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Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 1:19:34 AM   
Humabdos

 

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Status: offline 		If your new to Bottle collecting you might find this list helpful. This list is from Antique Bottle Collector's Haven list of common (worthless) bottles.
I think I have everyone of these! Even though most are "worthless" I still like them!
Happy hunting! Glen

Aspirin
Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, though labeled examples and sample sizes have some value.
Avon
Bromo-Seltzer
Dr. W.B. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
California Fig Syrup
Capudine
Carbona
Celery-Caffein
Certo
Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy
Clorox
Citrate of Magnesia
Dalby's Carminative
Duffy Whiskey
Edison Battery Oil
Father John's Medicine, Lowell, Mass
Frostilla
Grolsch Beer
I.W. Harper (whiskey)
Heinz
Hick's Capudine (a Raleigh NC product)
Hoyt's Cologne
Javex
Jim Beam (click link for more info)
Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
Dr King's New Discovery for Colds
Lea & Perrins
Listerine
Lydia Pinkham's Medicine
Lysol
Murray & Lanman Florida Water (unless labeled or pontilled)
Mellin's Food
Milk of Magnesia (any brand, including Phillip's)
Minard's Liniment
Pinex
Dr. Pitcher's Castoria
Pond's Extract
Purex
Sauer's Extract
Scott's Emulsion (some bottles embossed with fish)
Three-In-One Oil
Vaseline
Vick's
Watkin's (usually furniture polish or some other household product)
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup (but the pontilled examples are valuable).
General tips on identifying other common/worthless bottles:

Any bottle with "WHEATON" on the base is a reproduction.
Medicine or whiskey bottles with no embossing and no label are typically worthless unless they come in an unusual color like citron or puce.
Most screw cap bottles are worthless. Noteable exceptions are White House and Speas Vinegar.


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RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 2:28:40 AM   
Ryan


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Status: offline 		This is a great post! I collect insulators too and with them, as with bottles, you have half the battle won if you know which ones are basically worthless. Personally I think the Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhea remedy is worth about $5 on ebay, and I'll bet you could get $8 or so at an antique show, but still common nonetheless...

Here's some more that I've determined to be basically worthless:

Ballard Snow Liniment
Benedictine
Cardui The Woman's Tonic
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Furst-McNess Co
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Mary Goldman
Maltine MFG Co
Omega Oil
Phenolax Wafers
The Mother's Friend

Anyone else have some to add?

-Ryan

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RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 11:41:19 AM   
woody


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Status: offline 		I suppose the old adage; "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", has some merit to this post.
So is, "Another man's trash is another man's treasure."
Also, what may be common in one area might not be available in another, therefore, what may be common to you might be worth something to someone else.

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RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 11:48:29 AM   
kawdog

 

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Status: offline 		I noticed when I first saw that list on another site, just about every bottle I found was on it. Good thing I don't dig bottles for money . So I may never get rich bottle collecting, but it sure is alot of fun.

It is a handy list though for people who or wondering if that old bottle they found is rare or common.

kaw

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RE: Common bottle list - 6/21/2004 12:44:35 PM   
Guest
 my digging partner once said to me." if we were digging for bottles to sell, we would go hungry alot of the time". it's great when you first start collecting, all bottles are keepers and each new bottle brings excitement. but after you have been collecting awhile it gets hard to get excited. all you dig is duplicates , and it gets hard to add a new one to the collection. most bottles dug or found are common, that is why we find them first .
the key to finding old and rare bottles is keep looking and do some homework to find the location with the older bottles. this is were the $ are. keep at it and you will find what you are looking for.

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RE: Common bottle list - 6/22/2004 4:23:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		For a list of the very common bottles found in Australia (a lot are on the list's above) have a look at Oz-riley's website, there is a few above that I have never seen but it's amazing how many common bottles in the US are also common here.

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 12:51:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know that this is a very old post, but I think that it is worth bumping. I think that it could be beneficial.

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 1:13:30 PM   
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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:27:50 PM   
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quote:

Aspirin
Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, though labeled examples and sample sizes have some value.
Avon
Bromo-Seltzer
Dr. W.B. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
California Fig Syrup
Capudine
Carbona
Celery-Caffein
Certo
Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy
Clorox
Citrate of Magnesia
Dalby's Carminative
Duffy Whiskey
Edison Battery Oil
Father John's Medicine, Lowell, Mass
Frostilla
Grolsch Beer
I.W. Harper (whiskey)
Heinz
Hick's Capudine (a Raleigh NC product)
Hoyt's Cologne
Javex
Jim Beam (click link for more info)
Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
Dr King's New Discovery for Colds
Lea & Perrins
Listerine
Lydia Pinkham's Medicine
Lysol
Murray & Lanman Florida Water (unless labeled or pontilled)
Mellin's Food
Milk of Magnesia (any brand, including Phillip's)
Minard's Liniment
Pinex
Dr. Pitcher's Castoria
Pond's Extract
Purex
Sauer's Extract
Scott's Emulsion (some bottles embossed with fish)
Three-In-One Oil
Vaseline
Vick's
Watkin's (usually furniture polish or some other household product)
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup (but the pontilled examples are valuable).
General tips on identifying other common/worthless bottles:

IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM SEND THEM HERE!!!!
I have a couple labeled versions of these...many nice cleaned up ones too..

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:30:23 PM   
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2004...




oops....

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:36:28 PM   
epackage


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quote:

ORIGINAL: peejrey


IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM SEND THEM HERE!!!!
I have a couple labeled versions of these...many nice cleaned up ones too..

LOL....I sent you what I had buddy...

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:44:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		more commons:
E.R. Durkee  Salad dressing bottles New York
Curtice brothers preservers Rochester NY
Absorbine Jr.
Lavoris (with a small star embossed under the name.)
"it's French"



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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:45:33 PM   
peejrey

 

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Status: online 		Yes I know, they are getting a nice, new display case in about 2 weeks..
They all are on display right now.
You will be getting some thing from me, as soon as the funds fill up again.
All I mean is nothing is common to me, if it sees the light of day after years in the ground then, it is not common. So watch what you say about the Chambelains, and the Kilmers, People!!!

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 2:47:35 PM   
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Status: online 		I like commons too, as long as they are Paterson commons...

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 3:02:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is a valuable time saver for the noobs! But I have to say that I have a Winslows soothing syrup rolled lip bottle that I still think is pretty damn cool!-Joe




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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 3:19:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I find it helps to have consulted this list often. It's on the website antiquebottles.com, and I have it bookmarked. It saves me some of my hard earned cash at antique stores, and it saves me the time of asking "What is it?" on this forum if I dig one...

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 3:20:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		My two cents!!  I just needed a reason and have had the span of nearly 75 years of glass and bottle collecting. I feel a great amount of my learning about bottle making before 1900, came from reading and looking for bottles with forming anomaly marks, has given me a great deal of satisfaction in bottle collecting. I found that the Case Gin bottles, early Demijohns, and the collecting of Sodas and Mineral Waters; have all given me a chance to study the development of manufacturing changes that came about to meet the production demands for containers to these product lines. A specialized objective makes the collection of glass items, very satisfying. RED Matthews  

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 4:38:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		In general those listed are common bottles but I see at least a half dozen bottles on that list that have variants worth bring home.
Its hard to make generalized statements because many popular products were made over a long stretch of time. Pond's Extract for example has a pontil marked version and machine made version with basically the same embossing.
Its just as important to learn to estimate dates of bottles as it is to memorize the embossing.

< Message edited by GuntherHess -- 8/28/2011 4:41:21 PM >

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 5:06:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Excellent point Matt,  Everyone needs to know the pontil mark and finish changes.  Both of these knowledge of recognition, needs to be basic learning. Thanks!   RED Matthews

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RE: Common bottle list - 8/28/2011 7:09:01 PM   
VTdigger

 

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Status: offline 		 Some of these commons I haven't come accross yet knowingly anyway.

I agree with Guntherhess on it being to vague on some bottles,
There's also errors to look for ,I know the back words Z in Bromo Seltzer and a few other Bromo errors. Knowing that, I do take a quick glance at other commons, such as Foss,Listerine etc. Before I toss em aside.  I  have never found nor heard of any errors in any other common bottles besides Bromo's



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