When I first ventured Off into the world of Perfume bottle collecting, I was overwhelmed by the diversity of shapes and colors. All of a sudden, I was dazzeled by my awareness of them everywhere I looked. They...
I started looking digging up old dump sites for bottles in my early teens. It opened my eyes to the past how life was like 100 years + ago.My first bottle, I found was a 1907 dated Washington, D.C. beer.To be...
DRUGGIST/APOTHECARY BOTTLES Drugstore bottles were used as display bottles in nearly every drugstore during the last century. These bottles come in a wide variety of styles. The early drugstore storage...
There are several criteria which dictate the value and scarcity of early pharmacy bottles. These criteria include, but are not limited to, composition, color, size, condition, age, and origin/provenance. The...
Cleaning the OLD medicine,whiskey,wine,apothecary bottles you've purchased or dug up. 1. Soak your un-tempered glass bottles in luke warm to cool water. This will soften debris that clings to the out side and...
As a collector and appraiser of pharmacy and medical items for the past 15+ years, there comes a time (i.e. NOW) when I must speak out regarding the egregious claims and outright fabrications regarding the...
I recently purchased 2 Bitters Bottles and was a little upset to find out that it was worth less than what I paid.I utilized an antique book, but it only contained a handful of what is actually out there so I...
Some of us have looked everywhere in our homes to find something to sell. Well, have you looked in your medicine cabinet? Check out your folks cabinet too. I did and found a number of items that are...
Want to discover the great hobby-sport of bottle digging and collecting? I began digging at the age of around 12, when my father brought home a local medicine bottle (Dill's Cough Syrup, Norristown Pa) which...
By Anthony Christian PEARL'S HOUSE of GLASS http://stores.ebay.com/Pearls-House-of-Glass People Collect Old bottles for many reasons. They are a part of History . To own a bottle that someone used and held in...