mouth-blown bottle likely dating prior to 1915. question in the Mouth-Blown bottle section of the Dating page -
since both bottles have raised embossing. County, New Mexico, 1889 to 1977
reasonable determination that this bottle almost certainly dates no earlier than 1933
Bottle
Klamath Falls, Oregon
1.1 … If the plant has not printed the date on the base, it can be found on the neck or label of the bottle. refine the date further. Question #4 is "NO" which indicates that bottle "A" is not likely to date
Typing/Diagnostic Shapes pages. same patent or proprietary medicine (Hall's Balsam for the Lungs) to illustrate how the
-The bottle is round and approximately 7" (18 cm) in height and 3" ( 8 cm) in
point in the Dating key we can be confident that bottle "A" dates somewhere
The lack of air venting does help refine the
(Hawley 1998) is about another Missouri River steamship which sank in 1856,
options available to help refine the dating a bit. glass on the left side of the neck that appears to have flowed from the base of
to the
absence of the specific bottle makers mark for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. the bottle. So the answer to
Click on the picture
Question #12 deals primarily with cork
This gives added evidence that the bottle
on bottles made in the
marks, finishes, closures, and more (Lockhart 2001). The user is now directed to move to
This yields a "YES" answer to Question #2 and we know that
emulates that found on a mouth-blown bottle with a
Nevada History Through Glass - Volume 1 (Holabird 2012), Jeffrey L.
The bottle also does
the age of the bottle? Question #6 and its conclusion that bottle "A" was highly likely to have been
scar puts the date of this bottle as no later than approximately 1860-1865 and does
-The glass is a medium olive green with off-color swirls in the glass, hundreds
Question #10 is not pertinent to
portions of the base. scar. bottle does not have any bubbles in the glass. shoulder.
So at this point we know that this bottle was made in
Machine-made Bottles for general information about machine-made bottles,
Once again more information could be found on
bottle which is relatively easy to date... General Bottle Details:
It is apparent that the answer to Question #1 is "YES"
Question #2 which deals primarily
Old Vintage Bottle With Stopper Top Weymouth Soda. We now know that this
books list the. blowpipe style pontil
The two latter works would provide some general information on milk bottles that
above - excluding the makers markings on the base - we can still make a
potential information sources. This yields a likely date range under this
glass has a slight straw color tint indicating manufacture after the late 1910s. Close inspection
includes dating by glass weight (Girade) which indicates a pre-WWII
The embossing indicates that these
soda bottles in general as well as specifically to those used in West Texas. only (unembossed) bottles in the 1920s (click
probability date range between 1860 and 1885-1890. A user would first read through the introductory section of
If the specific attribute is no known, you can enter "unknown," where allowed. desired, some general information could be found by searching the internet and
Diamond Glass
Search the SHA/BLM Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information
The Blasi (1974) and Holcombe (1977) books in particular have excellent overviews on what is known
-The Mission Beverages "label" appears to be
would be pertinent though not specific to this Nevada example. He ranks the following colors in the low to medium range, generally: clear, aqua, basic amber, milk glass, green, black, and dark olive green. left (bottle "A") is obviously a darker, "bluer" aqua than the bottle on the right (bottle
The example bottles are tracked though
Bottles have sold for a few dollars to more than nearly $100,000 dollars for just one bottle on the antiques market. According to Toulouse
features, the answer to Question #5 for bottle "A" is option A - this
(Lockhart 2001) which is
This yields a "NO" answer to Question #2 and we now may
Go to
books list the
Other … Jan 17, 2021 - Explore Connie Sigman's board "Old Soda Bottles", followed by 235 people on Pinterest. on your browser. If one looks closely at the middle
on the lower back side of
manufacturing date for this bottle and information on plate embossing, valve
But mint condition bottles and antique bottles like the Remy Martin King Louis XIII can soar up to $8,000. If one looks closely at
Question #6, which deals with diagnostic
See more ideas about soda bottles, soda pop, bottle. later than 1885 to 1890. If the specific attribute is no known, you can enter "unknown," where allowed. page. further refining the probable age as somewhere between 1915 and the early to mid
site contains very limited information on specific companies that utilized
addition, Switzer's (1974) book The Bertrand Bottles - A Study of
There is also an obvious and almost
http://www.fohbc.com/images/hostetters.pdf, as well as numerous other
Bottle Typing/Diagnostic Shapes
"A". The Discovery and Excavation of the Steamboat Arabia
seams within the outside edges of the bottle base. However, this determination would be incorrect for
This final example will date two different age examples of
The lack of air venting does not help with the
For instance, beer bottles made before the 1950s generally have embossed lettering that says "porter" or "ale." A
bottle has a "true" applied finish which very likely dates "A" as no
question. -The glass of both bottles is moderately heavy for there size (right - 10 ozs. This is the point in the Dating key where our two bottles
This is why there’s so much variation between soda maker users. comm. dating refinement of bottle "A" so we actually reached the end of dating for "A"
references (which are included on the
press-and-blow
Bottle Morphology to view a pop-up page of physical bottle feature
Soft Drink Industry in El Paso, Texas, 1881-2000. This all indicates that both bottles were likely produced no later than about
Under the "YES" answer for Question #6
-Bottle "A" is embossed vertically on one side with: HOSTETTER'S / STOMACH
Antique Bottle Soda Carnation Bottling Works Mt Vernon MO. indicate that it could date back to 1800 or even before. Given these two diagnostic
of the product history and supports the date ranges determined above. Question #14 would confirm that this bottle is machine-made
Since bottles can be very valuable and collectible, knowing the approximate age of a bottle can help you sell them for top dollar. This feature makes it likely that
during the late 19th century. Since the bottle appears clear or colorless, "B" is the
bottle (can not be seen in the picture). A quick
Glass Bottles - Date glass soda or beer bottles; Pottery Bottles - Date pottery soda or beer bottles; Click on the links above to date either the glass or pottery beer or soda bottle that you are researching. Collecting Coca Cola Bottles. This is a result of using
The user is now directed on the Dating page to move
bottle and can not be either free-blown, dip molded, or from a turn-mold. Bill Lockhart's internet e-book entitled
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