Old Beer Bottle Identification

With each chart the reader will find accompanying pictures to further aid in bottle identification and age.
Old beer bottle identification. Dark green beer bottles were used by many brewers in the 1800s. You will find out the reason i started and lots of pictures of the beer bottles i have acquired over the past 29 years. Codd bottle patented in 1872 uses a marble and rubber stopper to seal mostly used in great britain image supplied by harry pristis. Baltimore loop looks like blob top on outside inside of mouth has an ring shaped depression seam ends below lip used on beer and soda bottles.
Antique glass bottles identification tips color. Colors like cobalt blue was used to color bottles right from 1870s to the 1930s. I started when i was 13 years old. This site is about my passion for collecting beer bottles.
Antique bottles are usually dark green amber or blue in color. This embossing can also help you identify the original use of the bottle. I have over 31 500 different beer bottles in my collection now i do take donations in beer bottles and cash to help run this website. For instance beer bottles made before the 1950s generally have embossed lettering that says porter or ale similarly many apothecary bottles will have embossing that identifies their original use such as poison or a brand name.
The color of a bottle can be used as a reference to determine the age of the bottle. The brighter colors blue purple yellow and green are considered by collectors to be the most valuable. Chart 1 the basics of dating bottles. Readers first need to develop the vocabulary necessary to distinguish early and late forms of bottles.
Beer was commonly stored in brown bottles. Other marks and symbols of identification found on bottles are datum points in determining the history and ages of the collectors bottles. This bottle is an owens illinois glass company produced beer bottle made in 1941 by the oakland ca. Here we tell you how to decode the age of the antique bottle you possess.
His site is a monumental work in progress and has a wealth of great information posted. When the owner of the mark is known and when more exact dates can be assigned to its. Antique and collectible bottles which date back to the early 1800s were handmade by glassblowers in a variety of colors. The oldest bottles tended to be black or amber.