http://bottleantiques.com/bottle-mania/is-this-bottle-an-antique-it-is-green-glass-has-an-s-shaped-spout/ An antique and bottle collector's webblog! Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bottleantiques.com/bottle-mania/is-this-bottle-an-antique-it-is-green-glass-has-an-s-shaped-spout/comment-page-1/#comment-866 scubabob Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:47:36 +0000 http://bottleantiques.com/bottle-mania/is-this-bottle-an-antique-it-is-green-glass-has-an-s-shaped-spout/#comment-866 Green glass is what's commonly called Depression Glass. It was used primarily in the 1930's.You can also find it in blue. That specimen you have, however,may not be from that time period and may in fact have been made recently. Collectors have made such a demand, that there are plenty of cheap knock offs. Look for a stamp on the base and hit a bottle collectors web site or your local library. That stamp will give you the manufacturer and a rough idea of it's date of manufacture and may even tell you what it was originally intended for. Another thing to look for is any seam in the glass and how the seam runs. That can also date glassware. I dive the Great Lakes and the area of the Kingston to Brockville and dig a lo tof old bottles and glass ware off the bottom, some of which is valuable, some not. To give you an idea on worth of some items, I found a Torpedo Bottle minus the stand and was able to sell it for 3 grand and off Mallorytown Landing, retrieved an almost complete bone china tea set I let go for 2700 bucks from 1902. Do a little homework on your treasure, you may be surprised. Green glass is what’s commonly called Depression Glass. It was used primarily in the 1930′s.You can also find it in blue. That specimen you have, however,may not be from that time period and may in fact have been made recently. Collectors have made such a demand, that there are plenty of cheap knock offs. Look for a stamp on the base and hit a bottle collectors web site or your local library. That stamp will give you the manufacturer and a rough idea of it’s date of manufacture and may even tell you what it was originally intended for. Another thing to look for is any seam in the glass and how the seam runs. That can also date glassware.
I dive the Great Lakes and the area of the Kingston to Brockville and dig a lo tof old bottles and glass ware off the bottom, some of which is valuable, some not. To give you an idea on worth of some items, I found a Torpedo Bottle minus the stand and was able to sell it for 3 grand and off Mallorytown Landing, retrieved an almost complete bone china tea set I let go for 2700 bucks from 1902.
Do a little homework on your treasure, you may be surprised.

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