Antique Liquor Bottle Identification

Clay or earthenware bottles some of the beer manufacturers in the midwest used clay or stoneware bottles from about 1870 to about 1890.

Antique liquor bottle identification. Flasks contained whiskey or spirits and came in three basic shapes. Seam darkened in photo for better visibility 1850s 1880s. No seam below shoulder. In england through the 1840s and the 1850s in america and france glass houses identified their flasks by side lettering the molds.

No material may be copied for commercial purposes. Part of the mission of the blm is the management and preservation of the cultural and heritage resources found. The first number is a liquor bottle permit number assigned to a particular glass company. The bureau of land management blm an agency within the u s.

Bold colors were rarely used so if you find a so called antique bottle in bright red yellow green or purple chance are that it is a poor reproduction. These molds usually consist of 2 or 3 pieces and the bottles tended to have a faint seam on them. Antique bottles are usually dark green amber or blue in color. In this case the 56 is a permit number assigned to owens illinois.

100 bc 1850s. Here is a link to a list of liquor bottle permit numbers and although the 56 is not listed for the exact year. Prior to the beginning of the 19th century the pontil mark still dominated the base of the bottle. Many liquor bottles especially of the 1940s 1970s or later have a set of two numbers which follow this plan.

Most bottles made in the last hundred and fifty years were usually made by blowing glass into a molds of iron or wood. How to identify old bottles. Free blown bottle no mold used no seams on bottle shape not quite symmetrical normally rounded or cylindrical shapes. Rectangular cylindrical or decorative.

Old liquor bottle identification. The presence of seams might provide a rough. Historic glass bottle identification information website. Each type of bottle has a different shape or size.

The second number is 51 which is a year date code for 1951 the year the bottle was manufactured. Antique bottle types antique bottles were used to store medicines ink whiskey beer and other types of alcohol milk soda or perfume. By the 1880s whiskey beer pharmaceuticals and fruit jars were identified on the base of the bottles or jars. Antique bottles come in a variety of shapes sizes and colors.