Posted 1 year ago
reddygal
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Wooden coke cooler, 2 metal inserts, brass (?) name tag. Bought it in St. Augustine, FL about 20 years ago. Approx. 40 inches wide and 28 inches tall, that's really a ballpark guess.
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I'm not 100% sure (99%) but this looks like someone took an old top opening ice box and added an old Glascock metal plate to it. Not sure this was ever produced by The Coca-Cola Company or Glascock Brothers. I've never seen one before and I've been collecting vintage Coca-Cola memorabilia since the early 1970's. But like I said, I'm not 100% sure. Can I ask how much you paid for it...ballpark?
glascock bros was in muncie indiana where i live . they was a sheet metal factory that made the metal coolers. but i do love that metal plate
It's pretty much as is for the whole time we owned it, just used it as a coffee table. We paid around $300, maybe too much, but we've enjoyed having it as a conversation piece.
Exact measurements are 37 inches wide, 19 deep and 23 inches tall.
Pretty "plain wrapper" for a Coca-Cooler. Glascock's of that period looked like this:
http://www.vintagevending.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Glascock_Ad.jpg
I love it as a piece of furniture, cool coffee table. And the manufacturer's plate is definitely a conversation piece!
It is a nameplate off of another glasscock. It doesnt go on this piece.