Manufacturer Dominion Glass

Wishing Well Soda Water Bottle

Datec. 1955

DimensionsOverall: 24 cm

Credit LineGift of Mr. Gordon King, 1977

Object number1977.092.019

Label TextThis Wishing Well cola bottle imitates the design of another major cola brand: Coca Cola. Like the iconic Coca Cola bottle, it is made of clear glass, has a “waistline” and is fluted. The difference lies in the fluting. Coke bottles have straight fluting while the Wishing Well bottle’s is twisted. This design similarity was a National Dry strategy to build market share. About 1932, Londoner Park Manross and two others purchased Alfred Tune’s assets and formed National Dry. They made their beverages from water from a spring near Komoka along the Thames River. Alfred Tune had at first worked with his father James Tune at the London Soda Works before branching out on his own.

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