Vintage Jars And Bottles

It is important to accurately identify the age of old bottles and jars so that you will be confident that you are in possession of a genuine item.

Vintage jars and bottles.

Rare sauce glass bottles made to look like beehives are also collectible as are ones with horizontal vertical or spiral lines. Many of them cover a specific bottle type such as jim beam figural bottles. Vintage apothecary bottles jars industrial style decor amber brown glass bottle lot lot of root beer brown glass bottles and pharmacy jars one of these has the original bakelite merck lid and the square one still has o. Sand or silica sodium carbonate and lime also known as calcium oxide in the united states however the oldest bottles were actually ceramic vessels produced by indigenous groups.

Items include vintage medicinal bottles and jars oil bottles syrup and soda bottles and general antique advertising glass pieces. Bottles can be divided into four eras. Bottle collectors put a premium on square and hexagonal antique bottles for food because of the ornate panels near the top and the wide mouths which made them useful for repurposing. An unauthorized collector s guide by molly higgins or the antique traders perfume bottles price guide by kyle husfloen and penny dolnick.

The pontil mark is the mark at the bottom of the bottle where it was attached to the glass blower s pontil rod. See more ideas about vintage jars bottles and jars jar. Antique bottle forum where collectors diggers traders and anybody with an interest in antique bottles meet. Like modern glassware ancient bottles relied on three basic ingredients.

Seams and pontil marks are two of the ways you can determine a bottle s age. Below you will find a free auction based price guide for antique bottles and jars. We are also buying all types of collectible bitters beer soda whisky medicine and other type of advertising bottles. The antique bottle depot specializes in the purchase of a variety of antique bottles advertising items red wing stoneware and a wide array of collectible breweriana.

Jul 25 2020 explore judy lallinger s board vintage jars followed by 140 people on pinterest. The open pontil bottle describes bottles which were made from the 1600s to about 1855. You can also find other price guides for antique and collectible bottles. Antique advertising collectors decorate their homes garages barns and offices with these pieces.

Europeans brought their knowledge of glassmaking to north america and began crafting their own glass bottles in the mid 17th century.