Collecting Antique Bottles

Antique bottles are a colorful, fun and affordable way to get into antiques collecting or even an antiques business. There are, as with many kinds of antiques, shows, clubs, magazines, books, auctions, specialty shops and online sources for information and acquisition of antique bottles. And within the category of antique bottles there are plenty of sub-categories to choose from if you need to narrow your field for collecting because once you get active in the antique bottle world, you could quickly be overrun with antique bottles. Many collectors of antique bottles limit the kind of antique bottle they collect. But if you end up with too many antique bottles, you could go into a business of buying, selling or trading with other antique bottle collectors or the public at large, because antique bottles are useful beyond the fun of collecting.

some of the types of antique bottles that you might be interested in and that could be used for home decorating or for other uses are, flasks, perfume bottles, ink bottles,apothecary bottles, certain colors of glass bottles like cobalt or black, barber bottles, bitters bottles, medicine bottles, poison bottles and some people even collect old Coca Cola bottles as a hobby or for investment. I knew a young man that began his antique bottle collecting by digging in the woods near his home and unearthing antique bottles and jugs that are still in his family two generations later.

Digging is actually one of the main ways that serious collectors of antique bottles actually acquire their bottles. There are certain rules of safety, law and etiquette around the art of digging for antique bottles. Some rules are basic and should be observed such as not digging alone. Don't leave broken glass exposed. bury it before leaving a site, know the laws if you are hoping to dig in a dumping area, take a first aid kit to a dig as glass can cause cuts and do not smash unwanted glass that others might injure themselves on. These and other rules can be found in books about antique bottle collecting and digging or from websites that experienced diggers have set up.

Antique bottles are found in countries all over the world and antique bottle enthusiasts gather to share information show off their collections and to buy sell and trade their treasures. Antique bottles come in all sizes, shapes and colors. They can be decorated with embossed hallmarks that can make them very valuable and the better condition they are in, the more the bottle can be worth. It would take someone years and years of study and research to learn all about antique bottles, but the topic and the objects are fascinating and antique bottles through history paint a very interesting picture. Whether you are an antique bottle collector or you just happen to run across one that would make a great gift for someone in your life as a flower vessel or just a pretty colored glass decoration for their home.

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