Vintage Jars And Bottles

Collecting old bottles and jars can be an interesting and engaging hobby.

Vintage jars and bottles. 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. Rare sauce glass bottles made to look like beehives are also collectible as are ones with horizontal vertical or spiral lines. We are also buying all types of collectible bitters beer soda whisky medicine and other type of advertising bottles.

Other price guides provide a more generalized listing of old bottle types. Antique advertising collectors decorate their homes garages barns and offices with these pieces. Antique bottles command a high value and collectors can make a profit while reselling antique bottles and jars. Below you will find a free auction based price guide for antique bottles and jars.

Jul 25 2020 explore judy lallinger s board vintage jars followed by 140 people on pinterest. 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. An unauthorized collector s guide by molly higgins or the antique traders perfume bottles price guide by kyle husfloen and penny dolnick. Many of them cover a specific bottle type such as jim beam figural bottles.

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. 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. The open pontil bottle describes bottles which were made from the 1600s to about 1855. Europeans brought their knowledge of glassmaking to north america and began crafting their own glass bottles in the mid 17th century.

The pontil mark is the mark at the bottom of the bottle where it was attached to the glass blower s pontil rod. 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. Seams and pontil marks are two of the ways you can determine a bottle s age. See more ideas about vintage jars bottles and jars jar.

You can also find other price guides for antique and collectible bottles.