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The milkman may be long gone, but glass milk bottles are still used in some places, and are loved by collectors, who often fill them with white sand (or a similar substance) and have them re-capped. Prior to the 1930s milk bottles were generally embossed. After that, dairies or distributors used a glaze or applied label to identify their brands.


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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 d… [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 Se… [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 boo… [more]



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Historic Glass Bottle Identification

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

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

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

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

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

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

Old Spice Collectibles

Lather up with Creighton Friceks complete chronology of collectible Old Spice shaving products. Start with the bott… [read review or visit site]


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Antique Green Milk Glass Teapot Inkwell 8 Sided$190.50 Ends in 15 hours 6 bids 28 watchers
Douglas Dairy War Slogan 1/2 Gal Milk Bottle Chicago Il$113.61 Ends in 15 hours 7 bids 18 watchers
Weckerle & Sons - Buffalo Ny - Amber Quart Milk Bottle$100.00 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 3 watchers
Glen Carbon Illinois, Rare Milk, Mateyka Farm Dairy$93.00 Ends in 11 hours 6 bids 10 watchers
Matuellas Cop The Cream Top Qt Milk Bottle Hazleton, Pa$82.01 Ends Monday 12 bids 12 watchers
Seymour, Indiana Milk Bottle Snyder Dairy Quart$77.00 Ends in 9 hours 19 bids 6 watchers
2-john Strausser City Dairy Milk Bottle Lancaster Pa. $67.50 Ends in 15 hours 12 bids 12 watchers
N.y. Milk Bottle, Greenfield Dairy, Morrisville$61.99 Ends Monday 5 bids 5 watchers
Greenfield Dairy Pint Milk Bottle Lancaster Pa.look!!!!$55.50 Ends in 15 hours 13 bids 12 watchers
Mississippi State College, 5 Cent Milk Bottle, 1/2 Pint$53.77 Ends Monday 7 bids 11 watchers
Ma. Cop The Cream Milk Bottle, Bentley's, Fall River$49.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 7 watchers
Mooresville Nc Qt Milk Bottle Twin Brook Dairy Mint Buy it Now$49.00 Ends in 4 hours 2 bids 2 watchers
Trpq Sidwell's Dairy Milk Bottle Iowa City, Iowa Ia$45.00 Ends Wednesday 1 bid 7 watchers
Rare Newby Milk Bottle 1928 Very Good Condition Quart$45.00 Ends Tuesday 10 bids 6 watchers
Wwii "airplane Motif Milk/cream Bottle" Spencer, Ma.? $42.01 Ends in 5 hours 4 bids 15 watchers
Scarce Renovo Pa Chocolate Milk Bottle W.d. Matteson $40.02 Ends in 14 hours 22 bids 12 watchers
Gilford, N.h. Baby Face Milk Bottle Sawyer Farms$39.99 Ends in 15 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Chester City Dairy Illinois Pyro Creamer Awesome Item$38.01 Ends in 15 hours 4 bids 10 watchers
Antique Owl Figural Fruit Canning Jar, Milk Glass, 6"$35.00 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 28 watchers
Cast Iron Antique Milk Bottle Avery Waterloo Tractor$34.99 Ends Tuesday 2 bids 11 watchers
Arctic Dairy Creamer Golden Jersey Milk Bottle Flint Mi$34.77 Ends in 10 hours 5 bids 7 watchers
N.y. Babyface Milk Bottle, United Dairy Farms, Albany$32.51 Ends Monday 3 bids 7 watchers
Old Milk Bottle Corson Bros Rio Grande New Jersey 1qt$32.05 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 7 watchers
Swanton, Vt. - My.t.fine Milk Products - Cream Top Qt.$31.51 Ends in 12 hours 4 bids 1 watcher
1 Pt Round Piro Milk Bottle Valley Dairy Fremont Ohio$31.00 Ends Wednesday 4 bids 4 watchers
Vitamilk Pint Goat Milk Bottle Harvard Mass Ma$30.99 Ends Tuesday 6 bids 2 watchers
Port Jervis Ny J.b. Nearpass Pint Milk Bottle T.mfg.co.$30.00 Ends in 15 hours 3 bids 3 watchers
Vintage Edgewater Chicago Milk Bottle Rare One Quart$29.99 Ends in 8 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
N.y. Babyface Milk Bottle, J.j. Brown, Troy$29.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 6 watchers
Joe Palya Milk Bottle- Uniontown,pa Treq$29.99 Ends in 6 hours 1 bid 2 watchers
Joe Palya Milk Bottle- Uniontown,pa Embossed Pint$29.99 Ends in 13 hours 1 bid 1 watcher
Vintage Meadow Gold Cream Top Quart Milk Bottle 1914$28.76 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 2 watchers
Maple Lawn Dairy Creamer Milk Bottle$28.70 Ends Monday 3 bids 5 watchers
Indian Run Dairy Danville Pa. 1 Qt Milk Bottle$27.98 Ends in 15 hours 3 bids 6 watchers
Pet Dairy Creamer Milk Bottle$27.56 Ends Monday 6 bids 6 watchers
Titusville Pa Worlds 1st Oil Well Drakes Milk Bottle $26.56 Ends in 15 hours 8 bids 11 watchers
Very Clean Deal Bros Milk Bottle China Grove Nc W/ Cap$26.00 Ends Monday 3 bids 12 watchers
Silverwood's Cream Top Milk Bottle With Original Spoon$25.88 Ends Thursday 5 bids 5 watchers
Old Rd Qt Terry's Dairy Hopkinton Ma Mass Milk Bottle$24.80 Ends Tuesday 7 bids 5 watchers
Old Kroger Sour Cream Milk Half Pint Dairy Bottle$22.72 Ends in 12 hours 5 bids 16 watchers
Unique Vintage Milk Glass Owl Canning Jar$22.53 Ends in 10 hours 10 bids 16 watchers
Colonial Dairies Albany Ga. Quart Milk Bottle$22.50 Ends Thursday 3 bids 1 watcher
Unique Old Shep's Goat Dairy Milk Bottle Attleboro Mass$22.50 Ends in 8 hours 8 bids 5 watchers
Guernsey Dairy Creamer Milk Bottle$22.20 Ends Monday 2 bids 4 watchers
Morning Glory Dairy Creamer Milk Bottle$22.20 Ends Monday 4 bids 2 watchers
Willow Grove Dairy Ee Murphy Son Berkley Va Milk Bottle$22.00 Ends in 15 hours 2 bids 3 watchers
Old Sq Pyro Qt Crane Farm Norton, Ma Mass Milk Bottle$20.50 Ends Tuesday 4 bids 1 watcher
Lily Products Dairy Baton Rouge, La Qt Milk War Bottle$20.49 Ends in 9 hours 2 bids 11 watchers
Schnells Dairy Creamer Milk Bottle$20.05 Ends in 11 hours 3 bids 4 watchers
Old Vindland New Jersey Milk Bottle ,vineland Dairy 1qt$20.00 Ends in 9 hours 1 bid 4 watchers
Rare Sherwood Farms Dairy Alexandria, Va Qt Milk Bottle$19.99 Ends in 7 hours 1 bid 3 watchers
1942 Silverwood's Canada Cream Top Milk Bottle & Spoon$19.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 6 watchers
Rare Miniature Milk Bottle Carrier W/ 4 Bottles!!!!!!!$19.99 Ends Tuesday 1 bid 3 watchers
Ind. Milk Bottle, Casassa's Dairy Farm, Brazil$19.99 Ends Monday 1 bid 5 watchers

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