- Edelweiss Glass Bottle from the Peter Schoenhofen Brewing Company
- No chips, no cracks, this piece is in Great Condition and is a stunning piece! There is some scratching throughout the bottle from being underwater all of these decades. There are also beautiful air bubbles throughout this bottle. It has a beautiful green hue color to it!
- SOLD: AS IS
- The history of Edelweiss glass bottles from the Peter Schoenhofen Brewing Company traces a prominent era in Chicago's industrial and brewing legacy, extending from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Named after the classic European alpine flower, Edelweiss served as the flagship brand for German immigrant Peter Schoenhofen’s Pilsen-based brewery. During the pre-Prohibition era of the late 1880s to the early 1900s, these heavy, champagne-style pint or quart "table beer" bottles were mouth-blown or made from private molds with tooled finishes. Typically rendered in aqua, light blue, or amber-tinted glass, they featured heavy embossing with "EDELWEISS" in classic script on the front and a property notice on the body or base, with contemporary advertisements boasting that the beer's clean taste was sourced directly from a 1,600-foot artesian well beneath the Pilsen powerhouse. When Prohibition arrived in 1920, the brewery shifted entirely away from alcohol production to survive, prompting a transition toward automated machine-made utility glass. During this period, which lasted until 1933, the bottles evolved into green-tinted or clear 12-ounce and 13-ounce soda-style configurations used to distribute near-beer, tonics, and their highly successful Green River soda, which grew to become the second most popular soft drink in the Midwest behind Coca-Cola. Following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 and continuing into the 1950s, production modernized fully into automated machine manufacturing.
- Bottle says: EDELWEISS
- Bottom of bottle says: PROPERTY OF SCHOENHOFEN BRG. CO. CHICAGO
- 9 1/4" Tall 2 11/16” Wide
-Ed the Diver & Christie B. Stickers & signed picture postcard included with order!
-This bottle was cleaned out of the Oconto River in Oconto, Wisconsin by us!
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