Some of my latest acquisitions, along with my first bottle purchase(s), need some help identifying the method of production and approx date range

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So while wasting some time during work one day, few weeks back, I decided to run by an antique store, to look at her $1 bin. Came away with these 4 (along with a few others), but was looking for some help with dates and how they were made. Also found the last one I will post pics of, under a shed, that the homeowner found buried, then gifted to me, but we'll start with the $1 purchases:

Number 1 here is a little over 7 inches tall, no seems, several air bubbles and this weird top! At first I thought it was just a pattern but it's nowhere close to symmetrical, talking about the wavy pattern at the base of the top. Also, some weird scratches that almost look like they're inside the glass at the top?
 

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Number 2 here has a seam, but stops at the neck before the top and is also about 7 inches tall. Seam seems very rigid, almost raised in spots. I've cleaned and cleaned but this is best I've done to this one and the others I will post
 

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Number 3 has no seams, lots of bubbles, is A bit over 8 in tall and has this funny base
 

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Number 4 has seams all the way to top, but also look rigid. Also has funny base
 

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And finally the one I found under the shed! This one's seams go all the way up, it is a bit shorter than the rest, has 137 mL embossed at the base followed by a series of dots, then "34". On the bottom the numbers/letters/symbols are (starting with the logo):
O-I (all connected) 13 T - 2 13 WPM82 N2220230911_022245.jpg20230911_022257.jpg20230911_022139.jpg20230911_030836.jpg
 

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I am by no means an expert, but from the limited amount I know I can tell you this about them:

No. 1 is a turn-mold wine bottle with a pretty crude tooled top. Could date anywhere from the 1860s to about 1910, though I'd guess the later end of that time period. The "scratch marks" are whittle marks from the bottle being made.

I'm pretty sure No. 2 is an A.B. Co. (Adolphus Busch) beer bottle, though I'm not sure if they used that particular mark. Since there's no mold seam on the neck the bottle is pre-1915, and I'd guess 1900-1915. Looks like it was probably dug from a dump that was on fire based on the scarring; the only way to clean that is probably to tumble the bottle.

No. 3 is another turn-mold wine bottle, but with an applied lip and a kickup on the bottom of the bottle.

No. 4 is a machine-made wine bottle; hard to give an exact date but I'd guess 20s or 30s, but could be newer.

No.5 is probably the most modern bottle; machine made, and usually you don't see cross-hatching on the base like that until the 1930s-1950s. My guess is a small wine or champagne bottle, but I'd say probably newer than 1930.

Would love to see if anyone else has other observations; and if anything I said here isn't correct please let me know!
 

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So you thinking that the crude top they used on #1 was not supposed to have that "wavy" look, just a really bad job of applying the top?
 

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Thanks for the info guys!! Well did I do any good on my first bottle purchases?? Also got a near mint condition nehi acl $2, a green ball perfection jar $4, a Dr Nut acl that's in not so good of shape $1, but I got it cuz I'd never heard of it and chuckled at its name
 

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Also, is there a way to date that 2nd bottle, I know budweiser has been around for a few months but that thing just oozes old, is that one of the earliest crown top bottles?
 

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