Max's Bottle Collecting Links

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World wide

Forums, E-Groups

Antique-Bottles.Net

www.antique-bottles.net/forum/

Popular forum for collectors, hosted by Roger.

Bottle & Pot Lid Collectors Webring

c.webring.com/hub?ring=bottlering

Links to sites worldwide.

Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc

Antique Wine & Black Glass Bottles

www.cosbert.com/bottles.html

All early glass bottles with plenty of pictures.

UK

Forums, E-Groups

Bottle Digging UK (May 2007)

www.bottledigging.org.uk/Forum/

Forum dedicated to the collecting and digging of antique bottles.

Codd & Cure oholics

codds.3.forumer.com/

Codd and Mineral Water bottle patents, Cures and medicines. Discussion forums, etc

Dorset Antique Bottle Collectors Club Forums

www.dorsetbottleclub.com/

The forums of the Dorset Antique Bottle Collectors Club based in Poole, Dorset.

North West UK Antique Bottle Forum

www.globecollector.info/board/

The discussion forums for collectors of antique bottles from the north west of England including north west history articles.

Northwestbottles Forum

northwestbottles.lefora.com/forum/

A newly formed forum in the north west of england looking for new members who are interested in all aspects of bottle digging and collecting.

Collectors' Sites

Alan's U.K. Bottle Collecting Page

members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index-39.html

List of bottles in Alan's collection.

Ancient Objects - Bottles

www.allmetal.karoo.net/bottles.html

Single page, a few inks and medicines pictured. (Mainly a metal detecting site.)

Antique Bottle Collecting and Restoration

www.collectingantiquebottles.co.uk/

A site by Tommy Akitt about digging, collecting and restoring antique bottles and stoneware.

Bottle Bill's Bottle Dump

www.thebottledump.co.uk/

This is a big site (and still growing) and has lots of information and pictures about the main collectable bottle types such as minerals, ginger beers, inks, etc. Also a section on items from the Preston (Lancashire) area.

BottleDiggers UK

bottlediggers.netfirms.com/index.html

A large site with lots of bottle pictures and digging stories. Looks like it hasn't been updated since April 2001.

Bottles and Bygones

www.bygonz.co.uk/

Bottles for sale. Reference section and digging stories. Online since 1997.

Dan Gilbert's Virtual Bottle Collection

members.tripod.com/~DanGilbert/index.html

Wide selction of bottle types, Over 250 unusual bottles pictured.

Diggersdiary.co.uk

www.diggersdiary.co.uk/Mainpage.htm

New, completely overhauled version of Darren and Jerry's Diggersdiary. British digging stories, researched articles, and collections.

Dumfries Antique Bottle Collecting (Dave Hiddleston)

www.davehiddleston.com/

Ginger Beers, Cream Pots and bottle digging stories from Dumfries in Scotland.

History of the Feeding Bottle

www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/

Baby feeding bottles and their history.

North Norfolk Bottles

www.norfolkbottles.com/

Comprehensive picture gallery of bottles from North Norfolk.

Sheppey Bottles (Kent)

www.jjanman.freeserve.co.uk/index.html

Pictures of Sheppey flagons, ginger beers, codds, etc. List of Kent beer bottles. [Best viewed with Internet Explorer.]

Shrewsbury Bottles by John Thompson

www.shrewsburybottles.com/

Shrewsbury ginger beers, flagons and pot lids.

Tonbridge Collectables

tonbridgecollectables.com/

This site is a collection of Tonbridge Memorabilia I have collected for over 25 years. Also included are many Tonbridge stories and legends as told in Roberts History Adventures. I house a very large part of the collection at Tonbridge Castle for public display & for local schools to visit. If you require any additional information on anything within this web site please contact us.

Woburn Sands Collection - Bottles

www.mkheritage.co.uk/wsc/docs/Bottles.html

Pictures of minerals, flagons, beers, etc from Woburn Sands. (Beds/Bucks border near Milton Keynes)

Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc

Antique Wine Bottle and Black Glass Collectors Club

www.banksconsulting.co.uk/bottles/index.html

A good reference site with articles and a book list.

Minerals

Clive's Ginger Beer Bottles

mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/clivesgingerbeers

Pictures of West Dorset Ginger Beers.

Codd's Stuff (Mark Potten)

www.mpotten.freeserve.co.uk/

A taster web site of Codd's and other patents for mineral water bottles. The full version is available on CD.

Codds 'n' Odds

www.codds-n-odds.co.uk/index.html

Excellent pictures of coloured Codds, Hamiltons, Ginger Beers, etc. Includes bottles from Carnarvon and North Wales.

Foster Clark

fosterclark.info/

Historical information about Foster Clark's Eiffel Tower Lemonade and other products. Includes pictures of the common bottles used by the company plus a gallery of many other unusual variations.

Groves & Whitnall, The Globe Collector

www.globecollector.info/

A site dedicated to collectors of Groves & Whitnall globe bottles along with the history of the Groves family along with their companies.

Marfleet's Bottles

web.ukonline.co.uk/john.marfleet/bottles.htm

Historical information about Marfleet of Lincoln, including pictures of Marfleet ginger beers.

Somerset Ginger Beers

www.somersetbottles.co.uk/

A site dedicated to Somerset ginger beers.

Swansea Ginger Beer Bottles

www.swanseabottles.com/

Collector's site with pictures of Swansea Ginger Beers and information about the firms that used them. Also some pot lid information.

Milks

Milk Bottle News

www.milkbottlenews.org.uk/

Milk Bottles and related items. Quarterly newsletter.

Poisons

Rob Goodacre's Poisons

www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/5772/rob.htm

Pictures of unusual and rare poisons. (2 pages)

Rob's Famous Poisons

www.collectiques.org/rob.htm

Updated poison bottle site, dedicated to poison bottle collectors the world over. Updated often as more information arrives.

Pot Lids

The Pot Lid Circle

www.thepotlidcircle.co.uk/

The official site of the Pot Lid Circle, a club founded in 1965 for collectors of Antique Pot Lids and Prattware.

Clay pipes

Dawnmist Studio

www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/

Information and Books about clay pipes. Reproduction pipes.

The archaeology of the clay pipe and the study of smoking

www.shef.ac.uk/assem/issue6/Cessford_text_web.htm

Academic article from "Assemblage". (Sheffield University graduate journal of archaeology.)

Historical

Ancestral Ackroyds - Mr Caleb Kilner

www.ackroydfamilyresearch.co.uk/mrcalebkilner.htm

Article about the death of Conisbrough Glass Bottle Chief Caleb Kilner in 1920. (Kilner Brothers glass works.)

Brewing in Norwich

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=40...

A short history of brewing in Norwich, from the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, with pictures. Includes brewers such as Bullard, Youngs and Crawshay, Steward and Patteson, and Morgan.

Bull Ring Glass Archive

www.arch-ant.bham.ac.uk/bufau/bull_ring_archive/

Glass finds made during excavations at the Bull Ring in Birmingham.

Dung - Plymouth and it's Town and Dock

www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/towndung/dung.htm

An interesting look at the Victorian Dung industry in the Tamar valley.

Ely Ales & Forehill Brewery - A Brief History

www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/07/15/ely-ales-f...

A short history of breweries in Ely with a few interesting pictures. Written by Karl Bedingfield.

Long Eaton's Buried Legacy ~ Neil Aspinshaw

www.archive.long-eaton.com/carters1.asp

Articles about excavating a Victorian dump in Long Eaton, and Carters Mineral Waters of Sawley.

Museums

Coddswallop Trust

www.coddswallop.org/

Located at the Elsecar Heritage Centre, South Yorkshire.

Darwin Country (Shrewsbury Museum)

www.darwincountry.org/explore/001618.html

Pictures of bottles in the museum (one page).

Exeter City Council Time Trail

www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/generic/results.asp?ke...

Pictures and info of some locally found bottles.

Leighton Linslade Virtual Museum

www.leighton-museum.org.uk/gallery3/found/02.htm

Not much here apart from the interesting 360 degree view of a Codd bottle.

Museum of Bath at Work

www.bath-at-work.org.uk/

Displays include the reconstructed engineering and mineral water works of J.B. Bowler.

Ryedale Folk Museum, North Yorkshire

www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk/

Folk museum with period shops (full of bottles) plus the remains of an Elizabethan glass furnace (circa 1580) recovered from the moors.

Steve Wheeler's Milk Bottle Museum

www.knottingley.org/letters/milkbottle_museum.htm

Article about a private collection.

Clubs

Alton Bottle Collectors Club

www.altonbottleclub.co.uk/

Club news, monthly reports with pictures. Local Hampshire bottles, mainly minerals/beers from Alton, Petersfield, Liss, Winchester. Bottle Fair dates.

Dorset Antique Bottle Collectors Club website

www.communigate.co.uk/dorset/dorsetbottleclub/inde...

Club information and details of the Poole show.

The Oxfordshire Antique Bottle Collectors Club

oabcc.spaces.msn.com/PersonalSpace.aspx

Club info, news and articles.

Magazines

Antique Bottle Collector UK

www.abc-ukmag.co.uk/

Quarterly bottle collecting magazine.

BBR Magazine (incorporating Collectors' Mart)

www.onlinebbr.com/

Quaterly magazine. Auctions, Book sales, Events calendar.

News

Buckingham on-line

www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?Sectio...

A six year old finds a rare hobnail poison. (Dated 10-Jun-2004)

Richmond Borough Liberal Democrats

www.twickenhamlibdems.co.uk/news/328.html

Bottle diggers move in on Twickenham. (Dated 6-May-2003)

Cleaning

Magic Balls

www.presentsformen.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=442&...

Example of copper balls used for cleaning.

For Sale, Auctions

Coins, Ancient Artifacts & Old Bottles

www.bottles.freeserve.co.uk/index.html

Lists/pictures of bottles, coins, etc for sale.

Collectiques - The Old Bottle Place

www.collectiques.org/

Professional looking online store, easy to browse the categories. Most bottle types.

Early Glass Collector

www.earlyglass.com/

An online catalog of the internationally acknowledged leading specialists stocklist for sale of early glass, freeblown or pontilled wine and utility bottles for the period 1450-1850 and related items, including stoneware and contemporary go-withs. Specialising in sealed and unsealed wine and utility bottles from shaft & globes, through onions, mallets, squats and cylinders to Ricketts patent and later 3 piece mold bottles.

eBay

www.ebay.co.uk/

Look in the "Collectables->Bottles/Pots" categories

Ian and Grahame's Bottle Page

www.antique-bottles-and-glass.co.uk/index.htm

Easy to browse the different sections. Poisons, Cures, Bitters, Black Glass, Minerals, Inks, Cream Pots, Stoneware, Ginger Beers, Pot Lids, etc. BBR Magazine.

Stonies of London

www.stonies.co.uk/

Stone Ginger Beer bottles for sale.

The Old Bottle Shop

www.thebottleshop.plus.com/

Shop in Greenwich, London, opened in 1999. Now on the web.

Unique

www.uniquebottles.co.uk/

Categorised pages of bottles for sale.

Victorian Bottles UK

victorianbottles.synthasite.com

Includes bottles for sale,details for digging and collecting.

WG Bottles

www.wgbottles.co.uk/

Site dedicated to bottles from Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse & Cornwall especially chemist related items. Also offers independently published CD-ROMs and books related to the subject

Other

Alan Godfrey Maps

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/index.htm

Reproductions of Old OS maps.

Old Maps - County Gazetteer

www.old-maps.co.uk/

Historical Maps.

USA

Forums, E-Groups

antiquebottlediggers.com

www.antiquebottlediggers.com/

This forum covers anything from how to find old dumps and privies, to digging them, to cleaning your finds!

BottleDigger.net

bottledigger.net/

Forum for bottle collectors; dump digging, diving, privys, etc.

Collectors' Sites

19th Century Bottles of the British Military

members.shaw.ca/coffinisland/

Admiralty Arrow Antique Glass Bottles, includes poisons, sealed bottles, codds, etc.

Antique Bottle Collector's Haven

www.antiquebottles.com/

Large portal style site of info and links. Covers most topics.

Eddie's Privy Page

www.privydigger.com/

Privy digging stories, etc. [Picture heavy, so rather slow on dialup.]

RicksBottleRoom.com

www.ricksbottleroom.com/

Poisons, Medicines, Blobs and general antique bottles.

Scott's Privy Page

www.privymaster.org/

Privy digging stories and pictures.

The December '96 Bottle Dig

www.garren.net/treasurechronicle/dec96.html

Listi of items found at Fort Worth in Texas when a site was being prepared for new housing.

The Privy Pages

www.privypages.com/

A privy digging website with a difference. Lots of whacky writing and great bottle pics.

Minerals

Antique Soda & Beer Bottles

mysite.verizon.net/vonmechow/index.htm

Pre-crown Sodas & Beers: History, Shapes, Bases, Lips, Closures.

Deco Soda Bottles

www.decosodas.com/

Soda bottles from the 1920-30 era; photo galleries, for sale section, book.

North American Soda and Beer Bottles

www.sodasandbeers.com/

The purpose of this site is to provide useful information for collectors, researchers, and novices on North American hand-made glass and pottery soda and beer bottles.

Seattle History Company

www.seattlehistorycompany.com/

Hutchinson Bottle Directory - Project to list and publish all known Hutchinson bottles.

The Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising

www.gono.com/collectorhomepage.htm

History, advertisements, soda bottles, cans, brewerian. Listings taken from the museum database.

Coke and similar crown tops

Soda Traderz by Coke Girl

www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/index.html

Soda bottle info and pictures. Weekly E-zine. List of glass makers marks.

Cures and Medicines

Larry's Antiques & Bottles

www.larrysantiques.com/

Pictures of labelled medicines, beginners collecting guide.

Poisons

bpod - poison bottles

www.bpod.org/bottles/intro.htm

Poison bottle collection with clear picture gallery and descriptions.

Southeastern Antiquing and Collecting Magazine

www.go-star.com/antiquing/poisonbottles.htm

"A Killer Collection... Poison Bottles". Article with nice pictures by Mike McLeod.

Inks

1001 Ink Bottles

www.1001inkbottles.com/

Ink bottles for sale, sourced world wide. Many with labels.

Emmett and Marjorie Baker's Web Page

community-2.webtv.net/inkwells/EmmettandMarjorie/i...

Several pages of unusual inks.

Pendemonium - Vintage Ink and Ink Bottles

www.pendemonium.com/bottles.htm

Selection of inks for sale.

Pot Lids

Antique Pot Lid Gallery

www.deantiques.com/PLG/index.htm

The antique Pot Lid Gallery is a web site devoted entirely to the hobby of collecting antique pot lids. Learn how to spot repairs, view recent reproductions, see avaliable reference books, view image of digging and 1000 + images of pot lids from fellow collectors around the world.

Historical

Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website

www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/index.htm

This website is designed to provide information on the dating of typical utilitarian bottles and jars made in the United States during the 19th through mid-20th centuries. It does not attempt to address the dating of "specialty" bottles made during that time, though much of the information found on this website is pertinent to these items to varying degrees. This site is a work in progress with some pages scheduled to be finished in early 2006. (United States Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management)

Manufacturers and Marks

Glass Factory Marks on Bottles

www.myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.h...

List of US manufacturers' marks for glass bottles and jars.

Clubs

The Federation Of Historical Bottle Collectors

www.fohbc.com/

The FOHBC website. Lots of info on bottles and collectors.

Magazines

(BMM) Bottles and More Magazine

www.bottlemagazine.com/

Monthly print magazine.

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Magazine

www.glswrk-auction.com/index.htm

Monthly print magazine. Articles, Show calendar, Auctions.

Books

Bottle Makers and Their Marks - by Julian Harrison Toulouse

www.blackburnpress.com/botmakandthe.html

1,200 different marks found on glass bottles and jars.

The Bottle Bible

www.bottlebible.com/

Bottles Identification and Price Guide, 4th Edition by Michael Polak, published by Antique Trader. (Advertising site for the book.)

Cleaning

The Jar Doctor

www.jardoctor.com/

Bottle cleaning supplies . Everything you need for cleaning/tumbling bottles.

For Sale, Auctions

American Bottle Auctions ( Fomerly known as Pacific Glass Auctions)

www.americanbottle.com/

Auction Company...The largest Antique Bottle Auction on the Internet.

Bottleshow.com Bottles & Flasks

www.bottleshow.com/

A new site where dealers can rent table space and list their " for sale " bottles on the site . Alot of different dealers on this site with items for sale.

Glass Works Auctions

www.glswrk-auction.com/index.htm

Details of current Glass Works auctions.

GreatAntiqueBottles.com

www.greatantiquebottles.com/

The website of Ed & Kathy Gray . Bottles for sale in all categories.

High Desert Antique Bottle & Medicinal Tonics

webpages.charter.net/blindsey8952/index.htm

A huge Tonic list and Bottles for sale in all categories.

Jeff and Holly Noordsy

www.jeffnholantiquebottles.com/

Dealers specializing in Early American Glass . Bottles for sale in all categories.

Jennrog Collectables

www.jennrog-collectables.com/

Categorised for sale pages, bottles and related items.

Norman C. Heckler & Company

www.hecklerauction.com/

Auction Company for Antique glass & bottles.

Australia

Forums, E-Groups

Australian Antique Bottle Collector

aabc.9.forumer.com/

The Australian Antique Bottle Collector's Forum is for Antique Bottle Collectors to discuss bottles and bottle collecting, learn about bottles and to get advice.

Australian Antique Bottles and Collectables (Web Ring)

g.webring.com/hub?ring=australianantiqu

(Not many sites in the ring.)

Collectors' Sites

AABW - Australian Antique Bottle Website

www.sli.unimelb.edu.au/scronk/aabw/index.htm

Listings of Books and Magazines, bottle dating, lots of pictures of cordial and internal thread mineral waters. Well designed and easy to browse site.

Antique bottle digging and related history, South Australia

www.geocities.com/bottledig/index.html

Story of a large parkland dig in Adelaide. Info about brewers, chemists and cordial makers of South Australia.

Antique Bottles - Australian Antiques, Bottles and Collectables

www.antiquebottles.com.au/

Bottles for sale, Newsletter, Events and Clubs listing.

Aussie Bottle Digger

www.users.bigpond.com/oz-riley/

News, Show Calendar, Clubs, Bottle College, Identifying bottles, Dig Stories, For sale.

Cootamundra Bottles

geocities.com/cootabottles/

Pictures and info about bottles from the Cootamundra area of New South Wales. (Philip Blackwell)

Minerals

"Old Fizz"

www.users.bigpond.com/colemanpeter/bottlepage2_001...

Mostly about Codd's and similar bottles. Nice pictures and info.

Codd's Wallop

www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/5772/bot2.htm

Pictures of Aussie and UK bottles, mostly minerals.

Historical

Richard's South Australiana Website

www.angelfire.com/rock3/rickirving/S_A_History.htm...

A mixture of "South Australiana" - history, geology, unique bottles, food manufacturing and olive oil history.

Clubs

Sydney Collectors

www.sydneycollectors.org.au/

Antique Bottle, Ceramic & Collecatables Club of Sydney

Magazines

The Australian Bottle & Collectables Review

www.abcreview.com.au/

Quarterly magazine.

Books

Antique Bottle Price Guides - From Digger Odell Publications

www.bottlebooks.com/

16 Original titles published by Digger Odell. Question and answer section.

For Sale, Auctions

Australiana & Collectables (David Westcott)

www.westcottdavid.com/

Shop, auctions.

Oz Bottles - Old and Antique Bottles For Sale

www.ozbottles.8m.com/

Large lists of bottles for sale. (Wayne Harris)

New Zealand

Clubs

Wellington Antique Bottle & Collectables Club Inc.

www.wellingtonbottles.cjb.net/

This is a very good site. Club info, magazine, trading post. List of all Wellington aerated water companies and bottles, including pictures.

Canada

Collectors' Sites

Dumpdiggers

www.dumpdiggers.com

Dumpdiggers.com is an antiques 2.0 website that rewards users for participating in the forum and posting photos in Arena battles with shovel reward points that can be exchanged for free ads in the Classifieds and free tables in the Underground Show and Sale.

Early Canadian Bottle Works

www.ecbw.ca/

Milks, Sodas, Ginger Beers, Primitives, Crocks and More ..... Toronto Ontario area site containing: Collectors Showcase, Digging Stories, Bottle Digs by Date, Bottle Trader, Brampton Ontario Bottles & Collectables, History of Acton’s Dairies, Bottle Gallery and Canadian Reference Book List.

Early Canadian Stoneware Advertising & British Columbia Bottles

www.geocities.com/r_sturrock/frontpage.html

Just a few pages.

Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc

Dumpdiggers blog

dumpdiggers.blogspot.com/

Low tech treasure hunters research and recover antiques and collectibles from century dumps.

Minerals

Terry's Torpedos

www.geocities.com/torpedobottlecom/

Torpedos (Hamiltons, etc.) Mainly coloured and early pontilled bottles.

Clubs

Fraser Valley Antique & Collectable Club

www.fvacc.com/

Monthly meetings, regular newsletter, annual show.

Magazines

Canadian Bottle and Stoneware Collector

www.cbandsc.com/

[Closed?] Quaterly magazine plus books about Canadian bottles.

South Africa

Collectors' Sites

Antique Bottles (South Africa)

www.antiquebottles.co.za/

Large collectors site, lots of pictures and collecting info.

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