Bottles and Bottle Collecting

On the back cover:

While the prices of most antiques have soared in recent decades, rising well beyond the means of the average person, bottles have remained comparatively inexpensive. In the Victorian era, our forebears packed everything from tea to hair restorers in glass bottles that were discarded with general household refuse. The result of this is that, in rubbish dumps all over Britain, these bottles are waiting to be exhumed, each non-machine-made bottle an antique that affords the collector a rare opportunity to unearth and restore their collection. This book describes the development of bottles of all sorts and illustrates over two hundred examples.

About the author:

A.A.C. Hedges worked as Borough Librarian and Curator at Great Yarmouth until his retirement in 1974. His interest in bottles and bottle collecting began when the hobby was new, and this book records his research and enthusiasm.

A budget introduction to a hobby which has many adherents among metal detectorists

Contents:

• Blowing a bottle
• Wine bottles
• Sealed bottles
• Cased gins
• Beers
• Mineral waters
• Medicines
• Stoneware
• Embossing
• Moulds
• Lips
• How and what to collect
• Places to visit.