Coca-Cola is marking its milestone 125th anniversary in the UK by re-launching its first ever glass bottle, The Hutchinson, as created in 1899.

Single boxed Hutchinson bottles will be available exclusively at Selfridges London, Selfridges Birmingham, Selfridges Manchester Trafford and online at www.selfridges.com for £1.99 each. The four bottles (The Hutchinson, The Straight Sided, The Prototype and the famous Coca-Cola Contour classic heritage bottle) will be sold as a set, housed in a wooden collectors’ case for £39.99 from 9 May 2011.

These bottles are to commemorate what has become an iconic design classic.  The collectors’ case beautifully showcases the original glass bottle that has provided inspiration to celebrated designers over the years and harks back to when bottles were first used to serve Coca-Cola in seven US states at the turn of the last century—when the bottles appeared remarkably different to those today.

Photo:The four-bottle collector’s Coke set.

Photo:The Hutchinson Classic Bottle, as 1899.