The collector's guide to antique bottlesIdentify · Date · Value · Collect

Antique Bottle Types

Browse bottle categories by use, form, color, and collecting specialty, then compare physical evidence rather than relying on a seller title.

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Bitters Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Distinctive bottles once sold as tonics, remedies, and alcoholic bitters.

Bottles by Color: Identification, Dating & Values

Aqua, amber, cobalt, olive, amethyst, milk glass, and other collector colors.

Flasks: Identification, Dating & Values

Historical flasks, figured flasks, strap-sided forms, and pocket bottles.

Fruit Jars & Mason Jars: Identification, Dating & Values

Early closures, colored glass, embossing, and familiar home-canning forms.

Ink Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Cone inks, master inks, stoneware bottles, and squat glass inkwells.

Medicine Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Patent medicines, pharmacy bottles, prescription ware, and embossed local druggist bottles.

Milk Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Embossed dairies, pyroglazed labels, cream tops, and regional milk history.

Perfume Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Decorative scent bottles, atomizers, stoppers, and vanity glass.

Poison Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Cobalt, emerald, amber, and ribbed warning bottles collected for color and form.

Soda Bottles: Identification, Dating & Values

Hutchinson, blob-top, crown-top, and embossed local bottler examples.