Picked at a Garage Sale Yesterday - Old Bottles

JohnnyFlake

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I picked these up at a garage sale yesterday for $2.00. Ten old bottles in a falling apart cardboard box.

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diggummup

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They look like pretty common household bottles, maybe a tonic or liquor bottle thrown in too. The hobnail looks like an eapg cologne bottle minus the stopper. You can take a 50/50 solution of vinegar and rubbing alcohol and fill them up, let them soak overnight and it will clean up the insides of them. That's what I use.
 

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JohnnyFlake

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Sep 26, 2013
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They look like pretty common household bottles, maybe a tonic or liquor bottle thrown in too. The hobnail looks like an eapg cologne bottle minus the stopper. You can take a 50/50 solution of vinegar and rubbing alcohol and fill them up, let them soak overnight and it will clean up the insides of them. That's what I use.

Thanks for the advice. I will try out your suggestion. What about the outside, just soap and water?
 

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Great score on some nice bottles. I believe they stopped using manganese in glass around 1920 or so? That is the reason a couple of your bottles have a purplish hue.
 

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