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Both Heinz vinegar bottles, one on the left is a applied top prior to 1920, right is machine made after 1920. How did I do
 

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I'm afraid you did not get it right. They're both machine made and both date to around the 1920s, give or take a decade. An applied top bottle won't have the seam through to the top of lip or the suction scar on the base.
 

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I'm afraid you did not get it right. They're both machine made and both date to around the 1920s, give or take a decade. An applied top bottle won't have the seam through to the top of lip or the suction scar on the base.
The one on the left the stops at the bottom of the lip
 

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The one on the left seam stops at the bottom of the lip if that matters
 

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Applied top bottles are typically before 1885. You can usually see where the applied top meets the body of the bottle. The tops were otherwise formed when the glass was shaped with a lipping tool while still just soft enough. The neck was usually reheated to do this. Tooling the top was faster than applying a new piece of glass and so was the preferred method after the technique was perfected. Mold seams are a poor identifier for age as they are determined by the condition of the mold and the gaffer's skill level
 

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Thanks for the info, with the many types of bottles all information is welcomed giddy up
 

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Applied top bottles are typically before 1885. You can usually see where the applied top meets the body of the bottle. The tops were otherwise formed when the glass was shaped with a lipping tool while still just soft enough. The neck was usually reheated to do this. Tooling the top was faster than applying a new piece of glass and so was the preferred method after the technique was perfected. Mold seams are a poor identifier for age as they are determined by the condition of the mold and the gaffer's skill level

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