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| Cliquot Club Bottle. |
On the sholder the bottle is embossed as follows:
TRADE
CLIQUOT CLUB
MARK.
On the heel there is a big bold REGISTERED and a very small 84C or 84G.
And on the bottom is an R in a triangle.
Clicquot Club Ale—pronounced “Klee-ko”—has a fizzy legacy that dates back to the 1880s in Millis, Massachusetts. It all began when Charles LaCroix, of the LaCroix Fruit Farm, teamed up with Henry Millis to bottle sparkling cider under the name “Clicquot,” inspired by the French champagne Veuve Clicquot.
By the late 1880s, the company shifted focus from cider to ginger ale, which became its signature product. Henry Millis was a stickler for quality, using premium Jamaican ginger and Cuban cane sugar, which gave Clicquot Club Ginger Ale its standout flavor. The brand quickly gained popularity across New England and beyond.
In the early 20th century, under new ownership by Horace and H. Earle Kimball, Clicquot Club exploded in popularity thanks to savvy marketing. They introduced “Kleek-O the Eskimo Boy” as a mascot, lit up Times Square with a massive animated sign, and even sponsored a radio show called The Clicquot Club Eskimos.
At its peak, the company was one of the largest ginger ale producers in the world, with a factory so big it had its own train station. But by the 1960s, changing tastes and competition took their toll. Clicquot Club was sold to Cott Beverage Corporation in 1969 and eventually dissolved in 1980.
Soure: Clicquot Club – Bay Bottles
I also found one with an embossed Eskimo boy. Maybe a can find that one and add it to this post.
The R in a triangle maker's mark indicates the F. E. Reed Glass Co.
For detailed information on that see FEReed.pdf.
As stated above Cliquot Club was inspired by a champagne.
For information about that, here is a link.
The Widow Who Created the Champagne Industry
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