I have gotten another old wooden molded demijohn in my collection. As an OLD bottle it is a carrier of many bottle mysteries. They include the following points and if anyone has any clues that will help describe the functions and characteristics that caused these markings, I will appreciate hearing from you. If nothing else […]

It has always seemed strange to me that people started calling a *Cold Mold Ripple* something different than what it really is. Bottle collectors and sellers use the terms *Whittled *and *Hammered* to define what they see in the glass bottle. I haven’t found it referred to as this in the older books, but maybe […]

Who, Why, and When I got a job at the Thatcher Glass Co. in Elmira N.Y. to work in their Central Mold Division as an Applications Engineer and management assistant. After being there for about a year, I was invited to attend a meeting of Glass Plant Managers and Production Engineering people. After the meeting, […]

A while back I tried to buy a bottle that had a mold mark on it that I didn’t recognize. The mark was on the shoulder mold seam line, 90 degrees from the shoulder mold parting line seams. So it became a bottle mystery. Unfortunately or untimely I found the solution before I got this […]

Through the years of bottle collecting I have never bought a snuff bottle. I have looked at them, fondled them, but never got the bug to buy one. Now I have done it. I have heard and read in eBay listings that the dots on the bottom of these jars, were an indication of the […]

The history of glass making is covered in lots of books. This is not to try to rewrite history. My object is to help the bottle enthusiast understand some of the skills that Early Bottle Makers have had to develop to create the beautiful bottles that they made. My main interest is in the American […]