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    Hand blown bottle with rounded bottom green (anyone know what this is?)

    These bottles are Cianti wine. Italian wine. Still available today with a woven basket around the base so it can stand up. No real value but nice if you have an old one with an applied top.
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    Torpedo Bottle

    Most contained soda water or mineral water.
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    Mystery Bottle...Oldie but Goodie!

    That is an interesting piece. Hard to tell how old it is without a close look at it. At least ealy 1800s I reckon. Maybe earlier.
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    Not sure but it looks good

    Looks like an English beer bottle. Late 1800s.
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    To all our Australian Friends on the site

    Hi Redbrass_ca, I've had a few mates bitten by snakes over the years and it seems hospitals treat the symptoms more so than use anti venom. Horse serum causes more bad reactions than the venom itself. The worst thing one can do for a snake bite is move around. Activity will pump the venom...
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    Ale Bottle Pre-Civil War???

    Lipping tools were around for a long time. Bottles 1 and 3 however, have a distinct lip seen on 1850s era bottles.
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    To all our Australian Friends on the site

    Australians that are born and bred in the country areas are usually taught a few very simple rules by their parents that reduce the risk. For example, never turn over a log or sheet of iron lying on the ground with your hands, always use a big stick, and be prepared to jump clear real fast...
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    Coal Region Soda Bottle Collection

    Nice collection, mate. You have done well[;)]
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    Ale Bottle Pre-Civil War???

    Still stand by my original dates. Bottle 1 and 3 are about the same age, mid 1800s. Bottle 2 is much later (late 1800s) and from what I can see in the photo, may be a spun/paste mold. 1 is pontilled and 3 should have the same/similar base. These pontilled bases often have a blue tinge. Very...
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    New Australian Bottle Book.

    I think I'll need one of those books. Welcome to the forum Travis, 'bout bloody time you got on here.[;)]
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    4 hrs digging

    Cripes mate, you have done very well. Just waiting now for my skin to return from green to it's normal colour.
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    HUGE Collection just purchased

    Hi all, I thought I should clarify my previous comment about silver spoons. It was directed at Barqs19. In Australia, when someone is considered to be very very lucky, ie Barqs19 for getting this collection for $1000, it is said that "he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth". I think he...
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    semi-cabin

    Here is a piccie of the Gippsland bitters. A little inside stain and looks worse than it is.
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    HUGE Collection just purchased

    Bloody hell, better get that silver spoon out of your mouth, mate.
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    Looking for information and value of this bottle

    Hi unforgiven, We see quite a few of these bottles in Australia. The one you have looks to be late 1800s-early 1900s. The earlier ones are generally more crude. There have been a few 1700s versions on eBay lately and these early ones are quite different in shape. They were used by a variety...
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    Ale Bottle Pre-Civil War???

    A Dip mold then[:)]. Different countries, different terminology. The marks on the side looks like a fold in the glass ie defect when being made. A paste mold wouldn't leave marks like that. I have a similar shaped bottle with no seams at all. Mine dates about 1840-1860. Paste molds from my...
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    semi-cabin

    Brian, Sorry mate, all out of green New York Hop Bitters and Boston Hop bitters. Bearswede, shipping to the States is not cheap, around $US20 I would guess for a bottle this size and weight. I'll send you a picture and you can make me an offer.
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    Can you tell me about my bottle?

    Looks very modern to me. Try a bottle shop or whatever you call them in the USA, where one can by alcohol.[8|]
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    Amber bottle with chain

    Very very nice bottle. The white substance may be the remains of some type of paint. Could be designed to wear across the chest or over one shoulder. Looks very old as well, maybe pre 1800.
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    Ale Bottle Pre-Civil War???

    Definitely not a spun/paste mold. Sorry lobeycat. Looks very mid 1800s to me. May be free blown into a cup mold and looks typical of English Ale/porter/wine bottles of this era. Many bottles of this time have a cone shaped kickup that shows traces of milky blue. This is what is termed as an...

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