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bottleguy

Ottawa

I collect antique bottles primarily from 1650 to 1850, although my collection spans ancient to contemporary glass.

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Some favorite pieces from my collection - Bottlesin Bottles

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  1. I have about 50 Roman/Mideastern glass bottles in my collection. When I first saw the picture, my immediate thought was that it is either Roman or a reproduction. It is hard to tell from the picture...
  2. "Tear vials" are still being made today. Modern versions are highly decorated - even more so than your example. Interestingly, they cost about the same as ancient ones from the 1st century (around $...
  3. It is a Dutch onion (1710-1730). Although they typically contained wine, it might have contained other contents, such as beer or cider. At that time, the Dutch were global traders and Dutch onions a...
  4. It isn't 18th century! The lip finish is 1840s or latter. If that's a pontil mark on the base, then it is pre 1860; If not, then it is latter.
  5. OOPS! I just spotted a typo in my previous comment. That should have been 1821.
  6. Onions - yes. Date: c. 1710-1730. Most likely English (the find location and lip finish are pretty conclusive!). The undamaged one may be a pancake (c. 1705-1720; wider than it is tall). The glass...
  7. I'm guessing that it's machine made (mold seam up to and over the lip). I'm also guessing that the seal is molded in the body rather than applied separately. The Canada 3 has me stumped, however, as...
  8. For the record, the place where parts of a mold join together leaving a faint line in the glass, is called a "mold line" or "mold seam." Two- or three-part molds are the most common. Although the Ro...
  9. It appears to be a contemporary reproduction of an "onion" bottle - which was in general use around 1710-1740.
  10. They're early machine made 1920-1940), in "dug" condition, and one flask appears to have a crack on the bottom, so I'm afraid that their value is more in the pleasure of finding something old rather t...
  11. The bilingual labeling could be from anywhere in Canada except Quebec (officially French) or Alberta (officially English). All other provinces are officially bilingual. If it were from Quebec, the F...
  12. Bolzano is a town in northern Italy, although the shape of the bottle and the name suggests Germany or Austria. But then again, these things didn't adhere to national borders. It looks like late 19t...
  13. I'd say that the date of the original construction probably pretty well dates the bottle.
  14. The "Federal Law Forbids" tells us that it is 20th century and American. I assume that it's machine made (mold mark all the way up and over the lip). My guess (and that's all it is) is that it is so...
  15. Looks like a contemporary half-size chianti bottle. The lip finish is certainly modern. It was probably wrapped in wicker with a flat base that enabled it to stand. Do you know the general age of t...
  16. It's an English burst-off ink from the 1800s.
  17. Looks like a contemporary decanter version of a Spanish drinking bottle. And yes, the inside pocket is for ice to cool wine.
  18. The wide, flat lip finish indicates that it is late 1800s or latter. If the finish is applied, I'd guess at 1880. However, the finish doesn't appear to be applied. If the mold mark goes up to the b...
  19. It's probably a magnum-sized wine. It's hard to date from the picture. It could be late 1800s (2-pc mold), turn of the century (turn mold) or 1920s+ (machine made).
  20. It's a carboy, used for transporting and storing liquids in quantity. They were normally covered in woven wicker for protection. Carboys were used from the late 1700s through the late 1800s. Yours ...
  21. It's a baby nursing bottle from, the late 1800s. The "MO" is likely initials for a brand name. Glass manufacturers don't place their mark so prominently.
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