The picture to the left shows both of these mold seams click to enlarge. This is consistent with the flattened embossing as air vented dating antique wine bottles allowed for the production of bottles with more distinct "sharper" embossing. The Blasi 1974 and Holcombe 1977 books in particular have excellent overviews on what is known of the product history and supports the date ranges determined above. The user is now directed to move to which deals primarily with the side mold seam. These diagrams should help clarify age differences based on both form and function. If you need more information on this diagnostic feature - including various images - click the following link: Close-up of the finish lip of an Illinois Glass Co. Can usually tell that lip is crude and was applied by hand. Given these two diagnostic features, the answer to Question 5 for bottle "A" is option A - this bottle has a "true" applied finish which very likely dates "A" as no later than 1885-1890. Dip mold dating antique wine bottles usually date prior to 1865-1870 but can also be much older back to early 18th century at least. Note: Cecil Munsey's exceptional 1970 book on general bottle collecting - The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles - included a chapter on "Dating Bottles. Can usually tell that lip is crude and was applied by hand. General Bottle Details: -Both bottles are approximately 7¼" 19 cm in height, 2½" 6½ cm wide, and 1½" 3 cm deep; they are rectangular in cross section. This bottle is either, or was produced in a aka "paste-mold" where the side mold seam is erased during manufacturing. Bottom half from base to shoulder has no seams, then there is a seam near the shoulder that runs completely around the circumference of the bottle. To return from other accessed hyperlinks, use the back arrow on your browser. The concentric rings are not always as obvious as the picture shows click to enlarge and sometimes not visible, though if present it is a conclusive diagnostic feature.
Click on the "A" picture above to see more distinctly where the side mold seams ends on this bottle. Newman's key made a noble attempt at simplifying bottle dating, but is weakened by the fact that the subject is much too complex to be conducive to such a simple approach by itself. This e-Book is now posted on this website and contains an extensive amount of information on soda bottles in general as well as specifically to those used in West Texas. A bottle may have mold seams but no embossing, but all embossed bottles were molded and have mold seams even if they are not readily apparent. The user is now directed to move towhich deals with way the bottle was finished, i.
However, these bottles lack other mouth-blown characteristics and have one feature that is only found on machine-made bottles made by a machine - a on the base. Author reserves the right to update this information as appropriate.
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The picture to the left shows both of these mold seams click to enlarge. This is consistent with the flattened embossing as air vented dating antique wine bottles allowed for the production of bottles with more distinct "sharper" embossing. The Blasi 1974 and Holcombe 1977 books in particular have excellent overviews on what is known of the product history and supports the date ranges determined above. The user is now directed to move to which deals primarily with the side mold seam. These diagrams should help clarify age differences based on both form and function. If you need more information on this diagnostic feature - including various images - click the following link: Close-up of the finish lip of an Illinois Glass Co. Can usually tell that lip is crude and was applied by hand. Given these two diagnostic features, the answer to Question 5 for bottle "A" is option A - this bottle has a "true" applied finish which very likely dates "A" as no later than 1885-1890. Dip mold dating antique wine bottles usually date prior to 1865-1870 but can also be much older back to early 18th century at least. Note: Cecil Munsey's exceptional 1970 book on general bottle collecting - The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles - included a chapter on "Dating Bottles. Can usually tell that lip is crude and was applied by hand. General Bottle Details: -Both bottles are approximately 7¼" 19 cm in height, 2½" 6½ cm wide, and 1½" 3 cm deep; they are rectangular in cross section. This bottle is either, or was produced in a aka "paste-mold" where the side mold seam is erased during manufacturing. Bottom half from base to shoulder has no seams, then there is a seam near the shoulder that runs completely around the circumference of the bottle. To return from other accessed hyperlinks, use the back arrow on your browser. The concentric rings are not always as obvious as the picture shows click to enlarge and sometimes not visible, though if present it is a conclusive diagnostic feature. Click on the "A" picture above to see more distinctly where the side mold seams ends on this bottle. Newman's key made a noble attempt at simplifying bottle dating, but is weakened by the fact that the subject is much too complex to be conducive to such a simple approach by itself. This e-Book is now posted on this website and contains an extensive amount of information on soda bottles in general as well as specifically to those used in West Texas. A bottle may have mold seams but no embossing, but all embossed bottles were molded and have mold seams even if they are not readily apparent. The user is now directed to move towhich deals with way the bottle was finished, i. However, these bottles lack other mouth-blown characteristics and have one feature that is only found on machine-made bottles made by a machine - a on the base. Author reserves the right to update this information as appropriate.