Jacob Schweppes Sodatorpedo No. 1 ca. 1830, Thomas Henrys Magnesia.ca.1800, William Henrys likeness on Thomas Henry established 2010.

Creating spiritschweppes

Entertainment in AI mode: “spiritschweppes” is a private collecting, branding, and storytelling project by Hans-Jürgen Krackher from Potsdam that focuses intensively on the history, historic bottle shapes, and marketing milestones of the global brand Schweppes. The project can be summarized into the following core areas: The Marketing Cabinet: Krackher runs a digital archive and blog on the platform spiritschweppes.com. He describes this space as a self-contained “Marketing Cabinet.” Here, he documents the historical evolution of pioneering beverage brands from their origins to the present day. The “Fizzy Family”: A global community of passionate bottle collectors has formed under this name via social media channels such as the spiritschweppes Facebook page and Pinterest boards. Focus on Egg and Torpedo Bottles: A central focus of the collection is historic, rounded glass bottles (“Torpedo Bottles” or “Egg Bottles”). These were specially designed in the 19th century to require horizontal storage; this kept the corks moist and prevented the carbonation from escaping. The Big Anniversary: ​​The project’s overarching goal is to keep historical marketing knowledge alive and build momentum toward the Schweppes brand’s upcoming 250th anniversary in 2033. Schweppes was founded in Geneva in 1783 by the German watchmaker and silversmith Jacob Schweppe. Are you looking for specific historical content from the blog, or are you interested in the history of the original Schweppes brand and its products?

spiritschweppes´Pinterest sites.

https://uk.pinterest.com/spiri…/spiritschweppes-worldwide

https://uk.pinterest.com/spirit…/the-spirit-of-eggbottles

…and “spiritschweppes” is www.hjktext.de

Listen, the spiritschweppes-marketingcabinet is awakening sleeping dogs. http://www.hjktext.de

Gut 100 Jahre vor Coca Cola machte der Deutsche Jacob Schweppe das Wasser trinkbar, tragbar und wahnsinnig erfrischend. Heute machen Coca Cola und Pepsi Cola Schweppes. Begreifbar wird das alles in spiritschweppes´marketingcabinet in Potsdam. www.hjktext.de

LAST MAN STANDING. A worker—likely at the London/Hendon plant—welded the “SCHWEPPES” lettering onto this sack truck, probably back in the 1930s. I brought it back from London-Gatwick as checked luggage, designated as a “golf caddy.” Authentic Schweppes factories have ceased to exist since the 1990s; today, most Schweppes beverages worldwide are produced by Coca-Cola or Pepsi, and in Germany by Krombacher Brewery. As one of the world’s oldest global brands, it deserves to live on in the hands of collectors—the “spiritschweppes´ fizzy family”—across the globe. www.hjktext.de

Today, the A.S. Watson Group boasts the world’s largest portfolio of retail formats and brands, along with the most extensive global geographical footprint. The history of Watson’s Water began in Hong Kong in 1903. The company established its water division to provide the population with clean, safe bottled drinking water, as the public water supply at the time was considered impure.
The “Torpedo” bottle—bearing the inscription “A.S. WATSON & CO LTD • HONG KONG • CHINA & MANILA • TRADE MARK”—stands as a milestone in this history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ6TolZi4Go The Watson Museum commemorates the opening of the first pharmacy in Hong Kong in 1841.

My experience today proves it. The current theme on the American collector site “HARDCORE” Bottle Collectors is pictorial bottles featuring “creatures.” As a friendly torpedo I post my English multi-location bottle from around 1890—marked “A.S. WATSON & CO LTD • HONG KONG • CHINA & MANILA • TRADE MARK”—in connection with this theme. While browsing, I come across Kristelmae Sierra. She happens to be selling the exact same, rather rare bottle today—all the way over in New Zealand! On my Pinterest board https://uk.pinterest.com/spirit…/the-spirit-of-eggbottles/, we appear as pins 8026 and 8027. Cheerzz from Potsdam/Germany to the worldwide “fizzy family” from http://www.hjktext.de

this tuesday. spiritschweppes’ fizzy family (https://uk.pinterest.com/spirit…/the-spirit-of-eggbottles/) met up with and gathered the “HARDCORE” bottle collectors from Americas leading bottlesite on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/330426714114036).

Mail from New Zealand. Unique beings with rare objects come together. That is the spirit of peaceful torpedoes. https://uk.pinterest.com/spirit…/the-spirit-of-eggbottles/