{"product_id":"antique-ritz-orange-pineapple-soda-cork-bottle-cap-st-louis-mo","title":"Antique NOS Late 1930s Ritz Orange Pineapple Soda Cork Bottle Cap 🍍 St. Louis MO","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOrange and Pineapple Together? 🍍 Antique NOS Late 1930s Ritz Soda Cork Bottle Cap, St. Louis MO\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q8egMPOUZLk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e🍍 \u003cstrong\u003eNOS Late 1930s Ritz Orange Pineapple Soda Bottle Cap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  This is an original \u003cstrong\u003eNOS (New Old Stock)\u003c\/strong\u003e cork-lined bottle cap from \u003cstrong\u003eRitz Beverage Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e, a regional soda producer operating at\n  \u003cstrong\u003e1822 South 12th Street, St. Louis, Missouri\u003c\/strong\u003e. Ritz was active during the \u003cstrong\u003e1930s and early 1940s\u003c\/strong\u003e, producing a variety of fruit-forward sodas,\n  including blended flavors such as \u003cstrong\u003eOrange Pineapple\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  The cap features the distinctive \u003cstrong\u003eRitz top hat logo\u003c\/strong\u003e, a branding element associated with the company’s \u003cstrong\u003elate-1930s production period\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n  The ingredient panel—listing carbonated water, sugar, citric acid, artificial flavor \u0026amp; color, and \u003cstrong\u003e¼ of 1% benzoate of soda\u003c\/strong\u003e—reflects\n  \u003cstrong\u003epre-World War II soda formulation standards\u003c\/strong\u003e, supporting a \u003cstrong\u003e1930s era dating\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  The presence of an \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal cork liner\u003c\/strong\u003e further confirms early production, as cork remained standard prior to the widespread adoption of composition liners in the 1940s.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✨ \u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOS (New Old Stock)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnused\u003c\/strong\u003e, never applied\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal cork liner\u003c\/strong\u003e intact\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrong color\u003c\/strong\u003e and clean surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e📌 \u003cstrong\u003eCollector Reference\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ritz Beverage Co.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e St. Louis, Missouri\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Late 1930s\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cork\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlavor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orange Pineapple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  A character-rich survivor from the regional soda era, representing early St. Louis bottling history and pre-war flavor experimentation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e🏭 WHS — the Mark of W. H. Hutchinson \u0026amp; Sons, Chicago\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the bottler's own line there is a small \u003cstrong\u003eWHS\u003c\/strong\u003e on the skirt. That is not the bottler — it is the company that made the cap itself: \u003cstrong\u003eW. H. Hutchinson \u0026amp; Sons of Chicago\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam H. Hutchinson\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Chicago soda bottler and a maker of bottling plant. In \u003cstrong\u003e1879\u003c\/strong\u003e his son \u003cstrong\u003eCharles G. Hutchinson\u003c\/strong\u003e patented the \u003cem\u003eHutchinson's Patent Spring Stopper\u003c\/em\u003e — a wire loop and rubber disc that sealed a soda bottle from the inside, and that you opened by thumping it down with your thumb. It swept the trade and made every rival closure obsolete. By 1882 the family had sold the bottling side to the Hayes brothers so the firm could concentrate on manufacturing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen William Painter's crown cap arrived and did to the Hutchinson stopper exactly what the stopper had done to everything before it: cheaper, more sanitary, quicker to apply. Rather than go down with their own patent, \u003cstrong\u003eW. H. Hutchinson \u0026amp; Sons went into making crown caps\u003c\/strong\u003e, shipping them out of Chicago by the gross in wooden barrels stencilled W H HUTCHINSON \u0026amp; SONS CHICAGO and marked to be kept dry — because of the cork. The mark on this cap belongs to the people whose own invention the crown cap destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-1950s-lemon-blossom-soda-cork-bottle-cap-st-louis-mo-treasures\"\u003eVintage 1950s Lemon Blossom Soda Cork Bottle Cap 🍋 Cherry Blossom Co. • St. Louis MO\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/antique-imitation-pineapple-soda-cork-bottle-cap-treasures-gifts\"\u003eAntique Imitation Pineapple Soda Cork Bottle Cap 🥤 Late 1930s–1940s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-corky-clown-cork-bottle-cap-st-louis-mo-1950s-treasures-gifts\"\u003eVintage 1950s Corky the Clown Bottle Cap 🤡 St. Louis Cork-Lined Soda Cap\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259362799848,"sku":"VAG-8121133957352","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.4621160975_tszd.jpg?v=1785359318","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/antique-ritz-orange-pineapple-soda-cork-bottle-cap-st-louis-mo","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}