Antique NuGrape Soda Bottle — Savannah, Georgia — Embossed 6 oz Art Deco Glass — Bottle Patented March 9, 1920

An authentic 1920s-era embossed NuGrape soda bottle with a Savannah, Georgia base — a genuine Southern advertising bottle in the distinctive double-bulb Art Deco form, offered as a well-used period display piece.

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A Southern soda bottle with real history

NuGrape is a grape-flavored soft drink with deep Southern roots. The brand dates to 1906 and was bottled through a wide network of independent, franchised bottlers across the South, with the National NuGrape Company later organized in Atlanta, Georgia. Bottles like this one turn up embossed with the name of the specific city that bottled them — here, Savannah, Georgia — which is exactly what makes them appealing to regional and "city bottle" collectors.

The embossed wording "Imitation Grape — Not Grape Juice" is original to these bottles: in 1925 the Federal Trade Commission required NuGrape to carry that labeling because the drink contained no actual grape juice. That small piece of early advertising-regulation history is molded right into the glass.

The March 9, 1920 patent

The heel is embossed "Bottle Pat'd March 9, 1920." This refers to the U.S. design patent for the bottle's ornamental shape (Design Patent No. 54,682), credited to Chapman J. Root of the Root Glass Company of Terre Haute, Indiana — the same design house historically known for creating the Coca-Cola contour "hobbleskirt" bottle. The date is the bottle's design-patent date, not a manufacturing date; the identical date appears on NuGrape bottles from many different cities. This example was most likely produced from the mid-1920s into the early 1930s.

Identification

Embossed "NuGrape" script with "Imitation Grape," "Not Grape Juice," "Min. Contents 6 Fl. Oz.," and "Trade Mark Registered," a heel patent date of March 9, 1920, and a base embossed "Savannah, Ga." Light green / aqua-tinted glass in the double-bulb ("gourd" / figure-eight) Art Deco silhouette.

Collector & display appeal

This is a collector-grade, authentic period bottle that reads equally well as a display object. The city-name base gives it specific appeal to Georgia and Southern soda collectors and to anyone assembling town-by-town city bottles. The sculptural Art Deco shape and soft aqua-green glass display beautifully on a shelf, in a Southern mercantile or advertising grouping, in a farmhouse kitchen, or within a dedicated soda-bottle collection.

Condition

Authentic and structurally sound, with honest age-related wear consistent with a bottle roughly a century old. The glass shows overall cloudiness and haze, interior content staining (commonly called "sick glass"), and fine surface scratching and case wear across the body. Some of the high points of the embossing are softened from handling and use. No cracks are visible, and no chips or bruises are apparent in the photographs. This is offered as a genuine, well-used period display bottle rather than an attic-mint example. Please review all 19 photographs closely, as they form an important part of the condition description.

Specifications

• Brand (as embossed on the bottle): NuGrape
• Bottler / City: Savannah, Georgia (base embossed)
• Bottle type: Embossed Art Deco soda bottle, double-bulb form
• Capacity: 6 fl oz (embossed "Min. Contents 6 Fl. Oz.")
• Patent marking: "Bottle Pat'd March 9, 1920" (design patent for the bottle shape)
• Approximate era: circa mid-1920s–early 1930s
• Glass color: light green / aqua
• Material: glass
• Height: approximately 8 inches (about 20 cm)
• Condition: cloudiness / haze, interior staining, surface scratches, softened embossing; intact, no visible cracks
• Country of origin: United States

Authenticity

Guaranteed an authentic period NuGrape bottle — an original embossed glass soda bottle, not a reproduction. LintHead Restorations is an independent antique dealer and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to NuGrape, its current owners, or The Coca-Cola Company; all brand names and marks appear here only to accurately describe the historic object.

Professional packing & insured shipping

Every fragile piece is individually wrapped and cushioned on all sides, with the neck, lip, shoulder, and base protected and no direct glass-to-box contact, then shipped in a sturdy corrugated box. Shipments are fully insured and sent with tracking. Antique glass deserves careful handling, and it will get it.

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