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[farmerdan]

not quite sure what that is, but the teal color sure is nice. the kickup bottom says wine bottle, but the thick ring top and the color do not. might be a recently produced decorative bottle. there are plenty of unembossed bottles with value, usually based on age, rarity, and of course the "pretty" factor. pitkin flasks, for example - no embossing but worth a fortune. hutch bottles are typically sodas, they are thick round bottles with a short neck and a blob top. they were originally sealed with a hutchinson stopper, which was a wire loop attached to a rubber ring that was sandwiched between two washers. the rubber ring would be pulled up to seat on the inside of the bottle at the base of the neck. the pressure from the carbonation would then keep the bottle tightly sealed. to open the bottle, all one did was to push down on the ring, and pop! soda! sry i dont have a pic readily available.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Hey Bottlin,
I'm going to agree that the teal bottle is a wine bottle.

The swirl stuff that you mentioned on your third bottle is likely what we would call opalization or iridescence. It is just a result of mineral deposits on the surface of the glass. It could also be actual swirls of color in the glass from manufacture (like some of one color of glass mixed with the next bottle made). If that were the case it would be a slightly better bottle (because these are crude).

 

[blobbottlebob]

Here's a hutchinson soda picture. The stopper type for these bottles was patented in 1879 and they were used into the 19 teens (approx). The bottles typically have strong heavy shoulders (because they were selaed from the inside by that stopper).

 

[bottlin]

Thanks for the information and the great picture of a hutch and thank you both for the wine bottle information.So a hutch is a good bottle meaning it is wanted and has value right? well my next picture is just of some milk glass jars cold cream mostly but I may clean them up and set them as a group on a shelf they are kind of neat because of the different styles and togther would make a nice little grouping, from what I have read doesn't seem like milk glass jars are very valuable bottle #1 has a small chip on bottom #2 says cold cream on lid # says nyal's face cream on lid #4 has a nice lid #5 is a nice shape makes me think of ice cream for some reason #6 has an interesting design on front will post more pictures soon

 

[bottlin]

ok let me try again here are the pictures

 

[blobbottlebob]

So a hutch is a good bottle meaning it is wanted and has value right?

First off. I should mention that if you personally like them, that's the most important thing. However to answer you more concretely . . .

It all depends. I'm guessing that every hutch in mint condition has some value. A badly damaged example may have very little if any. So, Condition is an important factor. However, there are others. Like Rarity. Was it from a small (or large) company? Was it from a small (or large) town? How many examples are known? Color. Is it aqua (blue or green - the most common colors) or clear (colorless), yellows, ambers, darker blues or greens? The colors will have a greater value to collectors. Design. Does it have any other unique features like a picture on it or unusual text or crudness in manufacture or is it a quart size, etc . . .

So, yea, hutches have value but it depends on what you have and its condition. Hope that helps.

 

[bottlin]

here are a few other bottles

 

[bottlin]

and a few more

 

[blobbottlebob]

These last two posts are regular medicinal / druggists bottles. You want them to be embossed (or if not to have a paper label). Otherwise, they are quite common and not that valuable (to other collectors). Even many embossed examples will be common and have only marginal value. If you have any that have pontil scars on the bottom - these will be reasonably good even if they are not that rare. However, everything you've shown so far doesn't look old enough to be pontilled.