstra on 9/6/2019)
15 (reported 12/2016 by Mayron in Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama).
16 (Rhyolite NV bottle house; Quart base shard reported by Rich Littlefield on 7/5/2017)
17 (base of bottle found by Joel Chandler in dumpsite at St. Joseph, Michigan 4/14/2020)
29 (bottle base found on Matagorda Beach, Texas on 2/29/2020 – reported by Kasey Bownds)
44 (reddish amber “pint” size bottle, originally listed on ebay and found in Worthopedia archives)
51 (dark amber bottle found at Camp Buckner, Burnet, Texas – reported by Bill Averitt on 2/25/2020)
52 (amber bottle base found near Lake Britton, northern CA – reported by Kyle Dennis 10/23/2019)
54 (pic from ebay auction, unidentified seller)
59 (amber pint bottle, found near Olnes, Alaska, reported 8/23/2020 by Danny Camacho)
71 (reddish-amber bottle, reported by Will Grice 10/2015)

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ROMAN NUMERALS    These “AB-connected” bottles are machine-made,  have a gently-sloping “Apollinaris Mineral Water” bottle profile, and are in shades of green, olive green or teal green which are not at all typical of most AB-connected beer bottles.  They look like British-made bottles because of the color and style, but their place and date of manufacture isn’t known with certainty.   It is possible these are some of the last bottles made with the AB-connected mark. 

II / S  (on olive green bottle, this base photo posted on the antique-bottles.net site by member “gdog68” on 10/24/2022)

II / X  (on light green bottle base found in Indiana Township (Allegheny County), PA, reported 5/5/2020 by David O’Donnell)

III / X     (seen on dark teal aqua or teal green soda or beer bottle which may be machine-made—found in Quebec, Canada).   Another similar bottle (base shard) was reported by Christian Schoemen, found near Caledon, Capetown, South Africa in 3/2018.    A third bottle in green glass was found in Michigan by Donald Sigman and reported 11/26/2019.   A fourth example in teal green was found in a dump in Bergen County, New Jersey by Robert Maldonato – reported 2/3/2022 on the antique-bottles.net discussion site (see pics below). There is a small “5” on the heel of that bottle.

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Click here to see the webpage with more background information on the   AB-connected marked beer bottles. 

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Here’s my webpage about Numbers seen on the bottoms of Glass Bottles and Jars.

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