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Hutchinson Data Definitions

Hutchinson Bottle Directory listings have been catalogued by country, state, territory, province, county, area, city, and bottler.  Individual bottle listings include all available data on front, back, and base embossing, mold style, glass color, height, diameter, plate mould shape, base shape, and rarity.  Additional thoughts:

  • Each bottle has an assigned identification number to facilitate communication about specific listings;

  • Embossings are described in capital letters with slash marks representing line breaks in the lettering, e.g. “CENTRALIA / BOTTLING WORKS / CENTRALIA, WASH.” means the word “CENTRALIA” is above the words “BOTTLING WORKS” all of which are above the words “CENTRALIA, WASH.”;  

  • Punctuation is shown exactly as each bottle is embossed;

  • Bottle mold style is specified (typically two leaf, three leaf, or four piece mold);

  • Height and diameter are shown in inches as decimals;

  • Base shape is specified, e.g. round versus 10 panels.  Accompanying illustrations will accurately reflect the actual shape of each bottle;

  • Rarity classifications have been simplified to: “Rare” = less than 10 known; “Scarce” = 10-100 known, and “Common” = 100+ known;

  • We are not capturing dollar values.  They are too dependent on individual bottle condition and constantly-changing supply and demand.