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Antique Soda
Bottles
With the popularity of mineral water came the invention
of artificially carbonated water or soda. Because soda
bottles contained carbonation they had to be made from
thicker glass that could hold up to the increased
pressure. The increased pressure also lead to many other
improvements and innovations to help keep the cork from
popping. One example is the design of the round bottom
and torpedo bottom bottle which allowed the bottle
itself to be stronger and able to withstand the
increased pressure. An additional benefit was forcing
the end user to store the bottle on its side. This kept
the cork from drying out and popping. On some bottles
corks were secured with wire cork fastener WCF . Other
style stoppers evolved like the Hutchinson, Lightning
and Codd stoppers.
Pontiled soda bottles can date back to the mid 1840s and
soda has been popular ever since. While many of these
bottles may be fairly common others can be quite
valuable. As always, age, condition, color and
imperfections play a huge role in a bottles value. Since
the majority of early glass houses were on the east
coast its much rarer to find soda bottles from the mid
west and west coast. West Coast bottles are therefore
usually more valuable. Listed below is some time line
information which will help to estimate the age soda
bottles.

Pontil Era Sodas ranged from 1840-1857
Smooth Base non machine made sodas 1858-1910
Squats- 1860-1875
Hutchinsons- 1879-1910s’
Blob Tops- 1840-1890s
Applied Crown tops 1892-1915
Machine Made Embossed sodas- 1903-present time
Early machine embossed sodas 1903-1932
Applied Color Label Sodas 1930’s-present |
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Antique Bottles in the
Marine Environment.
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Softcover, 5.5x8.5", 98 pages
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of glass blowing and bottle manufacturing. These
3D mold images are combined with drawings of the
bottles they produced and highlight the distinct
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Hunting Antique Bottles
in the Marine Environment
Bottle Collecting
Bottle
Characteristics
How bottles were made
Bottle Value
Bottle Types
Screw Top
Painted
Crown Top
Blob Top
Hutchnison
Lightening
Bromo seltza
Black Glass
Bitters
Whiskey
Medicine
Poison
Beer
Saratoga
Soda
Codd
Coca Cola
Round and Torpedo
Flasks
Inkwells
Ceramic
Milk
Water Hunting
Scuba Diving
Tools
Shipwrecks
Harbors
Ferry Piers
Dump Sites
Scuba Diving
Cleaning Bottles
Tumbling
Estimating Age
Tops
Mold Marks
Mold Mark Chart
Bottom
Embossing
Patent Numbers
Makers Marks
Just how old
Age Estimating Chart
Glossary of Terms
Scuba
Equipment
Training Agencies
Equip Manufacturers
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