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| Embossed BEAUFONT Trade Mark Registered Bottle |
Front and back reads: BEAFONT, TRADE MARK REGISTERED.
This is a mystery bottle. I've seen it described as a beer bottle and a soda bottle. I haven't been able to positiveley identify it, though, From what I've read, it could be a soda water bottle.
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| BEAUFONT COMPANY INC., RICHMOND VA |
It seems the springs in the area were first used for brewing and then could have been used for other purposes. Below is what I found.
Home Brewing, under the guidance of Fred "Fritz" Sitterding Sr., survived the national prohibition of alcohol by producing soft drinks and bottling drinking water in pre-filtration Richmond. By 1916, Sitterding purchased the Beaufont Lithia Springs company that produced water from springs at Beaufont (approximately where the Chesterfield Towne Center is today).
Sitterding used the verdant acreage as a family gathering place and for public rental. In 1926, he renamed the water division the Beaufont, but by 1932, public water treatment lessened the demand for bottled water. Instead, a different thirst required quenching...
Home Brewing, under the guidance of Fred "Fritz" Sitterding Sr., survived the national prohibition of alcohol by producing soft drinks and bottling drinking water in pre-filtration Richmond. By 1916, Sitterding purchased the Beaufont Lithia Springs company that produced water from springs at Beaufont (approximately where the Chesterfield Towne Center is today).
Sitterding used the verdant acreage as a family gathering place and for public rental. In 1926, he renamed the water division the Beaufont, but by 1932, public water treatment lessened the demand for bottled water. Instead, a different thirst required quenching...
Source: A Sign of Pleasure - richmondmagazine.com
If you have additional information on the bottle, I'd be pleased to receive it.
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