Found some old bottles

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I'm not a bottle collector, but I'd love to have some date info on some of the stuff I've found in my travels:

1 & 2 - #1 is ovaloid with side ridges, #2 is round with indents at the shoulder and base.
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3 thru 6 - Surf has already ID'd #3 as a Brite-Ace shoe polish bottle. #4 & #5 are that squarish shape, #6 is round.
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7 & 8 - #7 is an Atlas mason jar, but I can't find info on the company. #8 is of 2 gallon jugs, nothing else known.
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9, 10, & 11 - #9 is a large jug, no info known. #10 is some sort of whiskey shooter, and #11 is a canister of some sort.
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I don't collect bottles, so if anyone is interested in any that I have, please let me know and we can work out a price.
 

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When you say "modern" you mean...?
 

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When you say "modern" you mean...?

By modern he means post 1900. And #7 is a Hazel Atlas mason jar edj seal. There company is based out of Wheeling, WV.
 

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By modern he means post 1900. And #7 is a Hazel Atlas mason jar edj seal. There company is based out of Wheeling, WV.

Okay, sounds about right. I didn't expect anything too old anyway. Some of them still need IDs, though. Thanks for the info on Atlas.
 

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You probably won't get an exact ID. A lot of bottles may have been used for different things. Your small brown one is probably a medicine or chemical bottle. Does it by chance have white halls endorsed on the side?
 

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I didn't see anything on the side of that one. The ones I'm mostly interested in are #2, 6, 9, & 10.
 

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2 was probably a spice or such. 9 could have been any kind of juice. 10 looks like a drinking glass to me. These are not 100 percent but like I said I don't think you will ever get a 100% ID. HH
 

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Okay, fair enough. What's the best way to distinguish pre-1900 from post-1900?
 

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Could be 1940's, 50's probably, maybe into the 60's stuff. cti, you are a hundred years off! That's okay, a lot of good bots await the shovel. Look for the deep stuff that you cant see....
 

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these days "modern" is plastic :sad10:
 

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Hey cti4sw,

Often there are clues to maker and date codes embossed on the bases, or heels of bottles and jars. This information might help us to date them more closely. You've got mostly mid 20th Century glass from where I sit.

Continued good hunting, sir.

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2 quick ways for pre 1900. No threads and the seem will stop part way up the neck. Not 100% accurate but that will usually tell ya. HH
 

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