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About Antique Bitters Bottles
Bitters (made from roots, herbs, and other natural elements) were supposedly the cure-all for stomach ailments, but were also essentially alcohol disguised as medicines, especially popular wherever and whenever alochol was frowned upon. Known for their colors, ornate logo designs, and unusual barrel or figure-like shapes, there are a wide variety of distinctive bitters bottles dating to the early 1800's.
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Interviews & Articles
An Interview With Antique Bottle Collector Bill Lindsey
My maternal grandfather and uncle got into bottles in about 1965 or ‘66 when I was in high school, and we started digging. My uncl… [more]
Guest Column: Collecting Antique Ball Jars
One of the most common fruit jars ever produced is the lowly Ball jar. Historical figures show that from between Sept 1, 1894 unti… [more]
An Interview With Chinese Snuff Bottle Collector Vincent Fausone, Jr.
In 1978, I found a snuff bottle and didn’t know what it was. It intrigued me, so I bought it. Then I found some books about snuff … [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
Historic Glass Bottle Identification
Bill Lindsey's fantastic bottle identification and information site. Loaded with detailed descriptions and diagrams… [read review or visit site]
Cape May County Bottle Collectors
Ed and Mark Runyon's wonderful guide to the antique bottles of Cape May County, New Jersey is a great site for anyo… [read review or visit site]
Antique Bottle Collector's Haven
There's a ton of information here, but as with bottles, you have to dig to find the best stuff. Start with the famo… [read review or visit site]
Diggersdiary.co.uk
This great site, from British diggers Darren Gray and Jeremy Kemp, is rich in information about hunting for antique… [read review or visit site]
Bottle Cap Index
Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [read review or visit site]
Plopsite.de
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [read review or visit site]
Old Spice Collectibles
Lather up with Creighton Fricek's complete chronology of collectible Old Spice shaving products. Start with the bot… [read review or visit site]
Clubs & Associations: Bottles
- Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors
- Little Rhody Bottle Club
- International Perfume Bottle Association
- Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club
- Findlay Antique Bottle Club
Discussion Forums: Bottles
Other Great Reference Sites: Bottles
Top eBay Auctions
Dr. Ashbaugh's Plant & Root Bitters
Light Honey Amber Original Dr Fisches Bitters Bottle 
1867 National Bitters Ear Of Corn Amber Bottle
Sparkling Amber Tippecanoe Bitters Bottle Wow!!!
*attic Mint* H.h.warner & Co.tippecanoe Log Bitters
Dr. Stephen Jewetts Bitters,open Pontil,nice Color
Phoenix Bitters, Price $1.00, John Moffat, New York
New York Hop Bitters
Polo Club Stomach Bitters
Scheetz's Celebrated Bitter Cordial, Philada.
California Fig Bitters, California Extract Of Fig Co.sf
Bitters--reverse On Glass Sign---wild Cherry Bitters
Eagle Angostura Bark Bitters
Dr. C.w. Roback's Stomach Bitters, Cincinnati, O.
Antique Pond's Kidney & Liver Bitters Bottle! So Neat!!
Rare C1870 Arnold Theller Yellow/ Green Bitters Bottle 
1890s St Paul Minnesota Lg. "digestine Bitters" Bottle 
Drakes Plantation X Bitters Bottle In Orange-amber
Vintage Amber/black Glass Colombian Bitters Bottle,ex.
Sanborn's Kidney And Liver Vegetable Laxative Bitters
Dr. A.s. Hopkins Union Stomach Bitters
Covert's Modoc Stomach Bitters
Rush's Bitters, A.h. Flanders.m.d. New York
Sharp Open Pontil Richardson Bitters,short Neck Variant
Fisher's Bitters Kennebunk, Maine "unusual Green"
S.o. Richardson's Bitters, Mass.
Buckeye State Bitters Cincinnati, O. "awesome Color"
Superb! Crude Atwood's Jaundice Bitters Pontil Era Mint
Antique Green Pig Cork Bottle Suffolk Bitters Vintage
Burdock Blood Bitters-buffalo Ny-1860-1880's
Dr.harter's Wild Cherry Bitters Dayton O.
Amber Four Log Drakes Plantation Bitters Bottle
Dr Fisch's Wheaton Purple Fish Bitter Bottle Childrens
8 Wheaton Miniature Bottles-bitters-remedy-tonic & More
Antique Bitters Cap Chile G Costa Iquique 1910 Cork
Wheaton White Milk Glass Dr Fisch's Bitters Fish Bottle
Dr Langley's Root & Herb Bitters Antique Bottle
Found Old Bottle ( Dr. J. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters )
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Orig. Antique 1889 Ad
Clear Glass Bitters Flask Wyeth & Bro Philada Label
2 Vintage Doctor Fisch's Bitters Bottles, Millville Nj
Kuemmerling Der Sanfte Bitter Never Opened
Cobalt Blue Fish Shaped Bitter Bottle Fischs Bitters 