Max's Bottle Collecting Links
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- World wide
- Forums, E-Groups
- Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc
- UK
- Forums, E-Groups
- Collectors' Sites
- Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc
- Minerals
- Milks
- Cures and Medicines
- Poisons
- Inks
- Pot Lids
- Clay pipes
- Historical
- Museums
- Clubs
- Magazines
- News
- Cleaning
- For Sale, Auctions
- Other
- USA
- Forums, E-Groups
- Collectors' Sites
- Minerals
- Coke and similar crown tops
- Cures and Medicines
- Poisons
- Inks
- Pot Lids
- Historical
- Manufacturers and Marks
- Clubs
- Magazines
- Books
- Cleaning
- For Sale, Auctions
- Australia
- Forums, E-Groups
- Collectors' Sites
- Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc
- Clubs
- Magazines
- Books
- For Sale, Auctions
- New Zealand
- Clubs
- Canada
- Collectors' Sites
- Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc
- Minerals
- Clubs
- South Africa
- Collectors' Sites
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.
- British Antique Bottle Forum
- www.britishbottleforum.co.uk/
- A friendly community of collectors of antique bottle from the UK, We welcome members from across the world to join us.
- Codd & Cure oholics
- codds.3.forumer.com/
- Codd and Mineral Water bottle patents, Cures and medicines. Discussion forums, etc
- 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.
- cornishbottles.co.uk
- www.cornishbottles.co.uk/
- Cornish bottles - including Ginger Beers, Porters, Sealed bottles, Pot Lids, etc.
- 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.
- Ely Breweriana
- elysbreweries.fotopic.net/
- A collection of Breweriana from Elys Breweries, including bottles, stoneware, bottlestopper,ashtrys and paperwork.
- Glass Bottles from Norwich Breweries
- www.norwichbreweriesbottles.co.uk/
- Pictures of bottles from six defunct Norwich companies (including the four major breweries). Also, photos and brief details of the brewery sites.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Three Towns Bottles
- www.plymouthbottles.co.uk/
- Listing of brewers, mineral water companies and related companies in Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse along with history and photos of their bottles and pot lids.
Milks
- Milk Bottle News
- www.milkbottlenews.org.uk/
- Milk Bottles and related items. Quarterly newsletter.
Cures and Medicines
- Chemists - Plymouth & Cornwall
- www.chemistbottles.co.uk/
- Listing of chemists, herbalists and related companies in Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse and Cornwall along with history and photos of their bottles and pot lids.
Poisons
- 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.
Inks
- Mike's inks
- www.mikesinks.com/
- Photo's of mainly British shear neck inks
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.
- 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.
- Groves & Whitnall, Salfords Greatest Brewery
- www.grovesandwhitnall.co.uk/
- The complete history of Manchester & Salford's greatest brewery & mineral water works, The home of the famouse Globe Codd Bottle.
- 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).
- 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.bathatwork.co.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.
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.
- Colchester Bottle Collector's Club
- cbcclub.co.uk/
- Club news, information about Colchester breweries, etc
- 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
- 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!
Collectors' Sites
- 19th Century Bottles of the British Military
- www.coffinisland.ca/
- 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.
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.sha.org/bottle/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
- Good Ole' Bottles
- www.goodolebottles.com/
- Good Ole' Bottles is a professional bottle cleaning service. You can trust that your antique bottles will receive the highest quality of care and service. Whether it's a major cleaning job or just a light cleaning, all due care will be taken of your 'good ole' bottles' throughout every step of the cleaning process. Satisfaction is guaranteed!
- 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.
- Antique Bottle Auctions
- www.bottleauctions.com/
- Antique bottle auction calendar, reviews and commentary. Up-to-date live auction listings for all auctioneers as well as resources not found on other bottle sites
- 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.
Bitters, Beers, Wines, etc
- Aussie Bottle Digger
- www.aussiebottledigger.com.au/
- News, Show Calendar, Clubs, Bottle College, Identifying bottles, Dig Stories, For sale.
- Bottleguide
- www.bottleguide.com.au/
- Bottleguide is an easy to use and ever expanding database of Australian found antique bottles with current value estimates and past prices. In addition, informative articles, a calendar of upcoming events, auction reports, club information, classifieds section and other items of interest will be provided to all subscribers.
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.net/
- Large lists of bottles for sale. (Wayne Harris)
New Zealand
Clubs
- Wellington Antique Bottle & Collectables Club Inc.
- www.wellingtonantiquebottles.org.nz/
- 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.
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.
South Africa
Collectors' Sites
- Antique Bottles (South Africa)
- www.antiquebottles.co.za/
- Large collectors site, lots of pictures and collecting info.