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# Antique Bottle Mysteries

Information about rare and collectible glass bottles from a member of the glass bottle mold manufacturing industry.

## Posts

- [An Old Demijohn Container with bottle mysteries!](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2009/05/an-old-demijohn-container-with-bottle-mysteries/) - 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
- [Cold Mold Ripple in Glass Bottles](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/08/cold-mold-ripple-in-glass-bottles/) - 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
- [Chilling the Cavity of Cast Iron Bottle Molds](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/08/who-why-and-when-cast-iron-bottle-molds/) - When did they start chilling the cavity of the cast iron bottle molds? Types of carbon graphite structure in a chilled bottle mold cross-section.
- [Hand Blown Bottles](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/07/hand-blown-bottles/) - Early American Bottles were made from glass raw materials found near their glass factory. The furnaces were wood fired and the glass batch was melted in ceramic crucibles.
- [Snuff Bottle Dot Marks Mystery](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/08/snuff-bottle-mystery/) - 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
- [Key Lock on a Shoulder Seam Bottle Mark Mystery](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/2008/08/bottle-mystery-key-lock-on-a-shoulder-seam-bottle-mark/) - 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

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/) - Information about rare and collectible glass bottles from a member of the glass bottle mold manufacturing industry.
- [Links](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/links/) - Antique Bottle Links: Antique Bottle Blog Information about rare and collectible glass bottles from a member of the glass bottle mold manufacturing industry. Antique Bottle Auctions A special selection of premium bottles. The best of the best will show up here in our top section because users have selected these auctions to keep track of
- [Contents](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/index/) - 1) Welcome to Bottle Mysteries Information about rare and collectible glass bottles. 2) Hand Blown Bottles Understanding some of the skills that Early Bottle Makers had to develop. 3) Snuff Bottles Dot markings on the bottom of the old snuff bottles. 4) Key Lock on a Sholder Seam If you see this key mark on
- [Books on Glass Bottles](https://www.bottlemysteries.com/books/) - #1 ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES Their History and Evolution (1500-1850) By Willy Van den Bossche - My favorite because it is the most complete and informative book on old glass production that there is available to us. #2 EARLY AMERICAN GLASS By Rhea Mansfield Knittle 1927 - My second favorite book because it answered a 50+

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